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Portmore pushes for control of proposed parish lands

The Portmore Municipal Council is calling for the Government to hand it immediate administrative responsibility for the area earmarked to become Jamaica’s newest parish under the Counties and Parishes (Amendment) Act, 2025. The call came at the council’s general meeting yesterday, where Deputy Mayor Alric Campbell tabled a resolution, backed by Mayor Leon Thomas and fellow councillors, calling on…

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Reckoning over rights

National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang’s assertion that legal challenges in the United States (US) against its third-country deportation policy are of no concern to Jamaica has drawn criticism…

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