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Rush-hour storm floods New York City area
NEW YORK (AP) — A potent rush-hour rainstorm swamped the New York metropolitan area on Friday, shutting down parts of the city's subway system, flooding streets and highways, and delaying flights into LaGuardia Airport. Up to 5 inches (...
CommentsSt James police hunting colleague's killers
The St James police say they will not relent until they find the killers of one of their former colleagues, retired Constable Patrick Haye, and three other men. Haye, who retired in January after serving in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF...
Comments- Leon-Issa ordered to give police access to her phone by 4 o'clock today
- Judge orders social media user to pay hefty award over Facebook posts
- Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California dies at age 90
- Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan
- Thousands of women march in Latin American cities calling for abortion rights
CCJ appeal Premium
A majority of Jamaicans 18 years and over have voiced strong support for the country to replace the United Kingdom (UK)-based Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). An RJRGLEANER Communications Group-commissioned Don Anderson poll...
CommentsLesbian minister catering to LGBTQ+ people’s spirituality Premium
ANGELINE JACKSON’S ministry is centred around affirming members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) community, by providing an environment where they feel free to express their spirituality, regardless of their sexual...
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Jamaica missing the boat on blue economy Premium
JAMAICA IS nowhere near ready to exploit the many new and emerging economic opportunities on offer from the blue economy, the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) disclosed during the recent International Workshop on Sustainable Blue Economies in...
CommentsItaly anti-inflation pact expected to cut consumer costs by €4b
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni launched a pact Thursday with Italian industry aimed at keeping prices down on a range of essential goods, including food, personal care and baby items, which consumer advocates said could mean billions in savings for...
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ICC has the last say
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Cricket West Indies (CWI) made recommendations to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the match allocations for the 2024 ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean and United States, but the proposal still...
CommentsJa’s Patterson pleased with basketball journey
BORN in Bronx, New York, to Jamaican parents, Marcus Patterson says he fell in love with basketball while growing up and watching his older brothers on the court. Patterson, who attended the Mount Saint Michael Academy and Russell Sage College,...
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Portland Fund III to deploy one-third of funds to women-led companies Premium
Portland Private Equity LP, an investment firm controlled by Michael Lee-Chin, is promising to target women for financing through the new equity fund it’s in the process of seeding. Portland Caribbean Fund III, otherwise called PCF III or Fund III...
CommentsSeprod gets shareholder nod to create new shares
Food manufacturing and distribution company Seprod on Wednesday received shareholder approval to increase the company’s authorised shares, but is still silent on when the new capital will be deployed and for what purpose. The company’s share...
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Five Questions with Joel Miller
Joel Miller is one of Jamaica’s fastest rising filmmakers. The young creative first started his journey into the arts well over a decade ago in the theatre when he set his mind to writing his first play. With stellar reception, Sins of the Father...
CommentsRingo Starr talks ‘Rewind Forward’, the AI-assisted final Beatles track and more
LOS ANGELES (AP): There are rock stars, and then there is Ringo Starr – drummer for the Beatles, award-winning soloist, photographer, narrator, actor, activist. To call him prolific would almost shortchange his accomplishments. But it also feels...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Build a better road culture
THE EDITOR, Madam: Road killings in Jamaica are an existential threat not only to animals, but also to humans. A Spanish teacher at Savanna-la-Mar Primary School recently died in a road collision en route to school in Font Hill, St Elizabeth....
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Accident survivor wants new highway leg closed after cow crash “How can these cows go roaming, ain’t the owners not concerned about praedial larceny?” – @ForeveryoungFi1 “The authorities need to close all roads in Jamaica until the...
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Shelters for migrants filling up as attitudes toward them harden
BERLIN (AP): Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a former mental health hospital in Berlin to apply for asylum in Germany. There were two older women from Moldova. A young man from Somalia sat...
CommentsPM visits wedding fire victims as two more die from their injuries
BAGHDAD (AP): Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday visited injured patients and the families of victims in northern Iraq days after a deadly wedding fire killed around 100 people, as two more people died from their injuries and additional remains were...
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Kalia & Co upping the bag ante
BORN OUT of a desire to upgrade the quality of merchandise available to tourists when they visit the island, Taneish Miller started Kalia...
Confident in clothing: Style enthusiast Margo Makes fashion her motivation
In 2020, Camargo Kerr made her debut in the world of style, aiming to blend her distinctive walk with the realm of exceptional fashion. Since then, this passionate style enthusiast has established herself as a celebrated thrifter and upcycler,...
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