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Growth & Jobs | Coffee boost - JAMPRO, partners promote Jamaica premium coffee products in the USA

In a bid to increase exports of Jamaica’s Blue Mountain Coffee, JAMPRO and eight coffee manufacturers and growers participated in the Specialty Coffee Expo in Boston, United States of America (USA), April 11-14, 2019 to promote Jamaica’s premium...

Clarendon double murder linked to failed drug deal

The community of Banks in Clarendon was rocked by a daylight double murder on Wednesday.   The victims have been identified as 28-year-old Tevin Ofield, a labourer of Gimme-Me-Bit, Clarendon, and 24-year-old Brandon Thompson of a...
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Clarendon double murder linked to failed drug deal

The community of Banks in Clarendon was rocked by a daylight double murder on Wednesday.   The victims have been identified as 28-year-old Tevin Ofield, a labourer of Gimme-Me-Bit, Clarendon, and 24-year-old Brandon Thompson of a...

April 12 continuation for airport worker charged with cocaine in raincoat

WESTERN BUREAU: JERMAINE SCOTT, who was arrested and charged after 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine was reportedly found in a raincoat at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in January 2023, will have to wait until April 2 to know the outcome of his...
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April 12 continuation for airport worker charged with cocaine in raincoat

WESTERN BUREAU: JERMAINE SCOTT, who was arrested and charged after 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine was reportedly found in a raincoat at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in January 2023, will have to wait until April 2 to know the outcome of his...

Charles Jr unveils vision for PATH transformation at 3rd town hall

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr has been hosting a series of town halls across several key parishes to gather feedback from the public on potential improvements to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...
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Charles Jr unveils vision for PATH transformation at 3rd town hall

Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr has been hosting a series of town halls across several key parishes to gather feedback from the public on potential improvements to the Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education...

Church Teachers’ College: Mandeville wins TCJ inaugural quiz challenge

The inaugural Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica (TCJ) Quiz Challenge recently ended with an exciting display of intellectual prowess, leaving participants and audience captivated by the knowledge and skill on display. The competition commenced with a...
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Church Teachers’ College: Mandeville wins TCJ inaugural quiz challenge

The inaugural Teachers’ Colleges of Jamaica (TCJ) Quiz Challenge recently ended with an exciting display of intellectual prowess, leaving participants and audience captivated by the knowledge and skill on display. The competition commenced with a...

Of bloodshed and treachery, an Easter legacy

EASTER IS a very important holiday in Christendom. It’s the memorial of the arrest, crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah Jesus Christ. Christians claim he, who was betrayed by Judas, shed his blood to save the world from sin. They firmly...
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Of bloodshed and treachery, an Easter legacy

EASTER IS a very important holiday in Christendom. It’s the memorial of the arrest, crucifixion and resurrection of the Messiah Jesus Christ. Christians claim he, who was betrayed by Judas, shed his blood to save the world from sin. They firmly...

Prime minister urges increased public-sector productivity

As the Government moves to implement the next phase of the public-sector compensation review, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated the call for increased productivity in the civil service. “We are at the point where we have to get our...
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Prime minister urges increased public-sector productivity

As the Government moves to implement the next phase of the public-sector compensation review, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated the call for increased productivity in the civil service. “We are at the point where we have to get our...

Opposition says auditor general probe into health contract with UK company might be warranted

Opposition spokesman on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, is suggesting a probe by the Auditor General's Department into the health ministry's contract with The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) might be necessary at this time. Dawes this week raised...
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Opposition says auditor general probe into health contract with UK company might be warranted

Opposition spokesman on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, is suggesting a probe by the Auditor General's Department into the health ministry's contract with The Phoenix Partnership (TPP) might be necessary at this time. Dawes this week raised...

TAJ blames long procurement process for failure to occupy leased properties

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is blaming the Government of Jamaica's lengthy procurement process for its delay in occupying two properties for which it made $371.8 million in lease payments over three years. A report by the...
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TAJ blames long procurement process for failure to occupy leased properties

Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) is blaming the Government of Jamaica's lengthy procurement process for its delay in occupying two properties for which it made $371.8 million in lease payments over three years. A report by the...

