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The former Air Jamaica plane bombed in March seen here at London Heathrow in the United Kingdom on June 17, 2005.
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Former Air J plane bombed in Iran - Pilot recalls good times flying ‘Mike Papa’ from Jamaica to UK, wants reintroduction of national airline

When the Israeli Air Force reported the destruction of Iran’s presidential VIP Airbus A340-300 often dubbed ‘Iran Force One’ during a military strike in Iran in March of this year, the repercussions were felt beyond the Middle East, reaching Kingston, Jamaica. The long-range jet was once in the fleet of the now-defunct Air Jamaica. And for veteran aircraft pilot Edward Miller, who regularly captained the airplane on flights from Jamaica to London and Manchester in the United Kingdom, news of its demise hit a personal chord.

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In this file photo, residents of Bundy Lane in St Andrew play in water from a burst underground National Water Commission pipe.
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PAC questions NWC’s financial viability

Auditor General Pamela Monroe Ellis has disclosed that as at March 2026, total receivables of the National Water Commission (NWC) is $23.88 billion. However, eyebrows were raised when it was…
Dr Andrew Wheatley.
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Court delays first hearing of Wheatley’s challenge to IC prosecution

The first hearing of Cabinet Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley’s challenge against the Integrity Commission’s (IC) decision to prosecute him for alleged illicit enrichment and other corruption-related…
Attorney-at-law Gloria Brown of Brown, Findley and Company.
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Attorney calls for land court to address mounting disputes

WESTERN BUREAU: Attorney-at-law Gloria Brownand is calling for a specialised land court to tackle Jamaica’s growing backlog of property disputes, arguing that cases involving the country’s most…
Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett (left) seated next to St Kitts and Nevis’s tourism minister, Marsha Henderson, and other leaders during the Council of Ministers meeting in Guyana on Tuesday.
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Bartlett pushes visitor-backed fund to protect Caribbean tourism

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Jamaica’s Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett is proposing a visitor-backed fund to help protect the Caribbean’s tourism industry from future shocks. The proposed Caribbean Tourism…
Members of the Jamaica Defence Force and Trekkers Adventures lead participants in the Sandals Foundation Island Challenge on a military-style trek through the Blue Mountain range, starting at Newcastle in St Andrew.
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Falmouth Hospital to benefit from $21m Island Challenge fundraiser

The paediatric and neonatal unit at Falmouth Public General Hospital is set to receive critical medical equipment following the successful completion of the Sandals Foundation Island Challenge, which…
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JCF FREED IN FATAL RUN - Court tosses father’s negligence case after son collapsed, died during recruitment test

A father has lost his negligence claim against the State over the death of his son, who collapsed during a physical assessment for recruitment to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) five years ago.…
Trade unionist Senator Lambert Brown.
06 Oct, 2026 0

Doctors’ pay fight ends in major win

Following the Industrial Disputes Tribunal’s landmark ruling in favour of doctors in their long-running allowances dispute with the State, senior trade unionist Lambert Brown says the medical…
Panellists take part in a Jamaica Teaching Council fireside chat, hosted in observance of World Teachers’ Day yesterday. The event examined how Jamaica prepares, supports, develops, trusts and values teachers, and explored necessary changes as education
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Calls for more training, better support for teachers

A call is being made for greater investment in teacher training institutions, with Dr Ashburn Pinnock, president of The Mico University College, arguing that while teacher preparation is evolving, it…
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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…