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23 Apr, 2026
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JCF to get more e-ticketing devices
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is to be provided with an additional 1,500 e-ticketing devices, bringing the total to 10,000 devices, placing the JCF closer to a full transition to digital…
23 Apr, 2026
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Middle East war could drive up costs for petroleum-derived products like clothes and crayons
NEW YORK (AP) — It might be hard to imagine the Middle East war weighing on stuffed toys with names like Snuggle Glove, Bizzikins and Wobblies, but even plush playthings are not immune when oil…
23 Apr, 2026
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Fake gun flaw
Changing Jamaica’s gun law to provide lesser penalties for possession of an imitation firearm is not enough if the “fundamental flaw” of possibly criminalising citizens for an object that cannot…
23 Apr, 2026
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IMAJ urges Gov’t to build bridge to consultation on NaRRA bill
The Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) is raising concerns over what it describes as a lack of consultation with local contractors in the establishment of the National…
23 Apr, 2026
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Rain threatens post-Melissa rebuild as cement output falls
Rainfall is threatening to delay islandwide reconstruction efforts following Hurricane Melissa, as Caribbean Cement Company Ltd says its operations are being hampered by adverse weather conditions.…
23 Apr, 2026
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Not automatic that weapon fired where casings found, says witness in Acadia trial
A former crime scene officer yesterday testified that he recovered multiple 9mm spent casings in the vicinity of Evans Avenue and Acadia Drive in St Andrew, where three men were fatally shot during a…
23 Apr, 2026
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JTA president wants urgent nat’l meeting on violence in schools
Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver is calling for an urgent national meeting involving key education stakeholders to confront the growing problem of violence in schools,…
23 Apr, 2026
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Earth Today | From grassroots to green slopes
CARIBBEAN HILLSIDES have a problem that concrete cannot always fix, and budgets rarely cover – soil erosion. Soil erosion, worsened by increasingly intense storms and degraded land cover, strips farms…