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MOCA investigating reports of extortion for electricity restoration following Beryl

The Major Organized Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) says it has commenced investigations into numerous reports of extortion, where it is alleged that persons are illegally charging individuals to have their electricity restored following...

Claimants in land dispute ordered to pay legal costs before hearing can commence in new application

The claimants in a civil suit filed in 2022 which was struck out have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the defendant's legal costs before a claim filed last year over the same land dispute can proceed. Master in Chambers Carla...
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Claimants in land dispute ordered to pay legal costs before hearing can commence in new application

The claimants in a civil suit filed in 2022 which was struck out have been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay the defendant's legal costs before a claim filed last year over the same land dispute can proceed. Master in Chambers Carla...

PM announces by-election for St Ann North East

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning announced that a by-election will be held for the St Ann North East constituency on September 30. Speaking at today's post-Cabinet press briefing, Holness said nomination day will be September 11. The...
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PM announces by-election for St Ann North East

Prime Minister Andrew Holness this morning announced that a by-election will be held for the St Ann North East constituency on September 30. Speaking at today's post-Cabinet press briefing, Holness said nomination day will be September 11. The...

Two men killed, another injured in Manchester

The Area 3 Major Investigation Division has launched a probe into the shooting of three men, two fatally, in Bottom Albion, Manchester last night. Those killed have not yet been identified. The other victim remains in...
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Two men killed, another injured in Manchester

The Area 3 Major Investigation Division has launched a probe into the shooting of three men, two fatally, in Bottom Albion, Manchester last night. Those killed have not yet been identified. The other victim remains in...

Elderly St Catherine woman found dead with throat slashed

An investigation has been launched to find who is responsible for the murder of a senior citizen in her yard in Bog Walk, St Catherine last night. Dead is 65-year-old Patricia Watson, a poultry farmer of Cow Gully. It...
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Elderly St Catherine woman found dead with throat slashed

An investigation has been launched to find who is responsible for the murder of a senior citizen in her yard in Bog Walk, St Catherine last night. Dead is 65-year-old Patricia Watson, a poultry farmer of Cow Gully. It...

Former national player Boysie Nicholson is dead

Former national player and Reno FC stalwart Boysie 'Bengeleng' Nicholson, who was battling Parkinson's disease for several years, is dead. The dynamic midfielder, who was renowned for his robust style in the midfield and was...
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Former national player Boysie Nicholson is dead

Former national player and Reno FC stalwart Boysie 'Bengeleng' Nicholson, who was battling Parkinson's disease for several years, is dead. The dynamic midfielder, who was renowned for his robust style in the midfield and was...

Three brothers die in car accident

NASSAU (CMC): Three brothers were killed during a vehicular accident on Monday, police have confirmed. They said that Philip McCarron Christie, 24, Philip D’Caprio Christie, 23, and D’Angelo Christie, 20, were killed when the vehicle being driven...
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Three brothers die in car accident

NASSAU (CMC): Three brothers were killed during a vehicular accident on Monday, police have confirmed. They said that Philip McCarron Christie, 24, Philip D’Caprio Christie, 23, and D’Angelo Christie, 20, were killed when the vehicle being driven...

Opposition parties announce merger ahead of general election

BRADES (CMC): Former Premier Donaldson Romeo Monday announced that his National Progressive Movement (NPM) had agreed to a merger with the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) led by Opposition Leader Paul Lewis to contest the October 24 general...
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Opposition parties announce merger ahead of general election

BRADES (CMC): Former Premier Donaldson Romeo Monday announced that his National Progressive Movement (NPM) had agreed to a merger with the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) led by Opposition Leader Paul Lewis to contest the October 24 general...

PM Browne encouraged by results of discussions with gang members

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is pleased to have followed his intuition to engage with gang members describing the latest round of talks on Monday night as being “productive. “I am very happy that I followed my intuition to...
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PM Browne encouraged by results of discussions with gang members

ST JOHN’S (CMC): Prime Minister Gaston Browne says he is pleased to have followed his intuition to engage with gang members describing the latest round of talks on Monday night as being “productive. “I am very happy that I followed my intuition to...

Hanover police aiming to make the 2024-2025 academic year a safe one

Western Bureau: With the safety of the nation’s children fast becoming an issue of major concern, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the police in Hanover will be taking a proactive step to stamp out indiscipline while seeking to create a layer of...
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Hanover police aiming to make the 2024-2025 academic year a safe one

Western Bureau: With the safety of the nation’s children fast becoming an issue of major concern, for the 2024-2025 academic year, the police in Hanover will be taking a proactive step to stamp out indiscipline while seeking to create a layer of...

