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An unidentified male was shot and killed by gunmen, along the Ocho Rios Bypass in St. Ann, this afternoon. 

Police say at around 1:10 pm residents heard explosions and alerted them.

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The Adapt Jamaica: Enhancing Climate Change Resilience of Vulnerable Smallholders in Central Jamaica Project represents the first ever single country climate investment that Jamaica has received from the GCF.

It was approved Friday during the 44th meeting of the GCF Board in South Korea.

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Minister of Agriculture Floyd Green has pledged that the government stands ready to support the expansion of an initiative that was successfully implemented in Kitson Town, St. Catherine to other communities.

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Relatives of a Jamaican woman who was killed by her estranged husband in New Jersey, in the United States of America have called for a change in policies relating to protection for domestic violence victims.

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Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett has indicated that Jamaica being featured on American Broadcaster NBC's Today Show will augur well for the island's tourism industry.

The show hosted by Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones was broadcast live from Sandals Dunn's River in Mammee Bay, St. Ann on Thursday.

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That was the comment from Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness, at the official launch of the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement, and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) at the Lowe River Primary and Infant School in Trelawny on Wednesday.

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That's according to Opposition Senator Ramon Small Ferguson. He was making his contribution to the debate on the appropriations bill, in the upper house today.

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Music business consultant Lloyd Laing says Alkaline’s approach to building fan equity is one that should be studied.

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He made the remark during the Kingston and St. Andrew Governance Conference, in the corporate area on Wednesday. The Government is establishing ORA, an executive agency designed to unify the management, maintenance and standards of the over 27,000 kilometres of roads, across the island.

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The ruling was handed down this morning. Tesha Miller was sentenced in 2020 to 38 years and 9 months for accessory before the fact to murder and 18 months for accessory after the fact to murder.

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