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31 Oct, 2026
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Recovery requires actual data, says GrassROOTS president
WESTERN BUREAU: Dr Janice Johnson Dias, president of the New Jersey-based GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF), says Jamaica’s academic community should have conducted more comprehensive studies in…
30 Oct, 2026
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First body retrieved from Kenyan collapsed building after weeklong search
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The first body was recovered on Friday from the rubble of a multistorey building that collapsed a week ago in Kenya’s capital, with 16 people still missing. Authorities had…
30 Oct, 2026
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Man fined $200,000 after pitbulls maul jogger in Spanish Town
A St Catherine man whose two pitbull dogs escaped his yard and mauled a man jogging along Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town was fined $200,000 or 30 days in prison when he appeared in the parish court…
30 Oct, 2026
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Holness welcomes UK PM's willingness to discuss slavery apology
Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaica welcomes news that United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated that he is open to calls for Britain to formally apologise for chattel slavery…
30 Oct, 2026
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Associations representing lawyers oppose 20-year minimum gun sentence proposal, want judicial discretion
Two associations representing lawyers have come out against a recommendation by the National Security Council to increase the mandatory minimum sentence for illegal gun possession from 15 to 20 years…
30 Oct, 2026
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Commerce Ministry receives 2,000 applications for small business restoration grant
The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce has received approximately 2,000 completed applications for its $500-million Small Business Restoration Grant, aimed at helping micro and small…
30 Oct, 2026
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Green defends handling of Cuba motion in Parliament
Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Floyd Green has rejected claims by Opposition counterpart Phillip Paulwell that the Opposition was deceived in the handling of the motion…
30 Oct, 2026
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Scotia Group privatisation completed as Supreme Court sanctions scheme
The privatisation of Scotia Group Jamaica Limited has been completed following an order issued by the Supreme Court sanctioning a Scheme of Arrangement involving the bank’s majority shareholder,…
30 Oct, 2026
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Long-awaited Ranko Gang trial set for April 2027
The long-awaited trial of the eight people accused of being members of the Clarendon-based Ranko Gang, which prosecutors allege was led by a police constable, has been set for April 5 next year. The…