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North Korea suspends nuclear, missile testing
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and plans to close its nuclear test site. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the suspension of nuclear and...
CommentsIllegal cigarettes now account for almost 25% of the market - Carreras boss
Managing Director of Carreras Limited, Marcus Steele, says the rapidly growing illegal cigarette trade now accounts for almost 25 per cent of the total cigarette market in Jamaica. “The illicit trade in cigarettes has been an ongoing...
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Lazy people! - Canadian MP apologises after labelling Jamaicans as unproductive weedheads
Faced with a social media backlash, Canadian Parliamentarian Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, has backtrack claims that Jamaicans are lazy and underproductive because of their excessive use of ganja.Smith-McCrossin, a member of the Legislative Assembly...
CommentsJUTC running ads against preaching on buses
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is currently running advertisements in the media, appealing to lay preachers who attempt to win souls on the state-run buses to discontinue the practice.JUTC's Communications Manager Cecil Thoms told The...
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Apple Leisure Group & Mark Travel Merger should bring significant growth to Jamaica
Eutelsat partners with Caribbean Broadcasting Union
Eutelsat, one of the leading satellite companies for TV broadcasting, has launched a collaboration with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU).Together, the CBU and Eutelsat will promote TV broadcasting in the Caribbean region as satellites are a...
CommentsMother uses son's death to power charity
Six years ago, it was a very heartbroken Stephanie Allen who said goodbye to her son, Selwin Thomas. It marked the end of a long struggle that began when he was just 10 months old. He developed a brain tumour and had to be operated on nine times....
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'Sunshine Girls on par with main rivals'
Veteran netball coaches, Winston Nevers and Sylvester Campbell, are happy that the Sunshine Girls won the bronze medal at this year's Commonwealth Games on Australia's Gold Coast but both feel that Jamaica could have pocketed gold with a lot more...
CommentsWilliams eyes 12.4 after Commonwealth silver
After enduring a series of setbacks at the beginning of the season, Danielle Williams says she will forever cherish the silver medal she won in the 100m hurdles at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games.The 2015 world champion suffered two major...
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BOJ improves executive compensation, struggles with staff retention
The compensation packages for executive management of the Bank of Jamaica were topped up during 2017, amid efforts to retain critical staff.The central bank's annual report reported...
CommentsLee-Chin seeks US$300m in arbitration fight over Dom Rep investment
Michael Lee-Chin, an investor with significant regional holdings, served the government of the Dominican Republic with a notice of arbitration on April 6 surrounding the state takeover...
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Honest music - NIA supports 'I Am Integrity' album
The name of the album in its entirety - I Am Integrity - and the beat to which a number of vocalists mate their voices - the Integrity Riddim - make the intention of the recently released project clear. Along with the Big Woman Tingz album, I Am...
CommentsMel Cooke | Rebuilding the silly event season
As the organisers of Carnival in Jamaica 2018 revel in the record number of visitors it attracted (over 50,000 arrivals have been connected to the season by Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett), I am looking at the calendar of large-scale entertainment...
CommentsLetter of the Day | Water security Jamaica’s No. 1 priority
THE EDITOR, Sir:There are several priorities for the survival, growth and development of our beloved country, Jamaica. My opinion is that water security is priority No. 1.According to the World Bank, approximately 1.6 billion people live in...
CommentsExcellent service at St Ann's Bay Hospital
THE EDITOR, Sir:This is an open letter of heartfelt gratitude and deep appreciation to the nurses and doctors in the Accident and Emergency Department of the St Ann's Bay Hospital.I had a terrible accident on Wednesday, April 18, and was rushed to...
Comments16 nations agree to track Venezuela corruption
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):Two senior US Treasury officials say finance ministers from several Latin American nations, as well as the US and Europe, have agreed to work jointly to locate and seize assets arising from corruption by Venezuelan government...
CommentsMinnesota prosecutor won't file charges in Prince's death
MINNEAPOLIS (AP):No criminal charges will be filed in Prince's death, and evidence shows that the musician thought he was taking a common painkiller instead of a counterfeit pill containing the fentanyl that killed him, a Minnesota prosecutor said...
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Editorial | Action on court delays
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