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Updated 16 hours ago by Andre Williams/Staff Reporter

CHINA WATCH - Trump nominee pledges hard line on scamming, drugs and Beijing in Jamaica posting

President Donald Trump’s nominee for United States Ambassador to Jamaica has pledged to strengthen security cooperation with Kingston, intensify efforts to combat lottery scamming and drug trafficking, and push back against China’s growing influence in the Caribbean if confirmed to the diplomatic post.

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Updated 4 hours ago by Kimone Francis

PNP draws sharp line on security vs migration deals
Opposition Leader Mark Golding has drawn a sharp distinction between the agreement signed by Dr Peter Phillips in 2004 and one inked just days ago by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Horace Chang, calling the…
Updated 15 hours ago by Karen Madden

Farewell, North Street - Gleaner marks exit from downtown Kgn landmark
Past and present staff of The Gleaner gathered on Thursday evening at 7 North Street in downtown Kingston for a symbolic farewell to a building that has stood for decades as one of the country’s most…
Updated 16 hours ago by Andre Williams

PM: Land ownership key to breaking generational poverty - Holness links land titling drive to economic growth and wealth creation
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Updated 16 hours ago by Karen Madden

PNP ramps up pressure for Wheatley’s removal from Cabinet
The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is intensifying its call for Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley to be removed from the Cabinet following the Integrity Commission’s (IC) recommendation…
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Updated 16 hours ago by Tanesha Mundle

No match found, ballistics expert testifies in Acadia Drive case
A government ballistic expert was, yesterday, grilled over the origins of three firearms examined in connection with the 2013 Acadia Drive triple-fatal shooting and an addendum report later submitted…
Updated 16 hours ago

US group donates laptops to storm-hit schools out west
Four schools in western Jamaica have received 20 laptop computers from a United States-based group led by Jamaica-born Roman Cowan. The group — Omar Soliman, Nick Friedman, David Barr, Miles Kass,…
Updated 16 hours ago by Keisha Hill

David Wong Ken expands ‘The Runnings’ with new political thriller
More than two decades after The Runnings first appeared, attorney-at-law David Wong Ken is extending its story with a new thriller, Presumption of Guilt, set for release on June 28.
Updated 16 hours ago

UTech to offer Mandarin classes in September
The University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) will introduce a Mandarin course in September under a two-year agreement with the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation (CLEC), part of…
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Youth ambassadors extend kindness to St Catherine infirmary residents
The spirit of volunteerism, compassion and nation-building came alive at the St Catherine Infirmary and Care Centre in Spanish Town, on June 12 when a group of young Jamaicans demonstrated that…