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Jamaica Gleaner

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:10:38 -0500
‘Find a lawyer!’
Constitutional attorney John Clarke is urging Jamaicans who were detained under states of emergency (SOEs) to seek legal advice following the Constitutional Court’s declaration that the measures imposed by the Andrew Holness administration from......

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:07:03 -0500
Remittance alert
Jamaicans in the diaspora and at home are bracing for a negative impact on the country’s people and economy should Republicans in the United States (US) House of Representatives go ahead with plans to impose a five per cent tax on remittances from...

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:05:49 -0500
J’cans donned in yellow show love on Children’s Day
Yesterday, across Jamaica, schools, communities, and families came together dressed vibrantly in sunshine yellow to celebrate National Children’s Day, a tradition now observed every third Friday in May. Spearheaded by the National Child Month...

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:10:29 -0500
‘You should all be ashamed’
In the wake of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling declaring that states of public emergency (SOEs) called by the State between 2018 and 2023 were void, as they breached the separation of powers principles in the Constitution, a senior Opposition...

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:09:13 -0500
No timelines, just purpose
From a modest rural upbringing to becoming one of the Caribbean’s well-respected tax experts, Elizabeth Ann Jones, chairman of The Jamaica National Group, never followed a master plan, only a commitment to doing her best. “I was never one who ha...

Jamaica Observer

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Charity makes donation to upgrade more restrooms at Little London High
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Male students at Little London High School no longer have to be jealous that the girls' restroom is nicer than theirs. Last Friday, a group of alumni called Global Humanity Network Incorporated (GHNI) dona...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
This Day in History - April 12
Today is the 102nd day of 2022. There are 263 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to fly in space, orbit the Earth and make a safe landing. OTHER EVENTS1606: Great Britain ad...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Parliament on Monday elected Opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.Sharif took the ...

Tue, Apr 12, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Arlene Swaby fuels her business with focus and Access
While the journey of entrepreneurship has been anything but smooth sailing for small grocery store owner Arlene Swaby, she is proof that with the right focus, and a little support, small business owners can thrive."I started out after m...

Mon, Apr 11, 2022 07:01:00 GMT
Hanging not solution to crime problem, says official
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Programme director, Community Renewal Programme, Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Charles Clayton says the answer to the nation's crime problem is definitely not the resumption of hanging.In fact, Clayton poi...

Jamaica Star

Fri, 16 May 2025 16:33:01 -0500
St Elizabeth police searching for owner of business where several bikes were seized
The St Elizabeth police are looking for the owner of a premises in New Building in St Elizabeth after several bikes were discovered during a raid. Head of the division, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, says the investigation was initiated...

Fri, 16 May 2025 15:20:00 -0500
Teen turns himself in for allegedly robbing business at gunpoint
Nineteen-year-old Alshane Thomas, otherwise called 'Junior' has been slapped with charges of robbery with aggravation and possession of prohibited weapon following an alleged robbery of a business establishment in Manchester in April. Reports...

Fri, 16 May 2025 14:29:00 -0500
Authorities probing assault on nurse by businessman in viral video
A male driver is in custody following an ongoing investigation launched by The Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA), which saw the businessman in a viral video armed with a gun, physically assaulted a female motorist, who is a nurse, in what is...

Fri, 16 May 2025 13:12:01 -0500
Manchester labourer attacks man with knife, gets fatally stabbed
The Manchester police is probing the murder of Omar Stewart otherwise called 'Brando' in the parish on Thursday. Twenty-nine-year-old Stewart was a labourer of Good Intent, Mile Gully in the parish. Reports are that about 1:20 a.m, Stewart...

Fri, 16 May 2025 13:03:29 -0500
PNP welcomes court ruling that SOEs between 2018 and 2023 were unconstitutional
Opposition leader Mark Golding says that today's Supreme Court ruling, which declared that the multiple states of public emergency (SOEs) between 2018 and 2023 were unconstitutional, as a resounding victory for the rule of law and the people of...

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