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27 Jul, 2026
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Jamaica, Canada move to strengthen farm work programme
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security, the Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (FARMS) and Service Canada have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the Jamaica-Canada…
27 Jul, 2026
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Two St Catherine men fined $100,000 each for RADA receipt breaches
Two of three men who pleaded guilty to breaches of the Agricultural Produce Act were fined $100,000 each or two months in prison in the St Catherine Parish Court on Monday. Marvin Rodney of Linstead,…
27 Jul, 2026
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Manchester police searching for gunmen who shot three men near school gate
Detectives assigned to the Manchester Police Division have launched an investigation into a shooting incident that resulted in two men being hospitalised and another suffering bruises on Sunday. …
27 Jul, 2026
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New home, new hope for single father and twins
WESTERN BUREAU: Nine months after Hurricane Melissa destroyed several homes in Flanker, St James, a United States-based philanthropic organisation has stepped forward, investing thousands of US…
27 Jul, 2026
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Oliver Mair appointed Jamaica’s next Consul-General in New York
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, has appointed Jamaica’s current Consul-General in Miami, Roderick Oliver Mair, as the country’s next Consul-General in New…
27 Jul, 2026
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COVID relief fraudster caught in Ja, extradited to US
CMC: A Jamaican woman who was on the United States (US) Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted Fraudster list has been extradited from Jamaica to face charges arising from an alleged…
27 Jul, 2026
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Outgoing Nurse of the Year sets sights on NAJ presidency
Just moments after relinquishing her crown as LASCO/NAJ Nurse of the Year, Fione Collins revealed her next ambition — to one day lead the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ). The announcement drew a…
27 Jul, 2026
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Health ministry reimagines care for older people with geriatric clinic
Jamaica has taken what is being described as a step towards transforming healthcare for its ageing population with the official opening of the first state-operated Golden Care geriatric clinic, a…
27 Jul, 2026
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Kemelia ‘Kem Kem’ Paul laid to rest as family remembers a joyful peacemaker
Against a sea of pink and the familiar strains of Great is Thy Faithfulness, family, friends, classmates and teachers on Sunday bid a tearful and emotional farewell to 13-year-old Kemelia Paul, whose…