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Prime Minister Bruce Golding has challenged Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, the former police commissioner, to provide facts to back up his allegations that ousted west Kingston strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was tipped off about the pending extradition…

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WESTERN BUREAU: The four-day Conference of Heads of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ended in Montego Bay yesterday with the issue of governance still unresolved. CARICOM has been accused of not doing enough…

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IF YOUR relatives were buried in the May Pen Cemetery in the last few decades, chances are their tombs have been disturbed. It is also possible that their remains may be among the morbid mosaic of bones which litter sections of the burial ground.

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HIT BY the negative effects of the United Kingdom’s (UK) air passenger duty (APD) on the Caribbean tourism market, regional states are pushing for further negotiations with the UK for adjustments to the charge….

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WESTERN BUREAU: Premier of The Cayman Islands, W. McKeeva Bush, is considering making it easier for Jamaicans to visit that country once they are already holders of a United States visa.

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The government-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) is to pay $6 million with interest to a former conductress who was injured on the job because of safety hazards. Stephanie Tilmutt had judgment awarded in her favour…

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The contentious issue of the free movement of CARICOM nationals through the 15 member states remained stalled yesterday as regional leaders closed their 31st heads of government meeting in Montego Bay, St James….

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THE Ministry of Education is advising all high schools that there should be no increase in the auxiliary contributions which students paid last year.

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Deejay Rodney ‘Bounty Killer’ Price, who was recently freed of assault charges, will still have to see more of the court, as he is to return there on September 27 when he will be tried on drug charges.

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The St Catherine South police seized a cellphone from a prisoner on Tuesday albeit in ‘dark’ circumstances. Information reaching The Star is that about 4:30 p.m. police were conducting a search of the lock-ups…

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