Alleged Marcus Garvey descendant arrested for randomly assaulting TikTok influencer in NYC

A man who has claimed he is the great-great-grandson of National Hero Marcus Garvey has been arrested for randomly punching a TikTok influencer in the face in New York City earlier this week, police said Wednesday. The New York Post...
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Alleged Marcus Garvey descendant arrested for randomly assaulting TikTok influencer in NYC

A man who has claimed he is the great-great-grandson of National Hero Marcus Garvey has been arrested for randomly punching a TikTok influencer in the face in New York City earlier this week, police said Wednesday. The New York Post...

JCF rolls out new Beat Officer Patrol Division

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has rolled out its new Beat Officer Patrol Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Metropolitan Region. The JCF says the division, which was launched on Monday, aims to bolster public safety and strengthen...
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JCF rolls out new Beat Officer Patrol Division

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has rolled out its new Beat Officer Patrol Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Metropolitan Region. The JCF says the division, which was launched on Monday, aims to bolster public safety and strengthen...

King’s House workers off the job since 2021 over COVID-19 file lawsuits

Two public officers who have been hindered from going to work at King's House, the Governor-General's residence, since October 2021 for failure to provide COVID-19 tests results have filed lawsuits in the Supreme Court contending...
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King’s House workers off the job since 2021 over COVID-19 file lawsuits

Two public officers who have been hindered from going to work at King's House, the Governor-General's residence, since October 2021 for failure to provide COVID-19 tests results have filed lawsuits in the Supreme Court contending...

Victim Services Branch providing special intervention programmes for children

Director of the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne Dawn Binns, says a slew of special intervention programmes are available for children who are victims of crime or are at risk. She told JIS News that children make up...
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Victim Services Branch providing special intervention programmes for children

Director of the Victim Services Branch (VSB) in the Ministry of Justice, Dionne Dawn Binns, says a slew of special intervention programmes are available for children who are victims of crime or are at risk. She told JIS News that children make up...

St Catherine 60-year-old man on murder charge further remanded

A 60-year-old man who is accused of stabbing another to death in Spanish Town, St Catherine has been further remanded until May 22. Alexander Page of Greendale in Spanish Town is charged for the murder of 45-year-old Isaiah Atkinson, also of...
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St Catherine 60-year-old man on murder charge further remanded

A 60-year-old man who is accused of stabbing another to death in Spanish Town, St Catherine has been further remanded until May 22. Alexander Page of Greendale in Spanish Town is charged for the murder of 45-year-old Isaiah Atkinson, also of...

$10 million renovated surgical ward at KPH reopens

The 36-bed Ward 2 North at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been officially reopened following extensive renovation valued at more than $10 million. The project was a collaborative effort involving public and private-sector entities and aimed...
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$10 million renovated surgical ward at KPH reopens

The 36-bed Ward 2 North at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has been officially reopened following extensive renovation valued at more than $10 million. The project was a collaborative effort involving public and private-sector entities and aimed...

Keena’s family says thanks after successful life-saving heart surgery

The family of 25-year-old Sashay Burke, otherwise called Keena, of Alexandria, St Ann, has expressed appreciation to the public for the assistance provided towards her heart surgery. Keena underwent successful life-saving surgery at the University...
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Keena’s family says thanks after successful life-saving heart surgery

The family of 25-year-old Sashay Burke, otherwise called Keena, of Alexandria, St Ann, has expressed appreciation to the public for the assistance provided towards her heart surgery. Keena underwent successful life-saving surgery at the University...

Confusion emerges over reported ruling in 2007 cocaine case

WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set the case of Mickey Miller, who is currently before the court on cocaine charges, for mention on April 8 in order to clear up confusion over whether the matter had proceeded to trial prior to being...
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Confusion emerges over reported ruling in 2007 cocaine case

WESTERN BUREAU: THE ST JAMES Parish Court has set the case of Mickey Miller, who is currently before the court on cocaine charges, for mention on April 8 in order to clear up confusion over whether the matter had proceeded to trial prior to being...

JHTA wants Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish to save reefs

WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is urging Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish, arguing that an abstention would help in saving the environment and prevent flooding. Parrot fish are noted to play an important role...
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JHTA wants Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish to save reefs

WESTERN BUREAU: THE JAMAICA Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) is urging Jamaicans to stop eating parrot fish, arguing that an abstention would help in saving the environment and prevent flooding. Parrot fish are noted to play an important role...