PEP scholar Alzeliha Allen sprinting towards success

With some Jamaican athletes having not performed at their best in the recent staging of the Olympics in Paris, aspiring track and field star Alzeliha Allen hopes to make it up to the nation, especially in the 100m and 200m races, when her time...
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PEP scholar Alzeliha Allen sprinting towards success

With some Jamaican athletes having not performed at their best in the recent staging of the Olympics in Paris, aspiring track and field star Alzeliha Allen hopes to make it up to the nation, especially in the 100m and 200m races, when her time...

CAC school textbook price survey shows 6.61% average increase

Findings from the annual Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) school textbook survey indicate that on average, the prices of school textbooks have increased by 6.61 per cent overall. The survey was conducted during the period July 29 to August 2, 2024...
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CAC school textbook price survey shows 6.61% average increase

Findings from the annual Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) school textbook survey indicate that on average, the prices of school textbooks have increased by 6.61 per cent overall. The survey was conducted during the period July 29 to August 2, 2024...

St Catherine woman charged for death of child who was left in car

A 63-year-old St Catherine woman has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a four-year-old child who was left in a car outside a basic school in Kingston on February 24, 2022. She is Lurline Naylor, a retiree of Innswood...
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St Catherine woman charged for death of child who was left in car

A 63-year-old St Catherine woman has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of a four-year-old child who was left in a car outside a basic school in Kingston on February 24, 2022. She is Lurline Naylor, a retiree of Innswood...

Manchester men charged for allegedly stealing poker boxes and liquor valued at over $2.5 million

The St Elizabeth police have charged two men with house breaking and larceny after they allegedly broke into a bar and stole five poker boxes in Bull Savannah district, St Elizabeth, on August 10. They are 28-year-old Corey Simpson, otherwise...
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Manchester men charged for allegedly stealing poker boxes and liquor valued at over $2.5 million

The St Elizabeth police have charged two men with house breaking and larceny after they allegedly broke into a bar and stole five poker boxes in Bull Savannah district, St Elizabeth, on August 10. They are 28-year-old Corey Simpson, otherwise...

MoBay vendor caught urinating in bottle to be barred from selling, health department says

The St James Health Department says that a food vendor who was caught in a recent viral video urinating in a bottle, while peddling her wares near the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, will not be permitted to continue her trade. Addressing a...
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MoBay vendor caught urinating in bottle to be barred from selling, health department says

The St James Health Department says that a food vendor who was caught in a recent viral video urinating in a bottle, while peddling her wares near the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay, will not be permitted to continue her trade. Addressing a...

Man killed, another injured in Ocho Rios gun attack

The St Ann police are probing the shooting of two men, one fatally, in Ocho Rios last night. Dead is 45-year-old Shane Mattadeen, otherwise called 'King', of Norbrook Acres Drive and Mahogany Beach in Ocho Rios. The injured man is a 26...
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Man killed, another injured in Ocho Rios gun attack

The St Ann police are probing the shooting of two men, one fatally, in Ocho Rios last night. Dead is 45-year-old Shane Mattadeen, otherwise called 'King', of Norbrook Acres Drive and Mahogany Beach in Ocho Rios. The injured man is a 26...

Woman murdered in Falmouth

The body of a woman was found with gunshot wounds along Duke Street in Falmouth, Trelawny this morning. She is yet to be identified. Head of the Trelawny police Deputy Superintendent Winston Milton told The Gleaner that residents heard explosion...
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Woman murdered in Falmouth

The body of a woman was found with gunshot wounds along Duke Street in Falmouth, Trelawny this morning. She is yet to be identified. Head of the Trelawny police Deputy Superintendent Winston Milton told The Gleaner that residents heard explosion...

New Haven, St Andrew residents protest fatal shooting of teen by police

Upset residents of New Haven in St Andrew this morning mounted a roadblock to protest the shooting of a 17-year-old male resident by the police early this morning. They have accused the police of acting in cold blood. The deceased teen has been...
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New Haven, St Andrew residents protest fatal shooting of teen by police

Upset residents of New Haven in St Andrew this morning mounted a roadblock to protest the shooting of a 17-year-old male resident by the police early this morning. They have accused the police of acting in cold blood. The deceased teen has been...

