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Jamaica: Transport strike threat triggers ministerial summit, St James market revenue jumps 380%, Half-Way Tree shooting, Beat the Streets expands, Livestock Green Paper

Finance and Transport ministers convene emergency meeting with public transport operators amid strike threat, St James Municipal Corporation reports a 380% market fee revenue increase, a bearer is killed in a Half-Way Tree robbery, JCF takes Beat the Streets into Westmoreland, and Minister Green's Livestock Green Paper heads to Parliament.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day approaches, Middle East preparedness underway, sea moss farmers funded, eastern Caribbean quake felt, Welcome Home Week concludes

Government readies for Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day on May 21, SVG joins regional preparedness for Middle East conflict spillovers, 35 sea moss farmers receive post-Beryl funding from the SVG Conservation Fund, the Saturday 6.0 magnitude earthquake is felt across the Leewards, and Sandals' Welcome Home Week 2026 concludes.