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25 Oct, 2026
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NSC directs TAJ to stop issuing blue demo license plates, cites misuse that facilitates crime and tax evasion
The National Security Council (NSC) has directed Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) to stop issuing the current demonstration or dealer license plates, a statement from the Office of the Cabinet has…
25 Oct, 2026
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Dwight Fletcher | Maybe you’re the person God wants to use
We spend a lot of time talking ourselves out of things. We convince ourselves that we are not qualified enough, connected enough, experienced enough, or simply the right person for the job. We look at…
25 Oct, 2026
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Faith, resilience and patriotism highlighted at Montego Bay church Jamaica Day service
Western Bureau: Patriotism reigned supreme at the Glendevon New Testament Church of God in Montego Bay on Sunday as the black, green, and gold of the Jamaican flag formed the backdrop for a special…
25 Oct, 2026
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Sean Major-Campbell | Should we care about gunmen?
Say their names. Corporal Trevoy Shaw and Constable Devoney Rose. The slain police died while carrying out their mandate to serve, protect, and reassure. Corporal Shaw died on the morning of the…
25 Oct, 2026
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Gabriel Agbo | Nothing has the right to terminate your life
Yes, you are not supposed to die prematurely. That threat over your life can be averted. True! Nothing has the right to terminate your life just like that. This is what I told a man who had a death…
25 Oct, 2026
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Yaakov Raskin | A year after Melissa
On October 28, Jamaica will mark one year since Hurricane Melissa struck our island. To commemorate that anniversary, a 62-foot statue called Together We Rise has been erected along the Hip Strip. Two…
24 Oct, 2026
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GROUNDED - PNP questions fiscal restraint amid travel ban, NaRRA Spending
The People’s National Party (PNP) is questioning whether the Government’s ban on official overseas travel is a genuine cost-cutting measure or a public relations exercise, given millions of dollars…
24 Oct, 2026
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... But Bartlett takes flight - Excluded by ban, tourism minister embarks on five-city campaign in Canada
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett left the island on Friday for a five-city tour of Canada aimed at wooing more Canadian visitors to Jamaica in the upcoming winter tourism season. Bartlett will visit…
24 Oct, 2026
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8 parishes on alert as rains trigger landslides, flooding
Heavy rainfall triggered a major landslide that left 15 students and several teachers stranded at Johnson Mountain Primary School in St Thomas on Friday, as blocked roads, fallen trees and flooding…