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March 12, 2026
Mayor eyes old May Pen police station property for shopping hub
Mayor of May Pen Joel Williams says the grounds of the old police station in the town will be transformed into a shopping enclave with individual outlets for vendors, as part of a broader strategy to…
March 12, 2026
Record number of political parties register for Haiti's first election in a decade
A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by Thursday’s deadline to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade, although not all will make the cut. Nonetheless, the…
March 12, 2026
Robinson proposes digital nomad programme and electronic invoicing as alternatives to gov't's tax package
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson is proposing a $10 billion revenue plan that would rely on an electronic invoicing system to improve tax compliance and a Digital Nomad Programme to…
March 12, 2026
Opposition presses for National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority legislation
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has called for the tabling of legislation that will govern the operations of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA, a body to lead…
March 12, 2026
Robinson: $10B sugary drink tax will hurt consumers
Julian Robinson, opposition spokesman on finance, has cast doubt on the Government’s claims that the imposition of a $10 billion tax on sugary drinks for the new fiscal year is a public health measure…
March 12, 2026
Robinson slams gov’t’s new tax package as ‘economically unsound’
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has criticised the Government’s new tax package as being economically unsound, saying low-income Jamaicans will bear most of the burden. Robinson,…
March 12, 2026
Oil jumps to US$100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and resumed its sharp swings…
March 12, 2026
Two men charged after 18-y-o stabbed, beaten in Point Hill
The police in Point Hill, St Catherine have charged two men for the stabbing and beating of an 18-year-old man in the community last week. Charged are 20-year-old Raheem Mitchell, otherwise called…
March 12, 2026
Man kills Jamaican wife and her parents in murder-suicide in New Jersey
The police in Berkeley Township, New Jersey in the United States are probing what investigators believe is a murder-suicide in which a man chased and fatally shot his Jamaican wife and gunned down her…