(Jamaica Gleaner) The sons of 83-year-old Avis Ledgister are still in shock after their mother died suddenly on election day, missing out on her decades-long tradition of voting for whoever was the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in St Elizabeth South West.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican designer Lorna Scott-Williams has been listed by Vogue magazine as a stalwart among 67 industry veterans named in the September issue as “people who make fashion happen”.
(Jamaica Gleaner) American model Desiree Gibbon’s unsolved murder has forced her family to call for the intervention of Prime Minister-designate Andrew Holness three years since the heinous killing.
(Jamaica Observer) There were unconfirmed reports last night that the final count for the Westmoreland Eastern constituency has produced a tie.
(Jamaica Observer) Popcaan had some harsh words for Mavado while speaking with New York-based radio programme Ebro In The Morning on Hot 97 earlier this week.
(Jamaica Star) Michael McLeod’s efforts to help to wrest the St Thomas Eastern constituency from the self-styled ‘six star general’, Dr Fenton Ferguson, is proving costly.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Members of the Jamaican Diaspora in the United States have expressed concerns about the low voter turnout in Thursday’s general elections in Jamaica while congratulating the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on its massive win.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party was re-elected in a landslide win yesterday marked by low turnout, prompting Prime Minister Andrew Holness to vow to work on restoring voters’ trust in politics and continue fighting the country’s coronavirus outbreak.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The police are reporting that two wanted men were captured today as they attempted to cast their ballots.
(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica international footballer Jermaine “Teddy ” Johnson is among three people shot on Law Street and Foster Lane in Kingston Central a short while ago.
(Jamaica Observer) The new head of New York City’s sex crimes unit is not only a veteran investigator, but also a forensic nurse who has conducted the physical exams and evidence collection that are vital to solving such cases.
(Jamaica Observer) After months of unofficial campaigning and three weeks of the official election campaign it is now up to Jamaicans to decide whether the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) or the People’s National Party (PNP) will form the Government for the next five years.
KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s ruling party looks set to retain power by a strong margin in a general election today thanks to its steady stewardship of the economy and despite a recent resurgence of the country’s coronavirus outbreak.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A standoff between the security forces and robbers in Junction, St Elizabeth at a Ready Cash outlet has ended.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A popular hairdresser of Falmouth, Trelawny died as a result of injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle collision involving a truck and the car in which she was a passenger this morning.
(Jamaica Star) Jamaica recorded three more COVID-19 deaths last night, bringing the total to 24.
(Jamaica Star) Farmer Nadine Christian said she was swindled out of 83 pounds of chicken by a man pretending to be a restaurant owner.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica-born British doctor and civil rights pioneer Dr Harold Moody is being revered by Google Doodle today.
(Jamaica Gleaner) A growing number of non-resident Jamaicans are complaining that they are being scorned while visiting the island.
(Jamaica Observer) Young Jasmine Keeling was always smiling. She was such a cheerful child that her neighbours in the Burke Road, Old Harbour community of St Catherine called her Smiley.
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