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Updated 2 hours ago by Albert Ferguson/Gleaner Writer

‘Historic day’ for MSMEs

WESTERN BUREAU:

The Government has committed to ensuring that micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) benefit from the billions of dollars being spent on public contracts, with Finance Minister Fayval Williams indicating that plans are being put in place to end the era of government procurement being reserved primarily for large established companies.

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Push for US inquiry into deportee deal - Federal lawmakers urged to launch probe into third-country nationals agreement
A Jamaican-American advocate has formally requested that members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation launch an inquiry into the third-country nationals (TCN) agreement signed between Jamaica and…
Updated 1 hour ago by Tanesha Mundle

Man gets 18-year sentence for sexual assault of 6-y-o, 8-y-o girls
A man sentenced to 18 years and six months in prison for sexually assaulting his two young female relatives, aged six and eight, in Manchester more than seven years ago, is to serve nearly the full…
Updated 2 hours ago by Albert Ferguson

MoBay mayor urges small businesses to seize government contracts
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Updated 1 hour ago by Janet Silvera

Cops urge media to give greater context to St James’ crime stats as Dream heads west
WESTERN BUREAU: With Dream Weekend set to debut in Montego Bay, St James, Senior Superintendent of Police Eron Samuels is urging media houses to provide greater context when reporting crime…
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‘Awesome.’ ‘Sad.’ ‘Let’s keep democracy going.’ - Americans weigh in on state of a 250-year-old nation
WASHINGTON (AP): Across the United States (US), many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard…
Updated 1 hour ago by Marcia Thomas

Marking the 250th Anniversary of US Independence - Jamaica and the USA: the people link
The movement of people between Jamaica and the United States (US) predates the declaration of independence by the 13th British American colonies on July 4, 1776. There was a close relationship between…
Updated 18 hours ago by Karen Madden

SPARK hits main roads - Next phase to cost $25b, address routes across 11 parishes
It will cost taxpayers around $25 billion to execute the next phase of the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to our Road Network (SPARK) project. Amid growing discontent over the…
Updated 21 hours ago by Sashana Small

A small school’s big day - Grove celebrates 9 graduates as past student establishes scholarship in honour of mom

Despite having just nine graduates this year, Grove Primary and Infant School in St Andrew marked the occasion in style, with the establishment of a scholarship fund by a past student and the merging…
Updated 18 hours ago

Thirty-nine outstanding Jamaicans receive 2026 Governor-General’s Achievement Awards
Another 39 outstanding Jamaicans have been honoured with the prestigious Governor-General’s Achievement Awards (GGAA) by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen.