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21 Feb, 2026
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17-y-o St Mary boy charged in connection with murder of Boscobel businessman
A 17-year-old boy from Boscobel, St Mary, has been charged by police in connection with the shooting death of 59-year-old businessman Garfield Singh at his Boscobel home last Monday. The minor is…
21 Feb, 2026
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Update | Kingston man charged over theft of gaming boxes from bar in St Catherine remanded
A man charged over the theft of gaming boxes from a bar in St Catherine was on Friday remanded when he appeared in the parish court. Omar Dennis, 35, of Denham Town in Kingston, is charged with shop…
21 Feb, 2026
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CPFSA condemns ‘unconscionable and callous’ Denham Town attack
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it is expressing profound outrage and sorrow at the killing of a three-year-old boy and the injury of his eight-year-old brother and their…
21 Feb, 2026
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Mom of 3 battles cancer and impact of Melissa
WESTERN BUREAU: Nickeisha Black, a 34-year-old mother of three young children, who resides in Bethel Town, Westmoreland, has been fighting a hard battle with Stage-3 colorectal cancer since 2024, and…
21 Feb, 2026
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Babymother denies Allen, friends were gunmen, gangsters
The mother of Mark Allen’s daughter yesterday firmly denied that he and one of his friends, who were killed alongside him in January 2013, were gunmen, rejecting defence suggestions that they were…
21 Feb, 2026
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Opposition wants timeline for phasing out asset tax
Senators on both sides of the political divide yesterday locked horns over a timeline for eliminating the asset tax paid by financial institutions, which should have been phased out about a decade…
21 Feb, 2026
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Common-law couples cautioned against duplicate hurricane claims within households
WESTERN BUREAU: Pearnel Charles Jr, minister of labour and social security, is cautioning residents against submitting multiple hurricane relief applications from the same household, warning that the…
21 Feb, 2026
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Westmoreland Chamber urges balance on proposed digital, sin taxes
WESTERN BUREAU: Moses Chybar, the president of the Westmoreland Chamber of Commerce, is urging the Government to strike a careful balance as it moves to impose new taxes on digital services, alcohol,…
21 Feb, 2026
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Settling into motherhood
Western Bureau: For many young Jamaicans, the decision to start a family is becoming increasingly complex. The cost of living continues to rise, some young couples have limited support systems and…