Legal showdown looming

Windsor Castle, West Portland: A legal battle is looming between the purported owner of a property at Windsor Castle in West Portland and two state-run agencies – the Portland Municipal Corporation and the National Works Agency (NWA) – over who...
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Legal showdown looming

Windsor Castle, West Portland: A legal battle is looming between the purported owner of a property at Windsor Castle in West Portland and two state-run agencies – the Portland Municipal Corporation and the National Works Agency (NWA) – over who...

Vivian Crawford gets Musgrave Gold Medal

VIVIAN CRAWFORD, born in Moore Town, Portland, came to historic Kingston city for the first time in 1949, on a market truck. The experience was so enriching that he went back home speaking “proper English”. Ten years later, he returned to Kingston...
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Vivian Crawford gets Musgrave Gold Medal

VIVIAN CRAWFORD, born in Moore Town, Portland, came to historic Kingston city for the first time in 1949, on a market truck. The experience was so enriching that he went back home speaking “proper English”. Ten years later, he returned to Kingston...

TAJ forking out millions for unoccupied properties

Despite spending some $371.8 million of taxpayers' money to lease two properties over a three year period, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) failed to occupy the buildings up to August 31, 2023. The bombshell report was tabled in Parliament...
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TAJ forking out millions for unoccupied properties

Despite spending some $371.8 million of taxpayers' money to lease two properties over a three year period, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) failed to occupy the buildings up to August 31, 2023. The bombshell report was tabled in Parliament...

Port Royal Museum to open in May

The long-awaited Port Royal Museum is expected to be opened in May of this year, with the first exhibit set to be unveiled at the event. Construction of the two-storey facility, which will be the first fit-for-purpose museum erected in Jamaica, was...
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Port Royal Museum to open in May

The long-awaited Port Royal Museum is expected to be opened in May of this year, with the first exhibit set to be unveiled at the event. Construction of the two-storey facility, which will be the first fit-for-purpose museum erected in Jamaica, was...

Protestors call for increased access to Little Dunn's River

After Monday's protest at the Blue Lagoon in Port Antonio, the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM) moved its activities to the Little Dunn's River beach in Ocho Rios on Tuesday, with a two-hour sit-in outside the...
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Protestors call for increased access to Little Dunn's River

After Monday's protest at the Blue Lagoon in Port Antonio, the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (JaBBEM) moved its activities to the Little Dunn's River beach in Ocho Rios on Tuesday, with a two-hour sit-in outside the...

3,813 permanent posts to be created at NSWMA

The Cabinet has given approval for 3,813 new posts at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its four regional companies. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, made the announcement while closing the 2024/...
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3,813 permanent posts to be created at NSWMA

The Cabinet has given approval for 3,813 new posts at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and its four regional companies. Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke, made the announcement while closing the 2024/...

Oracabessa lock-up escapee found sleeping under house

The St Mary police have apprehended another of the prisoners who escaped from custody at the Oracabessa Police Lock-Up on December 21, 2023. The fugitive, identified as 26-year-old Phillip Williams, also known as 'Boe', from Belfield, St...
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Oracabessa lock-up escapee found sleeping under house

The St Mary police have apprehended another of the prisoners who escaped from custody at the Oracabessa Police Lock-Up on December 21, 2023. The fugitive, identified as 26-year-old Phillip Williams, also known as 'Boe', from Belfield, St...

Over 136,000 JPS system outages recorded last year

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) recorded more than 136,000 system outages last year, Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Ansord Hewitt, has disclosed. He was speaking this morning at the OUR's Annual Director-...
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Over 136,000 JPS system outages recorded last year

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) recorded more than 136,000 system outages last year, Director General of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), Ansord Hewitt, has disclosed. He was speaking this morning at the OUR's Annual Director-...

Higgler charged over fatal knife fight

Thirty-six-year-old higgler Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit' and 'Rasta', of Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, was on Monday charged for the stabbing death of a man along North Parade in downtown Kingston. Killed was 27-...
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Higgler charged over fatal knife fight

Thirty-six-year-old higgler Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit' and 'Rasta', of Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, was on Monday charged for the stabbing death of a man along North Parade in downtown Kingston. Killed was 27-...