91 people killed in Jamaica over 28 days, JCF says murders down 16 per cent

Police investigators were tasked to probe 783 murders in the first eight months of the year, 21 of which occurred during the period August 24 to August 31. The latest serious crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...
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91 people killed in Jamaica over 28 days, JCF says murders down 16 per cent

Police investigators were tasked to probe 783 murders in the first eight months of the year, 21 of which occurred during the period August 24 to August 31. The latest serious crime statistics published by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on...

JLP St Ann North East MP Marsha Smith has resigned

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for St Ann North East Marsha Smith has resigned with immediate effect. The announcement was made today in a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Andrew Holness thanked...
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JLP St Ann North East MP Marsha Smith has resigned

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for St Ann North East Marsha Smith has resigned with immediate effect. The announcement was made today in a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Andrew Holness thanked...

More Spanish teachers in schools

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith, says the teaching of Spanish in schools will be boosted by a significant increase in the number of Cuban teachers employed. The Minister, who was addressing school...
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More Spanish teachers in schools

Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Marsha Smith, says the teaching of Spanish in schools will be boosted by a significant increase in the number of Cuban teachers employed. The Minister, who was addressing school...

Growth & Jobs | 30 entrepreneurs in western Jamaica benefit from SDC soap-making workshop

THIRTY ENTREPRENEURS in western Jamaica have benefitted from a recent soap-making workshop, which was hosted at Rusea’s High School in Hanover by the Social Development Commission (SDC). The workshop formed part of the SDC’s Local Economic...
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Growth & Jobs | 30 entrepreneurs in western Jamaica benefit from SDC soap-making workshop

THIRTY ENTREPRENEURS in western Jamaica have benefitted from a recent soap-making workshop, which was hosted at Rusea’s High School in Hanover by the Social Development Commission (SDC). The workshop formed part of the SDC’s Local Economic...

Leadership coach urges companies to become ‘anti-fragile’ to survive disruption

Leadership coach,Shane Ram has urged businesses to become anti-fragile in an age of disruption, arguing that an anti-fragile organisation will be able to resist setbacks better than one that is simply resilient. Ram, who has worked as an executive...
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Leadership coach urges companies to become ‘anti-fragile’ to survive disruption

Leadership coach,Shane Ram has urged businesses to become anti-fragile in an age of disruption, arguing that an anti-fragile organisation will be able to resist setbacks better than one that is simply resilient. Ram, who has worked as an executive...

Legal expert, art lover Lawson Crawford dies at 50

LONDON: Lawson Crawford, a former senior solicitor with Myers Fletcher and Gordon UK law office and later, a director of legal and company secretary at University College London Business Ltd, passed away in London recently after a short illness....
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Legal expert, art lover Lawson Crawford dies at 50

LONDON: Lawson Crawford, a former senior solicitor with Myers Fletcher and Gordon UK law office and later, a director of legal and company secretary at University College London Business Ltd, passed away in London recently after a short illness....

200 receive care, school supplies at MoBay health fair

Western Bureau: ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ was the theme at Saturday’s back-to-school health fair at the St James Parish Church Hall in Montego Bay, St James, where charitable United States (US)-based Jamaicans, Dr Kingsley Thomas and Dr...
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200 receive care, school supplies at MoBay health fair

Western Bureau: ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ was the theme at Saturday’s back-to-school health fair at the St James Parish Church Hall in Montego Bay, St James, where charitable United States (US)-based Jamaicans, Dr Kingsley Thomas and Dr...

Hanover schools up and running despite ongoing repair work

Western Bureau: Unlike in some of the other parishes in western Jamaica, the 2024-2025 school year got off to a smooth start in Hanover yesterday, with all institutions across the parish opening their doors to students despite some adjustments...
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Hanover schools up and running despite ongoing repair work

Western Bureau: Unlike in some of the other parishes in western Jamaica, the 2024-2025 school year got off to a smooth start in Hanover yesterday, with all institutions across the parish opening their doors to students despite some adjustments...

Tropical wave to bring heavy rains and thunderstorms across Jamaica over the next few days

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is advising that a strong tropical wave, currently across the eastern Caribbean Sea, is producing a large, disorganised area of showers and thunderstorms which is expected to move across Jamaica on Wednesday....
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Tropical wave to bring heavy rains and thunderstorms across Jamaica over the next few days

The Meteorological Service of Jamaica is advising that a strong tropical wave, currently across the eastern Caribbean Sea, is producing a large, disorganised area of showers and thunderstorms which is expected to move across Jamaica on Wednesday....

