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Cavalier rebuilding for JPL play-offs

Following young Adrian Reid Jr’s brace from the penalty spot in Cavalier’s 4-2 win over Molynes United in the Jamaica Premier League (JPL) at the Anthony Spaulding Sport Complex last night, coach Rudolph Speid said he is confident his team will do...

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Tax Administration hauls GCT cheats before courts

TAX Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says between late 2018 and this year it has hauled 10 businesses before the courts for collecting General Consumption Tax (GCT) from customers without being regist...

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Security guard fined $1m for smuggling USD into Jamaica

Thirty-year-old security guard Kenardo Coke, was fined $1 million by the St James parish court after he attempted to smuggle US$50,000 into the island hidden in wigs in 2021. He pleaded guilty to two fines; possession of...

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11 dead, four hospitalised in gas leak in northern India

NEW DELHI (AP): Eleven people died and four more were hospitalised after a gas leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, local media reported. The incident occurred at an industrial area in Ludhiana city, but the source of the gas leak is...

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‘SELLOUTS’

The majority of women working on the seasonal farm work programme in Canada have poured scorn on Jamaican liaison officers there, asserting that the group mandated to ensure that they are treated fairly has been unethical and unresponsive to...

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NCB advises customers about ABM service disruption

The National Commercial Bank (NCB) has alerted its customers in Kingston, St Andrew, and St Catherine to expect disruptions in its automated banking machine (ABM) services following Saturdays’ attack on a Beryllium vehicle in St Thomas. It said...

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Oran Hall | There is life even with taxes

As good and responsible citizens, it is incumbent on us to pay our taxes, not just on income from employment, but from investment activities. Taxes leave us with less to spend, save, and invest, but there are legitimate ways by which we can reduce...