American Airlines is increasing its flights into Ian Fleming International Airport in Boscobel, St Mary, to daily service starting December 5.
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The #Wolmers Day festivities began with a thanksgiving service at 8 am. Upholding the school's motto, Age Quod Agis, the community commemorates founder John Wolmer’s legacy, established on May 21, 1729.

(📷: Karl McLarty)

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Wearing maroon & gold, proud students & teachers of Wolmer’s Boys' and Girls' schools march along National Heroes Circle in Kingston in celebration of Wolmer's Day as the oldest secondary school in the Caribbean, celebrates its 295th anniversary.

(📷: Karl McLarty)

Gunmen on motorbikes stormed a mining community in central Nigeria, killing up to 40 people and torching homes, residents said, in the latest violence to hit a region troubled by resource disputes and intercommunal strife.
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There is disquiet among rank-and-file members of the Jamaica Police Federation amid reports that former chairman Corporal Rohan James will not be in attendance at the annual conference of the federation which kicks off Tuesday in Montego Bay, St James.
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The Jamaica Trade Board has rubbished claims that it is no longer approving special permits for 2015 cars or SUVs, under the registered taxi operator programme that ended on January 31, 2019.
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A suggestion by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that Jamaica should have its own home-grown final appeal court is being viewed as foolhardy by two legal minds here.
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Prince Harry and other high-profile figures on Tuesday failed in a bid to have direct claims against Rupert Murdoch included in their unlawful information-gathering case against his UK publishing arm.
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In the midst of mounting public backlash over his dual citizenship, Opposition Leader Mark Golding is standing his ground, insisting that he is compliant with the constitution and laws of Jamaica.
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One person was killed and 30 injured Tuesday when a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 hit severe turbulence on a flight from London and was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok.
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The European Union admitted on Tuesday to a “difficult situation” after a journalism consortium reported that Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania were dumping migrants in the desert — with direct help from EU funds.
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Dr Claudette Clarke, the widow of accountant Keith Clarke, was unable to provide the court with an explanation for numerous empty beer bottles found in different sections of their upper St Andrew house after he was fatally shot by members of the Jamaica Defence Force in 2010.

A 13-year-old girl who spent three days with a man in another parish before the police intervened during a traffic stop, testified on Monday that the man she slept with gave her a morning after pill the next day.
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Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday announced three changes to the executive, saying that the move is designed to “assist the Administration in more efficiently and effectively delivering its policies and programmes for the Jamaican people”.
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Today's Clovis Toon, May 21, 2024

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Howler monkeys are dropping dead in Mexico and authorities said Monday that they were investigating whether extreme heat was killing the endangered species.
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A Japanese town was set Tuesday to mount a large mesh barrier across the road from an Instagram-famous view of Mount Fuji in an attempt to deter badly behaved tourists.
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