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WATCH: PM asks for residents’ cooperation amid imminent closure of Petersfield hurricane shelter
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WATCH: PM asks for residents’ cooperation amid imminent closure of Petersfield hurricane shelter
Anthony Lewis, Observer writer 
December 13 08:11 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is asking hurricane-affected residents of Petersfield in Westmoreland for cooperation as Gove...
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
December 13 04:57 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Police Federation has expressed condolences to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and colleagues of Constable Er...
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Police warn against obstructing traffic
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Police warn against obstructing traffic
December 13 04:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to persons who obstruct the free flow of traffic in ...
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Tony Roy reflects on ‘I’d Love You to Want Me’
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Tony Roy reflects on ‘I’d Love You to Want Me’
December 13 04:36 PM
Whenever Tony Roy reflects on his career, he is likely to pinpoint 2025 as the year he got the big breakthrough. That came with I’d Love You to Want M...
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St Elizabeth residents receive land titles
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St Elizabeth residents receive land titles
December 13 04:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — More than 700 residents of St Elizabeth across 34 communities are now proud landowners under the Government’s Systematic Land ...
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JPS advises of temporary road closures in St James
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JPS advises of temporary road closures in St James
December 13 04:20 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica— The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is advising the motoring public, that in order to support critical electricity grid restoration wo...
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Montego Bay mayor calls for community support as Clean-Up Day set for Sunday
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Montego Bay mayor calls for community support as Clean-Up Day set for Sunday
December 13 03:37 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon is calling for support from the wider St James community as they seek to carry out...
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Trump vows to ‘retaliate’ after IS attack kills US troops in Syria
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Trump vows to ‘retaliate’ after IS attack kills US troops in Syria
December 13 03:27 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States (US) would retaliate after two US troops and a civilian ...
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Guyana president seeks to end Venezuela border conflict through UN
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Guyana president seeks to end Venezuela border conflict through UN
September 13, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — President of Guyana, David Granger will address the ongoing border conflict between Guyana and Venezuela during a meeting w...
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Use of heavy-duty equipment to remove sargassum must be approved — NEPA
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Use of heavy-duty equipment to remove sargassum must be approved — NEPA
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA) is advising that the use of heavy-duty construction equipment, such as tractors ...
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Trump says DACA deal is near, as Republicans seethe
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Trump says DACA deal is near, as Republicans seethe
September 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— President Donald Trump said Thursday he was "fairly close" to finalising a deal with Democrats allowing young immigra...
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US House passes bill targeting gang members for deportation
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US House passes bill targeting gang members for deportation
September 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The House has passed legislation that would make membership in a criminal gang grounds for deportation. Supporters de...
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17 anti-doping agencies want Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics
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17 anti-doping agencies want Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics
September 13, 2017
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Seventeen national anti-doping agencies have called for Russia to be banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympi...
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Full restoration of air services within 48 hours — Henry
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Full restoration of air services within 48 hours — Henry
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Transport and Mining, Mike Henry, says full restoration of air services should take place within the next 48 hou...
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Dredging of Kingston Harbour complete
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Dredging of Kingston Harbour complete
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) has announced the completion of the capital dredging of the shipping channel within t...
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Survivors feel ‘anger and betrayal’— London fire probe chief
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Survivors feel ‘anger and betrayal’— London fire probe chief
September 13, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — A government-ordered inquiry into the London tower block fire that killed at least 80 people opened Thursday, with its l...
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Jamaica to host UNESCO World Heritage Youth Camp
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Jamaica to host UNESCO World Heritage Youth Camp
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The managers of Jamaica's World Heritage Site, the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, will be hosting volunteers from the...
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St Kitts to accommodate CXC students from hurricane affected countries
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St Kitts to accommodate CXC students from hurricane affected countries
September 13, 2017
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — The government of St Kitts and Nevis has offered to accommodate secondary school students from islands that were severely...
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Poverty on the rise in Barbados — survey
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Poverty on the rise in Barbados — survey
September 13, 2017
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A new study has found that poverty is on the rise in Barbados with 17.5 per cent of the population living in poverty, up ...
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Full access to Jamaica’s airspace today
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Full access to Jamaica’s airspace today
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Chairman of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), Phillip Henriques, says the Authority is working to restore full ac...
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Long road to recovery for Irma-ravaged Cuba
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Long road to recovery for Irma-ravaged Cuba
September 13, 2017
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Hit harder than expected by Hurricane Irma, Cuba faces months of difficult recovery and will need international aid to get back o...
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Medical doctor stabbed to death in St Andrew home
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Medical doctor stabbed to death in St Andrew home
September 13, 2017
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Medical doctor Sonya-Kay Forbes, 40, was found dead at her St Andrew home yesterday evening. She was an ophthalmologist at the Ki...
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$700k reward offered for info on elderly Clarendon man’s murder
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$700k reward offered for info on elderly Clarendon man’s murder
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Crime Stop Jamaica and concerned citizens are offering a reward in an effort to find the culprits responsible for the 2016 murder ...
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Bog Walk Gorge impassable
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Bog Walk Gorge impassable
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are advising that the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine is currently impassable due to rising waters. Motorists are theref...
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UPDATE: Hurricane Max threatening earthquake-hit area of SW Mexico
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UPDATE: Hurricane Max threatening earthquake-hit area of SW Mexico
September 13, 2017
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico braced Thursday for Hurricane Max which swirled off its southwestern coast, triggering warnings of life-threatening...
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M16, shotguns among 5 weapons seized in Cambridge
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M16, shotguns among 5 weapons seized in Cambridge
September 13, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The police are reporting the seizure of five guns in Cambridge, St James. According to reports from the police's Corporate Communi...
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UPDATE: 10 arrested in connection with Cambridge gun seizure
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UPDATE: 10 arrested in connection with Cambridge gun seizure
September 13, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The police are reporting that 10 people have been taken into custody following the seizure of five guns in Cambridge, St James thi...
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Parliament to host delegation from UK
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Parliament to host delegation from UK
September 13, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's Parliament will host a five-member delegation from the United Kingdom Parliament next week, which forms part of bilatera...
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Antiguan envoy meets emergency agencies, major countries on relief for hurricane-wreaked Barbuda
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Antiguan envoy meets emergency agencies, major countries on relief for hurricane-wreaked Barbuda
September 13, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda's Ambassador to the United States and the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ronald Sanders,...
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Hurricane Max makes landfall in Mexico
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Hurricane Max makes landfall in Mexico
September 13, 2017
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Max made landfall in Mexico on Thursday, whipping its Pacific coast with winds of 130 kilometres (80 miles) per ...
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Police Federation has expressed condolences to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and colleagues of Constable Er...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to persons who obstruct the free flow of traffic in ...
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Tony Roy reflects on ‘I’d Love You to Want Me’
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Whenever Tony Roy reflects on his career, he is likely to pinpoint 2025 as the year he got the big breakthrough. That came with I’d Love You to Want M...
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St Elizabeth residents receive land titles
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