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Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle ‘catastrophic’ gang violence, UN expert says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle "catastrophic" gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the...
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JDF veteran Brigadier Radgh Mason is new prison boss 

Brigadier Radgh Mason from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is to take over as the head of Jamaica's prison service on April 2.  As commissioner of corrections, he will head the Department of Correctional Services (DCS).  Mason will...
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Mark Shields, former deputy commissioner of police.

CATCH the guns

Security expert and former deputy commissioner of police, Mark Shields, has labelled the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm (CATCH) Act, introduced in the United States (US) Congress to curb illicit arms trafficking from the US into the region...
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Customs blocked from implementing mandatory contactless clearance policy next week

Dubbing the Jamaica Customs Agency's (JCA) new Contactless Clearance policy illegal and unconstitutional, the Customs Brokers...
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 Dr Francene Gayle, chief medical officer, Andrews Memorial Hospital Limited.

New CMO aims for Andrews Memorial to become high reliability healthcare organisation

Newly appointed Chief Medical Officer Dr Francene Gayle has been mandated to lead Andrews Memorial Hospital into becoming a high-reliability healthcare organisation (HRHO). The move comes amid the hospital’s 80th anniversary celebrations, which...
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Guys Hill cops fête Jubilee Primary youth for Easter

Members of the Guys Hill police in St Catherine, in collaboration with its Youth Club, this week descended on the Jubilee Primary School in the parish with good cheer for the Easter. The students were gifted with bun and cheese as part of their end...
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Tivoli Gardens coach Jerome Waite.

‘We are going to continue doing it’

THE STRIDES Tivoli Gardens have made under coach Jerome Waite this season have been nothing short of remarkable. Last season, the Jermaine ‘Teddy’ Johnson-led outfit finished a disappointing 11th in the 14-team Jamaica Premier League table, with a...
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Two Jamaicans make Nations League best XI

JAMAICA’S REGGAE Boyz have two players among the Concacaf Nations Best XI line-up, in Dexter Lembikisa and Michael Hector. The list, announced after the United States beat Mexico 2-0 in the final and Jamaica clipped Panama 1-0 in the third-place...
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FTC: Bank competitiveness improves but concerns remain Premium

Jamaica’s banking sector provides stability but might not be competitive enough, despite improvements in recent years. That, on the face of it, is the upshot of a new study done by Fair Trading Competition, FTC, of the $2.4-trillion commercial...
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Indies Pharma earnings dragged by inflation and stock-outs Premium

Pharmaceutical trader Indies Pharma Jamaica Limited’s performance was moderate in the first quarter ended January but below expectations. CEO Guna Muppuri blames inflation for the company’s missed targets. He also points to stock-outs occasioned...
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Taller Dan

Five Questions with Taller Dan

Matching his six-foot-five-inch frame, soca artiste Taller Dan’s music has been steadily soaring to new heights in fêtes across the Caribbean and the United States. Through the years, releasing songs such as Problem, Natural Whiner, and Sucka Bag...
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A fabulous celebration of women unfolds at QORIHC

A fabulous celebration of women of varying ages, shapes, colours and form – united through natural sisterhood, and also by being threads in the fabric of the entertainment industry– unfolded inside the Karl Hendrickson Auditorium on Sunday evening...
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Clerk to the Houses of Parliament Valrie Curtis (standing) speaks with House Speaker Juliet Holness during yesterday's sitting of the House of Representatives.

Editorial | Speaker blunders … again

Juliet Holness’ continued obduracy in refusing to release Attorney General Dr Derrick McKoy’s opinion on procedures for tabling reports by the auditor general (AuG) in Parliament is, to say the least, puzzling. So, too, was her seeming attempt to...
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Basil Jarrett | Now that Champs is over, what next?

SO, ANOTHER ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships is in the record books, and those infernal purple people from North Street have walked away with yet another title in the bag. I will admit that although I very publicly...
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Speaker of the House Juliet Holness.

Letter of the Day | Given the importance of the House Speaker’s role...

THE EDITOR, Madam: Could the wife of President Joe Biden, were she a sitting US senator, become Speaker of the House in the US Congress? Yes, she could, but, it would never happen. Why? Because the wife of the president of the United States,...
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Why the long delays for lab test results?

THE EDITOR, Madam: I write to express my deep concern regarding the unacceptable turnaround time to receive laboratory test results. In today’s fast-paced world, where timely medical information can be critical, the delays we are experiencing are...
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Attorney general Anil Nandlall at IPU Assembly in Geneva.

Guyana calls on international legislators to condemn Venezuela

GENEVA (CMC): Guyana Tuesday called on the global legislators to condemn new moves by Venezuela to seek to gain control of the Essequibo region that that makes up about two-thirds of the CARICOM country and is home to 125,000 of its 800,000...
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Trump assails judge after gag order in hush-money case

NEW YORK (AP): Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of his April 15 hush-money criminal trial, suggesting without evidence that the veteran jurist was kowtowing to his daughter’s interests as a...
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Abigail White, owner of New Life Designs, pauses her artwork, flashing a smile at the camera.

Something Extra | Thursday

The JMMB Fairview team recently hosted an exclusive ‘Paint, Sip, Cheers’ event catered to female beauty and wellness professionals in the west. Held at Hotel Grand A View in Montego Bay, the event aimed to foster a laid-back ambiance where...

Fit Fiyah Soca Series set to ignite ‘wining’ appetite for finale

With the grand staging of Carnival in Jamaica less than two weeks away, socaphiles are gearing up for a tour which promises to whet ‘wining’ appetites and have everyone begging for more. If you’re looking to get in some last-minute cardio and learn...
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