The doors of One Police Plaza, the headquarters of the New York Police Department (NYPD), will be thrown open on August 11 to Jamaicans and friends when the Jamaican American Law Enforcement Organization (JAMLEO) hosts its third annual Heritage Night. The event will be held in commemoration of Jamaica’s 64th anniversary of Independence. Lt Danae McFarlane, president of JAMLEO, said Heritage Night serves as a powerful bridge between the Jamaican diaspora and the law-enforcement community.

WESTERN BUREAU: The Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches (JUGC) is calling on the Government to treat Haitians who risk their lives to reach Jamaica by sea, to seek asylum, with more dignity and compassion. The JUGC’s call comes against the background of the issuing of deportation orders for eight Haitians who landed in Jamaica on July 17. The orders would see them meeting the same fate as other Haitians who were sent back to their violence-torn homeland without being allowed to present their cases for asylum.

WESTERN BUREAU: The giant swing tourist attraction demolished in Norwood Pen, St James, yesterday was “very, very dangerous” and posed the risk of a major tragedy, according to St James Municipal Corporation Acting Chief Engineer Pete Jackson. The municipality ordered the demolition after discovering that the attraction had been erected without the required building and planning approvals. Officials said cease notices served earlier in the day had been removed before enforcement officers returned to the site.

After tough and sometimes stalled negotiations between the Government and unions representing public-sector workers, an agreement has been reached on wages for the three-year period from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028. St Patrice Ennis, president of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), told The Gleaner yesterday that the unions have agreed to a one-off payment of $80,000 for the period April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Additionally, the Government has improved its wage offer from seven per cent over the three-year period to 10 per cent.

Outgoing Bank of Jamaica Governor Richard Byles is among seven Jamaicans who have been appointed to the Order of Jamaica (OJ) and will join 139 other nationals journeying to King’s House in October for recognition at the National Honours and Awards Ceremony. Joining Byles in the OJ are philanthropist Donette Chin-Loy Chang; Cabinet minister Daryl Vaz; former parliamentarians Maxine Henry-Wilson and Derrick Smith; leader and philanthropist Diana Stewart; and private sector leader Christopher Zacca.

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The manufacturer says AI should be deployed nationwide to monitor and report road defects, while utility companies should face tougher oversight to ensure roads are properly reinstated after works.

A two-storey converted pub would be demolished and replaced by a 13-storey tower that could see thousands of worshippers attend, planning documents showed.

For a century or more, an independent broadcast media has been vital to modern democracy. But now, amid the destabilising rise of streaming giants such as Netflix, that noble ideal is under threat.

Martha Stewart, 85, said she recently attended the event in California, which the Duchess of Sussex also went to, and the pair briefly spoke.

Four healthcare operators have been appointed to deliver the enhanced Primary Care Plan (PCP) for migrant workers, providing this group with more affordable healthcare from April 2027, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) said on Wednesday (Aug 5).Under this enhanced PCP, migrant workers will co-pay $5 per consultation for physical clinic consultation and telemedicine services. «[This will allow] migrant workers to seek care when they need to. This takes into account the higher costs of delivering telemedicine services while ensuring that consultation co-payments remain affordable for migrant workers,» said the ministry. The four operators are Sata CommHealth, St Andrew's Mission Hospital, Healthway Medical Group and Fullerton Health.Anchored in the north, south, east and west of Singapore, these operators will provide this service for the next five years from April 1, 2027.The PCP was introduced in 2022.MOM said that they have consulted with stakeholders and enhanced the PCP, aiming to make primary healthcare more accessible and strengthen service delivery while keeping costs affordable for employers.

More than 2,000 companies with Russian capital operate in Kyrgyzstan, the Russian leader said

The Russian president addressed participants of the 8th Russian-Kyrgyz Economic Forum and the 12th Russian-Kyrgyz Interregional Conference in a video message

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The victims were rushed to a major trauma centre after stabbings near Covent Garden in central London.

Professor Jason Arday had been at the centre of a growing row over allegations that he had copied parts of his PhD from another student.

