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August 30, 2026 | News
There are fresh calls for greater accountability after more than hundreds Jamaican students failed to show up for this year’s regional examinations, with taxpayers paying the fees for some of the exams. The absenteeism has triggered concern among stakeholders that public money is being wasted on examinations that some candidates simply do not turn up to sit. Data from the Ministry of Education showed that some 4,048 Jamaicans did not show up for the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) May/June 2026 sitting. Of these, 1,875 were public school candidates.
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St Catherine man beaten with hammer remains unresponsive, accused attacker remanded

A St Catherine man who was attacked earlier this month over a land dispute and beaten with a hammer while he slept remains unresponsive in hospital despite multiple surgical procedures. The update was provided by a clerk of court when his alleged attacker Romaine Campbell, 36, appeared in the St Catherine Court on Friday. Campbell is facing a charge of assault occasioning grievous bodily harm. But citing the medical update, the clerk of court indicated that the charge could be upgraded given the condition of the complainant.
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Dispute between family members over phone-charger ends with one dead, one on the run

A dispute between two family members over a phone-charger ended with one stabbed to death and the other being the target of a police manhunt. The incident happened in Boscobel View, St Mary on Saturday, the police have confirmed. The slain man has been identified as Nashawn Williams, also known as ‘Checo’, who resided in the community. The police have since launched a man-hunt for a male family member who allegedly stabbed Williams.
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JA cops 7 medals at PanAm handgun championships

Jamaica won seven medals, including two golds, at the 2026 Pan-American Handgun Championships, which ended in Aruba on Saturday. The seven-medal haul is a major improvement from the two medals -- silver and bronze – team Jamaica won at the 2022 championships in Florida, in the United States (US). National men’s champion Ryan Bramwell secured one of the gold medals in the senior optics category.

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MONEY DOWN THE DRAIN

There are fresh calls for greater accountability after more than hundreds Jamaican students failed to show up for this year’s regional examinations, with taxpayers paying the fees for some of the exams. The absenteeism has triggered concern among stakeholders that public money is being wasted on examinations that some candidates simply do not turn up to sit. Data from the Ministry of Education showed that some 4,048 Jamaicans did not show up for the Caribbean Examinations Council’s (CXC) May/June 2026 sitting. Of these, 1,875 were public school candidates.

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Rajay Wright of Cavalier FC is brought down by a sliding tackle from Frank Salas of Sacedo FC during their Concacaf Caribbean Cup football match at the National Stadium on August 20.
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The Caribbean Cup gamble

For Jamaican clubs, chasing glory in the Concacaf Caribbean Cup is becoming an increasingly expensive gamble, one they can scarcely afford to make, yet cannot afford to walk away from. As the football season gets underway, Jamaica’s top clubs have set their sights not only on domestic glory but also on regional domination. Over the past few years, Jamaica has been at the forefront of the Caribbean Cup, with clubs from the island winning two of the last three titles.

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Music producer and music video director Dameon Gayle told ‘The Sunday Gleaner’: “What dawned on me going through the situation is that if I don’t take care of stuff now, who is going to take care of it when I am gone.”
Updated 19 hours ago

Producer and director Dameon Gayle making documentary about experiences in the music business

Having learnt various lessons in the music industry, Dameon Gayle wants to give a voice to colleagues facing challenges. The music producer and recording artiste, who is currently disputing the digital music distribution of his catalogue, is working on a documentary to shed light on the contracts he and peers have entered into over the years. “A lot of us as creatives are looking at things short-term and not long-term,” Gayle shared on a break from filming the latest vignette to be included in the doc. “The contracts [being signed] use long-term jargon that we are not paying attention to.

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Antoine Lodge/Photographer A six-storey commercial building on Half Way Tree Road in St Andrew, listed as ideal for business process outsourcing, with two rental options: three floors spanning 30,000 square feet, or four floors spanning 43,000 square feet
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One-quarter million square feet of BPO-outsourcing space hits market

More than 245,000 square feet of office space sits vacant, reflecting higher-than-usual inventory amid a downturn in the outsourcing sector. The vacant offices span Half-Way Tree Road, Mona Road, Grenada Way and Saxthorpe Avenue in Kingston, along with Fairfield Road and Market Street in Montego Bay. Jamaica Sotheby’s International Realty co-founder and CEO Julian Dixon said the volume of large-format space currently available runs slightly above normal levels.

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Enter through the front door and walk straight across the house to the seafront.
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Dream House | A coastal dream in western Jamaica

This home has a special synergistic relationship with the seashore on which it sits directly – each enhancing the other. The free-flowing, single-level structure, roofed with several individual, pyramid-shaped shingle peaks, is configured so that the indoors and outdoors open unabashedly to each other. Doors open wide, and large picture windows sandwiched between Louvre blade frames offer unbroken views of the sea, while flooding the home with abundant natural light and fresh coastal air.

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Editorial | Bond market sent a warning

In the midst of the changing of the guard at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) and the reports on the performance of the local economy, something important happened recently in Jamaica’s bond market. The government offered investors a 20-year Jamaican-dollar bond carrying an 11.25 per cent coupon. It sought J$5 billion. Investors submitted bids for only about J$3.5 billion. Ultimately, the government accepted approximately J$2.9 billion. In other words, even at 11.25 per cent, the issue was undersubscribed.

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