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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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Ban on events
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Ban on events
March 11, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Andrew Holness says a ban is now in place on social gatherings requiring permits.  No permits will be issued for th...
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Parliamentary tours suspended
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Parliamentary tours suspended
March 11, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Houses of Parliament is informing the public that all tours of the Parliament by schools and other groups have been suspended ...
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BA Flight 2263 passengers urged to contact Health Ministry
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BA Flight 2263 passengers urged to contact Health Ministry
March 11, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Passengers who travelled on British Airways (BA) flight 2263 from the United Kingdom to Jamaica last week Wednesday, are being ask...
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J Wray and Nephew reopens tomorrow
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J Wray and Nephew reopens tomorrow
March 11, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Following an extensive sanitation exercise at its 234 Spanish Town Road facility and clearance from the Ministry of Health and Wel...
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People who came in contact with escapee won’t be quarantined
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People who came in contact with escapee won’t be quarantined
March 10, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr Jacquiline Bisasor McKenzie, says there is no need to quarantine people who ma...
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UPDATE: Man who escaped from COVID-19 quarantine centre captured
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UPDATE: Man who escaped from COVID-19 quarantine centre captured
March 10, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kemar Bailey, the man who escaped from a COVID-19 quarantine centre about 7:40 last evening, is back in quarantine after he was pi...
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NCU moves classes online in wake of COVID-19
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NCU moves classes online in wake of COVID-19
March 10, 2020
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— President of the Mandeville-based Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Dr Lincoln Edwards, Tuesday afternoon, announced that the i...
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BREAKING: Jamaica confirms first imported case of COVID-19
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BREAKING: Jamaica confirms first imported case of COVID-19
March 10, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica today confirmed its first imported case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) here in Kingston. Below is the statement fr...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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