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INDECOM investigating fatal police shooting of suspected robbers in Negril

Omar Collymore gets life sentence for wife's murder

Police kill three suspected robbers in Negril

Woman among three people shot and injured in Portmore

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Bartender shot and injured in Gregory Park

Curfew extended in Green Island, Hanover

INDECOM probing two police shooting incidents

Implementation of May Pen to Williamsfield toll postponed

Curfew imposed in sections of Green Island

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Construction worker on gun charges remanded

Missing dancer found at hospital

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Protesting residents block Junction main road

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60-year-old Westmoreland man charged for allegedly raping teen girl

'Catfish' charged for Waltham Park Road murder

‘Crocs’ charged for robbing, killing Clarendon cookshop operator

Ministry of Health ramps up fight against mosquitoes

Ammunition found in pigeon coop in Spanish Town

Bog Walk tiler charged after gun found in bathroom

Marginal increase in unemployment rate

Teen boy in Hanover charged for stealing $38,000 worth of beverages from shop

Education Ministry issues stringent guidelines on school fees to minimise financial burden on parents

Westmoreland man charged for fatal stabbing of car wash operator

Three cops charged for 2021 assault of another officer

Semi-automatic pistol seized in east Kingston, man arrested

Polls closed in Local Government Elections

February 26, 2024

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Election Day workers at the Meadowbrook Church of Christ polling station in St Andrew North Eastern wrap up the day's activities. - Gladstone Taylor photo

The polls have now closed in the 2024 Local Government Elections.

Polls closed at 5 p.m.

The Electoral Commission of Jamaica is reporting that the voter turnout at 3 p.m. was 22.93 percent.

In 2016, the turnout for the comparative period was 21.62 per cent.

Just over two million persons are eligible to vote.

A total of 499 candidates were nominated.

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