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Williams to open Budget Debate March 10
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Williams to open Budget Debate March 10
February 26 05:54 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister Finance and Public Service Fayval Williams will open the 2026-2027 Budget Debate at Gordon House on Tuesday, March 10, at w...
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Samsung pushes deeper into AI with Galaxy S26 launch
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Samsung pushes deeper into AI with Galaxy S26 launch
February 26 05:41 PM
Samsung Electronics has unveiled its Galaxy S26 smartphone series, positioning the devices less as incremental hardware upgrades and more as a platfor...
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Forex: $157.07 to one US dollar
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Forex: $157.07 to one US dollar
February 26 04:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, February 26, ended trading at $157.07, up by 3 cents according to Bank of Jamaica’s dai...
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NET helping St Ann schools with hurricane recovery
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NET helping St Ann schools with hurricane recovery
February 26 04:42 PM
ST ANN, Jamaica — The National Education Trust (NET) has stepped up restoration efforts at schools in St Ann, helping damaged institutions rebuild and...
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Bad road fuss heats up in Manchester
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Bad road fuss heats up in Manchester
February 26 04:33 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Councillor Karl Smith (People’s National Party, Knockpatrick division) has hit back at criticism leveled against him by Member o...
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Kingston higgler charged for alleged theft of rental vehicle
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Kingston higgler charged for alleged theft of rental vehicle
February 26 04:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A Kingston higgler has been charged with larceny of a motor vehicle after he reportedly failed to return the vehicle he rented from ...
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Sentencing of taxi operator guilty of ruthless slaying delayed
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Sentencing of taxi operator guilty of ruthless slaying delayed
February 26 03:40 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Kevon Lesley, the Manchester taxi operator who was found guilty of murder in relation to the barbaric killing of his spouse, Shad...
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Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix finally certified gold in America
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Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix finally certified gold in America
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
February 26 03:35 PM
Exactly a year after it was released digitally in the United States, Shake it to the Max (Fly) remix, the globetrotting hit by Moliy, Silent Addy, Ski...
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Man shot by Cuban coast guard wanted to spark uprising—AFP report
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Man shot by Cuban coast guard wanted to spark uprising—AFP report
February 26, 2026
MIAMI, United States (AFP)—A United States-based man identified by Cuba as one of those killed by its coast guard in a shootout off the Cuban coast ha...
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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
February 25, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard fired Wednesday on a Florida-registere...
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Cuba coastguard kills four on Florida-registered boat
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Cuba coastguard kills four on Florida-registered boat
February 25, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba—Cuba's coastguard shot dead four people and injured six others travelling in a US-registered speedboat in an exchange of fire off the Cub...
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Regional leaders encouraged by first round of engagement with Rubio
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Regional leaders encouraged by first round of engagement with Rubio
February 25, 2026
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders say they are encouraged by statements made by visiting United States Secretary of S...
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Trinidad PM to Caricom leaders: ‘who vex loss… but we gained’
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Trinidad PM to Caricom leaders: ‘who vex loss… but we gained’
Persad-Bissessar reiterates support for US military presence
February 25, 2026
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told regional leaders Tuesday, “who vex loss”, as she reitera...
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Venezuela petitions UN for Maduro release
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Venezuela petitions UN for Maduro release
February 23, 2026
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yvan Gil Pinto on Monday demanded the immediate release of Nicolas Maduro, who was ousted as p...
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Trinidad police seize $6.3 million worth of ganja
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Trinidad police seize $6.3 million worth of ganja
February 22, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Sunday said it seized more than TT$6.3 million worth of marijuana that ...
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IMF warns pressure is mounting on Trinidad to loosen grip on currency
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IMF warns pressure is mounting on Trinidad to loosen grip on currency
February 22, 2026
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Trinidad and Tobago will need stricter control of government spending and higher interest rates ...
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US issues $1 million reward for capture of Haitian gang leader
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US issues $1 million reward for capture of Haitian gang leader
February 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States authorities have issued a US$1 million reward for Haitian gang leader Johnson “Izo” André, even as...
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Child trafficking by gangs putting Haiti’s future at risk, UN report warns
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Child trafficking by gangs putting Haiti’s future at risk, UN report warns
February 20, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) – There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating cons...
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Bermuda recalls infant and baby milk formula products
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Bermuda recalls infant and baby milk formula products
February 20, 2026
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) – Bermuda’s health authorities have issued an “urgent recall” of several infant milk and follow-on milk formula products due t...
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Grenada launches new housing initiative
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Grenada launches new housing initiative
February 20, 2026
ST GEORGE‘S, Grenada (CMC) — The Grenadian Government has launched a new initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s housing sector through resili...
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St Vincent PM says no official information received as yet regarding US strike that killed three people
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St Vincent PM says no official information received as yet regarding US strike that killed three people
February 19, 2026
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC)—Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Godwin Friday on Thursday said that the recent United States military acti...
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Jamaicans and Haitians among 80 inmates to be deported from Bahamas
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Jamaicans and Haitians among 80 inmates to be deported from Bahamas
February 19, 2026
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services is struggling with overcrowding as more undocumented immigrants facing cri...
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Trinidad schoolboy shot dead by bullet meant for father – police
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Trinidad schoolboy shot dead by bullet meant for father – police
February 18, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago police said that a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by a bullet that was intended for his fathe...
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Machel Montano becomes all-time record holder of Road March titles
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Machel Montano becomes all-time record holder of Road March titles
February 18, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—Veteran Calypso and Soca artiste Machel Montano on Wednesday became the all-time record holder of the Road March title i...
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Barbados diplomat says Caribbean owes a duty to Cuba
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Barbados diplomat says Caribbean owes a duty to Cuba
February 18, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbados’ Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (Caricom), David Comissiong, says the current situation in Cuba constitut...
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Belize records two ‘imported’ cases of malaria
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Belize records two ‘imported’ cases of malaria
February 17, 2026
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC)–Belize on Tuesday reported two new cases of malaria, but said that they are considered “imported as the infection was acquired ...
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11 killed in US military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
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11 killed in US military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea
February 17, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) attacks killed 11 people on three alleged drug-smuggling boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean and the...
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Bahamas gives green light for SpaceX resumption
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Bahamas gives green light for SpaceX resumption
February 17, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — The Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAAB) on Tuesday said it had granted approval to the private American aerospace a...
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Haitian prime minister reiterates commitment to deal with criminal gangs
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Haitian prime minister reiterates commitment to deal with criminal gangs
February 17, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Prime Minister of Haiti, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, has reiterated his government’s commitment to ensure the free movement o...
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US forces board ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade — Pentagon
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US forces board ship in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade — Pentagon
February 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US forces boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean that violated President Donald Trump's blockade of sanctioned ve...
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Williams to open Budget Debate March 10
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Williams to open Budget Debate March 10
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister Finance and Public Service Fayval Williams will open the 2026-2027 Budget Debate at Gordon House on Tuesday, March 10, at w...
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Samsung pushes deeper into AI with Galaxy S26 launch
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Samsung pushes deeper into AI with Galaxy S26 launch
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Forex: $157.07 to one US dollar
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Forex: $157.07 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, February 26, ended trading at $157.07, up by 3 cents according to Bank of Jamaica’s dai...
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NET helping St Ann schools with hurricane recovery
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NET helping St Ann schools with hurricane recovery
February 26, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica — The National Education Trust (NET) has stepped up restoration efforts at schools in St Ann, helping damaged institutions rebuild and...
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Bad road fuss heats up in Manchester
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Bad road fuss heats up in Manchester
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