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15 Apr, 2026
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Current, former UHWI senior officials summoned to PAC
After several failed attempts to unearth who was at the centre of a myriad procurement breaches, missing contract documents and the misuse of the University Hospital of the West Indies’ (UHWI)…
15 Apr, 2026
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Storm victim baffled by ROOFS grant mix-up
Angella Allen was filled with excitement when she learnt during a ceremony in February that she was one of several persons selected for a $500,000 grant under a special Government-funded initiative,…
15 Apr, 2026
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Bernard Lodge onion glut leaves farmers with millions in losses
Onion farmers in Bernard Lodge, St Catherine are facing millions of dollars in losses as a glut in local production collides with continued imports, leaving acres of mature crops at risk of spoilage.…
15 Apr, 2026
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PNP councillor joins call for children’s hospital in west to be named after Simpson Miller
WESTERN BUREAU: Kerry Thomas, the councillor for the Mt Salem division in the St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC), has served notice on the corporation that he will be tabling a resolution to have…
15 Apr, 2026
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Kingston mayor lashes ORA
Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby has criticised the Government’s One Road Authority (ORA) initiative, arguing that it does not address the problem of inadequate funding for road maintenance. Cabinet…
14 Apr, 2026
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13-Y-O CRITICAL
An eighth-grade student has been hospitalised with life-threatening injuries to his kidney and intestine after he was reportedly shot by a policeman during an incident his family claim was unprovoked.…
14 Apr, 2026
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Probe deepens after Carnival night erupts in gunfire
Investigators probing Sunday night’s shooting at the Big Wall Carnival after-party say it is still “very early days as it relates to charges”, even as eyewitness accounts, reported security gaps, and…
14 Apr, 2026
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‘We’re just hoping for the best’
Still grappling with the physical and psychological toll of Hurricane Melissa, schools across the worst-affected parishes are racing to ready grade-six students for the Primary Exit Profile (PEP)…
14 Apr, 2026
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Cops believe cross-border robbers targeting churches in St James
WESTERN BUREAU: Senior Superintendent Eron Samuels, police commander for St James, is appealing to churches and communities to help the police to apprehend thieves who are committing multiple…