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23 Sep, 2026
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TOUGH ROAD AHEAD
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says a report on the status of the economy has indicated that there are “headwinds” ahead even as recovery from Hurricane Melissa takes shape. Holness, who was…
23 Sep, 2026
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15-year-old boy charged with murder of 64-year-old Clarendon woman
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of 64-year-old domestic helper Hyacinth Rose Johnson, whose body was discovered behind her home in Union district, near Frankfield, Clarendon, on…
23 Sep, 2026
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‘You are playing with fire’ - Golding suggests retro levy bill leaves loophole for legal claims, Gov’t dismisses concerns
The parliamentary Opposition’s protest that a bill giving retroactive effect to the environment protection levy from June 2007 to the present does not go far enough to protect the Consolidated Fund…
23 Sep, 2026
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Audit: Three mine lessees owe US$13.7 million in penalties for unrehabilitated land
Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has disclosed that three mine lessees owed penalties to the Mines and Geology Department (MGD), totalling US$13.7 million, for failing to rehabilitate 264.14…
23 Sep, 2026
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Men fined $50,000 each for urinating in public
Two Spanish Town men were each fined $50,000 in the St Catherine Parish Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to urinating in public. Othniel Jobson and Oshane Simpson were charged with littering in…
23 Sep, 2026
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Gabrielle Henry sues Miss Universe Organization over 2025 stage fall
Former Miss Universe Jamaica Gabrielle Henry has filed a lawsuit against the Miss Universe Organization and two related companies, alleging that unsafe stage conditions and negligence caused her to…
23 Sep, 2026
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Lawyers stage silent protest over mandatory gun sentences
President of the Jamaica Bar Association, Tenneshia Watkins, along with veteran attorneys Peter Champagnie and Christopher Townsend were among a group of lawyers who staged a silent protest at the…
23 Sep, 2026
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American Airlines flight returns to Miami after rain disrupts Jamaica landing
An American Airlines flight was forced to return to Miami in the United States on Monday after heavy rainfall prevented the pilots from safely landing at either of Jamaica’s two international…