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Month: June 2018

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WORLD CUP: Uruguay knock out Portugal 2-1, to meet France next

June 30, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Edinson Cavani, Portugal, Uruguay, World cup

British Broadcasting Corporation – Edinson Cavani scored two superb goals as Uruguay beat Portugal to set up a World Cup

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WORLD CUP: Teenager sends home Messi's Argentina, 4-3
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WORLD CUP: Teenager sends home Messi’s Argentina, 4-3

June 30, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments 4-3, Argentina, France, messi, World cup

British Broadcasting Corporation – Kylian Mbappe announced himself on football’s biggest stage with two fine goals that gave France victory

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High schools told: No more than $5,200 for student registration

June 30, 2018January 27, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments cost, fee, registration of students, registration package, Ruel Reid

Jamaica Information Service – The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information has directed that the cost of registration packages for

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Cops urge returning residents: Be careful who you employ, do business with
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Cops urge returning residents: Be careful who you employ, do business with

June 29, 2018March 15, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Delroy Walker, Halford Anderson, returning residents

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has issued a public appeal for returning residents to be more cautious about the people

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Police force announces improved security for returning residents

June 29, 2018March 15, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Deputy Commissioner of Police in Charge of Crime, JAMAICA, returning residents, Selvin Hay

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has announced that, among measures being implemented to improve security for returning residents, is the

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Woman who dies in fiery accident was overtaking - Police
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Woman who dies in fiery accident was overtaking – Police

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments accident, Diandra Bravo, Trelawny

Police said Diandra Bravo is the woman who died in a fiery motor vehicle accident along Rio Bueno Bypass in

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PM to review closing hours to facilitate business, Sumfest

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments business opening hours, reggae sumfest, St Catherine North Police Division, st james, state of emergency

Amid complaints that the states of public emergency in St James and St Catherine North Police Division are significantly affecting

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MP running out of patience with Holness
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MP running out of patience with Holness

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Denise Daley, extension, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, St Catherine East, state of emergency

Member of Parliament Denise Daley has threatened that, if Prime Minister Andrew Holness does not implement social intervention programmes in

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PM wants state of emergency extended until November in St James

June 29, 2018June 29, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments andrew Holness, delayed, November 1, peter phillips, st james state of emergency

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has delayed a motion he was seeking to have approved in parliament on Tuesday for the

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MP stands alone, declines to vote for extended state of emergency
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MP stands alone, declines to vote for extended state of emergency

June 28, 2018March 24, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments extension, Member of Parliament, Natalie Neita, St Catherine North Central

Member of Parliament for St Catherine North Central Natalie Neita has abstained in a vote surrounding an extension of the

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Failure to create space for machine at hospital costing over $500K daily
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Failure to create space for machine at hospital costing over $500K daily

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Cornwall regional hospital, ct scan, Falmouth Hospital, Hospiten, Noel Holmes Hospital

Opposition Spokesman on Health Dr Dayton Campbell has chided the government for not creating enough space to hold a CT

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Nothing in my mind will stop me | Shelly finds strength in pain

June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments

One of the most decorated female sprinters internationally, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, has declared that nothing in her mind can stop her

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Bell scores big at Bellas Gate
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Bell scores big at Bellas Gate

June 28, 2018January 27, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Bellas Gate Primary School, Derrick Bell, GSAT, Jinelle Bell, Karen Douglas, Old Harbour., St Catherine High School

Head Girl at Bellas Gate Primary School near Old Harbour in St Catherine, Jinelle Bell, is among 1000 students who

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I am grateful | Greg Christie gets big job overseas

June 28, 2018March 15, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Former Contractor General of Jamaica, Greg Christie, Integrity Commission, Turks and Caicos Islands

Former Contractor General of Jamaica Greg Christie said he is grateful to be appointed Director of the Turks and Caicos

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MISSING: Cecil Johnson from Kingston 10

June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Cecil Johnson, Kingston, missing

