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27 Sep, 2026
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Nightmare witness
After spending 47 days in custody on gun and robbery charges, St Catherine musician Shamar Champagne says he was amused when the woman who accused him of armed robbery claimed she had seen him in a…
27 Sep, 2026
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Praying for the right rain - Drought leaves Claverty Cottage Primary counting every drop as community depends on dwindling supplies
In the Blue Mountains, where rain has long been part of the landscape and heavy showers can turn roads into torrents, the wait for a proper downpour has become a race against time. And as dark clouds…
27 Sep, 2026
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Gun law to face Court of Appeal test
As defence lawyers intensify calls for changes to Jamaica’s controversial firearms legislation, a well-known St James businessman who was sentenced to the 15-year mandatory minimum after being caught…
27 Sep, 2026
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Jamaican Adventist advocate for religious liberty to participate in 33rd International Law and Religion Symposium in Utah
Adventist advocate for religious liberty Nigel Coke will be among several keynote speakers and presenters at the 33rd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, to be held at Brigham Young…
27 Sep, 2026
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Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America this week in 2nd wave of closings
Starbucks plans to close 250 North American stores later this week. It is the second big round of store closures under Starbucks Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol, who joined the company in 2024. Last…
27 Sep, 2026
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St Thomas fishermen won’t lay like ‘lambs to the slaughter’
One of the strongest pillars of the coastal economy in St Thomas is fishing. But what happens when fishermen can no longer find safe harbour? That is the conundrum facing fishermen at Prospect Public…
27 Sep, 2026
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Jamaica-Mexico direct flights starting next March on Aeromexico
The airline Aeromexico will launch the first scheduled nonstop service between Mexico City and Montego Bay starting next March, opening a direct link between two countries whose travel flows now run…
27 Sep, 2026
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Francis Wade | A strategy with one future has no backup
Your company is a successful competitor in its industry. But behind the numbers, you are disconcerted. The current corporate strategy is actually just a projection of prior success. This is risky –…
27 Sep, 2026
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Orville Taylor | Sociology of compulsory sentences and school closure
Both Education Minister Dr Dana Morris Dixon and President of the Jamaican Bar Association (JAMBAR) Tenneshia Watkins sat in first-year sociology classes on the plantation longer ago than is apparent…