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Taxi operator shot and killed in May Pen
A taxi operator was reportedly shot and killed at his home in May Pen, Clarendon, on Wednesday. He has been identified as 39-year-old Gary Gordon, of a Sewell Crescent address in May Pen. Reports from the May Pen police are that explosions were...

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Today's Issue Published: Thursday, June 19, 2025
Lead Stories

Freedom for father

A father accused of a horrific sexual assault on his then four-year-old son, amid an on-going visitation rights tussle with his former common-law partner, has been freed after a judge, in a rare exercise of judicial discretion, withdrew the case...

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News

Chuck wants all JPs to make wills, saying they must lead by example

Western Bureau: Justice Minister Delroy Chuck wants justices of the peace (JPs) to seriously consider preparing their last will and testament to prevent disputes and legal wrangling among family members after their deaths, a feature that has been...

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Sports

‘DON'T CALL IT DUPPY'

AS THE netball fraternity gears up for the start of the 2025 Red Stripe Flavours/Netball Jamaica Elite League, there are concerns that the competition has stagnated and needs revitalising. The Elite League started in 2013 with six teams – St Ann...

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Business

Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged, but sees two cuts this year

Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in March. The Fed kept its key rate unchanged for the fourth straight...

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Entertainment

Shot List unfolds at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre

Shot List, a dynamic celebration of film, culture, and global storytelling, unfolds at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Sunday, June 22, for what the organisers say will be “an unforgettable cinematic experience”. Presented by the Jamaica...

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Commentary

Editorial | The Alando Gray affair

The police, appropriately, have acknowledged their blunder and apologised for placing in cyberspace a photograph of the wrong Alando Gray, who is reported to be under investigation for murder. But while the constabulary eventually did the right...

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Letters

Letter of the Day | Get the children off the streets
THE EDITOR, Madam: ​As I entered Kingston from Montego Bay recently, a troubling sight caught my attention: scores of children, many of them alarmingly young, weaving through traffic and begging at major intersections. Though it might have been...

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Lifestyle

Something Extra | Thursday

Attendees served their best looks at last Thursdays Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) annual awards banquet. Marking the 40th edition, the event celebrated trailblazers in business leadership, innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship....

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Food

Guests get ‘Zesti' with Grace at recent relaunch

It is said that nothing is cooler than a comeback, and Zesti embodied that with its recent relaunch at the GraceKennedy headquarters at Harbour Street in downtown Kingston. The relaunched Grace Zesti features four flavours: strawberry melon,...

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World News

Iran's leader rejects call to surrender

DUBAI (AP): Irans supreme leader on Wednesday rejected US calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them.” The second public appearance by..

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