Justice Minister Delroy Chuck  has challenged the country to aim for a greater reduction in murders for 2026.

He believes a more than 50% reduction in murder is possible.

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Former Prime Minister, Bruce Golding has urged the Caribbean region to baton down amid tensions involving the United States and Venezuela. 

Since last September there has been tension between both countries with U.S. strikes on a number of alleged drug boats resulting in the deaths of scores of persons.

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Noting that under the national clean-up initiative, attention is being placed on western parishes which were hardest hit, Mr. Williams says the efforts are going well.

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Mr. Chuck made the call earlier today at the annual Custos Church Service at the Mandeville Baptist Church in Mandeville Manchester.

The minister emphasized that if these persons choose to keep the weapons, they will face the law.

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The four were travelling in a Toyota Voxy , when the driver swerved  right and into the path of a freightliner motor truck  causing a head on collision.

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Councillors in Manchester are calling on the National Works Agency (NWA) to revise the Greater Mandeville Traffic Improvement System amid congestion concerns two years after its implementation.

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An award offered to youth farmers has been named in honour of former president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society Lenworth Fulton.

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The police have identified the foreign national who was killed in a crash along Main Street in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, yesterday.

Dead is 64-year-old Leslie Campbell of Greenback, Naples, Florida in the United States.

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The funeral service for former Jamaica Agricultural Society, JAS President  Lenworth Fulton, is underway at the Linstead New Testament church, in St. Catherine

Mr. Fulton died on December 8, 2025 following a period of illness.

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State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright says Jamaica has entered 2026 with renewed optimism, pointing to rapid post Hurricane Melissa recovery efforts and strong macroeconomic fundamentals as key drivers of business confidence.

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