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Update | Ex-cops and police constable accused of using fake drug case to solicit money from Trelawny woman freed
A current member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and three former police officers who were accused of using a fake drug-trafficking case to solicit money from a Trelawny woman were today freed after the prosecution said it was unable to mount a viable c

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Update | Ex-cops and police constable accused of using fake drug case to solicit money from Trelawny woman freed

A current member of the Jamaica Constabulary Force and three former police officers who were accused of using a fake drug-trafficking case to solicit money from a Trelawny woman were today freed after the prosecution said it was unable to mount a viable c

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Sports

Don Kwesi to battle top weight, Neo Star

Outclassed by United States-bred WALL STREET TRADER in the Ash Wednesday Trophy at six and a half furlongs, DON KWESI returns for Saturdays International Womens Day feature but will have to defy a boggling topweight allotment against course-speciali

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Entertainment

Stephen Marley headlines concert to celebrate Jo Mersa's life

For the fourth year in a row, the Marley family will gather to honour the memory of Joseph ‘Jo Mersa Marley, who passed away in December 2022. On March 14, his father, Stephen Marley, will lead a tribute concert, Stephen Marley: Old Soul Live Unplugg

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Commentary

Kai-Ann D. Skeete | 20 years later… has the CARICOM Single Market really grown?

January 2006 marked the official start of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) after its launch in Kingston, Jamaica. Then, we were hopeful that the Caribbean would see the benefits of the free movement of goods, labour, capital and services across the region.

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Letters

The deeper, century-long roots of the Middle East conflict
THE EDITOR, Madam: Right after the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres accused Israel of bearing responsibility. “It did not happen in a vacuum,” he said. He was right. It did not happen in a vacuum, but like Canad

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Lifestyle

Something Extra | Thursday

The Jamaica Book Festivals inaugural staging of the Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange in partnership with the P.J. Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Advocacy unfolded vibrantly at the Confucius Institute on Saturday on the grounds of The Univer

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Food

Lentil Sloppy Joes

This recipe is from the I Love Sandwiches chapter in my cookbook Eat to Hustle. The chapter is basically my love letter to road-trip food made healthier — inspired by fast-food classics, gas-station gems, and deli-counter staples that I thought Id ne

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World News

Judge in US rules companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs overturned by Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds. Judge Richard Eaton of the US Court of International Trad

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