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April 7, 2026
Egg sector recovering after Melissa, no import waiver, says Agriculture Ministry
The Ministry of Agriculture is reporting that the egg production sector is demonstrating recovery following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The Ministry is also underscoring that there…
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April 7, 2026
BOJ managing foreign exchange market conditions
The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) is actively managing foreign exchange market conditions, to ensure that movements in the foreign exchange rate do not result in a significant increase in inflation. …
April 7, 2026
Wireless Festival cancelled after UK bars rapper Ye
LONDON (AP): The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the UK, where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye's history…
April 7, 2026
Hundreds of Cuban women rally against US energy blockade as crisis deepens
HAVANA (AP) — Hundreds of Cuban women gathered Tuesday in Havana to decry a US energy embargo and other measures imposed by US President Donald Trump that are strangling the Caribbean island. The…
April 7, 2026
$500,000 bail for farmer accused of machete attack in goats trespass row
A St Catherine farmer who allegedly chopped another man with a machete during a reported dispute over goats that trespassed onto his farm, has been granted $500,000 bail. The accused, 45-year-old…
April 7, 2026
INDECOM flags ‘urgent need for transparency’ in police operations after 11 killed over four days
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) has raised “grave and escalating concern” over Easter weekend fatal shootings, citing 11 deaths over the period. It also renewed concerns about…
April 7, 2026
Francesca Tavares | The slave trades the UN forgot
The United Nations’ recent resolution designating the Transatlantic Slave Trade as the “greatest historical evil” is a troubling exercise in historiographical reductionism – one that prioritises…
April 7, 2026
Free cervical cancer screening, HPV vaccinations at select SERHA health centres in April
The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) will offer free Pap smear screenings and Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations at selected health centres across the region during April, in…
April 7, 2026
Two men charged after woman allegedly robbed during Portland taxi ride
Portland detectives have charged two men with multiple offences following the alleged abduction and robbery of a woman in St Margaret’s Bay last month. Charged are 31-year-old electrician Jerome…