Reports are that about 10:00 A.M. the truck laden with asphalt was travelling along the road when it overturned. The driver was pinned in the mangled vehicle.

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During his 2016 election campaign, the then Opposition Leader Andrew Holness, promised to commence legislative processes to establish a fixed election, within the first 100 days if the JLP formed the next administration.

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Stockholm syndrome is a psychological response, where persons develop positive feelings towards their captors or abusers. Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Paula Llewellyn, highlighted the challenge with the syndrome, during a Caribbean Trafficking in Persons Forum in Montego Bay, St. James yesterday.

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Opposition Senator Donna Scott-Mottley has renewed the call for fixed election dates. She was speaking at a virtual townhall hosted by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday.

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Last year, the Office of the Political Ombudsman, which had been vacant since November 15, 2022, was subsumed into the ECJ. This as the Government used its majority in both houses of parliament to pass the Political Ombudsman (Amendment) Act, 2024.

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Jamaicans are more concerned with the performance of the government and how it impacts their communities than they are about the Prime Minister's court challenge to the Integrity Commission.

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Two men found guilty of the 2018 murder of returned resident Delroy Walker were sentenced yesterday in the Home Circuit court.

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Jamaica has been at Tier 2 for several years, following assessments conducted by the U.S. Department of State's Trafficking in Persons (TIP).According to the Department's 2024 TIP Report, the Government of Jamaica does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.

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In a heartwarming display of gratitude and community spirit, New York-based Jamaican actor and radio DJ Elroy Simpson, aka DJ Elly, is giving back to the community that shaped him into the man he is today.

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He made the statement at the Port Authority of Jamaica's groundbreaking and project launch of the Caymanas Special Economic Zone, yesterday. The Prime Minister noted that any gangster, who tires to threaten the operation, will face the consequences.

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