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Ombudsman wants powers of referral to DPP

The Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) is pushing for increased powers to allow the commission of Parliament to submit reports to the director of public prosecutions (DPP) for rulings on breaches such as vote-buying. For years, many political...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Gov’t to finance new prison itself – Chang

Nearly five years after Britain’s Cameron administration offered to part-finance a new penal facility in Jamaica, the Holness Government has announced that it will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art prison out of

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Woman shot to death in Trelawny

Tamara Geddes, also called 'Tam', of a Reserve district address in the parish, was reportedly shot in her bedroom around 8:45

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Ninth Jamaican businessman held in $26m cocaine bust - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Days after a major operation in which eight St James men were arrested for their suspected involvement in an international drug syndicate, another man has been nabbed as cops made a $26-million cocaine seizure on the

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Kenya: Health Ministry Must Rid Itself of Criminals

A few weeks ago, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe publicly declared that his ministry is infested with lords of corruption and made a commitment to rein in on

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June 12, 1967: U.S. Supreme Court Invalidated Laws Prohibiting Interracial Marriage

June 12, 1967: The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be

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Hell will break loose as Kerensia Morrison chosen for St Catherine NE – JLP activist

A number of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in the North East St Catherine constituency are demanding that party leader Andrew Holness replace Leslie Campbell with a representative from inside the

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August Town exhales

AFTER more than a month of almost daily gunfire, residents of August Town breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as scores of police and soldiers moved into the space where gunmen have been operating with seeming impunity.

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US Jamaicans remember Oliver Clarke as a nation-builder

NEW YORK, United States — Jamaicans across the United States (US) have reacted with sadness to the death of iconic business leader Oliver F Clarke, as they pay tribute to one of the country's best known private sector leaders for his sterling contributions to

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Shahine was a decent, diligent servant of the people, says Phillips

OPPOSITION leader and president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of minister of labour and social security and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Shahine

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Salt Spring residents protest councillor’s ouster

Scores of residents in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday staged a protest to voice their opposition to the motion moved earlier this month to boot their councillor, Sylvan Reid, and his Catadupa Division counterpart, Gladstone Bent, from the St James Municipal Corporation

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Parliament wants to know why defence ministry has not implemented commission's recommendations

Parliament's defence committee says recommendations by the Defence Force Service Commission (DFSC) are falling on deaf ears, while soldiers continue to work with unserviceable equipment and under

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Hamilton takes seat in Senate

ATTORNEY-AT-law Tova Hamilton yesterday took her seat on the Government benches in the Senate after taking the oath of

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NDERITU: How civil service has been ‘colonised’

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Vaz calls Phillips 'chief hypocrite'

CABINET Minister Daryl Vaz yesterday labelled Dr Peter Phillips “chief hypocrite” in response to the Opposition leader's call for sanctions against him arising from his (Vaz's) failed attempt to lease land at Holywell in the Blue and John Crow Mountains national

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St Catherine Disaster Preparedness Committee seeks funding

The St Catherine Parish Disaster Preparedness Committee is asking for a budget of $779,250 to prepare for the 2020 hurricane season, while highlighting that the shelters are 85 per cent ready for

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Basic-school principal hosts free online lessons

KEREEN HIBBERTS, principal of Marcus Garvey Basic School, Kingston, has been hosting free online reading lessons to assist students who are at home due to the coronavirus

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Gov’t not at fault for miscarriage – Tufton

Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the decision to cancel Medevac helicopter support for the mother of two who suffered a miscarriage while aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line’s Adventure of the Seas was made by authorities on the

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Sophia’s dream comes true - Three years after woman makes wish, Sanmerna delivers wheelchair

Three years ago, Waterhouse resident Sophia Sutherland requested a motorised wheelchair to help her to get around the

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Former BoJ Governor Bryan Wynter joins NCB as consultant

Former Bank of Jamaica Governor Brian Wynter has joined the NCB Financial Group Limited as a consultant senior

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Nigeria: 'We Must Keep Asking IBB Why He Annulled June 12'

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Wray & Nephew pumps $35m into community bar revival

More than 500 bars in western Jamaica are set to be resuscitated from the COVID-19 slump in fortunes as Campari’s J. Wray and Nephew (JWN) pumps $35 million into a ‘Restart Pack’ initiative aimed at having an islandwide

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COVID recoveries reach 311

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BILLION$ EMERGENCY CALL - Telecoms ring gov’ts for massive COVID-19 bailout to prevent ‘upheaval’, citing huge losses across Caribbean

The Caribbean’s COVID-19-ravaged telecommunications industry is in need of “urgent” government bailout, amounting to millions of dollars, to prevent poor-quality service and higher prices for consumers, a powerful regional lobby group for firms like Digicel and FLOW has

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Sunday Brew — May 31, 2020

If information which surfaced over last weekend that there could have been manipulation of Leon Bailey to openly criticise the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is true, then it would be most

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More health workers to be deployed as Jamaica prepares for visitors

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will be increasing the deployment of health personnel across the island in preparation for the reopening of the country’s borders to international travellers on June

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Last hurrah for Dunrobin Primary seniors - School-leavers go out in style in drive-through graduation

Maciann McDermott was all smiles as she waited in the procession of vehicles decorated with balloons, banners and other paraphernalia for Dunrobin Primary School’s drive-through graduation on

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Mayor reports $400,000 Portmore COVID cleaning programme

Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas has revealed that the municipal corporation spent just under $400,000 for a major sanitisation programme at the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in the

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