Month: August 2022
Main Feature News

St James man is 4th monkeypox case in Jamaica

Jamaica has confirmed its fourth monkeypox case locally.  This case is the second locally transmitted case, meaning the man from St James had.

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News

US commits US$2-million for creation of Cyber Centre of Excellence

The United States (US) Government will be providing US$2 million in support of the creation of a Cyber Centre of Excellence in Jamaica,.

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Main Feature News

16-y-o girl charged with killing brother during family squabble

A 16-year-old girl was charged with the murder of her brother, 23-year-old Lenardo Cole, at their home on Hazard Drive, May Pen in.

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Computer Science, IT teachers to be trained under coding project

The Ministry of Education and Youth, in collaboration with the Amber Group, continues the Train the Teachers Initiative, under the Coding in Schools.

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Lisa Hanna to exit representational politics by 2025

It’s being described as a major political bombshell; Lisa Hanna, the People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for South East St.

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Entertainment Main Feature

Popular tiktoker, ‘Legendary Lasco’ found dead; suicide suspected

The police are probing the death of popular social media icon and TikTok sensation, Legendary Lasco.  Lasco, whose real name is Shauna-Kay Gayle,.

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Entertainment

Singer, actress Olivia Newton-John dies at 73

New York (AP) – Olivia Newton-John, the Grammy-winning superstar who reigned on pop, country, adult contemporary and dance charts with such hits as.

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Main Feature News

Suspect nabbed re illegal gun trade was granted legal gun by ex-JLP Gov’t minister

A man suspected to be a major player in the importation of illegal guns, and who was reportedly granted a licensed firearm by.

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Gov’t forks out $43 million for Kamina’s C’wealth bid, CHOGM attendance

Jamaican taxpayers forked out $18.2 million on the failed bid of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Affairs Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith, to overthrow.

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NHT targets 7,138 housing solutions under developers programme

The National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to construct 7,138 housing solutions under its developers programme. Under the government policy initiative, introduced in 2019,.

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