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According to the newspaper, the United States used more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles and over 1,000 THAAD and Patriot interceptors in the first weeks of the war against Iran

Ukraine’s main commercial ports - Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny - remain idle

According to Rodion Miroshnik, Russia has to fight a serious and difficult war, advancing and prevailing step by step until virtually strangling its adversary because he understands no other language

There is something almost disarming about a politician marking his own homework in public, and President Peter Mutharika did just that on Wednesday, awarding himself precisely 50 per cent for the first half of his self-appointed mission and a rather more generous “maybe halfway” for the second. The occasion was his departure for South Africa […] The post Mutharika’s audit of his own presidency appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi’s government has accused two television broadcasters, Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) and Luntha TV, of breaching journalistic ethics and has asked the media regulator to take disciplinary action against them. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology, officials said a ZBS broadcast had falsely reported that President Arthur Peter Mutharika […] The post Zodiak, Luntha TV face action after Malawi govt accuses them of false reporting appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Malawi and South Africa have signed a new agreement designed to clamp down on customs fraud by allowing tax authorities in both countries to swap information electronically for the first time. The Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) put pen to paper on an IT Connectivity Implementation Arrangement, a deal […] The post Malawi and South Africa sign customs deal to crack down on trade fraud worth billions appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino watched Malawi lose 2-1 to Zambia in Rabat on Wednesday, but the surprise package from southern Africa still secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Malawi were joined in the knockout stage from Group C by 10-time champions Nigeria, who beat Egypt 6-2 in a […] The post Fifa boss watches Malawi reach Wafcon quarter-finals amid growing pressure over investment plan appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Singapore's western rail network is set to expand further, with four new stations planned under Phase 3 of the Cross Island Line.Announced on July 31, the Cross Island Line Phase 3, or CRL3, will extend the line by about 10km from the future Jurong Lake District station to Gul Circle. It will serve residents in Taman Jurong while providing workers with better access to the industrial areas around Jalan Buroh, Benoi and Gul.Construction is expected to begin in 2027, while the stations are targeted to open by the late 2030s. Although the full benefits remain more than a decade away, the confirmed route provides a clearer picture of how homes and workplaces in the west will eventually be connected.

Phase 2C of the P1 registration exercise for 2027, which closed on July 30, will see 73 primary schools conduct balloting. All of these schools are oversubscribed except for Opera Estate Primary School, which will hold balloting for permanent resident (PR) applicants because of its cap on the intake of PR children.There are 182 primary schools in Singapore, with 179 open for registration in 2026.Phase 2C, considered the most competitive phase and open to all children, has 40 places reserved at each primary school.According to the latest vacancies and balloting status updated on the Ministry of Education's (MOE) website on Thursday (Aug 5), Princess Elizabeth Primary School in Bukit Batok was the most oversubscribed, with 159 children applying for 40 spots.The four other most oversubscribed schools are:

If you are heading to the National Stadium to attend the National Day Parade (NDP) on Aug 9, or planning to join the celebrations around the Kallang Basin area, do take note that large crowds and traffic delays are expected.The police had earlier declared the NDP as an enhanced security special event and designated a special event area around the National Stadium, with a special zone demarcated within it where enhanced security checks will be carried out.To prevent overcrowding, police officers, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel and auxiliary police officers will be regulating the crowd flow around the National Stadium, such as Stadium Riverside Walk, Tanjong Rhu and Republic Avenue promenade, said the police in a statement on Thursday (Aug 6).These areas will be closed to ensure public safety when crowd levels reach safety thresholds.

Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin) said the phone could address many questions that Fauci declined to answer at a hearing about the pandemic last week.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has launched an investigation into a shocking episode of severe turbulence that struck an Air India flight. On Tuesday, multiple passengers and crew were injured as the plane faced an alarming drop in altitude for several minutes. Following a safe landing, medical teams promptly attended to those affected. Vital evidence has been gathered by the regulator to facilitate a comprehensive inquiry.