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Identity of man shot dead at Barbican home released
The police have released the identity of the 23-year-old man who was shot and killed at his home on Barbican Road in St Andrew on Wednesday afternoon.
CommentsPNP's Paul Patmore laments long wait to elect new Trelawny Southern MP
The People's National Party (PNP) representative for Trelawny Southern is criticising the Government for not moving to ensure that a new member of Parliament is elected, eight months after Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert resigned.
Comments- Vanna White bids emotional goodbye to ‘Wheel of Fortune’ co-host Pat Sajak
- Delegation from The Gambia on study tour of Jamaica's public sector reform
- Transport Authority to recommend compliant ride-hailing service providers
- NMIA wants artiste Skillibeng to submit report of alleged jewellery theft
- Four men charged with robbery in Manchester
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Managing Director of the Transport Authority Ralston Smith says the agency is in the process of establishing a regulatory framework for ride-hailing entities to provide oversight for how industry players attract and retain drivers. His comments...
CommentsPassing grade for Pathways Programme
In a few weeks, the first batch of students enrolled in the Sixth-Form Pathways Programme (SFPP) will leave the high-school system. And although principals say they had to push through resource constraints and find creative means to get their...
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‘Only God has coached me on the truth’
While sharing that she was still yearning to know the truth about what happened on the night her father was killed, the daughter of slain businessman Keith Clarke yesterday declared that she was coached by God to tell the truth about what she...
CommentsJPS Foundation partners with NEPA to plant 300 mangrove saplings
On a blustery week day along the boulder-lined Palisades stretch, water-booted and barefooted volunteers waded along the perimeter of the Kingston Harbour. The ready-to-work contingent comprised employees of JPS and the National Environmental and...
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‘We need time’
REGGAE BOYZ head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson believes that his charges will need time to adjust to a new formation. The Reggae Boyz head coach was speaking after Jamaica clipped the Dominican Republic in the first game of their Group E Concacaf World...
CommentsPFJL CEO pleased with local Reggae Boyz
CEO OF Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) Owen Hill has praised the quality shown by the local-based players in the Reggae Boyz squad after their opening Group E Concacaf World Cup qualifying victory over the Dominican Republic yesterday...
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Lasco companies consider merging to grow
Lasco Distributors Limited and Lasco Manufacturing Limited are thinking of merging to combine their cash and grow their business. It could position them to buy large companies and improve how they operate. “It is something that we have talked...
CommentsBig Lasco affiliates add to earnings, but finco fizzles
Two of the three Lasco-affiliated companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange made higher profit for the financial year ending March 2024, but the financial arm struggled a bit. Lasco Distributors Limited’s profit totalled $1.4 billion, up seven...
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5 Questions with ... Delano Forbes
When discussing entertainment, the main focus typically shifts towards artistes, selectors, dancers, and similar figures. Unfortunately, one crucial aspect often goes unnoticed – the role of production services, which are integral to the success of...
CommentsEducator takes Miss Hanover Festival Queen crown
The task to select the 13 Festival Queens at the parish level started last Saturday with the staging of the Miss Hanover Festival Queen Coronation at Rusea’s High School in Lucea. It proved to be the perfect platform for educator, Sornia Samuels,...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Dual citizenship and question of treason
THE EDITOR, Madam: Two points made by Jamaica’s own griot, former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, in his presentation at the forum on constitutional reform held at The University of the West Indies this past Wednesday resonated with me. Mr...
CommentsStigmatisation overshadowing ex-offenders
THE EDITOR, Madam: I was born and raised in south St Andrew where crime remains a serious risk. The journey of ex-offenders towards reintegration is fraught with challenges, and sadly, there are scarce opportunities for them to rebuild their...
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Authorities clear downtown migrant tent encampments
MEXICO CITY (AP): Mexican federal immigration authorities said Thursday they have cleared one of Mexico City’s largest downtown tent encampments of migrants. The National Immigration Institute says the migrants had been forced to pay bribes of...
CommentsRussian warships will arrive in Havana next week
HAVANA (AP): Four Russian warships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will arrive in Havana next week, Cuban officials said Thursday, citing “historically friendly relations” between both nations and as tensions escalate over Western military...
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‘This is my first win’
In fashion, the term “avant garde” connotes new and daring designs that push the boundaries of the industry and leave in their wake, inspiration. For Karlene ‘Nina’ Levy, her inspiration lays merely in the weaves of thread waiting for her to create...
Jess Boakye merges fashion with cultural pride
For Jess Boakye, her childhood was an invariable mix of a typical African-American experience and a traditional Ghanaian upbringing. Born and raised in New Jersey, in the United States, Boakye always felt proud of her black skin and her Ghanaian...
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