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21 May, 2026 0

UK offers cheaper chocolate and tickets to the zoo in bid to ease cost of living squeeze

LONDON (AP) — The British government is offering cheaper chocolate and discounted entry to theme parks as it seeks to ease a cost-of-living squeeze and win back voters. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves on…
21 May, 2026 0

Anniona Jones elected as new JAPSS president

Haile Selassie High School Principal, Anniona Jones, is the new head of the Jamaica Association of Principals of Secondary Schools (JAPPS) following elections held at Church Teachers' College in…
21 May, 2026 0

Morgan says One Road Authority not intended to displace workers

The Government is seeking to assure employees within agencies that are likely to be affected by the establishment of the One Road Authority that the move is not intended to displace workers.
21 May, 2026 0

Atlantic hurricane season forecast to be milder than normal thanks to El Niño

A developing El Niño that is forecast to get quite strong will likely dampen the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season, but it won’t make the potentially deadly storms disappear, United States federal…
21 May, 2026 0

St Catherine prisoner has case to answer in fellow inmate’s fatal stabbing, court rules

An inmate charged for the alleged fatal stabbing of a fellow prisoner at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last year has been told that he has a case to answer. Appolos Atkinson, an inmate at…
21 May, 2026 0

Road death toll passes 100 amid sharp decline in fatal crashes

The number of people killed on Jamaica’s roadways this year has surpassed 100 amid a significant decline in road fatalities.
21 May, 2026 0

Gov’t honours former State Minister and MP Leslie Campbell with official funeral

Former State Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and former Member of Parliament, Leslie Roy Campbell, has been accorded an official funeral by the Government.
21 May, 2026 0

Trelawny councillor raises concerns about illegal dumping in Falmouth

Councillor for the Falmouth Division in Trelawny, Garth Wilkinson, is expressing concern about dumping taking place across sections of Falmouth, which he says is affecting drainage and creating…
21 May, 2026 0

Westmoreland funeral home defends handling of body after funeral mix-up claims

The operators of Doyley’s Funeral Services say the body that was presented for a ceremony last Sunday is the same one their employees collected from the Westmoreland Infirmary. The assertion follows…