RGD clears free birth certificate backlog

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting that it has improved its operational capacity to address the printing backlog of free birth certificates experienced in 2023. Persons are allowed the first copy of a child's birth...
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RGD clears free birth certificate backlog

The Registrar General's Department (RGD) is reporting that it has improved its operational capacity to address the printing backlog of free birth certificates experienced in 2023. Persons are allowed the first copy of a child's birth...

St Elizabeth farmer charged with murder

A Comma Pen district, St Elizabeth man was charged on Monday in relation to the death of a 62-year-old farmer during an argument.   He is 37-year-old farmer Jerome Reid, who turned himself in to the police and was subsequently charged. A court...
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St Elizabeth farmer charged with murder

A Comma Pen district, St Elizabeth man was charged on Monday in relation to the death of a 62-year-old farmer during an argument.   He is 37-year-old farmer Jerome Reid, who turned himself in to the police and was subsequently charged. A court...

Trinidadians warned against fake dental practitioners from Jamaica and Venezuela

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The President of the Trinidad and Tobago Dental Board Dr Shevone Marchand Tuesday warned citizens against falling victim to being treated by fraudulent and unregistered persons posing as dentists in the country...
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Trinidadians warned against fake dental practitioners from Jamaica and Venezuela

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The President of the Trinidad and Tobago Dental Board Dr Shevone Marchand Tuesday warned citizens against falling victim to being treated by fraudulent and unregistered persons posing as dentists in the country...

Young woman’s family thankful after successful cardiac surgery

The family of 25-year-old Sashay ‘Keena’ Burke is expressing appreciation for the public’s assistance towards her successful cardiac surgery. Burke, who is from the community of Alexandria in St Ann, underwent surgery at the University Hospital of...
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Young woman’s family thankful after successful cardiac surgery

The family of 25-year-old Sashay ‘Keena’ Burke is expressing appreciation for the public’s assistance towards her successful cardiac surgery. Burke, who is from the community of Alexandria in St Ann, underwent surgery at the University Hospital of...

Jamaica Customs takes service to the streets

The Jamaica Customs Agency has launched a new format of its communication initiative ‘Customs Meets the Community’, a parish-based engagement that brings Customs directly to the people of Jamaica. The first leg of this community-based initiative,...
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Jamaica Customs takes service to the streets

The Jamaica Customs Agency has launched a new format of its communication initiative ‘Customs Meets the Community’, a parish-based engagement that brings Customs directly to the people of Jamaica. The first leg of this community-based initiative,...

Carib Cement’s production-capacity expansion on target

Phase One of Caribbean Cement Company Limited’s (CCCL’s) expansion project, which will deliver an increase of up to 30 per cent in cement production, is progressing towards full completion next year. The company’s newly appointed Managing Director...
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Carib Cement’s production-capacity expansion on target

Phase One of Caribbean Cement Company Limited’s (CCCL’s) expansion project, which will deliver an increase of up to 30 per cent in cement production, is progressing towards full completion next year. The company’s newly appointed Managing Director...

Reggae Month a celebration of Jamaica’s indigenous music

It has been a month since the celebration of Reggae Month, but Kaye Smith can still vividly recall the pulsating rhythms of the live performances she attended and the infectious energy of the crowds that surrounded her. “Reggae Month offers me the...
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Reggae Month a celebration of Jamaica’s indigenous music

It has been a month since the celebration of Reggae Month, but Kaye Smith can still vividly recall the pulsating rhythms of the live performances she attended and the infectious energy of the crowds that surrounded her. “Reggae Month offers me the...

J’cans urged to get screened for colorectal cancer

JAMAICANS ARE being encouraged to gain greater knowledge on what colorectal cancer is and when it would be most appropriate for them to visit their doctor for a screening examination. Speaking at a colon cancer symposium hosted at The University...
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J’cans urged to get screened for colorectal cancer

JAMAICANS ARE being encouraged to gain greater knowledge on what colorectal cancer is and when it would be most appropriate for them to visit their doctor for a screening examination. Speaking at a colon cancer symposium hosted at The University...

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