Health and Wellness Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton says the male and female wards at the Black River Hospital in St. Elizabeth are expected to be operational by the end of June.Speaking during a tour of the facility yesterday, he said construction is well advanced with resilience in mind.

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Member of Parliament for eastern Westmoreland Dr. Dayton Campbell, is giving support to protesting residents of Cave and has called on Works Minister Robert Morgan to have the Cave to Kentucky road repaired.Residents are reportedly frustrated about the poor state of the road.

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Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development, Arlene Williams, has requested that her Ministry be alerted if National Works Agency (NWA) contractors pay workers below the minimum wage.The issue was discussed at Wednesday's meeting of Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC).

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This entity would be empowered to make evidence-based decisions in the national interest.

Mr. Newell was reacting to yesterday's landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court, which declared unconstitutional, void and of no effect the 2020 environmental permit granted to Bengal Development Limited for its proposed limestone mining project in the Dry Harbour Mountains of St. Ann.

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The decision marks a significant win for residents of St. Ann who had mounted a legal challenge against the approval.

The court’s judgment effectively halts plans for quarrying in the Dry Harbour Mountains, an area regarded as environmentally sensitive.

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Opposition Member of Parliament Dr. Angela Brown Burke says while she accepts responsibility for lifting the parliamentary mace during Tuesday’s sitting of the Lower House, the broader context must also be taken into account.

The incident occurred as the House debated the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NARRA) Bill.

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Works Minister Robert Morgan says the Shared Prosperity through Accelerated Improvement to Our Road Network (SPARK) programme is delivering measurable results.

The Minister noted that SPARK is already in active implementation with seven work orders issued covering 313 roads island-wide.

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A fourth person has been arrested in the multi-million dollar mortgage fraud which targeted several financial institutions across the island between January 2023 and April 2024.

The 36-year-old suspect was arrested yesterday by members of the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) at the Kingston Central Police Station.

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Commanding officer for the Kingston Central Police, Superintendent Mischka Forbes says an argument over ice is believed to have led to the stabbing death of a higgler along Love Lane yesterday.

Dead is 50-year-old Katherine Wallace of Fleet Street, Kingston.

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Following her sensational run that helped Hydel High secure an historic five straight victories at the Penn Relays last weekend, Nastassia Fletcher is hoping to continue that good form into this weekend's fifth staging of the East Coast International showcase at Morgan State University in Maryland.

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