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Oct 8, 2024
St Catherine truck assistant charged with fraud
Reading Time: < 1 minute A St Catherine truck assistant has been charged with multiple fraud-related offences following an incident in Portmore on Friday, September 27. Forty-one-year-old Rushawn Bygrave, of Claremount Housing Scheme, Old Harbour,…
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Oct 7, 2024
Gov’t secures US$480 million in first structured securitisation transaction for NMIA revenue
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Jamaican government has successfully secured US$480 million through its first structured securitization transaction in the international capital markets. This initiative will involve the securitisation of a portion of the…
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Oct 7, 2024
Twenty Haitians repatriated after arriving in Jamaica by boat
Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty Haitians who arrived on the island on Saturday via boat have been sent back to their home country. The group, which included 14 men, four women and two boys,…
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Oct 7, 2024
Old Harbour High School receives bus from Japan
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some students at Old Harbour High School in St. Catherine, now have reliable transport after the institution received a 29-seater bus, donated by the Japanese Government. The vehicle, valued at…
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Oct 7, 2024
PNP’s Hinds and Russell want urgent repairs for collapsed Pedro River bridge
Reading Time: 2 minutes Member of Parliament for Clarendon Northern Dwight Sibblies, along with the National Works Agency (NWA), is being urged to take immediate action to repair a collapsed bridge in Pedro River,…
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Oct 7, 2024
Hurricane Milton strengthens to Category 5
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hurricane Milton has strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane as it continues to rapidly intensify in the Gulf of Mexico. The powerful weather system has maximum sustained winds of 160…
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Oct 7, 2024
Over 190,000 successful applications for Government Reverse Tax Credit
Reading Time: < 1 minute Finance Minister Dr Nigel Clarke is reporting that there were some 190,068 successful applications for the Reverse Tax Credit of $20,000 as of 8:02 am on Monday. Clark made the…
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Oct 7, 2024
Dr Kevin Blake urges JCF members to exercise responsibility in social media use
Reading Time: 2 minutes Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has emphasised the importance of responsible social media use among members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). He made the call for responsible information management…
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Oct 7, 2024
St Andrew man charged in crash that killed businessman, motor vehicle inspector
Reading Time: < 1 minute The driver implicated in the death of two men following a collision on Washington Boulevard in St Andrew in late September has been charged. Police have identified the man charged…
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Oct 7, 2024
St Andrew man charged with murder of teen in front family member
Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty-year-old Emanuel Smith, otherwise called ‘Kaydoo’, of Bryden Street, Kingston 16 has been charged with murder regarding the shooting death of a teenager in his community earlier this year. Smith…
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Oct 7, 2024
Wayne Fraser appointed head of operations at West Indies Petroleum
Reading Time: 2 minutes West Indies Petroleum Company Limited (WIP), a leading integrated energy company in Jamaica, has announced the appointment of Wayne Fraser as its new head of operations. Fraser brings over three…
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Oct 7, 2024
$172-million contract signed for Hanover Justice Centre
Reading Time: 2 minutes A contract has been signed to construct the $172.7-million Hanover Justice Centre which will serve as a model for the buildout of a network of these centres islandwide. The contract…