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Updated 16 hours ago by Livern Barrett

Chuck pushes for revival of Republic talks 

A senior Government official has made an urgent appeal for a restart of the drawn out constitutional reform process that would remove the British Monarch as Jamaica’s head of state and urged lawmakers…
Updated 16 hours ago

Tufton places spotlight on healthcare workers’ welfare

The Government is moving to improve the welfare of healthcare workers, says Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton, who yesterday contended that the well-being of medical staff is…
Updated 20 hours ago by Adrian Frater

Four killed in Retirement, cops accused of murder 

Residents of Retirement, in St James, wept openly yesterday morning as they angrily rubbished the police claim that four men who were shot and killed in an operation in the community had engaged them…
Updated 14 hours ago by Leon Jackson

Troy residents welcome return of vital bridge

Western Bureau: After several years of being cut off from neighbouring communities and being forced to use longer routes to reach markets, farmers in Troy and neighbouring districts in southern…
Updated 14 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

'The cries were loud and unkind' - MPs welcome reopened Troy Bridge after tension

WESTERN BUREAU: After years of criticism over delays in rebuilding the Troy Bridge, Trelawny Southern’s Member of Parliament (MP) Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert says she is satisfied that the government…
Updated 14 hours ago by Ruddy Mathison

Police flag rise in coordinated gun attacks

Senior law enforcement sources have described an alarming rise in coordinated gun attacks involving heavily armed groups moving with military-like precision across several parishes. The concern…
Updated 14 hours ago

JHTA renews call for meeting on GCT increase

Jamaica’s tourism industry has renewed calls for talks with the government over a proposed increase in the General Consumption Tax (GCT), warning that the absence of consultation risks unsettling one…
Updated 13 hours ago by Neil Armstrong

Monica Lewis, entrepreneur at heart of Toronto’s Little Jamaica, dies

Monica Lewis’ industriousness and respect for others endeared her to many in Toronto’s Little Jamaica community — a neighbourhood the trailblazing entrepreneur helped build through her business,…
Updated 9 hours ago

Revolving surveyor fee loan fund for small landholders

The Government is looking at establishing a revolving fund where landholders of two acres or less can apply for loans to pay surveyor fees.