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23 Jan, 2026
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Shipping Association urges cargo owners to clear goods as port congestion persists
The Shipping Association of Jamaica is warning that ongoing port and warehouse congestion could worsen unless cargo owners urgently clear uncollected goods, weeks after the traditional holiday…
23 Jan, 2026
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US Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias
(AP) — Nearly 70 years after a United States Black man was executed, officials declared this week that he was innocent in the killing of a white woman in Texas. Prosecutors say the case was based on…
23 Jan, 2026
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Ghana's foreign minister due in Jamaica Saturday for official visit; health and education on agenda
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa is scheduled to arrive in Jamaica on Saturday for a three-day official visit, the Jamaican foreign ministry says. During…
22 Jan, 2026
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JFJ: Bring private firms under ATI
Human-rights group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is calling for the Access to Information (ATI) Act to be extended to the private sector, arguing that private entities performing public functions must…
22 Jan, 2026
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Bosses of backlog
The spotlight has again been shone on the “responsible officers” at several municipal corporations as the state bodies remain delinquent, failing to submit a total of 95 outstanding financial…
22 Jan, 2026
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Jamaica seeks to expand overseas employment programmes in US
The Government of Jamaica is pressing ahead with efforts to expand the H-2A and H-2B United States work visa programmes. Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony…
22 Jan, 2026
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Belize aid supports Bluefields Bay rebuilding efforts
The Bluefields Bay region in eastern Westmoreland comprises several districts, including Belmont, Cherry Hill, Mount Airy, Mearnville and Auldyr. It was near this area that Category-5 Hurricane…
22 Jan, 2026
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Ja’s economic turnaround extolled in new book
When Jamaica went from being virtually an economic basket case to being the economic wonder of the world, Jamaican international financial professional Courtney Christie-Veitch decided that this was a…
22 Jan, 2026
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Mending hearts
Six children with severe congenital heart defects recently received life-saving cardiac surgery led by London-based Professor Victor Tsang, a world-renowned specialist in paediatric valve repair and…