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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Commissioner Terrence Williams marked the end of his journey with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) today.

82,000 applications processed for entry into Jamaica 8:27 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Thirty-one thousand residents and 51,000 non residents and visitors have been processed using the JamCOVID and Visit Jamaica websites, Prime Minister……

With 1,592 new deaths, US daily virus toll at highest in 2.5 months 8:27 pm
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States Tuesday recorded 1,592 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, the highest number of daily fatalities in 2.5 months, Johns……

UPDATE: Getaway car used in JN money heist recovered 8:07 pm
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The police are reporting that the getaway car which was used by armed men after they robbed the JN Bank Moneyshop in Whitehouse, Westmoreland of……

Charges coming for Jamaicans who breach home quarantine 7:46 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans in home quarantine, and not tourists, are the country’s “greatest risk”, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has……

COVID-19 testing backlog to be cleared by month end — PM 7:38 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the backlog of COVID-19 tests will be cleared by the end of the month….

COVID-19 numbers still below projected threshold, Holness says 7:13 pm
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that Jamaica has had 304 import or import-related cases of COVID-19 under the controlled re-entry……

Trump administration won’t accept new DACA applications6:44 pm
CHICAGO, United States (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields……

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More Jamaicans polled believe the states of public emergency (SOEs) are effective than those who feel otherwise.

NEW YORK, USA (AP) — The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) is changing its World Cup qualifying hexagonal to…

‘For personal growth’
ANDREW Richardson says his departure from Jamaica Tallawahs for this season’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament had nothing to do with him falling out with the……

‘We are satisfied’
JAMAICA will kick off their next round of Fifa World Cup qualifiers next June as Concacaf announced the new changes, comprising three rounds, that will provide all……

IPL seeks OUR’s intervention for blown transformers
Independence Park Ltd (IPL) has sent a $15-m claim to the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) for two blown transformers, but the power company refused to……

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Manufacturing and distribution company Seprod Limited effectively grew their net profits by 135 per cent in the second quarter ending June 30,…

This is the third in a series of stories commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1980 General Election in Jamaica. 

MARYLAND, USA (AP) — Less than two months after their office romance ended, Ahmad Kazzelbach began tampering with the email and social media accounts of the Baltimore…

On July 9, 2020 Prime Minister Andrew Holness embarked on a journey which he perhaps hoped would have landed him great political stocks, but instead it landed him…

They almost got it right
Upon receiving the invitation for the “high-priority” information session designed for parents in Kingston and St Andrew in anticipation of the unusual……

The rise of Michael Manley and the George Floyd connection
THE death of George Floyd in 2020, tragic as it was, has turned out to be both symbolic and of historic significance. For one, it raises the question about justice,……

A time for honesty, a time for action
In 1954, the year of my birth, the Supreme Court of the United States decided in the seminal case of Brown vs Board of Education that black children could no longer be……

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Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth — Easily among Jamaica’s most popular nature-based attractions, YS Falls in northern St Elizabeth reopened to visitors…

The Right Honourable Owen Seymour Arthur, who died yesterday, aged 70, was the longest-serving prime minister of Barbados and an outstanding son of the Caribbean who…

Paris, France (AFP) — The Grand Prix events in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, and Canada have been scrapped this year, but three races in…

Toyota C-HR: Leaving ordinary behind
THE 2020 Toyota C-HR is the brand at its finest — taking complicated high-level technology and bringing it trouble-free to the mass market, in this case, their……

DRIVER’S LICENCE DELAY
A HUGE pile-up of driver’s licence applications is currently causing delay in the operations of the Island Traffic Authority (ITA). But the agency is hoping to clear……

Quartararo storms to season-opening pole
JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain (AFP) — Frenchman Fabio Quartararo powered to pole position for the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix yesterday, setting a Jerez lap……

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