Jovan Johnson

Journalist @JamaicaGleaner |@Cheveningfcdo Scholar| @LSEnews, @UWImona (CARIMAC) & @SALISESmona Alum| [email protected]

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The Senate yesterday approved the amendments to the National Housing Trust (NHT) Act paving the way for the Government to withdraw $11.4 billion annually from the NHT over the next five years to support the Budget.

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[Jovan Johnson @jovanthony]

Jamaica's energy minister:

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#MediaRelease

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Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says he retains full confidence in the leadership of the Firearm Licensing Authority, defending Chief Executive Officer Shane Dalling and the agency’s board.

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The Firearm Licensing Authority has signalled the agency will abandon court action against an Integrity Commission report that found its database was "manipulated" to record allegedly fake ammunition purchases, including by a dead man.

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Jamaican author Diana McCaulay has won the 2026 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize for her novel A House for Miss Pauline, securing the £10,000 (J$2 million) award at a ceremony in London on Monday.

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Constable Andrew Wilson, the policeman charged with murder in the May 17 shooting of 45-year-old Latoya ‘Buju’ Bulgin in Granville, St James, was this morning denied bail during an appearance in the St James Parish Court.

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Jamaica's economy proved more resilient than post-hurricane projections suggested, but faces elevated and widening risks that demand urgent response, the Independent Fiscal Commission, the country’s finance watchdog, has warned.

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Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Science, Technology and Special Projects, Dr Andrew Wheatley, has unveiled a National Science, Technology and Innovation architecture.

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Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang says efforts remain ongoing to strengthen the operations of the Firearm Licensing Authority, including plans to improve firearm and ammunition storage facilities and tighten operational procedures.

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[Jamaica Gleaner @JamaicaGleaner]

A Firearm Licensing Authority database was “manipulated” to record an ammunition purchase by a dead man, and the server holding evidence of who gave the order has been destroyed, says an Integrity Commission report.

Read more: https://t.co/eDb2phbvbA #GLNRToday

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Zimbabwe’s justice minister on Tuesday introduced a constitutional amendment bill in Parliament that would extend the tenure of the country’s 83-year-old president.

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A retired teacher has been awarded more than $200,000 for pain and suffering after a bus struck her near the Mandeville Market in Manchester in 2011, according to a Supreme Court judgment handed down last month.

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Opposition Spokesman on Transport, Mikael Phillips, says the Government is resorting to “gimmicks” in the way it is implementing public transport fare increases.

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Gianna Lewis had a rare victory over her younger sibling and 2023 national champion Tsenaye Lewis to win the women's segment of the Hubert Lawrence Memorial Table Tennis Tournament at the UWI Bowl on Sunday.

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The FLA is challenging the Integrity Commission's investigative process in court. The issue was brought to light in a Sunday Gleaner report on May 17. #GLNRToday

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Last Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed an application by the FLA seeking disclosure of the unpublished report. Parliament had previously said it would not release the document until the FLA's court case against the IC was resolved.

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The report, formally titled "Investigation into Allegations of Corruption, Abuse of Office, and Other Acts of Impropriety at the Firearm Licensing Authority", had been submitted to Parliament's presiding officers on March 30 but remained untabled amid legal proceedings.

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The long-submitted Integrity Commission report into alleged corruption and irregularities at the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) was tabled in Parliament moments ago. It's expected to be released to the media shortly. #GLNRToday

[Damion Mitchell @DamionMitch]

NEW BROADCAST DATE‼️

BREWED AWAKENING!
... How climate change is scorching the profit out of coffee, searing livelihoods and drowning dreams.

@TvjNewscentre's @_KelzWilliams pours it all in her latest documentary: 'Brewed By The Heat' now scheduled for Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 8.30 p.m.

▫️ The pattern of setbacks caused by weather events has fueled emotional pain among farmers.

▫️ Weather events aside, pests and plant diseases have come to a boil.

▫️One coffee stakeholder reports that the impact of climate change is estimated to have burnt the coffee industry more than $10 billion.

📺 Don't miss it!

[Jamaica Gleaner @JamaicaGleaner]

A Jamaica-born man living in Florida has been arrested following the fatal stabbing of his wife at an Airbnb property in Esher, Hanover. The couple was reportedly vacationing with their two-month-old baby at the time of the incident. #GleanerMinute