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24 Oct, 2026
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Man City falls at Aston Villa, Arsenal moves level atop the EPL
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s perfect start to the English Premier League ended with a 2-1 loss at Aston Villa, allowing defending champions Arsenal to move level on points atop the…
24 Oct, 2026
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$1.9T or 56 per cent of GDP...latest ESSJ details trail of damage caused by Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica suffered $1.9 trillion or US$12.2 billion in damage, losses and other costs associated with the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa nearly one year ago, the latest Economic and Social…
24 Oct, 2026
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Rains to continue until tomorrow -- Met Service
The Meteorological Service (Met Service) has upgraded the flash-flood watch issued for low-lying and flood-prone areas in five parishes to a flash-flood warning. The five parishes are Kingston, St…
24 Oct, 2026
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54 homes flooded in St Thomas, 13 people now in shelter -- Labour Ministry
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says 54 homes in Bath, St Thomas, were flooded on Friday amid the heavy rains across most of the island. A statement from the labour ministry on Saturday…
24 Oct, 2026
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JPS denies four-day outage notice
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has dismissed as false a graphic circulating on social media and WhatsApp claiming that a four-day system outage would affect Kingston and Portmore, St…
23 Oct, 2026
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SHAKE-UP FOR SCHOOL BOARDS - Independent directors to get pay in new pilot; ministry to target skills, performance
In a push to strengthen governance across Jamaica’s school system, the Ministry of Education is moving to recruit board members based on schools’ specific needs and introduce payment for independent…
23 Oct, 2026
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Government halts public-sector overseas travel until March 2027 amid Hurricane Melissa recovery
The Jamaican Government has halted all official overseas travel across the public sector until March next year, as it reportedly directs resources to post-hurricane Melissa reconstruction. The…
23 Oct, 2026
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Western businesses urged to get aboard NaRRA train
WESTERN BUREAU: Western Jamaica’s business community is being urged to position itself for what could become the largest infrastructure spending programme in the country’s history, with NCB Capital…
23 Oct, 2026
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Dominican police to send samples to Jamaica for DNA testing
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominican Commissioner of Police Lincoln Corbett says Jamaica has given the green light for samples to be sent to a lab there to determine whether the remains of a decomposed…