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WiredJA News Team News 23 May 2025

JAMAICA | Sam Sharpe: A Revolutionary Who Lit The Torch of Freedom; Hanged May 23,1832

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, May 23, 2025 — One hundred and ninety-three years ago today, a defiant man stood on the gallows in what is now Sam Sharpe Square, his final words echoing through history: "I would rather die on yonder gallows than live one more day of slavery."

WiredJA News Team News 23 May 2025

JAMAICA | Sam Sharpe: A Revolutionary Who Lit The Torch of Freedom; Hanged May 23,1832

JAMAICA | Tufton Defends $31M Drill Purchase as Dawes Demands Transparency

KINGSTON - May 22, 2023 - Health Minister Dr. Christopher Tufton has dismissed opposition criticism over a $31.5 million surgical drill purchased for Bustamante Hospital for Children, calling controversy surrounding...

WiredJA News Team News 23 May 2025

JAMAICA | Bank of Jamaica Cuts Interest Rates as US Trade Wars Rattle Global Markets

KINGSTON, Jamaica, May 22, 2025 - The Bank of Jamaica cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point yesterday, a defensive move designed to shield the island's economy...

WiredJA News Team News 23 May 2025

JAMAICA | McNeill Leverages Diaspora Networks as Northern Trelawny Campaign Gains Steam

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica May 22, 2025 - Dr. Wykeham McNeill, the People's National Party's seasoned candidate for Northern Trelawny, will capitalize on his extensive political networks this weekend during a...

WiredJA News Team News 22 May 2025

JAMAICA | Dr. Alfred Dawes Stands Firm Against Legal Threats In Drill Purchase Scandal

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, May 21, 2025 - In a nation where healthcare access remains a daily struggle for many, allegations of procurement fraud involving children's medical equipment have ignited a firestorm...

WiredJA News Team News 21 May 2025

ANTIGUA | Antigua Expands Aviation Footprint With Rwandan Alliance

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda- May 20-2025 - In an effort to forge deeper ties with the African continent, Antigua and Barbuda's Parliament today ratified a long-awaited Air Services Agreement...

WiredJA News Team News 21 May 2025

ANTIGUA | Air Peace Set To Launch Regular Service to Antigua Amid Past Controversy

ST. JOHN’S Antigua and Barbuda, May 20, 2025 - In a potential groundbreaking development poised to transform Africa-Caribbean air connectivity, Nigeria's largest carrier Air Peace is slated to commence scheduled...

WiredJA News Team News 20 May 2025

JAMAICA | Haitians Desperate Flight: Jamaican Rapid Repatriation Programme Faces New Scrutiny

Montego Bay, Jamaica – May 19, 2025 - As a boat carrying 42 desperate Haitians—men, women, children, and even an infant—washed ashore near Ross Craig in East Portland on Sunday,...

WiredJA News Team News 20 May 2025

JAMAICA | GOVERNMENT DODGES SCRUTINY OVER $27M HOSPITAL DRILL PURCHASE

KINGSTON, Jamaica May 19, 2025 - By wiredja parliamentary reporter - Opposition Senator Lambert Brown unleashed a blistering critique after the President of the Senate inexplicably blocked the tabling of...

WiredJA News Team News 19 May 2025

JAMAICA | Justice for All: The Case for Jamaica's Caribbean Court Transition

MONTEGO BAY, May 19, 2025 - In a scathing critique of the Jamaican government's constitutional priorities, prominent attorney Clayton Morgan has called into question the administration's stubborn pursuit of monarchy...

WiredJA News Team News 19 May 2025

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JAMAICA | Sam Sharpe: A Revolutionary Who Lit The Torch of Freedom; Hanged May 23,1832

JAMAICA | Tufton Defends $31M Drill Purchase as Dawes Demands Transparency

JAMAICA | Bank of Jamaica Cuts Interest Rates as US Trade Wars Rattle Global Markets

JAMAICA | McNeill Leverages Diaspora Networks as Northern Trelawny Campaign Gains Steam

JAMAICA | Dr. Alfred Dawes Stands Firm Against Legal Threats In Drill Purchase Scandal

ANTIGUA | Antigua Expands Aviation Footprint With Rwandan Alliance

ANTIGUA | Air Peace Set To Launch Regular Service to Antigua Amid Past Controversy

JAMAICA | Haitians Desperate Flight: Jamaican Rapid Repatriation Programme Faces New Scrutiny

JAMAICA | GOVERNMENT DODGES SCRUTINY OVER $27M HOSPITAL DRILL PURCHASE

JAMAICA | Justice for All: The Case for Jamaica's Caribbean Court Transition

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