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07 Oct, 2026
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Students represent Jamaica at Robotics Olympics
An eight-member Jamaican robotics team is representing the island in South Korea at the 10th staging of the FIRST® Global Challenge, also known as the First Global Robotics Olympics, which starts…
07 Oct, 2026
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Tru-Juice 5K raises record $9.2m for hospital
The Tru-Juice 5K Run/Walk has raised a record $9.2 million for Linstead Public Hospital, the largest donation in the event’s 11-year history. The cheque was formally handed over during a ceremony at…
07 Oct, 2026
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Drought conditions affecting water supply in sections of Manchester
The National Water Commission (NWC) is reporting that some customers in Manchester are experiencing low pressure or no water supply due to drought conditions impacting operations at its Moravia…
07 Oct, 2026
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Businesswoman, fisherman freed in Old Harbour Bay gun case
Two of four persons who were held in connection with the seizure of three illegal guns in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine, were freed in the High Court Division of the Gun Court on Tuesday. Those freed…
07 Oct, 2026
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Phillips urges Vaz to act on ride-hailing concerns
Opposition Spokesperson on Transport Mikael Phillips says the Opposition stands in solidarity with members of the transport sector whose businesses are being affected and whose livelihoods are…
07 Oct, 2026
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Bar operator robbed and shot by gunmen posing as customers in Old Harbour
A woman was robbed and shot several times by gunmen who posed as customers at her bar in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Tuesday. She has been hospitalised. The police report that about 11:30 a.m., the…
07 Oct, 2026
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Government scales back NaRRA office space after public backlash
Mounting backlash over expensive office space has forced the Government to revise the amount of money that will be spent to house the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA). NaRRA…
07 Oct, 2026
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New Cornwall Regional Hospital A&E to open in coming weeks - Tufton
Following months of severe overcrowding and intense pressure on frontline medical staff, Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton today reported that the state-of-the-art Accident and…
07 Oct, 2026
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Man accused of stealing car in Portmore granted $1 million bail
A St Catherine man charged with allegedly stealing a car from a house in Portmore has been granted $1 million bail. Shemar Griffiths is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle. The bail application…