Jamaica Constabulary Force – Eighty-four-year-old Cecil Johnson from Westminster Close, Kingston 10, has been missing since Wednesday, June 27. He

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State of emergency extended for 3 months in St Catherine North

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments extension, St Catherine North Police Division, state of emergency

Jamaica Information Service – The House of Representatives has approved a further three-month extension of the State of Public Emergency

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Not abnormal | Petrojam board met twice in a year under PNP

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments andrew Holness, petrojam board

Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he has received information suggesting that there was nothing abnormal about the fact that a

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PM casts doubt on claims about residence, appointment of Bahado-Singh

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Perceval Bahado-Singh, Petrojam

Prime Minister Andrew Holness said he had no clue Perceval Bahado-Singh was not living in Jamaica at the time he

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Decision within Days | PM says allegations against minister very serious
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Decision within Days | PM says allegations against minister very serious

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has indicated that he will inform the country within the next few days if any action

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Kingston boy missing | police issue high alert
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Kingston boy missing | police issue high alert

June 27, 2018June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Espute Avenue, Kingston 11, Malano McLean, missing

Jamaica Constabulary Force  – A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Malano McLean of Espute Avenue, Kingston 11, who

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Speid wins presidential election in JTA
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Speid wins presidential election in JTA

June 27, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Acting Principal of Porus High in Manchester David Powell, and Principal of Manchester High Jasford Gabriel, Jamaica Teachers Association, Owen Speid, president elect of JTA, Principal of Louise Bennett Coverly All Age in St Andrew Wayne Mullings

Principal of Rousseau Primary in St Andrew Owen Speid, who recently blasted the government for its “indecent haste” in implementing

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Minimum wage to increase by $800 to reach $7,000 weekly
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Minimum wage to increase by $800 to reach $7,000 weekly

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments national minimum wage, security guards, Shahine Robinson

Jamaica Information Service – Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, has announced a 12.9 per cent increase in

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Bring the evidence | school denies MP’s claim it is blocking for fees

June 26, 2018January 27, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Colin Fagan, Darien Henry, extra-curricular activities, fees, Floyd Green

The Darien Henry-led Cumberland High School in Portmore, St Catherine, has denied a parliamentarian’s claim that students are being prevented

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208 young men complete service corps programme | 6 in Canada
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208 young men complete service corps programme | 6 in Canada

June 26, 2018January 27, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Jamaica National Service Corps, JNSC, Odaine Thorpe

Jamaica Information Service – Two hundred and eight young men from communities across the island received their certification on Tuesday

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7 charged for bullets, lottery scamming material in Westmoreland

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments gun and lottery scamming, Stewie district in Bethel Town, Westmoreland

Police said two women are among seven people who will face the court following the seizure of ammunition and lottery

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Cops shoot man, seize gun in Bull Bay

June 26, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments st andrew, Taylor Land area of Bull Bay

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said a man was shot and wounded during a confrontation with the police, who seized

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Fight for the mindset | Looking behind numbers at Lluidas Vale Primary
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Fight for the mindset | Looking behind numbers at Lluidas Vale Primary

June 26, 2018November 7, 2019 Horace Mills 0 Comments Horace Mills, Jamaica Beacon

Unlike some of its neighbours that have been concealing their dismal performance in the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT), Lluidas

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$10M worth of ganja seized at Calabash Bay

June 26, 2018June 26, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Calabash Bay, ganja seized, narcotics police, St Elizabeth

The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) said its officers seized more than 2,000 pounds of ganja in the Calabash Bay area

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Police issue 'high alert' for missing child in St Ann
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Police issue ‘high alert’ for missing child in St Ann

June 26, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Alexandria, Inverness, Kamoya Brown, missing, st ann

Jamaica Constabulary Force – A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Kamoya Brown of Inverness, Alexandria, St Ann who

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Cops make arrest in relation to murder of returning residents

June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 Horace Mills 0 Comments Charlie, Florence Anderson, Gayle, Halford Anderson, murder, Portland, returning residents

Police have taken a man into custody in relation to the murder of an elderly couple in the parish of

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