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Reputed gang leader ‘Bloodstain’ nabbed by St Catherine police
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Reputed gang leader ‘Bloodstain’ nabbed by St Catherine police
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A reputed gang leader who was wanted for murder and multiple acts of violence was captured by the St Catherine South police on...
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations demanded Tuesday a swift and independent investigation after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a...
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Jolyan Silvera murder trial remains private
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Jolyan Silvera murder trial remains private
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January 13 12:16 AM
Jolyan Silvera murder trial remains private
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Absent witnesses force delay in Maitland trial
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (CMC) — The United States Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency says special agents and victim assistance specialists with Ho...
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British student plunges to death from plane in Madagascar
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Police say a 19-year-old British student fell to her death from a small airplane in Madagascar after opening a door in m...
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MIAMI, Florida (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard says crew members  interdicted a 37-foot pleasure craft with one Jamaican  and  three Brazilian m...
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US citizen reported missing in Westmoreland
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Police in Westmoreland are trying to locate an American citizen who has been reported missing since Monday. He is 23-year-old ...
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Education ministry spending $817m on textbooks, other school resources
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be spending approximately $817 million to provide textbooks and appropriate ...
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Fire Brigade to set up bush fire warning system
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) has received 33 computers from the Meteorological Service to support the establishment of a Bush Fire W...
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Bird hunting season opens August 17
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has announced that The 2019 Game Bird Shooting Season will open on Saturday, A...
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Facebook-backed research sees progress linking minds, machines
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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook-backed researchers have managed to translate brain signals into spoken words, bringing the social networ...
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PNP’s Kellier denies receiving gov’t credit card
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament, Derrick Kellier, who formerly served as minister of labour and social security...
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Phillips says Govt’s failure to control crime led to PNP summit
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillips, says his People's National Party's (PNP) decision to host a summit on crime in Kingst...
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Two cops found guilty of corruption
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two police officers, who were accused of soliciting $100,000 from a man to prevent charges against him, have been found guilty of ...
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Bartlett updates Embassy officials on tourism security audit report
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett says he has updated key embassy officials on strategic plans to create a new architecture for ...
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Jamaica ready to exit IMF — Dr Ngouana
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative, Dr Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, says Jamaica has made tremendous progress ...
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US lawmakers mark 400 years since first slave shipment in Ghana
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ACCRA, Ghana (AFP) — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi condemned the "grave evil" of slavery in a speech to Ghana's parliament Wednesday marking 400 years...
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Malahoo Forte says both Gov’t and Opposition responsible for SOE extensions
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July 31, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte says that extensions of the states of emergency (SOE) voted by Parliament, have to be owned...
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$4.5 billion worth of cocaine seized in St Thomas
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ST THOMAS, Jamaica — The police have seized nearly 1,200kgs of cocaine about 60 miles south east of Morant Point in St Thomas. The quantity of drugs, ...
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Truck transporting 1,300lbs of ganja crashes during police chase; 4 arrested
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Four people were yesterday arrested following a police chase during which the occupants of a truck, which was transporting 1,3...
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Jackson says PNP summit searching for response to crime
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition spokesman on National Security, Fitz Jackson, says that the aim of hosting Tuesday's National Crime and Violence Preven...
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Ex-TCI premier loses bid to toss US$100m graft case
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July 31, 2019
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (AFP) — A former Turks and Caicos premier who allegedly funded his playboy lifestyle by selling off chunks of the isl...
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4,000 students to benefit from literacy and numeracy interventions
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July 31, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some 4,000 students from 17 primary schools across the island will benefit from initiatives to boost literacy and numeracy under t...
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Education ministry to save $9 million annually on electricity bill
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education, Youth and Information will be saving more than $9 million annually on its electricity bill, from a $136...
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CCJ to hear matter involving CARICOM countries in October
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will sit in October to hear a request for an advisory opinion by t...
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A reputed gang leader who was wanted for murder and multiple acts of violence was captured by the St Catherine South police on...
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UN demands independent probe into woman’s killing by US immigration officer
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