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31 May, 2026
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‘Loud bang, smoke in cabin’ - Jamaican attorney recounts 'engine failure' over Atlantic on Virgin flight
A Virgin Atlantic flight carrying 241 passengers and 12 crew from London Heathrow to Montego Bay was forced to divert to Shannon, Ireland on Saturday night after a “technical issue” developed during…
31 May, 2026
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Cedar Grove Academy student dies in suspected suicide
A 14-year-old student of Cedar Grove Academy in Portmore, St Catherine, is suspected to have died by suicide at his home on Saturday.
31 May, 2026
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Police: Man charged with sexual offences involving 12-year-old girl in Portmore
A 59-year-old man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in Portmore, St Catherine last week.
30 May, 2026
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CLOSING THE SCRUTINY GAP
Public officials in Jamaica do not “instinctively” embrace oversight and monitoring, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has asserted.
Golding, who served as prime minister between 2007 and 2011,…
30 May, 2026
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FLA misses first shot at getting unpublished - IC report disclosed Court gives regulator permission to appeal
The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) seeking disclosure of an unpublished Integrity Commission (IC) report into alleged corruption and irregularities…
30 May, 2026
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What we know and don't know about the possible deal to end the Iran war
CAIRO (AP): The United States and Iran appear to be closing in on a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.
US and Iranian negotiators on Thursday reached a tentative agreement to extend…
30 May, 2026
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Buchanan cleared of misconduct charge - Court says GLC disciplinary committee breached natural justice
The Court of Appeal has overturned a finding of professional misconduct against attorney-at-law and Portland Eastern Member of Parliament Isat Buchanan, which arose from comments he made about the…
30 May, 2026
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American jailed for selling lead sheets to Jamaican scammers
A court in the United States has sentenced an American man to more than 10 years in prison for selling personal information or lead sheets of more than seven million elderly US citizens to Jamaican…
30 May, 2026
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JPs urged to become child diversion mentors
Tiffany Case, a child diversion officer assigned to the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, is urging justices of the peace (JPs) to volunteer as mentors in the National Child Diversion…