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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Masked men rob businesses in broad daylight in St James
One such robbery took place at Barnett Street, Montego Bay, last Tuesday afternoon when two mask-wearing armed men robbed a Chinese-operated supermarket and got away with cash, cigarettes, and other
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Cigarette ban: Fita argue that court's ruling was based on inconclusive data
Fita submitted on Wednesday that the court had acted "too benevolently" in siding with government's seasoning for enforcing the cigarette ban.
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A missed opportunity - JTA president chides Government for not introducing school bus system for CXC students
Owen Speid, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), is accusing the Government of failing to capitalise on a clear chance to introduce a national school bus system when schools were reopened on June 8 for students taking Caribbean Examinations Council
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Dlamini-Zuma to reveal contents of 'top secret' Command Council plans
The DA called these proposals 'the blueprints of a coup' last week. But Minister Dlamini-Zuma will soon reveal more about new Command Council plans.
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Twelve parishes benefit from Temple of Restoration goodwill
Western Bureau: It is a massive show of goodwill. The Temple of Restoration Ministries, based in Brooklyn, New York, has been delivering care packages to the nation’s most needy across 12 parishes over the past eight weeks, which they hope is...
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Senator Sinclair rebukes Phillips
WESTERN BUREAU: Government Senator Charles Sinclair has taken issue with a recent statement by the Opposition leader Dr Peter Phillips who accused the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) of trying to weaken the...
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Florida tops virus death mark
FORT LAUDERDALE, United States (AP) - Florida surpassed its previous one-day record for coronavirus deaths yesterday, while Britain and France announced they will require people to wear masks in public indoor spaces - something a top US health official called a 'civic duty' for Americans - amid
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Deputy AG under fire over Mines Act amendments
Deputy Attorney-General Nelson Diaz was yesterday accused of stalling proposed amendments to the Mines and Minerals Act when he appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines. BY VENERANDA LANGA Diaz appeared before the committee together with Mines permanent secretary Onesimo
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Tech CEO Found Decapitated & Dismembered In New York Apartment
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Amnesty International Chides World Governments for Health Care Workers' Deaths Amid Pandemic
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NGO faces probe over COVID-19 donations
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SAA creditors urged to vote in favour of BRP plan by DPE
The Department of Public Enterprises has encouraged all stakeholders involved in the SAA business rescue saga to support the proposed plan.
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Doctors' demand for jobs outstrips available posts, says Tufton
DESPITE claims from the Jamaica Medical Doctors' Association (JMDA) that junior doctors across the island are out of work due to budgetary constraints, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says there has been no reduction in established positions but rather that demand has outstripped
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5,000 airport workers to get back jobs
TOURISM MINISTER Edmund Bartlett said that Monday’s “soft reopening” of the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay was a silver lining for workers at that gateway after a near-three-month
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Affidavit outlines case against 3 J'can cops on drug rap in US
MONTEGO BAY, St James — An affidavit in support of a criminal complaint against three Jamaican cops filed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outlines that the trio collaborated to distribute at least 500 grams of cocaine in the United
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St Catherine North Eastern electors threaten to withhold votes
FED up electors in St Catherine North Eastern are threatening to withhold their votes in the upcoming general election, a move they are hoping will spur political representatives into action to fulfil promises made to develop the constituency.
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St. James Municipal Corporation seeks funding from TEF to sanitise parish
The St. James Municipal Corporation says it is seeking funding from the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), to cleanse and sanitise public spaces in Montego Bay and rural townships, as part of measures to curtail the spread of the
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More pressure on COVID-hit J'cans with back-to-school, says councillor
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Albert N. Whiting, Former MSU Dean, NCCU President, Dies at Age 102
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Bond Lane wants COVID-positive residents out
MONTEGO BAY, St James — A team from the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) were up to last evening conducting house-to-house surveillance in the Bond Lane section of Norwood, St James, in the wake of confirmation of novel coronavirus cases in the
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Digicel's 'Shake to Win' boosts MoBay charities
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