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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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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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Caribbean island-nations take climate response into their own hands
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Caribbean island-nations take climate response into their own hands
November 18, 2017
BONN, Germany (CMC) — Caribbean and other island-nations, with no time to lose, are taking climate response into their own hands. Following two weeks ...
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Congressional Black Caucus urges Trump to modernise disaster policies, procedures
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Congressional Black Caucus urges Trump to modernise disaster policies, procedures
November 18, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — In the wake of destruction caused by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria to the United States Gulf Coast and the Carib...
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MoU signed to further boost child protection services
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MoU signed to further boost child protection services
November 18, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security and the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) have signed a Memoran...
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ECLAC reaffirms need for new development model for Caribbean
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ECLAC reaffirms need for new development model for Caribbean
November 18, 2017
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CMC) — The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has reaffi...
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CARICOM must strengthen ties with non-English-speaking countries – Holness
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CARICOM must strengthen ties with non-English-speaking countries – Holness
November 18, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, is calling for the strengthening of relations between CARICOM member states and non-English-s...
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Prince of Wales tours hurricane ravaged BVI
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Prince of Wales tours hurricane ravaged BVI
November 18, 2017
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) — The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles made his first visit to the British Virgin Islands on Saturday for a first...
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Mugabe has ‘agreed to resign’ — source close to presidency
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Mugabe has ‘agreed to resign’ — source close to presidency
November 18, 2017
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has agreed to resign, a source close to the presidency told AFP Sunday, as his authoritari...
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Merkel struggles to avert coalition talks collapse
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Merkel struggles to avert coalition talks collapse
November 18, 2017
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel was struggling Sunday to prevent a collapse in high stakes coalition talks, which could force new ele...
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56-y-o man reported missing
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56-y-o man reported missing
November 18, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are reporting that 56-year-old Phillip Lodge has been missing since last Sunday, November 12. Lodge is of Constant Spri...
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Trump reverses elephant trophy decision, keeps ban
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Trump reverses elephant trophy decision, keeps ban
November 18, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will uphold a ban on importing trophies of elephants hunted and killed in Zimb...
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Protesters march in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
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Protesters march in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico
November 18, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Protesters marched Sunday in Washington in solidarity with hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, criticizing the lackluster US ...
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Miller, Jacobs bowl Scorpions to victory
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Miller, Jacobs bowl Scorpions to victory
November 18, 2017
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — Nikita Miller and Damion Jacobs produced further evidence that spin remains the undoing of Leeward Islands Hurricanes' ba...
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Curfew imposed in Denham Town ZOSO
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Curfew imposed in Denham Town ZOSO
November 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A curfew has been imposed in sections of the Denham Town community since 7:00 pm last night and will remain in effect until 6:00 a...
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Spaulding’s influence felt throughout the C’bean — PAJ
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Spaulding’s influence felt throughout the C’bean — PAJ
November 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ)  has joined many others in extending its condolences to the family and friends of the late ...
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Mugabe’s ruling party to meet Sunday to discuss his exit
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Mugabe’s ruling party to meet Sunday to discuss his exit
November 17, 2017
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party will meet on Sunday to discuss removing him as president, a governm...
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Senate passes Bank of Jamaica Act
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Senate passes Bank of Jamaica Act
November 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – The Senate, on Friday, passed the Bank of Jamaica (Amendment) Act, 2017, during its sitting at Gordon House. The legislation...
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Zimbabwe army stops crowd marching on Mugabe’s official home
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Zimbabwe army stops crowd marching on Mugabe’s official home
November 17, 2017
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe soldiers blocked thousands of protesters as they tried to march on embattled President Robert Mugabe's official resi...
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PAHO sounds alarm about increasing obesity in the Caribbean
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PAHO sounds alarm about increasing obesity in the Caribbean
November 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has sounded alarm on increasing obesity in the Caribbean, saying that it...
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12-y-o Kimone Powell reported missing
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12-y-o Kimone Powell reported missing
November 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A High Alert has been activated for 12-year-old Kimone Powell of Daffodil Avenue, Kingston 13, who has been reported missing since...
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Green wants to reach more rural youth
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Green wants to reach more rural youth
November 17, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green, says the increase in the number of aroun...
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Logistics Hub initiative completed
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Logistics Hub initiative completed
November 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Seven key strategic enablers, deemed pivotal to realising Jamaica's Logistics Hub Initiative, have been identified for imple...
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Zero tolerance for vending outside Charles Gordon Market, says MoBay mayor
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Zero tolerance for vending outside Charles Gordon Market, says MoBay mayor
November 17, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Homer Davis says the corporation will be adopt...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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