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Old Harbour United acquire Spanish Town Police FC
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Old Harbour United acquire Spanish Town Police FC
January 1 03:50 PM
Old Harbour United Football Club say they have acquired bottom-placed Jamaica Premier League side Spanish Town Police. Old Harbour, which recently won...
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Two girls injured following illegal gun salutes to ring in new year
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Two girls injured following illegal gun salutes to ring in new year
January 1 03:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Despite repeated warnings from police against the dangerous and unlawful practice, two teenage girls are nursing gunshot wounds bel...
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
January 1 03:30 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as...
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Trump blames bruised hand on aspirin, denies falling asleep
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump blamed aspirin for large bruises on his hand and denied falling asleep whi...
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France plans social media ban for children under 15
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PARIS, France (AFP) — France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for chil...
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Trinidad central bank warns US/Venezuela tension affecting local economy
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Trinidad central bank warns US/Venezuela tension affecting local economy
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The  Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT)  says domestically, the fluid geopolitical tension between the United ...
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Saudi Arabia sets executions record in 2025, putting 356 people to death
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Saudi Arabia sets executions record in 2025, putting 356 people to death
January 1 01:17 PM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Saudi authorities executed 356 people in 2025, according to an AFP tally, setting a new record for the number of i...
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Governor General calls for honest reflection in 2026 New Year’s message
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Governor General calls for honest reflection in 2026 New Year’s message
January 1 01:04 PM
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is calling on Jamaicans to reflect honestly on 2025 and move forward with hope in 2026. In a message to the public ...
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Jamaicans urged to show greater levels of national responsibility
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Jamaicans urged to show greater levels of national responsibility
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Director of the Fi Wi Jamaica Project, Professor Rosalea Hamilton, is appealing for citizens to show a greater sense of nati...
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Finance minister optimistic of growth for fiscal year
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Finance minister optimistic of growth for fiscal year
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, is optimistic that the economy will record positive growth for 2017...
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Self-belief, fight crucial to beating Zimbabwe — Brathwaite
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Self-belief, fight crucial to beating Zimbabwe — Brathwaite
October 17, 2017
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (CMC) — Vice-captain Kraigg Brathwaite has warned the two-Test series against Zimbabwe will not be a straightforward one, and has u...
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Code of conduct to set standard for FX market
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Code of conduct to set standard for FX market
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Governor of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Brian Wynter, says the Foreign Exchange Code of Conduct, currently being crafted, wil...
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Rio Olympic head Nuzman formally charged with corruption
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Rio Olympic head Nuzman formally charged with corruption
October 17, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Carlos Nuzman, the head of last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has been charged by Brazilian prosecutors with corruptio...
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Red Cross launches global appeal to help Dominica
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Red Cross launches global appeal to help Dominica
October 17, 2017
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The International Red Cross has launched a global appeal for US$5.6 million to help it carry out its activities in Dominica t...
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US privacy groups warn of perils in smartwatches for kids
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US privacy groups warn of perils in smartwatches for kids
October 17, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Smartwatches designed to help parents keep tabs on children could create privacy and security risks, activist and co...
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UPDATE: 19 weapons seized at Newport West were shipped from US
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UPDATE: 19 weapons seized at Newport West were shipped from US
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have revealed that the 19 illegal firearms that were yesterday found at the Kingston Freeport Terminal in Newport West ...
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Devon House to be removed from Gov’t budget by 2020 — Bartlett
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Devon House to be removed from Gov’t budget by 2020 — Bartlett
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Devon House is to be removed from the Government's budget by 2020, informed Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett at the official openi...
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One of Jamaica’s most wanted arrested in Antigua
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One of Jamaica’s most wanted arrested in Antigua
October 17, 2017
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — A magistrate court has ordered the deportation of a 33-year-old Jamaican national, who has been described as one of that co...
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Police seek help identifying two bodies found in St James
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Police seek help identifying two bodies found in St James
October 17, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Detectives assigned to the Montego Bay Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) are seeking the public's assistance in identifying the ...
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Ministry to launch ZIKA Airs Project
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Ministry to launch ZIKA Airs Project
October 17, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health, in an effort to control the presence of the Aedes aegyti mosquitoes, which transmit the zika virus, is lau...
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J’can security advisor inducted in US Army College Hall-of-Fame
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J’can security advisor inducted in US Army College Hall-of-Fame
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's National Security Advisor Major General Antony Anderson was inducted to the US Army Command and General Staff College (C...
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Denham Town residents welcome ZOSO
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Denham Town residents welcome ZOSO
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Denham Town residents this morning welcomed the declaration of the area as a Zone of Special Operation. "It will make sense; the p...
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T&T now CFU third behind Haiti, Jamaica
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T&T now CFU third behind Haiti, Jamaica
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Trinidad & Tobago's emotional World Cup qualifying victory over the United States last Tuesday have propelled them to third ...
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Climate resilient practices important to housing sector — Chang
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Climate resilient practices important to housing sector — Chang
October 16, 2017
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio, with responsibility for Water, Works and Housing, Dr Horace Chang says the housing sector must be gov...
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House approves bill to absolve heroes from criminal charges
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House approves bill to absolve heroes from criminal charges
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The House of Representatives passed a Bill today to absolve Jamaica's national heroes and their supporters from criminal charges m...
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UPDATE: Seven charged with lottery scamming
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UPDATE: Seven charged with lottery scamming
October 16, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) is reporting that seven people who were two weeks ago arrested during ...
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HEART, NYS, JFLL and Apprenticeship Board to merge under Ministry of Education
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HEART, NYS, JFLL and Apprenticeship Board to merge under Ministry of Education
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Heart Trust NTA, the National Youth Service (NYS), the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL) and the Apprenticeship...
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Taylor, Jarvis return to Zimbabwe squad for Tests against Windies
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Taylor, Jarvis return to Zimbabwe squad for Tests against Windies
October 16, 2017
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (CMC) — Former captain Brendan Taylor and all-rounder Kyle Jarvis have been recalled, boosting Zimbabwe for their two-test series a...
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Forex: J$127.97 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$127.97 to one US dollar
October 16, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, October 17, ended trading at J$127.97 down by 25 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign ...
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Antigua Gov’t seeking to re-negotiate World Bank multi-million loan
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Antigua Gov’t seeking to re-negotiate World Bank multi-million loan
October 16, 2017
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda government says it wants to re-negotiate a US$40 million loan which the World Bank had approved for...
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Old Harbour United acquire Spanish Town Police FC
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
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