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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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February 10, 2019
Omnipotence of the father, help my weakness and save me from the depths of misery. Wisdom of the son, direct all my thoughts, words and deeds. Love of...
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Traffic being diverted from Third Street in Greenwich Farm due to fire
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Traffic being diverted from Third Street in Greenwich Farm due to fire
February 10, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The police have advised that traffic is being diverted from Third Street in Greenwich Farm, Kingston 13 due to a fire. As such, m...
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Footballer Sala killed by head, trunk injuries — inquest
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Footballer Sala killed by head, trunk injuries — inquest
February 10, 2019
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala died of "head and trunk injuries", an inquest in England heard Monday as it began to...
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England 108-2 at lunch in second innings
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England 108-2 at lunch in second innings
February 10, 2019
GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP) — England made the most of a morning of errors and misadventures to extend their second innings to 108 for two at lunch ...
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Former PNP councillor Madge Morris murdered in St Thomas
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Former PNP councillor Madge Morris murdered in St Thomas
February 10, 2019
ST THOMAS, Jamaica — Former People's National Party (PNP) Councillor, Marjorie 'Madge' Morris, was this morning shot dead at her home on Albion Boulev...
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J’can scammer jailed after threatening ex-CIA, FBI director
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J’can scammer jailed after threatening ex-CIA, FBI director
February 10, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican man, who admitted to targeting the former director of both the FBI and CIA in a lottery scam, was on Friday sentenced t...
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Crash involving UN armoured vehicle kills four in Haiti
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Crash involving UN armoured vehicle kills four in Haiti
February 10, 2019
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AFP) — A traffic accident involving a United Nations armoured vehicle killed four people and injured nine in Port-au-Prince on ...
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Britain’s May seeks more time from MPs for Brexit talks
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Britain’s May seeks more time from MPs for Brexit talks
February 10, 2019
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government sought to win more time Sunday to secure EU concessions that could pass parliament and avert a c...
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February 11 is international day of women and girls in science
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February 11 is international day of women and girls in science
February 10, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In observance of 'International Day of Women and Girls in Science' on February 11, the Ministry of Science and Technology will und...
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Curfew imposed in sections of Central Village, St Catherine
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Curfew imposed in sections of Central Village, St Catherine
February 10, 2019
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The police have imposed a curfew in sections of Central Village in the St Catherine South Division. The curfew began at 6:00 p...
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Cricket update: England 19-0 at stumps, lead Windies by 142
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Cricket update: England 19-0 at stumps, lead Windies by 142
February 10, 2019
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP ) — England were 19 without loss in their second innings, an overall lead of 142 runs, at stumps on the second day of the...
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UPDATE: PNP condemns murder of former councillor Madge Morris
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UPDATE: PNP condemns murder of former councillor Madge Morris
February 10, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) has condemned the murder of Marjorie 'Madge' Morris, former Councillor for the White Horses Divi...
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PPV drivers required to wear uniforms come April 1
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PPV drivers required to wear uniforms come April 1
February 10, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Come April 1, all drivers in the public transportation system will be required to wear uniforms This is the directive from Transpo...
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Moving Sala homage as emotional Nantes crumble
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Moving Sala homage as emotional Nantes crumble
February 9, 2019
NANTES, France (AFP) — Emiliano Sala's former club Nantes gave a final rousing send off to the Argentine striker, whose body was recovered from a cras...
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Missing taxi driver’s car found, police intensify investigations
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Missing taxi driver’s car found, police intensify investigations
February 9, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say they have found the Nissan Tiida motor belonging to missing Jones Town taxi operator Kenneth Duncan and have since ...
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West Indies crumble to 74-5 at tea
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West Indies crumble to 74-5 at tea
February 9, 2019
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP) — Mark Wood answered West Indian pace with fearsome heat of his own as the England fast bowler reduced the home side to ...
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Shaggy and Sting win Reggae Grammy
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Shaggy and Sting win Reggae Grammy
February 9, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shaggy has added a second Grammy to his name. His collaborative album, 44/876, with British rocker Sting won the award for Best Re...
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Prayer for the day
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February 9, 2019
Thanks be rendered to the father, son, and holy spirit for all the graces with which I have been laden in the past. Thanks be rendered to the father, ...
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Twenty-four JCF members promoted
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Twenty-four JCF members promoted
February 9, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Twenty-four members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) have been promoted, four of them to the rank of Assistant Commissioner...
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Gov’t seeking to build out new JDF unit — Chang
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Gov’t seeking to build out new JDF unit — Chang
February 9, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government is looking to further build out the Jamaica Defence Force's (JDF) new Maritime, Air and Cyber Command Unit. Nationa...
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Prince Philip, 97, gives up licence after car crash
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Prince Philip, 97, gives up licence after car crash
February 9, 2019
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Queen Elizabeth II's 97-year-old husband Prince Philip on Saturday surrendered his driving licence after causing a car ...
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Weekly Round-up: Stolen baby found…$500K reward for info on MP’s murder … Windies recalls Gayle
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Weekly Round-up: Stolen baby found…$500K reward for info on MP’s murder … Windies recalls Gayle
February 9, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A baby boy was on Friday reunited with his family precisely one month after he was snatched from his mother's bed at the Victoria ...
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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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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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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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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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
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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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