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05 Aug, 2026
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Community groups get more time to apply for $500m C.A.R.E. Fund
WESTERN BUREAU: Community-based organisations, churches and other civil-society groups have been given an additional three weeks to apply for a share of the Government’s $500-million Community…
05 Aug, 2026
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Norris R. McDonald | The CIA and Jamaica’s vote-buying ‘bag a money’ politricks!’
Jamaica’s political culture of vote-buying and vote-selling did not emerge overnight. While patronage politics has long been part of the island’s political tradition, the commercialisation of ‘bag a…
05 Aug, 2026
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Scholarship winners credit discipline, support for PEP success
For Jahneal Kennedy and Sujanne Smith, academic success did not happen by accident. It was built on years of discipline, determination and the support of parents and teachers who recognised their…
05 Aug, 2026
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Dream Weekend’s Montego Bay gamble pays off
WESTERN BUREAU: Dream Weekend made an energetic debut in Montego Bay, earning praise from organisers, business leaders and many patrons, while transportation and logistical hiccups highlighted areas…
04 Aug, 2026
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Guatemala on alert and evacuates hundreds of villagers after volcano erupts
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala remained on alert Tuesday after evacuating hundreds of people following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, which is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire and one of Central…
04 Aug, 2026
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Four guns and 100 rounds of ammunition seized in St Andrew police operation
The police today seized four illegal guns, including an AR-15 rifle, and 100 assorted rounds of ammunition during an intelligence-led operation along Cheetwood Avenue in St Andrew. A man was taken…
04 Aug, 2026
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Technical issues affecting processing of e-fitness certificates, says Island Traffic Authority
The Island Traffic Authority (ITA) is reporting that it is currently facing challenges in processing and issuing Electronic Motor Vehicle Certificates of Fitness (e-Fitness Certificates) to motor…
04 Aug, 2026
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3-y-o boy shoots 1-y-o sister with cop-father’s gun in St Elizabeth; CPFSA expresses shock
The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) is expressing shock over the incident in St Elizabeth in which a three-year-old boy shot his one-year-old sister with the service weapon of…
04 Aug, 2026
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Update | Body of missing St Elizabeth woman found in river
The body of 50-year-old Nicole Brown, a farmer of Barton Wharf district in Lacovia, St Elizabeth, who was reported missing, was this afternoon found in a river in the parish. Brown had been missing…