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29 Sep, 2025
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New shadow spokespersons ready for their assignments
With more than a decade and a half at the Jamaican Bar, Zuleika Jess, newly appointed opposition spokesperson on justice, says she is ready for the task. The new parliamentarian told The Gleaner that…
29 Sep, 2025
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Taking wellness to Negril’s Wavz Beach
Western Bureau: The Western Regional Health Authorities (WRHA) took it to the beach in the western region last Friday with a belated staging of Caribbean Wellness Day at the Wavz Beach in Negril by…
29 Sep, 2025
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NWA says Riley River to be cleared of bamboos this week
Western Bureau: Following another round of flooding which left a section of Lucea, Hanover, under water two weeks ago, the National Works Agency (NWA) says the bamboo-clogged Riley River, one of two…
29 Sep, 2025
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Hitchman to lead St James lay magistrates
WESTERN BUREAU: Floyd Hitchman, a guidance councillor at the Maldon High School in St James, was elected unopposed as the new president of the St James Lay Magistrates’ Association over last weekend…
29 Sep, 2025
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Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda threaten the Bahamas and Bermuda
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas closed a majority of schools on Monday following mandatory evacuations for some islands in the archipelago as Tropical Storm Imelda was expected…
29 Sep, 2025
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Golding names new Shadow Cabinet
People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding today named a 36-member Shadow Cabinet comprising a team of spokespersons and some deputies. Among those returning from the previous Shadow…
29 Sep, 2025
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Clarendon man charged with fraud in overseas employment scam
The Manchester police have charged a man who purported to be employed to the Labour Ministry for allegedly defrauding a woman through an overseas employment scam. Martin Moxey, 32, otherwise called…
29 Sep, 2025
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PIOJ to generate poverty maps using 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions data
The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) has announced that data from the 2025 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (JSLC) will be used to generate poverty maps. These are intended to provide deeper…
29 Sep, 2025
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Grenada agrees to adjust its Cuban health programme amid US concerns
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Grenada government has announced what it termed “important changes” to the Cuban Workers Programme following a request made by the United States to review the…