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12 Dec, 2025
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Two St Mary policemen charged for allegedly assaulting handcuffed man at station, granted $200,000 bail
Two St Mary policemen have been charged for allegedly assaulting a man while he was handcuffed at the Highgate Police Station. The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that…
12 Dec, 2025
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Select St Andrew communities under curfew as police seek to maintain order and go after criminals
The communities of Park Lane and 100 Lane located off Red Hills Road, Arthur Leon Drive in Golden Spring and Iron River district in Stony Hill, St Andrew are now under a curfew, as the St Andrew North…
12 Dec, 2025
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Jamaicans warned against removing, selling or buying sand, gravel or other quarry materials displaced by Hurricane Melissa
The Mines and Geology Division is warning Jamaicans against removing quarry material such as sand, gravel, marl, silt, and stone that have been deposited in areas arising from Hurricane Melissa,…
12 Dec, 2025
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Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly two months after Hurricane Melissa
PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the…
12 Dec, 2025
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New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver’s licences to immigrants
New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licences to immigrants that are valid long after they are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, US Transportation…
12 Dec, 2025
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Bondholders give more time to Lee-Chin, eye year-end payment
Bondholders have approved resolutions granting Jamaican-Canadian businessman Michael Lee-Chin more time to service bonds, provided they receive a payment tranche by year’s end. JCSD Trustee Services…
11 Dec, 2025
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Contract chaos
The administrative arm of the Houses of Parliament has been found wanting as the Auditor General’s Department places the spotlight on a $24-million contract to renovate the Members’ Lounge at Gordon…
11 Dec, 2025
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‘Why we paying for security?’
Residents of Phoenix Park Village in Phase 3, Portmore, St Catherine, were left shaken yesterday after a reported police operation ended in gunfire, leaving one alleged robber dead and another on the…
11 Dec, 2025
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I would do it every day and twice on Sunday – Vaz
Defending the decision to lend the Jamaica Public Service Company US$150 million towards its early restoration efforts following Hurricane Melissa’s devastation, Energy Minister Daryl Vaz has shrugged…