Works minister Robert Morgan has expressed sadness following the death of a man who reportedly attempted to traverse a closed bridge in Easington, St. Thomas today.

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Grief counselling and other support are being provided to a St. Elizabeth family after a young boy reportedly drowned in a tank at home yesterday.

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The police's public safety and traffic enforcement branch says there will be speed and breath testing check points near crash and party hot spots during the Easter weekend.

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Chairman of the Kingston Metropolitan Transport Operators’ Alliance, Loraine Finnikin, told IRIE FM News that no PPV operator has died since January, and he hopes this trend will continue.

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Jamaica's present Constitution was approved by the United Kingdom and is fundamentally linked to the Westminster model - the British parliamentary system of government.

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Speaking with IRIE FM News, F-NID Director, Superintendent Patrae Rowe, noted that the Division has made 89 arrests and charged 84 people since the start of the year.

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Mr. Patterson made the remark, while delivering the Norman Manley Distinguished Lecture in Kingston yesterday. His lecture was entitled "Constitutional Renewal, Caribbean Integration, and the Rule of Law: Carting the Region's Next Chapter."

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The unemployment rate for January 2026 is 3.6 percent, down from the 3.7 recorded for January 2025. Speaking at the quarterly press briefing on Tuesday, STATIN's Acting Deputy Director General Dr Natalie Simpson explained that the number of persons unemployed declined by 3000.

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These were among the key findings of the Jamaica AI Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM) report which was launched yesterday. UNESCO's lead expert for the RAM in Jamaica Erica Simmons said there are challenges to facilitate the AI future, but she acknowledged that Jamaica is moving towards AI and must determine how to move faster and at scale.

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That's according to President of the Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS) Egerton Newman. Mr. Newman said, the fare hike is a must as gas prices continue to go up.

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