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Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer ZULU WARRIOR, ridden by Tyreese Anderson, wins the United Racehorse Trainers Association of Jamaica Trophy over six-and-a-half furlongs at Caymanas Park yesterday.
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Zulu Warrior makes amends in Stargas feature

ZULU WARRIOR on Saturday made amends for his loss the last time races were run at Caymanas Park, October 25, closing the first meet after the passage of Hurricane Melissa by landing the Stargas United…
Executive Chairman of Sandals Resorts, Adam Stewart (centre), interacts with team members during his visit to the resorts following the passage of Hurricane Melissa.
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No staff laid off

WESTERN BUREAU: Shelleitha Curtis did not expect to cry that morning. She was packing care packages – adding rice, juices, diapers, disposable food containers, garbage bags, cooking oil, and other…
Dr Christopher Tufton (left) conversing with a member of the Spanish medical team.
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Health workers commended for strength after Hurricane Melissa

WESTERN BUREAU: Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has praised medical personnel for their resilience after Hurricane Melissa caused widespread damage to health facilities, calling the…
Constables Jemarey Gordon.
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‘THEY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE’

Residents along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew say the two policemen “never stood a chance” in Thursday night’s deadly ambush, describing the unsuspecting attack as swift and calculated after they…
Slain Bridgeport Primary School teacher Tara Pinnock.
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Bridgeport Primary reels from murder of teacher, daughter

Shock, sadness, and in some instances anger gripped the Bridgeport Primary School on Friday as staff and students mourned the slaying of grade five teacher Tara Pinnock and her 14-year-old daughter…
St Elizabeth Parish Court is among the buildings on High Street, Black River, that were damaged by Hurricane Melissa.
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The past in ruins

The savage winds of Hurricane Melissa did not just strip roofs and flatten homes; they obliterated or damaged about 40 heritage structures that anchor Jamaican identity, memory and national spirit. …
Councillor Anthony O’Connor, who represents the Crofts Hill division, addressing last Thursday’s sitting of the Clarendon Municipal Corporation.
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Clarendon hills ‘overlooked’

Several councillors in Clarendon say they have been neglected and sidelined in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, claiming they were not given adequate support to help residents prepare for the storm or…
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LEPTO SCARE IN THE WEST

WESTERN BUREAU: Health officials are probing whether two people involved in post-Melissa cleanup efforts in Catherine Hall and Westgreen, St James, died from leptospirosis, a bacterial disease often…
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J’can accused of scamming remanded in US court

A United States judge on Wednesday ordered a Jamaican man remanded pending trial in the Western District of Washington on December 22. Roshard Andrew Carty, 34, was extradited to the United States,…