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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff on Friday during which he defied their attempt to detain him. It's the latest...
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Police announce traffic and security arrangements for Intimate concert

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the organisers of the Intimate concert, scheduled for Saturday, January 4, at Plantation Cove in Priory, St Ann, are advising the public of traffic and security arrangements that will be in place for...
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Residents of Dunsinane in Mandeville, Manchester, are complaining that the dust nuisance created from the haulage trucks passing through the community is causing respiratory problems, especially among children.

Dust dilemma

Residents of Dunsinane district in Mandeville, Manchester, blocked a road leading to a local quarry on Thursday to protest against the dust nuisance, which they claim is the primary cause of respiratory illnesses in the community. The residents...
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Family claims innocence after soldiers shoot 17-y-o in alleged gun battle

The family of a 17-year-old boy, who is currently hospitalised after being shot by the security forces, is rejecting claims that he was among the men who allegedly fired at police officers following an illegal gun salute in Grants Pen, St Andrew,...
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Guys Hill community group shows it cares

The Guys Hill Community Development Committee (CDC) in St Catherine on Monday held its third annual children’s treat. The event was held at the Guys Hill Town Hall, built in 1938, which was transformed into a zone of celebration and laughter as the...
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5 things we know and still don’t know about COVID

Five years ago, a cluster of people in Wuhan, China, fell sick with a virus never before seen in the world. The germ didn’t have a name, nor did the illness it would cause. It wound up setting off a pandemic that exposed deep inequities in the...
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Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High

Muschett’s Douglas opens season today at JC’s Sprint Fest

World Under-20 200 metres bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High will open her 2025 track season in the half-lap event at today’s Sprint Fest meet at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. The meet is set to start at 2:30 p.m. Douglas,...
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Giannis the early leader in fan-balloting for NBA All-Star game

MIAMI, Florida (AP): Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo is the early leader in fan balloting for the NBA All-Star game, and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers seems well on his way toward extending his record and getting picked for a 21st time....
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Dan Theoc – senior vice-president of Mayberry Investments Limited.

Investors shifting fund to equities and bonds

Dealmaker Dan Theoc expects 2025 to attract institutional investors back to the stock market and longer term bonds for inflation-beating opportunities. Theoc, who heads the investments banking division at Mayberry investments, expects the momentum...
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Pulse profits plunge

Pulse Investments reported a double-digit fall in earnings for the September first quarter which followed on from write-downs to end its financial year. The company continues to transition after the passing of its founder, Kingsley Cooper, last...
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Ringing in 2025 at the UDC Fireworks Festival, Alaine says her New Year’s resolution is to remain open, learn more every day, and share what she learns.

5 Questions With Alaine

Singer Alaine Laughton, known simply as Alaine, has been a constant in the music industry since moving back to Jamaica from the United States in 2004. One year later came her breakthrough hit, No Ordinary Love, a song that remains a big hit with...
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'Sounds From Yaad' a real Jamaican experience

In his synopsis of Sounds From Yaad, which is written in the programme, erudite writer and director, Owen ‘Blakka’ Ellis declares: “From the onomatopoeic musicality of romantic overtures and social conversations to the creative cacophony of a...
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Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, speaking at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in 2022.

Editorial | Energising CARICOM

As the incoming chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mia Mottley’s New Year’s message had a familiar ring. CARICOM, the Barbadian prime minister pledged, would pursue its mission of transforming the community into a full-fledged...
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Peter Espeut | Going deeper into Christmas

I wish to take this opportunity to wish my readers a very happy and holy Christmas. Today – January 3 – is only the 10th day of Christmas, and there are two more days to go before the Christmas season is consummated. On December 25 we celebrated...
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Letter of the Day | Tourism can deliver more through strategic measures

THE EDITOR, Madam: The editorial ‘Beyond the hotel strikes’ on Sunday, December 29 highlights the significant contribution of tourism to Jamaica’s economy, citing its 6.5 per cent GDP share and employment of over 113,000 people. However, it...
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Transparency on death penalty

THE EDITOR, Madam: I am writing with reference to the article, ‘Election watch’, published in The Gleaner on January 1. I want to wish the two leaders of the main political parties and the citizens of Jamaica a happy 2025. I pray that there will...
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Former President Jimmy Carter (right) exchanges documents with Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso on December 14, 1999, during a ceremony outside Panama City to transfer control of the Panama Canal to Panama, after 85 years of American control, on Decembe

Country celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Panama Canal handover

PANAMA CITY (AP): Panama on Tuesday celebrated the 25th anniversary of the US handover of the Panama Canal, which President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to take back. The commemoration was made more poignant by the death on Sunday of former...
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Getting set for the occasion, Olympian Megan Tapper shines in radiant fashion for the highly anticipated brunch event.

Something Extra | Friday

Rising and shining in style, beautiful and dapper A-listers started the new year on a fabulous note, escaping to a tropical oasis at The University of the West Indies Mona Bowl in St Andrew on Wednesday for the much-anticipated event, Sunrise Day...

Kamal Powell rings in 40

Kamal Powell, head of marketing for Supreme Ventures Limited, celebrated 40 on Monday with a swanky celebration at Sora Japanese Restaurant in St Andrew. A new-year birth, Powell, who actually hit the milestone on January 1, rang in the big day...
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