Governor General proclaims National Day of Remembrance for victims, survivors of Kendal crash

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has proclaimed the first day of September each year as the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and survivors of the Kendal Rail Disaster. Sir Patrick made the proclamation at the request of the Minister of...
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Governor General proclaims National Day of Remembrance for victims, survivors of Kendal crash

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has proclaimed the first day of September each year as the National Day of Remembrance of the victims and survivors of the Kendal Rail Disaster. Sir Patrick made the proclamation at the request of the Minister of...

Vaz 'distraught' at student's death in crash, pushing for rural school bus system

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says Monday morning's crash which resulted in the death of grade six student, Traevon Saunchez, in Manchester «reiterates the urgency» of a rural school bus service. "Very sad that on...
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Vaz 'distraught' at student's death in crash, pushing for rural school bus system

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says Monday morning's crash which resulted in the death of grade six student, Traevon Saunchez, in Manchester «reiterates the urgency» of a rural school bus service. "Very sad that on...

Two men freed of robbery charges in St Catherine Parish Court

Two men who were charged with aggravated robbery of a woman in Portmore, St Catherine last year were freed in the parish court this morning. Those freed are Jhamani James, 39; and 27-year-old Kenneth Allen, both of Corporate Area addresses....
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Two men freed of robbery charges in St Catherine Parish Court

Two men who were charged with aggravated robbery of a woman in Portmore, St Catherine last year were freed in the parish court this morning. Those freed are Jhamani James, 39; and 27-year-old Kenneth Allen, both of Corporate Area addresses....

Poland holds state burial for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany's World War II massacres

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland held a state burial today for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany's World War II mass executions, whose remains were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country's north, decades...
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Poland holds state burial for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany's World War II massacres

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland held a state burial today for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany's World War II mass executions, whose remains were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country's north, decades...

Floral tribute and parish activities for Miss Lou’s 105th birth anniversary

Several activities are being planned to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the birth of cultural icon, Dr the Hon Louise Bennett Coverley, fondly known as 'Miss Lou'. Miss Lou, who was born on September 7, 1919, passed away on July 26,...
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Floral tribute and parish activities for Miss Lou’s 105th birth anniversary

Several activities are being planned to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the birth of cultural icon, Dr the Hon Louise Bennett Coverley, fondly known as 'Miss Lou'. Miss Lou, who was born on September 7, 1919, passed away on July 26,...

NEPA to clean coastlines on September 21 and 22

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be conducting clean-up activities at two prominent locations for International Coastal Cleanup Day 2024. This annual global event, which champions the preservation of oceans and coastlines,...
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NEPA to clean coastlines on September 21 and 22

The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be conducting clean-up activities at two prominent locations for International Coastal Cleanup Day 2024. This annual global event, which champions the preservation of oceans and coastlines,...

NWC to begin Hatfield pipeline project in Manchester

The National Water Commission (NWC) has advised that work under the Hatfield Pipeline Project in Manchester will be commencing on Wednesday. The project includes the installation of approximately 2.2 kilometres of...
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NWC to begin Hatfield pipeline project in Manchester

The National Water Commission (NWC) has advised that work under the Hatfield Pipeline Project in Manchester will be commencing on Wednesday. The project includes the installation of approximately 2.2 kilometres of...

Errol Greene confirmed as new permanent secretary in the health ministry

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed the appointment of Errol Greene as its permanent secretary, effective September 1. On August 20, The Gleaner reported that Greene was tipped to replace Dunstan Bryan, who is now on study...
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Errol Greene confirmed as new permanent secretary in the health ministry

The Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed the appointment of Errol Greene as its permanent secretary, effective September 1. On August 20, The Gleaner reported that Greene was tipped to replace Dunstan Bryan, who is now on study...

McKenzie 'shocked and devastated' by death of Councillor Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is expressing shock and sadness at the death of Councillor for the Aenon Town Division in Clarendon, Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane. McLeod-McFarlane died unexpectedly on Sunday...
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McKenzie 'shocked and devastated' by death of Councillor Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is expressing shock and sadness at the death of Councillor for the Aenon Town Division in Clarendon, Marjorie McLeod-McFarlane. McLeod-McFarlane died unexpectedly on Sunday...

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