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High commission moves to keep Melissa aid flowing as duty waiver nears end
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High commission moves to keep Melissa aid flowing as duty waiver nears end
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T20 World Cup will be crucial for Sammy, says Bishop
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Committee member Carlene Edwards encouraged by FIFA experience
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Manchester police are reporting that a 9mm pistol was found wrapped in a black plastic bag at North Race Course in Mandevill...
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says a significant number of people with epilepsy in the Caribbean do no...
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IMF predicts moderate expansion in regional economic growth in 2019
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday said economic activity in the Caribbean is still projected to pick up i...
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CARICOM statement on Venezuela engenders hope, says PNP
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People's National Party(PNP) says it is in support of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) initiative on the current...
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Man held with firearm on Spanish Town bypass
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The Spanish Town police have reported the seizure of a semi-automatic pistol with a magazine containing one cartridge, in New ...
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21-y-o man, 19-y-o woman murdered in Spanish Town
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J’can admits to buying driver’s permit in T&T, jailed for one year
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican was on Wednesday sentenced to one year at hard labour in a Trinidad and Tobago prison for having a forged driver's perm...
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Trump associate Stone indicted in Mueller probe
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Westmoreland man shot dead
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Detectives assigned to the Savanna-la-Mar police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of 36-year...
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$36.5-m road maintenance works underway in St Ann
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ST ANN, Jamaica — Several corridors in St Ann are now benefitting from a $36.5 million hotmix patching programme, which forms part of the National Wor...
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Traffic rerouted from Grants Pen Road over the weekend
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Through-traffic will be restricted from a section of Grants Pen Road between Constant Spring and Shortwood roads tomorrow and Sund...
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Trump announces deal to reopen US government
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Friday announced a deal with opposition Democrats to temporarily reopen the US federal gov...
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Jesus, you are the good Shepherd. You know each of us and you call us by name to serve you in faith. Help us to respond generously to your voice. Amen
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Cricket update: Holder double ton, Dowrich century as Windies set England 628 to win
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Captain Jason Holder smashed an undefeated 202 while Shane Dowrich hit an unbeaten 116 as West Indies declared their seco...
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Cricket update: Windies go to lunch with 449-run lead over England
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Jason Holder and Shane Dowrich turned the screws on a flagging England side as the West Indies' seventh-wicket pairing re...
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Cricket update: Windies lead England by 561 runs at tea
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Jamaica locks up Travvy Tourism Awards
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Less than two months after Jamaica swept the World Travel Awards in Portugal, the island nation scored big at the 2019 Travvy Awar...
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UPDATE: Man murdered in Manchester identified
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The man who was shot dead on Hanbury Road in the parish last night has been identified as 31-year-old Marvin Long, also called '...
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Toll rate reduced for Angels to Linstead leg of Highway 2000
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Transport and Mining today announced that some motorists using the North-South link of Highway 2000 will soon obse...
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Man kills, cuts up and flushes friend down toilet in India
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MUMBAI, India (AFP) — A man in India accused of murdering his friend, chopping up his body and flushing the parts down the toilet has been arrested, p...
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O-Wrap: Dismissals at Dunn’s River… Cop shot at, robbed… Stafanie Taylor skips Pakistan tour
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