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Ambulance drivers in Kingston and St. Andrew return to work
Radio Jamaica
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July 9, 2025
Ambulance drivers attached to the Kingston and St. Andrew Health Department have returned to work. The drivers, who took industrial action on Monday, returned to work Wednesday morning following a conciliation meeting involving their union, the...
Gov’t Welcomes Jamaica’s Removal From EU High Risk List
Nationwide 90FM
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July 9, 2025
The government has welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to remove the Jamaica from the European Union’s list of ‘high-risk’ countries as it relates to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. Foreign affairs...
The president who wasn’t there
EurActiv
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July 10, 2025
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Brooklyn Defenders takes charge at embattled Queens legal services provider
Brooklyn Eagle - New York
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July 9, 2025
The Brooklyn Defender Services office on Pierrepont Street. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Andrew Scott Queens Defenders officially had its criminal defense practice taken over by a Brooklyn-based legal services provider on Tuesday, around three weeks...
Study reveals 70% of Jamaican electorate reachable via social media
Radio Jamaica
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July 9, 2025
Social media is transforming public life as new data reveals internet access has soared to over 83% of roughly 2.84 million people. This means more than 2.37 million Jamaicans have internet access. Political scientist Dr. Michelle Munroe says this...
49th Regular Meeting of Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM closes
Xinhua News Agency
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Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness (3rd L) delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica, July 8, 2025. The...
CARICOM Leaders Hail Jamaica’s Crime Management Plan
Nationwide 90FM
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July 8, 2025
Jamaica is being credited for its management of crime by at least two leaders of CARICOM. The endorsement came at the 49th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, in Montego Bay, St. James. We have more in this...
Lucea gets multi-purpose court, thanks to Spruce-up Jamaica
The Gleaner
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July 10, 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: Residents of Malcolm Heights, Seaview Drive and Central in Lucea, Hanover, now have a new reason to strive for sporting excellence as the newly improved Lords playing field and multi-purpose court was officially reopened on...
Back to court: PNM files new legal action for fired CEPEP contractor
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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For a country as polarised as T&T is on economic issues, the one topic on which there is almost total consensus is the important role that non-energy exports must play in the country's future. Declining energy output,...
'Can't be happening!' Son of US soldier born on military base deported
Raw Story
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July 9, 2025
A 39-year-old man born on a U.S. military base to an American father now finds himself stranded and homeless in Jamaica after being deported to a country he's never been to and isn't a citizen of. Jermaine Thomas, speaking from a Kingston homeless...
David Bowen, Executive Director of Wisconsin Voices: 'As a Progressive, I think we can build coalitions beyond the political divide.'
Shepherd Express - Wisconsin
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July 9, 2025
At 38, David Bowen has already worn a lot of hats in Milwaukee public service, community organizer, county supervisor, state lawmaker, and now, executive director of one of the state’s most influential progressive organizations. He’s young, but...
Charter panel OKs ballot propositions
Queens Chronicle - New York
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New Yorkers will have a chance to weigh in on five propositions on November’s general election ballot. The mayoral Charter Revision Commission on Monday approved a set of proposals that will face voters’ scrutiny, almost all of which would affect...
KFC invests over $5M in Jamaican youth through annual summer basketball camps
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 9, 2025
Quick service restaurant leader Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ), through its KFC brand, has continued their empowerment of Jamaica’s youth by way of a $ 5 million investment in the two longest-running and most impactful youth basketball programmes in...
Jamaica Opens Applications for Licence to Provide Electricity
Nationwide 90FM
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July 1, 2025
In a stunning development, the Government of Jamaica says it will not renew its licence with the Jamaica Public Service Company, JPS, under the current terms. The announcement was made by Energy Minister Daryl Vaz at a press conference held at...
Breaking of Ground for Rehabilitation of John Reid to Battersea Road Welcomed
Jamaica Information Service
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July 22, 2025
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Zavia Mayne, has welcomed the breaking of ground for the start of rehabilitation work on the John Reid to Battersea Road in St. Ann. He said that the project, which will...
Man With Kenyan Roots Decries Deportation to Jamaica by Trump Administration
Kenyans.co.ke
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July 9, 2025
A man born to an American father and a Kenyan mother has decried being deported to Jamaica as President Donald Trump's administration heightens deportations of undocumented immigrants. Speaking to CNN, the 39-year-old Jermaine Thomas claimed that...
Head of Jamaica's appeal court named president of Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal
The Gleaner
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July 8, 2025
President of Jamaica’s Court of Appeal, Justice Marva McDonald-Bishop, has been appointed President of the Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (CSAT), becoming the first Jamaican to hold the top post. Her one-year term begins on August 1,...
Legal giant Dr Courtenay Griffiths KC ‘leaves indelible mark’
The Gleaner
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July 2, 2025
LONDON: Well-known defence barrister, Dr Courtenay Griffiths KC, who made a name for himself by taking on a number of high profile cases in representation of the black community in the UK, passed away last week at 69 years old. ‘Legendary’ is how...
Richard King trains with new teammates but St Mirren debut has been put on ice
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 9, 2025
Stephen Robinson excited to be working with someone as much potnetial as Richard King but insists he needs to be managed properly. King landed in Scotland on Monday after being on international duty with Jamaica in the United States in the...
Cece Winans to receive key to the city of Kingston
Jamaica Observer
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July 9, 2025
CeCe Winans. The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has passed a resolution to award gospel icon Priscilla Marie Love, more popularly known as Cece Winans, the key to the city of Kingston, honouring her decades of musical and...