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Political commentator Dr Paul Ashley says the February 26 local government elections will be a straight fight between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Mark Golding as the electorate has little or no knowledge of their local...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month

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A jury has finally been seated for the YSL RICO trial that centers around Young Thug. The jury selection, which started in January, took 11 months to complete. On Nov. 1, Judge Ural Glanville gave an ultimatum by stating that he needed to 'swear a jury in today.' The process included 50 qualified

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Holness calls for more aid to deal with traffic deaths and injuries

Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is calling for more financial aid to developing countries like Jamaica to help with the implementation of sustainable measures to reduce road traffic deaths and injuries....

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Dear Ashley: Is Anal Sex A Part Of God’s Design?

A Christian wife does not like anal sex but her husband loves it and keeps asking for it. She wonders what she should do in this situation.

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Jamaican pastor: No dominoes at church!

(Jamaica Observer) Pastor of the King’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mount Salem, Charles Brevitt, yesterday warned members of his congregation to “cease and desist” from playing dominoes on the compound, arguing that if the Government is not allowing it to be played in bars, then members must

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‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco

Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard

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Dear Ashley: I Smashed My Husband’s Daddy And I Liked It

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Botched gun deal triggers all-out war

The Holness administration moved on Sunday to stem the bloodletting by so-called “super gangs” by imposing a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central Police Division, home to some of the warring gangsters, and Kingston

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Johnson Smith refutes claims that SOEs/ZOSOs not working

Leader of Government Business in the Senate, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, assured the Senate on Friday that the Government is working towards introducing more zones of special operations

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LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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Rwanda: Kenny Sol, the Ben to Perform at Rwanda Youth Convention in Canada

[New Times] Rwanda's music stars Norbert Rusanganwa, popularly known as Kenny Sol, and Benjamin Mugisha alias The Ben, will yet again share the stage during "The 2023 Rwanda Youth Convention" taking place in Canada on November 25-26.

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Struggling mother of three gets keys to own home

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PM says new vaccination policies coming soon

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that new vaccination policies are to be implemented after the Government completes its public education campaign. Holness noted that in the interim, all sections of the population must be exposed to...

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Holness prepared to declare state of emergency in Central Kingston

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says if advised, he is prepared to declare a state of public emergency in Central Kingston. Holness was reacting to news that several houses on Beeston Street were set on fire by heavily armed gunmen on Tuesday...

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Visitors from high-risk US states to pretest before arrival

Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Jamaica House yesterday evening as the Government continues to reconfigure protocols for entry and re-entry to the island in its push to fully reopen the country in spite of the

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BPO sector rebounds to pre-COVID-19 level – Holness

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says Jamaica's business process outsourcing (BPO) sector has rebound to its pre-COVID-19 level, amid the ongoing pandemic. Speaking today at the virtual opening session of the third staging of Outsourcing 2...

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PM says persons must be given opportunity to use unused state assets

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says persons must be given the opportunity to use unutilised assets of government agencies, in order to maximise their potential. “There are many agencies in Jamaica, they hold lands, buildings...

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PM ‘embarrassed’ by inhumane prison death, discloses proposal for new facility

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has revealed that the Government is now mulling a proposal for a new

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Citing virus as threat, Holness hints at vaccine mandate in future

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Walk good, Shahine

THE woman who changed the tide of losses for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with an upset in a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold in St Ann North Eastern in 2001, Shahine Robinson, died at her family home in Claremont, St Ann, around midday yesterday, after a long battle with lung

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Holness headache - Petrojam scandal resurfaces with force as Wheatley labelled ‘dishonest’ in report

The director of investigation was caustic in his characterisation of Wheatley’s response to specific questions during a probe into donations made by Petrojam to various organisations and causes between April 2016 and March

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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated

CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has

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‘Tragic and heartbreaking’ - PM comments on Noel Chambers who died after 40 years behind bars without trial

REACTING TO the national outcry over the death of Noel Chambers, who spent 40 years in prison without a trial, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, last evening, said nobody should be lost in the penal

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