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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
January 7 05:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Di Cawna Library has opened its seventh community library in Cheshire Village, expanding access to books through an inclusive and ...
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
January 7 05:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has commended senior citizens who are embracing digital skills through the ...
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
January 7 05:18 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica – Retired educator and former principal of the Carron Hall High School in western St Mary, Dottlyn Norma Dawes has died. The announce...
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
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Education Ministry announces several changes to CXC, national exams
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Education Ministry announces several changes to CXC, national exams
January 7 03:19 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education has announced sweeping changes to national and regional examinations for the 2025-2026 academic year, ci...
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Argentine hired to ‘re-energise’ Waterhouse, push for Concacaf qualification
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Argentine hired to ‘re-energise’ Waterhouse, push for Concacaf qualification
January 7 03:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Waterhouse Football Club have turned to Argentine Javier Ainstein in a bid to re-energise the team and mount a serious push for Co...
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Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Queen of Scots’ turns financial crimes suspect
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Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Queen of Scots’ turns financial crimes suspect
June 12, 2023
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom (AFP) — Nicola Sturgeon kicked off the year with the vow that she still had "plenty in the tank" after eight years as Scotla...
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Trump braces for possible federal charges
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Trump braces for possible federal charges
June 9, 2023
MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Former United States President Donald Trump and his aides are bracing for a potential indictment in the classified documents inv...
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Pence slaps Trump
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Pence slaps Trump
June 8, 2023
IOWA, United States (AP) — Mike Pence opened his presidential bid with an unusually forceful critique of former President Donald Trump over January 6,...
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‘There was a  lot of panic’
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‘There was a lot of panic’
June 7, 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — An earthquake shook parts of western Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring three dozen others, civ...
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42 dead as Haiti struggles to recover from floods
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42 dead as Haiti struggles to recover from floods
June 6, 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from the heavy floods that hit Haiti over the weekend has risen to 42, with another 11 people missing, aut...
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US president proclaims June Caribbean-American Heritage Month
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US president proclaims June Caribbean-American Heritage Month
June 2, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) — United States President Joseph Biden has issued a proclamation declaring June Caribbean-American Heritage Month....
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Unhealthy
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May 31, 2023
NEW YORK, United States (AP) – Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40 per cent of restaurant food poisoning outbr...
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Russian lawmakers introduce draft Bill to ban gender-affirming surgery
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Russian lawmakers introduce draft Bill to ban gender-affirming surgery
May 31, 2023
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) – Russian lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a draft Bill that would impose a ban on gender-affirming surgery, the latest move in the...
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Nun with barely decaying body since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
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Nun with barely decaying body since 2019 death draws hundreds to rural Missouri
May 31, 2023
MISSOURI, United States (AP) — Hundreds of people flocked to a small town in Missouri this week and last to see a nun whose body has barely decomposed...
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Moscow drone attack exposes Russia’s vulnerabilities
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Moscow drone attack exposes Russia’s vulnerabilities
May 31, 2023
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A drone attack that targeted Moscow on Tuesday exposed glaring breaches in its air defences and underlined the capital's vulnerab...
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Fight over UK COVID-19 inquiry
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Fight over UK COVID-19 inquiry
May 31, 2023
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — As Britain's prime minister, Boris Johnson established an independent public inquiry into his Government's handling of t...
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Haiti among 18 countries named by UN of rising hunger risk
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Haiti among 18 countries named by UN of rising hunger risk
May 30, 2023
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — Haiti is among 18 "hot spot" countries named by two United Nations organisations, where hunger is set to worsen as fighting is ...
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Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
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Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
May 22, 2023
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Mexico is flying migrants south, away from the US border, and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to ...
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How effective are more sanctions in stopping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
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How effective are more sanctions in stopping Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
May 22, 2023
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The US and other Group of Seven (G7) nations rolled out a new wave of global sanctions against Russia over its invasi...
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Search for countless missing goes on in DR Congo
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Search for countless missing goes on in DR Congo
May 8, 2023
BUSHUSHU, DR Congo (AFP) – Families and rescuers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo were searching Monday for unknown numbers of people missing f...
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US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
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US approves 1st vaccine for RSV after decades of attempts
May 4, 2023
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The US approved the first vaccine for RSV on Wednesday, shots to protect older adults against a respiratory virus tha...
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1 dead, 4 hurt in shooting inside Atlanta medical facility
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1 dead, 4 hurt in shooting inside Atlanta medical facility
May 4, 2023
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) – Police said a man opened fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical facility, killing one woman and injuring four ot h...
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‘Infernal’: Fuel crisis driving Cubans round the bend
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‘Infernal’: Fuel crisis driving Cubans round the bend
May 4, 2023
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — The streets of Havana are quieter than usual — many of the rattling old cars the city is known for stand idle amid Cuba's worst f...
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Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy, says Federal Trade Commission
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Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy, says Federal Trade Commission
May 4, 2023
MENLO PARK, California — US regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, includi...
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Pilots at American, Southwest, ratchet up strike threats
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Pilots at American, Southwest, ratchet up strike threats
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DALLAS, United States (AP) — Pilots at American Airlines have voted to authorise a strike, and Southwest Airlines pilots are preparing to join them, a...
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Boy dies after lioness attack in Gaza resort
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Boy dies after lioness attack in Gaza resort
May 2, 2023
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – A six-year-old died on Monday after being mauled by a caged lioness in a resort in the southern Gaza Strip,...
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UK’s diverse communities ambivalent about king’s coronation
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LONDON (AP) — Musician Deronne White is ready to play on King Charles III's coronation day. The flautist and his fellow young musicians aren't playing...
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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