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Jealousy behind murder of pregnant Clarendon woman, boyfriend?
Police investigators are probing whether jealousy was the motive for Thursday's murder of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend in Bowens Gate district near Mocho, Clarendon. Twenty-seven-year-old Natalie Campbell, an unemployed...
CommentsMissing St Thomas woman found dead
A five-day search for 21-year-old Abina Bertram, also called Tashell, of Industry Hill in St Thomas, who was reported missing, ended today after her body was found in a river in the community of Nuttsriver.
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Eyes on key players - DPP cites four criminal, two common-law breaches possibly committed at education ministry
Financial investigators have indicated that a legal opinion received from the nation’s chief prosecutor yesterday provided “very good guidance” in their wide-ranging corruption probe involving sacked Education Minister Ruel Reid. Robin Sykes, chief...
CommentsPhillips: We’re not all corrupt - PNP president urges JLP to stop broad-brushing politicians
Western Bureau: Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips is flatly rejecting the common perception that when it comes to corruption, it is a case of no better herring, no better barrel between his People’s National Party (PNP) and the Andrew Holness-led...
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Pandohie warns Jamaica could face Venezuela-like crisis
A leading businessman is warning Jamaica to be on guard against a similar local occurrence of the economic nightmare unfolding in regional neighbour Venezuela. Richard Pandohie, president of the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters' Association (...
CommentsEco Tings providing environmentally friendly cutlery and utensils
More and more people are concerned about environmental degradation and preservation. It is widely believed that some of the cutlery and utensils we use are significantly contributing to the destruction of the environment and so there are efforts to...
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Wasteful - Duckie laments lost opportunities in U-23s draw with Dominica
Donovan Duckie, head coach of Jamaica’s national Under-23 football team, feels that his team’s result against Dominica on Wednesday was a match of lost opportunities as the teams played out a 1-1 draw at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex. “It...
CommentsBlake, Hughes renew rivalry
The rivalry between Yohan Blake, the 2011 world 100m champion, and his former training partner, Zharnel Hughes, could intensify at this weekend’s London Diamond League, as both athletes will stand on the line for the men’s 100 metres for the second...
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Start-up mining company to exploit north coast for aggregates
Jamaica World, a local industrial development start-up, has partnered with a global contract mining company out of Spain, called EPSA, for the development of a limestone-processing operation near Rio Bueno. The start-up, which plans to operating...
CommentsGWest loses third boss in the span of one year - Looks to newly accredited facilities to help turn around loss-making operation
Medical centre operator GWest Corporation, which is grappling with the concerns of its auditors about its losses and financial health, has received accreditation for two of its service units, which it expects will serve to bring in new business....
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Germany’s Warrior Sound capture ‘World Sound Clash’ title
Warrior Sound International, the one-man German outfit featuring selector Mattia Ruebenstruck, created a stunning upset at the Pier One Complex in Montego Bay, St James, on Thursday night by capturing the 2019 edition of Reggae Sumfest...
CommentsBlissful Blitz All Black for Bunji
WESTERN BUREAU: He had nothing to do with the planning. He didn’t have to lift a finger. All he had to do was show up. And the ‘Caribbeaness’ of big, bad, soca giant Bunji Garlin and his equally musically rich empress, Fay-Ann Lyons, was...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Corruption blame game
THE EDITOR, Sir: It is good that more people are now having conversations about corruption and the need to eradicate it from our island, triggered by the recent revelations at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) and Petrojam, followed up by...
CommentsImpassible roads in Golden Spring
THE EDITOR, Sir: Our roads are deplorable, to say the least, as they have been lacking maintenance for well over 60 years. In the past two weeks, a Radio Jamaica Hotline producer has tried to get Corporate Communications Manager Mr Stephen Shaw of...
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Texas woman pleads guilty in shooting deaths of 2 daughters
ATHENS, Texas (AP): A Texas woman was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to shooting and killing her two young daughters in 2017. Prosecutors declined to pursue the death penalty against Sarah Nicole Henderson in...
Comments7,800 police punished for deadly drug raids
MANILA (AP): Thousands of Philippine police officers have received administrative punishments with more than 2,000 dismissed for wrongdoings during raids, where drug suspects were killed under the president’s crackdown, officials said Thursday....
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Something Extra | Friday
Blitz: The All-Black Edition, held on Wednesday at the swanky Hard Rock Café in Montego Bay, saw patrons turning up in their sexiest black outfits to be wined and dined while enjoying the upscale Jamaican party experience. The pre-Sumfest Blitz...
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Mawnin Medz with JMP coffee, tea
Reggae Sumfest patrons at Mawnin Medz, enjoyed the great taste of Jamaica Mountain Peak (JMP) Instant Coffee and Ginger Tea, as they kicked off the week of fun, sun and reggae at the breakfast party held at Tropical Bliss Beach in Montego Bay....
CommentsSachique Williams crowned Miss St Mary Festival Queen
Sachique Williams has been crowned Miss St Mary Festival Queen. The warmth, charm and charisma exuded by the winner, was evident from her opening sentences in which she displayed an unmatched confidence. “Words cannot express how elated I am...
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Editorial | Financing universal health coverage
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