NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) customers have welcomed a decision by the State-run entity not to introduce new restrictions in the face of a drought affecting the island.
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THE Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) has extended condolences to the family and friends of the late Winston Sill, a PAJ member and honouree, and one of the Gleaner’s best-known photo journalists.
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PAJ hails the late Winston Sill
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ONE of Jamaica’s leading hoteliers, Josef Forstmayr, has said that lotto scamming, which has painted the island in a negative light on the international stage, hasn’t affected the tourism product in Montego Bay, St James.
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AN ex-convict who reportedly scammed an elderly couple, who was his friend, out of $870,000 after convincing them that he was selling a three bedroom house, was Tuesday remanded when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.
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Ex-convict accused of conning elderly couple
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LOS ANGELES, California (CMC) – Jamaican goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts will line up alongside England superstar Steven Gerrard at LA Galaxy after being snapped up in the 2016 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
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ST ANN, Jamaica – A motorcyclist was killed about 12:00 pm Sunday night, after he slammed into a bus along the Brown’s Town main road in St Ann.
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ST ANN, Jamaica — Police in Brown’s Town are now searching for the common-law husband of a 21-year-old woman who was killed in Retreat, St Ann, early Sunday morning.
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Man on the run after slashing girlfriend’s throat
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Government is moving apace to expand the cassava industry through a number of partnerships with the private sector and the University of the West Indies, with support from the Colombian Government in the establishment of a factory.
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (CMC) – Delegates from several Caribbean countries are gathering here for a meeting of 22 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to establish common positions on international food safety standards.
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C’bean countries represented at Codex meeting in Uruguay
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Ministry of Finance and Planning has launched Jamaica’s first electronic procurement platform, which will significantly improve efficiency and transparency in the acquisition of goods, services and works.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police have activated a High Alert for 10-year-old Quincy Brissett of Big Bridge district, Westmoreland, who has been reported missing since Saturday.
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NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – The parents of a four-year boy who was shot dead while playing with an illegal gun over the weekend, have been taken into custody for questioning.
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NEW DELHI, India (AFP) – India has ordered more than 800 porn sites blocked for “objectionable” content, a government official said Monday, igniting a row about freedom of speech in the world’s biggest democracy.
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A man and his six-year-old daughter were this morning rushed to hospital after they were hit from the motorcycle they were travelling on.
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