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The St. Ann police are reporting a reduction in major crimes, especially murder which has fallen by 20% since the start of the year compared to the corresponding period last year.

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The government is spending $310m on the redesigning and rebuilding of the St. Elizabeth Technical High School.

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The Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) is amplifying its concern over what it describes as the deplorable and hazardous conditions under which students and teachers in sections of western Jamaica continue to teach and learn, months after the passage of Hurricane Melissa.

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The Third Country National agreement between Jamaica and the United States was a topic of contention in yesterday's sitting of the Upper House.While commenting on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill, Opposition Senator Lambert Brown expressed his discontent with the TCN arrangement.

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The Senate has approved the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Act, which aims to ensure that Jamaica's aviation laws effectively support the fulfilment of international obligations and align with current global civil aviation standards and best practices.

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A call is being made for more sign language interpreters to be present at Parliamentary proceedings to align with local and international standards.Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris, raised the matter at today's sitting of the Upper House after an interpreter was not present when the proceedings commenced.

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Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie, who has responsibility for natural disaster response coordination, says Jamaicans need to pay more attention to earthquakes and their impacts.His statement comes amid reports of two back-to-back earthquakes which struck Venezuela yesterday, leaving over 900 people dead and thousands more injured.

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Reggae artist Blvk H3ro is speaking out after discovering that a significant portion of his music catalog is reportedly being used to train artificial intelligence systems.

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Stating that Jamaica, like Guyana, is experiencing a housing boom, Dr. Holness notes that Guyana has reduced the time for approvals for housing from 3 years to 3 months.

Dr. Holness says, in Jamaica, the greatest constraint on the construction of housing solutions was not financial but supply-related.

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An aspect of the incident was captured on video and has gone viral on social media.

In another video uploaded by the student on TikTok, she alleged that she was instructed by an off-duty police officer to leave the JUTC bus.

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