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Greater Bernard Lodge development plan moving ahead
Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the Greater Bernard Lodge master plan will see a new development that will serve as a model for others islandwide. Holness, who had instructed in 2019 that the development master plan for the Greater Bernard Lodge...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Most Americans Want Police Reform But Don't Back 'Defund The Police'
A near-universal majority of Americans support at least some changes to policing in the United States following the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll
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Shahine was like my sister and friend, says PM
The House of Representatives yesterday paid tribute to two former ministers, two ex-councillors, and a former permanent secretary, but it was Shahine Robinson who was the centre of tearful tributes by parliamentarians mourning her
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Holness: Government to create housing revolution
Prime Minister Andrew  Holness, says the Government is going to create a housing revolution to deliver units to families across the island at reasonable costs.
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Nigeria: Shehu Sani Urges Tinubu to Pardon Imprisoned #EndSARS Protesters, Reform Nigerian Prisons
[Premium Times] Mr Sani also told President Tinubu that many of the economic reforms have caused hardship to Nigerians.
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In September 2011, Prime Minister Bruce Golding resigned. Goldings political standing never recovered after his handling of the Christopher Coke case. For nine months, Golding resisted a request from the United States to hand over Coke. His resignation was seen as an effort to help the Jamaica
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Nigeria: Tinubu Signs N2.17trn Supplementary Budget
[Vanguard] President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the N2.17 trillion 2023 Supplementary Budget, which was recently passed by the National Assembly.
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PNP hunts votes one-on-one - COVID-19 dooms mass meetings; Phillips demands no vote under SOE
People’s National Party (PNP) Campaign Director Phillip Paulwell believes that COVID-19 restrictions will transform political and canvassing strategy in Jamaica as the country prepares for a general election constitutionally due by February
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Holness lauds contributions of Robinson, Gallimore in tribute
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has lauded the contribution of late Labour and Social Security Minister Shahine Robinson to politics and national
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JHTA says it's ready to safely reopen tourism sector
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) says the planned reopening of the island's borders to international travellers on June 15 is an opportunity for a return to normality for the more than 300,000 workers and businesses that depend on tourism for
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be mandatory COVID screening for all passengers arriving in Jamaica this
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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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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
2,300 Jamaicans return under re-entry programme
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says, to date, 2,300 Jamaicans have entered the island under the Government’s re-entry programme at a cost of
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Struggling mother of three gets keys to own home
Relief came on Friday for 43-year-old Charmaine Lewis of Pedro district in Point Hill, St Catherine, when she was handed the keys to a new three-bedroom house under the Government’s Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme....
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Johnson Smith says PM gave 'honest' response to prison rejection issue
Foreign Affairs Minister Kamina Johnson Smith says Prime Minister Andrew Holness was truthful when he told the nation on Friday that his administration did not reject the United Kingdom’s offer to help build a prison
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Holness urges Jamaicans to prepare for Elsa
Jamaicans are being urged to take all the necessary precautions in preparation for the effects of the now downgraded Tropical Storm Elsa, which could begin impacting the island as early as Saturday. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the call...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Campbell, Lee relish looming election battle in St Ann NW
There is no doubt in the mind of People’s National Party (PNP) standard-bearer Dr Dayton Campbell that pulling out the voters in the upcoming general election will be difficult, but he believes he has the organisational machinery in place to trounce Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) rival Krystal
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
No dominoes at church!
MONTEGO BAY, St James — 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
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Bad roads hurting schooling in rural hills – Holness
St Andrew East Rural Member of Parliament (MP) Juliet Holness has made an impassioned plea for works authorities to address the ramshackle roads in her constituency, which she said are frustrating the efforts of parents to give their children...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Pfizer hot seat
In the face of withering criticism of the Ministry of Health & Wellness’ policy to expand the dispensing of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine beyond children to adults, Permanent Secretary Dunstan Byran is expected...
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Ship workers disembark in Port Royal
Several hundred Jamaicans have begun disembarking two cruise ships as part of the Government's controlled re-entry
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PM sharpening new anti-crime law
While waiting for its day in court challenging a Supreme Court ruling that detentions under states of emergency were in breach of the Constitution, the Andrew Holness administration has signalled that work is well advanced on new legislation to...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Holness backs storm funds boost Prime Minister Andrew Holness has suggested that more funds be released at the beginning of the hurricane season so that sufficient preparation could be made to face possible weather systems. Holness made the...
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Holness pledges $750,000 to support NCU students affected by COVID-19
Prime Minister Andrew has pledged three quarters of $1 million from his Positive Jamaica Foundation to the Northern Caribbean University's Alumni to fund scholarships and grants for students affected by
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Update: Statue rage - Government opens debate on removing monuments to colonial-era icons
As global anti-racism protests sparked by the killing of American George Floyd coalesce around the toppling of white-supremacy monuments, Jamaica’s Culture Minister Olivia Grange has opened the door for discussion on removing statues of colonial-era icons from public
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Jamaican ship workers begin disembarking in Falmouth
The first batch of the 1,044 Jamaican ship workers who returned to the island on Tuesday afternoon has departed for government quarantine centres in St Ann after being processed at the Falmouth cruise ship pier in
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
WCPL set for prime time in 2024, CPL launches new logos - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
IN an effort to continue reinventing themselves the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) launched a new logo for the 2024 men's and women's tournament and in addition to that, will play the Massy Women's CPL (WCPL) separately, giving the women's cricketers a chance to stand out on their own. The la
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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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Gov't accuses Opposition of mischief in Senate
LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this
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