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Popular psychiatrist Dr Aggrey Irons has died

Dr Aggrey Irons has passed away. The renowned psychiatrist, educator and public health advocate died this evening.
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Probe launched after US citizen shot dead by cops near SIA’s fuel storage area

Western Bureau: Up to late yesterday afternoon, the Jamaica Constable Force (JCF) had yet to release an official statement on the incident in which an American citizen was shot at a sensitive area…
Updated 22 hours ago

Jamaica’s ambassador salutes Mico Alumni for 51 years of service to education

Washington, DC: Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States, Major General (Ret’d) Antony Anderson, has hailed the enduring contribution of The Mico University College and its alumni, describing the…
Updated 22 hours ago

What sweet in goat mouth… Reform is a creation of Britain’s systemic culture of racism

Less than 24 hours after polling closed in the recent council and devolved government elections in England, Wales and Scotland, the Labour Party and the political class in Westminster, were having a…
Updated 13 hours ago

JCF mourns death of policeman

The Jamaica Constabulary Force is mourning the death of a member who died in hospital. Detective Sergeant Brenton Armstrong passed away on Thursday night at a Corporate Area hospital.
Updated 13 hours ago

St Catherine businessman fined $500,000 over illegal gaming boxes

St Catherine businessman, Leroy Sharpe, on Friday pleaded guilty to two counts of selling gaming boxes without a licence and was fined $500,000 or three months’ imprisonment in the parish court.
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August Town man shot dead and burnt, reggae artiste Etana claims family under attack

A man was found dead with what appeared to be gunshot wounds to the head and his body was partially burnt following a fire at a premises along August Town Road in St Andrew early Saturday morning.
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St Catherine court eases reporting conditions for pregnant Haitian woman charged with illegal entry

A Haitian woman charged with illegal entry will learn her fate when she returns to the St Catherine Parish Court on December 1 after her case was postponed pending further input from immigration…
Updated 11 hours ago

Family searching for missing Hanover elderly man

Relatives of Winston Watson are worried as they search for the elderly man, who went missing from his home in the Lethe district of Hanover last Tuesday.