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Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left) shares a moment with Floyd Green (second right), minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Agriculture; Richard Pandohie (right), newly elected president of the JMEA; and Metry Seaga, immediate past JMEA president and chairman of the Manufacturing Technical Working Group, at the launch of the fifth staging of the Christmas in July at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel yesterday.
Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett (second left) shares a moment with Floyd Green (second right), minister of state in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Agriculture; Richard Pandohie (right), newly elected president of the JMEA; and Metry Seaga, immediate past JMEA president and chairman of the Manufacturing Technical Working Group, at the launch of the fifth staging of the Christmas in July at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel yesterday.

Jamaica could face Venezuela-like crisis

(Jamaica Gleaner) A leading businessman is warning Jamaica to be on guard against a similar local occurrence of the economic nightmare unfolding in regional neighbour Venezuela.

Police process a crime scene in Spanish Town, where members of the One Don gang carry out most of its activities. (Photo: Naphtali Junior)

Jamaican: ‘One Don’ gang busted, 24 members for court today

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-four members of the St Catherine-based One Don Gang — a breakaway faction of the notorious Klansman Gang — are scheduled to appear in the Supreme Court today The 24 alleged gangsters, including one woman, are among 33 people who were arrested during recent police raids, and are said to be responsible for more than 30 murders, including the death of a policeman.

Jamaican singer Pat Kelly

Jamaican singer Pat Kelly is dead

(Jamaica Observer) Pat Kelly, whose Curtis Mayfield-inspired falsetto was one of the most identifiable voices in reggae, died here Tuesday from complications of kidney disease.

726 murders in Jamaica so far this year

726 murders in Jamaica so far this year

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reported that since the start of the year, a total of 726 persons have been murdered in Jamaica – that’s a one per cent increase when compared with the corresponding period last year or an average of just over three killings per day.

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