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Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdown

MIAMI (AP) — About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald...
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Barbara Gayle

State seeks Death penalty in Gayle killing

The prosecution has given notice that it will be seeking the death penalty for the man accused of murdering journalist Barbara Gayle. Justice Lorna Shelly Williams was informed yesterday in the Home Circuit Court that the death penalty is being...
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Leaning danger

The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has committed to removing rotting decommissioned utility poles that residents of George’s Lane in Central Kingston claim have been cause for concern for close to two years. Things became unbearable for the residents...
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Farmers urged to get back into sugar

MINISTER OF Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green, is encouraging local farmers to return to sugarcane production amid positive growth signals in the sector. The developments include a US$1-million investment by Pan Caribbean Sugar Company...
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M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe celebrates 85 years

As she celebrated her 85th birthday on Wednesday, stalwart entrepreneur M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe credited her good eating habits for sustaining her life to this moonstone year. While in her 50s and before returning to her homeland Jamaica,...
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Avery Campbell

New manager will focus on improving JFF’s marketability

New Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) marketing manager, Avery Campbell, said with the experience gained at the Professional Football Jamaica Limited (PJFL) and the confidence the federation has shown in her, she believes she can help improve the...
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Track and field season heats up with three big meets

The 2025 local track and field season continues today with three big meets. In Kingston, the Douglas Forrest Invitational meet will take place inside the National Stadium. GC Foster College in Spanish Town will host the JAAA/PUMA Charlie Fuller...
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Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.

Travel on commercial flights to Jamaica dips in 2024, but skies busy with private jets

Passenger movements through the Kingston international airport was up, but traffic was down for Montego Bay in 2024. Overall, the country’s two largest airports recorded a decline in passenger traffic by about two per cent. New airlift, hype...
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UWI Mona bond snapped up by eager market

Pension funds and other institutional investors snapped up a long-term bond placed on the Jamaican market by the University of the West Indies, Mona, to raise $3 billion. UWI Mona Principal, Professor Densil Williams, said the private placement of...
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Etana performs at Red Rose for Gregory: A Dedication to Mothers at Hope Gardens on  May 14, 2023.

Busha Mark and Etana collaborate on ‘So Beautiful’

Love is a universal language, and artistes who can balance vulnerability with machismo are destined to create songs that can capture the imagination of the masses. That’s why emerging reggae artiste Busha Mark has teamed up with reggae superstar...
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Megan Thee Stallion granted protection order against Tory Lanez until 2030

LOS ANGELES (AP): Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Richard Bloom on Thursday granted Megan Thee Stallion’s request for a protective order after the hip-hop star alleged that Lanez is harassing her from prison through surrogates as he serves a 10-...
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In this 2022 photo, tourists are seen arriving at the Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay.

Editorial | John Byles, tourism and linkages

According to the tourism minister, Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica, bar some upheaval, is on track to achieve the 5x5x5 equation that he set for this year. That is, he expects that in 2025 the island will host at least five million visitors and gross...
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Ronald Sanders | Clarifying misconceptions about the Panama Canal

Recent remarks by US President-elect Donald Trump have drawn attention to the Panama Canal. He accused the Panama Canal Authority (PCA) of charging higher fees for US ships passing through the canal compared to other nations. Mr Trump, who is to...
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Letter of the Day | EVs in Jamaica: green dreams or costly reality?

THE EDITOR, Madam: The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has been widely heralded as a means of reducing transportation costs and advancing environmental goals. However, within the Jamaican context, the operational and infrastructural realities...
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Remembering Rev Bernella McKenzie

THE EDITOR, Madam: Reverend Bernella McKenzie died on December 7, 2024. She worked at the Jamaica Library Service for over 25 years before she retired as a senior administrator, and, during all of that, was a faithful missionary all over the...
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Trump gets no-penalty sentence in his hush-money case

NEW YORK (AP): President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday to no punishment at all in his hush-money case, an outcome that cements his historic conviction while letting him return to the White House unencumbered by the threat of a jail term...
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Maduro takes new oath amid protests and international rebuke

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in Friday for a new term, extending his increasingly repressive rule in the face of renewed protests and rebukes from the United States and others who believe he stole last year...
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The lady of the evening, M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchliffe, rocks a printed maxi-length shift dress from Maxie.

Something Extra | Saturday

Entrepreneur M. Audrey Stewart-Hinchcliffe, chairman of Manpower Maintenance Services Limited Group, celebrated her 85th birthday on Wednesday at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew. Family, friends and associates, including former Prime...

A step-by-step guide to renovating a neglected garden

Some homeowners gaze out their windows and see lush and beautiful gardens. Others would like to see lush and beautiful gardens but instead are greeted by overgrown, dead or otherwise messy landscapes. Whether you’ve inherited a neglected garden...
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