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Saudi Arabia battles market jitters after oil plant attacks
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi energy giant Aramco is battling to reassure markets after devastating attacks on two oil plants, where a prolonged shutdown risks roiling investor confidence ahead of the State-owned giant's mega stock listing, analysts say. Read More
This Day in History - September 16
Today is the 259th day of 2019. There are 106 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT Read More
PAINFUL BLOW!
MOUNT OAKLEY, Portland — A man and his son are now homeless after fire, sparked by a lightning strike, destroyed their two-bedroom house in this district last Tuesday morning. Read More
Manchester man accused of killing wife granted bail
MANDEVILLEE, Manchester — Gregory Campbell, the husband of murdered Bishop Gibson High School teacher, Carolyn Davis-Campbell, was granted bail in the sum of one million dollars at his first appearance in the Manchester Parish Court on Friday. Read More
Fear heightens as Humberto dumps rain on battered Bahamas
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Officials temporarily suspended aid efforts and closed a couple of small airports in The Bahamas on Saturday, as Tropical Storm Humberto dumped rain on parts of the archipelago's north-western region that were already hammered by Hurricane Dorian two weeks... Read More
How Jamaica is helping to heal the ozone layer
Dane Rookwood installs and repairs refrigeration and air conditioning units for a living. Working with cooling gases is part of his everyday routine. Read More
Trelawny farmers tense about mining in the Cockpit Country
Mining on the border of the Cockpit Country remains a worrying prospect for residents of Albert Town, Ulster Spring, Alps, Linton Park, Soyers, and Freeman's Hall in Trelawny, where sections of their communities, which fall under special mining lease (SML) area 173, are... Read More
Teens accused of stealing phone to attend church
Three teenage boys who are implicated in the theft of a cellular phone in rural St Andrew were ordered to start attending church as part of their bail conditions.In addition to attending church, the boys will have to present an attendance book to the pastor or first... Read More
Epican partners with Jamaica Epilepsy Assn to raise money
The Jamaica Epilepsy Association will partner with Epican Jamaica to raise funds in an effort to secure medication and other services for its members. The event, dubbed Art for Epilepsy Sip and Paint, is slated for Sunday, September 29 at 5:00 pm at the Epican Lounge,... Read More
Lawyer's murder still a mystery
WHILE the brutal killing of promising young attorney-at-law Sashakay Fairclough has shocked, in particular, the parishes of St Ann and St James where she practises mainly, the police have no leads yet into the murder, nor has a motive been established. Read More
Judge slams SOE, ZOSO as she chides pregnant accused women
A stinging rebuke of states of emergency (SOE) and zones of special operations (ZOSO) has been delivered by one of Jamaica's respected parish judges. Read More
'Cockpit Country not secured,' says Dixon
Excutive director of the Sourthern Trelawny Environmental Agency, Hugh Dixon is chiding the Forestry Department and the g overnment for failing to secure a buffer zone for the eastern boundary of the Cockpit Country Protected Area... Read More
Sunday Brew — Sept 15, 2019
If you are fortunate or unfortunate to enter shopping plazas such as Boulevard Shopping Centre, Sovereign Centre, Clock Tower Plaza and Lane Plaza, upon entry you will be handed a card, which you are told is for security reasons — specifically, to reduce the... Read More
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