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28 Sep, 2026
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School labs struggling to recover while students adapt
WESTERN BUREAU: Several high schools in western Jamaica are still working to restore their hurricane-ravaged laboratories, some of which were completely destroyed and lost valuable equipment last…
28 Sep, 2026
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Tyrone Reid elected president of the Press Association of Jamaica
Award-winning investigative journalist Tyrone Reid was on Sunday elected president of the Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) at the Association’s Annual General Meeting, held at its headquarters in St…
28 Sep, 2026
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Fi We Children joins call for changes to Firearms Act mandatory sentences
The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is adding its voice in the call for amendments to Jamaica’s Firearms (Prohibition, Restriction and Regulation) Act, 2022, particularly provisions imposing…
28 Sep, 2026
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Security guard accidentally shoots senior citizen during attack
A security guard who was attacked and stabbed during a confrontation along Molynes Road in St Andrew has been implicated in the accidental shooting and injury of a 69-year-old man. The incident,…
28 Sep, 2026
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Holness defends Firearms Act as lawyers begin court withdrawal
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Firearms Act is among a combination of measures that has contributed to a significant reduction in murders and other violent crimes in Jamaica. Holness made…
28 Sep, 2026
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74-year-old Portland woman chopped to death
Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) in Port Antonio, Portland, are probing the chopping death of a 74-year-old woman by unknown assailant(s) on Monday. Dead is Nuriel Burke Mills,…
28 Sep, 2026
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Defence lawyers’ withdrawal disrupts some criminal court proceedings
The withdrawal of defence lawyers from criminal courts on Monday disrupted proceedings in some cases, although other trials continued with attorneys present. In the Supreme Court, the trial involving…
28 Sep, 2026
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Pops YG arrested on suspicion of lottery scam breaches while livestreaming
Entertainer and popular social media personality Pops YG was arrested by the police early Monday while he was livestreaming on one of his social media platforms. Pops YG, whose real name is Ansel…
28 Sep, 2026
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POWERING UP AGAIN - Western schools looking towards solar installations post-Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: At least two western Jamaica high schools that were damaged during Hurricane Melissa last October are looking to expand the solar-power facilities they had prior to the category-5…