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March 12, 2026
Robinson: $10B sugary drink tax will hurt consumers
Julian Robinson, opposition spokesman on finance, has cast doubt on the Government’s claims that the imposition of a $10 billion tax on sugary drinks for the new fiscal year is a public health measure…
March 12, 2026
Robinson slams gov’t’s new tax package as ‘economically unsound’
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson has criticised the Government’s new tax package as being economically unsound, saying low-income Jamaicans will bear most of the burden. Robinson,…
March 12, 2026
Oil jumps to US$100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for Iran war
NEW YORK (AP) — With no clear end in sight, the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel on Thursday, and stocks sank worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.4% and resumed its sharp swings…
March 12, 2026
Two men charged after 18-y-o stabbed, beaten in Point Hill
The police in Point Hill, St Catherine have charged two men for the stabbing and beating of an 18-year-old man in the community last week. Charged are 20-year-old Raheem Mitchell, otherwise called…
March 12, 2026
Man kills Jamaican wife and her parents in murder-suicide in New Jersey
The police in Berkeley Township, New Jersey in the United States are probing what investigators believe is a murder-suicide in which a man chased and fatally shot his Jamaican wife and gunned down her…
March 12, 2026
Abducted teen discharged from hospital, high-level police probe launched
The police have launched a high-level investigation into Tuesday’s abduction of a 17-year-old student in Cross Roads, St Andrew. The probe is being jointly conducted by detectives assigned to the St…
March 12, 2026
Free toll for Hurricane Melissa relief activities to end on April 1
Persons and entities undertaking Hurricane Melissa relief activities in western Jamaica will no longer have free access to toll roads effective Wednesday, April 1. Under the relief initiative, which…
March 12, 2026
Widow of Haiti president describes his killing at US trial of four charged with conspiracy
MIAMI (AP) — The widow of Jovenel Moïse - Haiti’s last elected president - described being shot and wounded during the 2021 assassination of her husband while testifying Wednesday in the United States…
March 12, 2026
Preserving dignity on dialysis
THE EDITOR, Madam: Today, as the world observes World Kidney Day, it is worth pausing to reflect on the quiet and often unseen struggle faced by thousands of Jamaicans living with chronic kidney…