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Approximately 20 predominantly concrete houses reduced to rubble by bulldozers, tractors and sledgehammers in Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, last Tuesday.
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Rude awakening - Demolition crew flattens 20 squatter houses in Cooper’s Pen; remaining families uneasy
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of a section of Cooper’s Pen, Trelawny, were jolted from their slumber on Tuesday morning to find a demolition crew flattening their houses in a pre-dawn operation involving…
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$75m seized, wholesale owners charged in fake goods sting

More than $75 million in cash and thousands of pieces of counterfeit merchandise carrying the labels of globally recognised brands were seized by law-enforcement authorities during multiple operations…
Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James.
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Briton seeks refuge in MoBay airport after being shot

WESTERN BUREAU: A 33-year-old British man sought refuge inside the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James, on Monday night after gunmen fired shots into the vehicle he was driving,…
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Court halts action against officer over JLP activity

The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings that could result in the dismissal of a St Elizabeth case-management officer over her alleged involvement in partisan political activity ahead of the general…
Bert Samuels.
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Samuels enters plea for CCJ - Veteran attorney, heads of judiciaries defend integrity of regional court amid emails controversy
Lamenting that allegations surrounding the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) have become “fodder” for those opposed to the regional court, veteran attorney Bert Samuels yesterday…
Diana Brown, a Waterhouse resident whose house suffered damage from floodwaters a few years ago, is calling for urgent repairs to compromised sections of the Sandy Gully.
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Living on edge - Residents near neglected Sandy Gully fear flooding as hurricane season peaks
As the busiest stretch of the hurricane season approaches, some residents living near the banks of Sandy Gully are worried that floodwaters could rise rapidly and destroy their homes because of the…
Mayor of Montego Bay Richard Vernon, speaking at the St James Municipal Corporation Emancipation and Independence Church Service at the Norwood Seventh-day Adventist Church on July 25, 2026
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Melissa heroes to receive MoBay’s first Medal of Honour

WESTERN BUREAU: Ten St James residents who displayed extraordinary bravery during Hurricane Melissa will become the first recipients of Montego Bay’s Municipal Medal of Honour at this year’s National…
Laurette Thomas-Adams (centre), chief executive officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), and Shirley Moncrieffe (right), manager for Donor and Partnership Management at the National Education Trust, congratulate the top female P
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PEP students triumph in State care

One hundred and ninety children in State care are being celebrated for successfully completing the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination as they prepare to take the next step in their education. The…
Former Jamaican Prime Minister PJ Patterson
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Patterson calls For Global South unity

Former Prime Minister PJ Patterson has called for the abandonment of “separatism and division” by the Global South, urging its nations to unite in defence of a fairer global order. The former prime…