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ST JAMES, Jamaica — The St James police are searching for a motorist involved in a fatal hit-and-run on Monday evening on the Queen's Drive main road....
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Fish and bammy vendors in Border grateful for gov’t intervention
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sales are picking up for vendors at the popular Border food stop, following Government’s intervention to reconstruct the stalls th...
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Suriname investigators say suspected mass killer used his bandages to commit suicide
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of  St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
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Ex-heavyweight champion ‘stable’ following fatal Nigeria crash
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Ex-heavyweight champion ‘stable’ following fatal Nigeria crash
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SAGAMU, Nigeria (AFP) — Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was in a "stable condition" in hospital after a car accident in Nigeri...
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti has denied reports that it intends to impose a tax on nationals returning to the country. Minister of Haitians Liv...
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Windies 86-2 against England in 2nd Test
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August 28, 2017
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) — West Indies were 86 for two, needing a further 236 runs to reach their victory target of 322, at lunch on the fifth day ...
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Harvey damage estimated at US$42 billion, among most costly US storms
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WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) — Damages from Hurricane Harvey could put it among the top five most costly US storms ever, with failing dams and lev...
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Brathwaite falls but Windies still have Hope
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LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) — England finally saw the back of Kraigg Brathwaite for 95 but Shai Hope was still at the crease as the West Indies remain...
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Johnson Smith receives letter of appointment for UK high commissioner
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday received copy letters of appointment from Asif Ahmad a...
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30% of athletes at 2011 World Champs admitted doping — report
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30% of athletes at 2011 World Champs admitted doping — report
August 28, 2017
BERLIN, Germany (AFP)— At least 30 per cent of those who competed at the 2011 IAAF World Championships admitted to having used banned substances durin...
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CCJ seeking new president
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Tuesday said it was seeking a replacement for its President, Sir D...
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Windies captain Holder reprimanded for ‘inappropriate’ comments
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August 28, 2017
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) — West Indies captain Jason Holder has received an official reprimand for venting his frustration at a dropped catch durin...
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Forex: J$128.77 to one US dollar
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, August 29, ended trading at J$128.77 up by nine cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign e...
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‘All options are on table’ after North Korea launch — Trump
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WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to reassert an American military threat against North Korea, saying that "all o...
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New Venezuelan assembly to try opposition leaders for treason
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August 28, 2017
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela's all-powerful new constituent assembly said Tuesday it will hold treason trials for opposition leaders it said a...
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New Yorker accused of trying to join IS; al-Faisal lectures found on computer
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August 28, 2017
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — A New York City man, whose computer authorities said contained lectures by Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal, faced terrorism c...
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Texas storm Harvey breaks historic rainfall record
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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Harvey has set what forecasters believe is a new rainfall record for the continental United States, officials s...
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Three St Mary farmers shot dead
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Three farmers were shot dead yesterday by unknown assailants on their way to their farm in St Mary. Dead are 37-year-old Lincoln Cr...
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UCASE concerned over stoning of JUTC buses
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Union of Clerical Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) is condemning the recent spate of attacks on Jamaica Urban ...
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Privy Council clears FTC to challenge Digicel/ Claro merger
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In a landmark judgment, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has ruled that the Fair Trading Commission (FTC) has jurisdict...
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82% of prison inmates earn passes in CSEC exam
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Human rights group, Stand Up for Jamaica (SUFJ) has announced that 82 per cent of inmates that sat this year's Caribbean Secondary...
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Dominica PM to visit hurricane ravaged Texas
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August 28, 2017
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Tuesday said he intends to visit the hurricane ravaged Houston in the United States where re...
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Bartlett gives $10m from scholarship fund to help students
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August 28, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says his East Central St James Scholarship and Welfare Fund will provide $10 million t...
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Man murdered at home, two wounded at bar in latest Clarendon shootings
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August 28, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Gunmen in Clarendon continued their assault on residents in the parish last evening when they carried out two separate attacks th...
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Customs’ Sufferance Wharf gets new jetty
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August 28, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) has reported that it has constructed a jetty at its Sufferance Wharf in Port Royal. The jetty was...
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CONAKRY, Guinea (AFP) — Authorities in Guinea said Tuesday that they had found at least 19 bodies believed to have washed up from neighbouring Sierra ...
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