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Gunman opens fire near high school in western Turkiye, wounding eight Al Jazeera · 4:04 am Police arrest suspect in shooting near high school as injured are rushed to local hospitals for treatment. | |||||||||
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Dental bodies warn of irreversible damage from bogus cosmetic treatments Barbados Today · 7:30 pm Botched cosmetic dental procedures carried out by unlicensed providers are causing serious and irreversible oral damage, the Barbados Dental Association and Barbados Dental Council have warned. The tw | |||||||||
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⚑ POLITICS & GOVERNMENT 29 STORIES | |||||||||
Golding says PNP applying lessons from 2025 defeat WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 6:41 pm PNP President and Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the party is using the lessons learned from its last electoral defeat to strengthen itself as a government in waiting. Golding was speaking to par Water-trucking extended to more early childhood institutions Nationwide Radio · 6:24 pm The Government is expanding its water-trucking response to include early-childhood institutions currently undergoing certification, as it continues to mitigate the effects of the ongoing drought. So s Direct flights between Jamaica and Mexico coming 2027 WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 5:59 pm Jamaica and Mexico are to be connected by direct air service for the first time. Mexico's flag carrier, Aeromexico, is to launch nonstop flights between Mexico City and Montego Bay on March 18, 2027, CNN, Politico lead bold fight back against Trump White House ban Nationwide Radio · 5:49 pm CNN, Politico and MS NOW have sued the Trump administration after the media outlets were barred from the White House. President Donald Trump announced the ban on Friday, accusing the organisations of Former Haitian govt official among others in court over Moïse assassination Nationwide Radio · 5:47 pm A former Haitian government official and more than a dozen other people appeared in federal court on Monday in Miami on charges related to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Jo | |||||||||
⚑ CRIME & JUSTICE 14 STORIES | |||||||||
Heavenly fire - Witness recounts Pathways leader’s alleged shooting rampage as cops, soldiers arrived at church Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am The late leader of the Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries had reportedly claimed to be the prophet ‘Elijah’ and tried to summon heavenly fire before shooting at cops during a bloody ‘I used to say, ‘Good job, police’, but now I feel it’ WESTERN JA Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am Relatives of 35-year-old businessman Jordon Perry Smith took their grief and anger to the streets of Seaford Town, Westmoreland, on Monday, demanding answers over his fatal shooting during a police op Policeman among three freed on murder charge Nationwide Radio · 5:57 pm A policeman is among three men who were freed of the 2016 murder of a police corporal in the Home Circuit Court on Monday. Police Constable Gladstone Williams, Jessie Anderson and Rohan Smith have bee INDECOM: Security Forces have killed 221 civilians since Jan. 1 WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 5:52 pm The Independent Commission of Investigations, INDECOM, is probing the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of Jordan Smith by the Westmoreland Police in Seaford Town, in the parish, on Friday. Venezuelan shot by ICE agent in Texas detained with bullet inside him — lawyer Jamaica Observer · 3:39 pm | |||||||||
⚑ BUSINESS & ECONOMY 13 STORIES | |||||||||
Fayval: Tax deadline shifts partially to blame for revenue shortfall Nationwide Radio · 6:42 pm Finance Minister, Fayval Williams, says the shifts in corporate tax-filing deadlines is partially to be blamed for the current shortfall in revenues. She was speaking on Nationwide's news review progr LANCO advancing plans to set up new factory in St Catherine Nationwide Radio · 2:53 pm International manufacturing company, LANCO, is advancing plans to establish a new factory in St Catherine, in an investment expected to create well-paying jobs and expand Jamaica’s manufacturing capac US and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit Nationwide Radio · 9:46 am Top US and Chinese officials have discussed creating a new notification mechanism for AI incidents that could affect national security. This is according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who spoke Nvidia chief dismisses AI 'doomsday' narratives Nationwide Radio · 9:44 am Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has brushed off warnings that AI could lead to humanity's extinction by the next decade, calling them doomsday narratives. In an interview with CBS News, the BBC's FOREX: JM$157.85 to US$1 Nationwide Radio · 9:42 am · also: Jamaica Observer The Jamaican dollar will open against the benchmark US dollar selling for an average $157.85. Against the Canadian, the Jamaican will open selling for an average $113.18. And finally, the Jamaican dol | |||||||||
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⚑ HEALTH 3 STORIES | |||||||||
‘I will never get weary doing good’ - UHWI chief Dr Carl Bruce found not guilty of assault charge Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am Dr Carl Bruce would not admit he was worried that Monday’s judgment in an assault case could have prevented him from keeping a promise to his deceased mother to “never get weary doing good”. A guilty New lease on life for scoliosis sufferers - Two patients receive free corrective surgeries at UHWI Jamaica Gleaner · 12:07 am Two patients underwent corrective scoliosis surgery at no cost at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) during a two-day surgical programme involving UHWI clinicians and international non- Dr Carl Bruce beats assault charge Nationwide Radio · 6:00 pm Medical Chief of Staff at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr. Carl Bruce, has been found not guilty of assaulting a fellow neurosurgeon nearly 20 years ago. Parish Court Judge Alwayne Smit | |||||||||
