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06 Oct, 2026
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Reid trial rolls on despite lawyers’ absence
A judge on Monday did not allow the absence of defence attorney Hugh Wildman to delay the resumption of the oft-delayed fraud trial involving former Education Minister Ruel Reid. Wildman is the…
06 Oct, 2026
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Confession under scrutiny in Pathways trial
The evidentiary phase of the Pathways murder trial is currently on pause as Justice Leighton Pusey considers whether to admit a caution statement containing a reported confession by accused Andre…
06 Oct, 2026
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Bartlett wants ALEX to become a regional platform
WESTERN BUREAU: Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett want Jamaica’s Agricultural Linkages Exchange (ALEX) to be expanded into a Caribbean-wide platform as part of a broader push to build a regional…
06 Oct, 2026
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Former JC footballer pens novels to give Denham Town a voice
Former Jamaica College (JC) Manning Cup footballer Alton Allen has travelled a long way from the streets of Denham Town where he grew up, but nearly three decades after leaving Jamaica for the United…
06 Oct, 2026
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Purkiss confronts SPARK work crew
WESTERN BUREAU: Just days after lamenting in Parliament about the unsatisfactory state of the roadwork being done in her constituency under the SPARK programme, Hanover Eastern Member of Parliament…
05 Oct, 2026
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‘UNINFORMED’ - Global Afrikan Congress rebukes Warmington over slave trade remarks, urges him to do research and apologise
The Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) is demanding an apology from parliamentarian Everald Warmington for his “uninformed assertions” that Black Africans who sold people into the transatlantic slave…
05 Oct, 2026
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Representation row hits tourism transport sector
WESTERN BUREAU: A representation dispute has erupted in Jamaica’s tourism ground transportation sector, with the more than 2,000-member JUTA Montego Bay declaring that a government-recognised umbrella…
05 Oct, 2026
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Sinclair calls for insurance laws to tackle claims delays
Government Senator Charles Sinclair is urging the administration to review the Financial Services Commission and Insurance acts and their regulations to address, among other things, lengthy delays in…
05 Oct, 2026
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Domestic violence fuel St Catherine South murders
Nearly one-third of the murders recorded by the St Catherine South Police so far this year are linked to domestic violence or interpersonal conflicts, the commanding officer for the division has…