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'Not Nice' charged for 2020 Hanover triple murder
Bryan ‘Not Nice’ Jackson of Green Island, Hanover, was on Tuesday charged for a triple murder, and other offences, in relation to the 2020 deaths of three men in the parish. The men's skeletal remains were retrieved from a 40-foot sinkhole in Phoenix Town district, also in Hanover, last May.
CommentsOpposition Leader, Speaker clash over House seating for MP George Wright
The seating of Westmoreland Central Member of Parliament George Wright sparked an intense debate between Speaker of the House Marisa Dalrymple Philibert and Opposition Leader Mark Golding late Tuesday afternoon. Dalrymple Philibert is of the view...
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- Former Table Tennis President, Godfrey Lothian passes away
- UHWI chief IT officer resigns amid multimillion-dollar scandal
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- Yaadman says it’s not linked to illegal gas cooking site in Portmore
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Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has urged the St Ann police to prosecute the owners of two pit bulls that mauled a 61-year-old woman after they wandered through an open gate on Saturday afternoon. The case offers the first major opportunity to test...
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The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into Monday’s shutout of students at Wolmer’s Boys’ School for grooming breaches, delivering a stern rebuke to administrators that pupils should not be barred from sitting exams because of...
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Growth & Jobs | JBDC pushes for development of local textile sector
Valerie Veira, chief executive officer of the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC), is calling on local designers in the fashion and gift and craft sectors to revive local textile production at a sustainable and commercially viable level...
CommentsGrowth & Jobs | Jamaicans in diaspora give back to their homeland
Apart from the remittances she sends monthly to her family in Jamaica, 35-year-old Canadian resident Kadian Martin has plans to give back more to her homeland. The Manchester native, who migrated to Canada in 2015, has been doing research to...
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Former Jamaica Table Tennis Association president Godfrey Lothian has died
Former president of the Jamaica Table Tennis Association, Godfrey Lothian, has passed away. Lothian was reportedly discovered unconscious at home by his wife. It is understood that he had complained earlier today that he was not feeling well. He...
CommentsJPL players to get heart screening
The Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PFJL) has formed a partnership with the Heart Institute of the Caribbean (HIC) to provide heart screening to over 400 footballers, coaches, and managers from all 12 Jamaica Premier League teams for the...
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Ferrari automaker enters luxury fashion
Ferrari V12 production cars were suspended over the factory floor Sunday night as the 74-year-old luxury carmaker launched a new era as a lifestyles brand, with a runway show unveiling its first ready-to-wear collection targeting a younger...
CommentsCaricom soap fight in court
Regional soap producer Dominica Coconut Products Successors Limited, DCPS, has made good on a threat to head to court in a long-running feud with some Jamaican state agencies and Jamaican manufacturers and exporters of soap. In a suit filed in the...
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Despite $1b loss, McKenzie wants event permit fees slashed
Western Bureau: Local Government Minister Desmond McKenzie says he will be proposing a reduction in the fees being charged by municipal corporations for the staging of entertainment events when the green light is given for the reopening of the...
CommentsSpice celebrates one year of Graci Noir
Queen of the Dancehall, Spice, has always been a trendsetter when it comes to fashion. Her eye-catching and sometimes over-the-top outfits would make her a guaranteed standout at any stage show. So when she recently launched her clothing line,...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Get vaccinated for the sake of your family and friends
THE EDITOR, Madam: I have had my second dose of vaccine, and I feel a glorious sense of freedom. For the first time in 15 months I can move around without fear, be sociable, and see my clients in my office face to face. My doses were given at...
CommentsEscaping like Bredda Anancy
THE EDITOR, Madam: Bredda Anancy would have been pleased with George Wright’s latest comments about whether he was allegedly involved in the beating of a female caught on video, which caused national uproar. This caused “for no apparent reason”...
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NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge
BRUSSELS (AP): NATO leaders on Monday declared China a constant security challenge and said that the Chinese are working to undermine global order, a message in sync with President Joe Biden’s efforts to get allies to speak out with a more unified...
CommentsOECS leaders to meet on Friday
CASTRIES (CMC): Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell will chair the 60th meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority on June 18, the St Lucia-based OECS Commission has announced. It said that the virtual meeting...
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Tameika Bucknor-Lynch charts course for ‘fair future for seafarers’
When the legendary James Brown sang It’s A Man’s World, he was not referring to the shipping industry, but it could well be applied, since women make up only two per cent of the world’s 1.2 million seafarers, according to the International Maritime...
CommentsSAJ stages successful supervisory management seminar
The Shipping Association of Jamaica (SAJ) successfully staged a supervisory management workshop for more than 70 participants from Jamaica and several Caribbean territories, on June 3. The virtual seminar was held to provide participants with the...
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