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Feb 19th, 2025 | Category: The Gleaner Minute | 2:02#JamaicaGleaner FEBRUARY 19, 2025: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr Wayne Henry says the country is not in a recession, despite the economy recording two consecutive quarters of decline, fitting a widely-accepted definition of recession… The United States Embassy in Jamaica has dismissed rumours that convicted donman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke will be among 55 Jamaicans slated to be deported to Jamaica on February 27… A public consultation over the move to make Portmore into a parish ended prematurely on Tuesday evening as supporters of the ruling JLP and the Opposition PNP verbally clashed at the city municipality's headquarters… Keith Newman, otherwise called ‘Neeko’, a man wanted for at least three murders, including the gunning down of two
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