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22 Sep, 2025 0

‘Mi leave everything to God’

When Lafay-Ann Wright saw a video on social media showing a young man opening a door for lawmen, the burden of a mother’s grief stirred again, because just days earlier, on September 15, her…
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22 Sep, 2025 0

From glory to gloom

The St Andrew South police have listed two brothers as persons of interest following the fatal shooting of veteran jockey O’Neil Mullings in Waterhouse, St Andrew, on Sunday night. Mullings, 49, was…
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22 Sep, 2025 0

Tragic drowning breaks hearts at Titchfield High

Portland: A sombre mood hung over Titchfield High School in east Portland on Monday, as students and teachers mourned the death of 18-year-old Vijay Popley, upper- sixth-form student who reportedly…
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22 Sep, 2025 0

Manhunt for Haitians

Kensington, Portland: A manhunt has been launched by the police to locate at least 10 Haitians who fled their boat after landing undetected late Sunday night at a beach near Kensington in eastern…
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22 Sep, 2025 0

‘Seminal year’ for tourism

WESTERN BUREAU: Declaring 2025 a “seminal year” for Jamaica’s visitor economy, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett officially opened the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX) 2025 on Sunday evening at…
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21 Sep, 2025 0

Businesswoman ‘frustrated, angry’ over JPS approach to report of electricity theft

A businesswoman is crying foul after the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) disconnected electricity to her Molynes Road, St Andrew business place for three weeks, causing her to lose thousands of…
Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, chief medical officer for Jamaica.
21 Sep, 2025 0

NO SPACE FOR MORE INTERNS

WESTERN BUREAU: Following recent complaints from several China-trained doctors that their internship applications in Jamaica were reportedly rejected one month after their expected response deadline,…
Jamaica’s 4x100m relay members (from left) Jodean Williams (who ran in the heats), Jonielle Smith, Tina Clayton, Tia Clayton and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce on the podium to receive their silver medals.
21 Sep, 2025 0

10-MEDAL HAUL

For the fourth World Championships staging in a row, Jamaica has earned a double-digit medal haul as they closed out nine days of competition at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships with 10 medals;…

Carlton ‘Buggy’ Watson, another resident, claimed to have planted breadfruit trees on the land and said he had occupied it for more than two decades.
20 Sep, 2025 0

'I don't make it bother me'

A decades-long dispute between retired politician Pearnel Charles Sr and residents in Old Pera, St Thomas, has flared up once again, sparking verbal confrontations and threats of displacement. The…