The island’s public school teachers have threatened to stage protest marches to highlight their grouse with the controversial Teaching Council legislation.

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Police have listed 4 men as persons of interest in relation to a shooting incident in Gordon Pen, Spanish Town, St. Catherine, last evening, which left one man dead and another wounded.

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A 3-year-old is among twenty-eight persons from 15 countries who were granted Jamaican citizenship by the government, yesterday.

They were presented with documents formalising their status, by the Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency, PICA, during a swearing-in ceremony at the Police Officers Club in St. Andrew.

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Several derelict vehicles, as well as some flat bed and cesspool trucks, were removed from roadways in the Hagley Park area of St. Andrew, yesterday.

City Inspector at the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation Alrick Francis said yesterday's operation was a continuation of the Cleaner Kingston Initiative.

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Several St. Ann residents are set to get help from the government to legally connect to the national grid, free of cost.

This as the Ministry of Energy and its partners are procuring an additional 200 house wiring solutions under the Rural Electrification Programme (REP), specifically for communities in St. Ann.

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Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness has re-emphasised that good fiscal management by his administration has made it possible for the needs of citizens to be met, especially with housing.

He was speaking today at the handing over of a home under the New Social Housing Programme in Trelawny.

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Jamaica is now generating 12.5% of its electricity from renewable sources with plans of increasing to 33% by 2028.

That’s the progress update given by Energy Minister Darl Vaz at the Fosrich Company’s Energy Expo in Kingston yesterday.

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The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is intellectually equipped to tackle crime and violence, as the organization has one of the highest numbers of individuals with qualifications up to the tertiary level in the region.

Police Commissioner Dr. Kevin Blake made the disclosure during the JCF's Distinguished MENSA Lecture and Transformation Expo launch this afternoon.

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Recording artiste and philanthropist, Sara Cowan is making strides within both spheres.

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In a notice posted on its Facebook page yesterday, The Authority reminded operators of Section 15 of the Transport Authority Regulations 2018, which states that only AM and FM broadcasts should be played in vehicles licensed as taxis.

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