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Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport BBC World · 2:19 pm A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a "homemade incubator" carried as hand luggage. | |||||||||
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Trinidadian UWI student to participate in Indian satellite-building programme Dominica News Online · 1:36 pm Nineteen-year-old Kaitlyn Sahatoo will represent Trinidad and Tobago in Space Kidz India’s Mission ShakthiSAT, a global, all-girls space and satellite technology programme involving participants from | |||||||||
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⚑ POLITICS & GOVERNMENT 7 STORIES | |||||||||
Agriculture ministry employees awarded $9m FACE Scholarships Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green (left), speaks with FACE Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship recipients, Emelio Archer and Comara Shaw, during the scholarship awards ceremony h IDT orders medical consultants to halt industrial action Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am The Industrial Disputes Tribunal has ordered government medical consultants not to proceed with industrial action. The order, signed on Tuesday, follows a dispute between the South East Regional Healt Antigua reiterates ban on pork products from Dom Rep Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am In Antigua and Barbuda, the Ministry of Agriculture, is renewing a public advisory warning that pork and pork products from the Dominican Republic are banned. The restriction was first imposed in 2021 Meta, US states agree $16.7 billion settlement in landmark teen safety case Jamaica Observer · 8:47 am | |||||||||
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JFJ renews call for establishment of psychiatric facility for people unfit to be tried Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am Executive Director of Jamaicans for Justice, JFJ, Mickel Jackson, is renewing calls for the government to establish a forensic psychiatric facility for people deemed unfit to stand trial. She was spea | |||||||||
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⚑ EDUCATION 2 STORIES | |||||||||
Teacher shortage expected to impact start to new school year – principals Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am President of the Jamaica Association of Principals and Vice-Principals, Lynton Weir, says several schools will not have a full roster of teachers by the start of the new school year in September. He w NPTAJ: Buying uniforms from schools practical and convenient Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am President of the National Parent Teachers Association of Jamaica, NPTAJ, Stewart Jacobs, says parents should acknowledge the practicality and convenience of purchasing school uniforms directly from sc | |||||||||
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Manufacturers urged to boost resilience amid increasing climate disruptions Nationwide Radio · 9:12 am Local manufacturers are being urged to keep improving their resilience mechanisms amid increasingly frequent climate disasters like droughts. That's the call from president of the Jamaica Manufacturer | |||||||||
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Hundreds missing after deadly flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border Nationwide Radio · 9:11 am At least 31 people have been killed, and hundreds are missing, after a massive flash flood and mudslide on the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday. Nepal's tourist board says the missing tourists include | |||||||||
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Manchester High aiming to finally break title drought Jamaica Observer · 12:01 am ISSA to stage Super Saturday football rallies Jamaica Observer · 12:00 am | |||||||||
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Brian Blake dominates JTTA Championships with triple title sweep Jamaica Observer · 11:39 am Man dies in Manchester dispute Jamaica Observer · 11:35 am 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' star Tim Curry dead at 80 Jamaica Observer · 11:00 am From simulator to the Red Bull Ring: Jayden Harrison takes Jamaican motorsport into new territory Jamaica Observer · 10:34 am Harry and the royal family: a six-year feud Jamaica Observer · 9:26 am | |||||||||
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Vendors Receptive to ‘Liv Gud’ Market Movement WESTERN JA JIS · 10:50 am The Ministry of National Security and Peace’s 'Liv Gud’ Market Movement is enhancing efforts to reduce interpersonal violence in St. James. Project Lead of the Liv Gud Market Movement and [...] | |||||||||
⚑ ANNOUNCEMENTS 8 STORIES | |||||||||
30-day CD Auction Results – 26 August 2026 Bank of Jamaica · 11:23 am Results for Bank of Jamaica Fixed Rate Certificate of DepositBOJ 5.75% FR 30D – CD 20260828 Applications were opened on Wednesday, 26 August 2026 by Bank of Jamaica for the allocation of JMD 23,000,00 Broadcasting Commission Head Calls for Trust and Authenticity in AI Era JIS · 11:14 am Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica, Cordel Green, is urging Caribbean broadcasters to place trust, authenticity, and human verification at the centre of their response to the Scholarship Recipients Encouraged to Uphold Excellence JIS · 11:01 am This year’s recipients of the JPS & Partners Co-operative Credit Union Scholarship have been encouraged to uphold a standard of excellence as they embark on their high-school and tertiary-education jo Ministry Awards Over $17M in Agricultural Scholarships JIS · 10:57 am The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has awarded more than $17 million in scholarships to the first two recipients of the FACE Jamaica Agricultural Scholarship. The programme represents a Vendors Receptive to ‘Liv Gud’ Market Movement WESTERN JA JIS · 10:50 am The Ministry of National Security and Peace’s 'Liv Gud’ Market Movement is enhancing efforts to reduce interpersonal violence in St. James. Project Lead of the Liv Gud Market Movement and [...] | |||||||||
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