⚑ EDUCATION 5 STORIES | |||||||||
Schoolboy electrocuted while picking coconuts Nationwide Radio · 1:41 pm A 16-year-old boy who was picking coconuts in Gimmi-Mi-Bit district in Clarendon has reportedly died by electrocution. Dead is Rishane Robert, a student of Garvey Maceo High School. Reports are on Sun ROADBLOCK TO EDUCATION - Maldon High loses hundreds of students amid road crisis WESTERN JA Jamaica Gleaner · 12:06 am WESTERN BUREAU: Almost a year after Hurricane Melissa hit western Jamaica, a major road collapse in Spring Mount, St James, has resulted in Maldon High School seeing more than 300 students drop off it | |||||||||
⚑ ENVIRONMENT & WEATHER 3 STORIES | |||||||||
Japan orders evacuations as Typhoon Dujuan hits country Nationwide Radio · 2:51 pm In Japan, almost two million people are under evacuation orders as Typhoon Dujuan batters a number of the country's prefectures. Level four warnings, related to landslides, remain in effect in at leas DETOUR DRAIN - PPV operators pay heavy price for Spring Mount breakaway WESTERN JA Jamaica Gleaner · 12:06 am WESTERN BUREAU: Public passenger vehicle (PPV) operators in Upper St James say the prolonged closure of the Spring Mount main road is putting them under serious financial strain. Commuters are paying | |||||||||
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JTB: No tourism falloff from Middle East conflict Nationwide Radio · 6:20 pm Deputy Director of Tourism for the Jamaica Tourist Board, Phillip Rose, says there's been no falloff in tourism as a result of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict. Rose says demand remains as strong a George Davis, CD, elected JGRA president Nationwide Radio · 1:06 pm Deputy executive editor at Nationwide News Network has been elected president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association, JGRA, for the 2026-2027 term. Davis was elected last Saturday at the JGRA's | |||||||||
⚑ SPORTS 5 STORIES | |||||||||
JET: massive effort needed to clear coasts of garbage Nationwide Radio · 9:56 am Following its clean up of the Palisadoes Go Cart Track in Kingston on the weekend, Jamaica Environment Trust, JET, says a massive effort is needed to rid the country's coasts of garbage. CEO of JET, D Carrick demands Man Utd response after ‘pathetic’ jibes Jamaica Observer · 12:10 am | |||||||||
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⚑ GENERAL NEWS 17 STORIES | |||||||||
Hundreds of US flights canceled due to outage Jamaica Observer · 3:44 pm A Cuban zoo, and its animals, in epic battle for survival Jamaica Observer · 3:30 pm UHWI chief Carl Bruce acquitted in neurosurgeon assault case Jamaica Observer · 2:11 pm Golding makes fresh bid to overhaul Crown lands law Jamaica Observer · 1:47 pm 16-y-o electrocuted while picking coconuts in Clarendon Jamaica Observer · 1:32 pm | |||||||||
⚑ WESTERN JAMAICA 5 STORIES | |||||||||
Golding says PNP applying lessons from 2025 defeat WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 6:41 pm PNP President and Opposition Leader Mark Golding says the party is using the lessons learned from its last electoral defeat to strengthen itself as a government in waiting. Golding was speaking to par Direct flights between Jamaica and Mexico coming 2027 WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 5:59 pm Jamaica and Mexico are to be connected by direct air service for the first time. Mexico's flag carrier, Aeromexico, is to launch nonstop flights between Mexico City and Montego Bay on March 18, 2027, Golding proposes debt forgiveness with clean slate programme WESTERN JA Nationwide Radio · 2:53 pm Mark Golding, Opposition Leader, image via the People’s National Party/IG Opposition Leader Mark Golding says under his leadership, Jamaicans would benefit from what he calls the "Clean Slate Programm | |||||||||
⚑ ANNOUNCEMENTS 8 STORIES | |||||||||
Farmers Urged to Reduce Crop Stress Amid Extreme Heat JIS · 5:08 pm The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging farmers to take steps to manage stress on crops due to current extreme heat and drought conditions. Speaking in an interview with [.. e-LJAM Provides Laptops to Strengthen CAD Training in High Schools JIS · 4:50 pm e-Learning Jamaica Company Limited (e-LJam) is providing 4,500 laptops this academic year to strengthen computer-aided design (CAD) training in high schools and better prepare students for technical c Commonwealth Judicial Conference an Opportunity to Strengthen Justice Systems – PM JIS · 4:46 pm Prime Minister, Dr. the Most. Hon. Andrew Holness, has welcomed the Commonwealth Magistrates & Judges’ Association (CMJA) 2026 Annual Conference as an opportunity for judicial officers to share ideas Food Security, Climate Resilience to Take Centre Stage at CWA JIS · 4:38 pm Food security and climate-smart agriculture will be among the primary focus areas for regional stakeholders when they gather in Jamaica for the 20th staging of CARICOM’s Caribbean Week of Agriculture STATIN Assures Strict Confidentiality for 2026 JSLC JIS · 4:38 pm Director of Field Services at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Philone Mantock, is assuring householders that information collected during the 2026 Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions (J | |||||||||
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