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03 Oct, 2026
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No plans to have ICE officers patrol polls during midterm elections, says US officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials say they don’t plan to send immigration enforcement officers en masse to patrol the polls and dismissed concerns that they plan to do…
03 Oct, 2026
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Plane heading to Boston with 6 people goes missing
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — A plane with six people aboard lost contact with aviation authorities during a flight from Bermuda to Boston, officials in the United States (US) have disclosed. The US Coast…
03 Oct, 2026
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Axe-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot was flagged over extremism concerns
CAIRO (AP) — The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain onboard an Israel-bound flight with an axe and trying to seize control of the aircraft was an Omani national who has been barred from flying…
03 Oct, 2026
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Bartlett challenges young people to help shape the future of tourism through innovation and entrepreneurship
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has challenged students and young people to move beyond simply preparing for jobs in tourism and instead become creators, entrepreneurs and owners who shape the future…
03 Oct, 2026
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'Dervan used the microphone as an instrument of service' - Dr Rose Marie Lewis
Late broadcaster Dervan Malcolm has been remembered as a friend of the Diaspora who gave Jamaicans overseas a home through the airways. The tributes came during the funeral service for Malcolm held…
03 Oct, 2026
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Insurance companies pushing to clear backlog of Melissa related claims -- IAJ
Forty-nine per cent of US dollar-denominated insurance claims related to Hurricane Melissa were fully settled and paid up to the end of September this year, the Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ)…
03 Oct, 2026
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White ex-cop who killed unarmed Black man in his apartment she mistook for her own granted parole after serving 7 years
A white former Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own has been granted parole after serving seven years of her ten-year prison sentence. …
02 Oct, 2026
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Guilty as charged
WESTERN BUREAU: Doujon Griffiths, who was on trial in the United States (US) for the murder of fellow Montegonian Massania Malcolm and her one-year-old daughter, Jordania Reid, was found guilty…
02 Oct, 2026
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JMDA: Doctors to provide emergency services only today
The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) says doctors will provide only emergency services in the public-health system from 8:00 am today, as the association steps up pressure on the Industrial…