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Police searching for motorist involved in MoBay hit-and- run
December 29 10:02 PM
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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Fish and bammy vendors in Border grateful for gov’t intervention
December 29 09:36 PM
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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Suriname investigators say suspected mass killer used his bandages to commit suicide
December 29 08:51 PM
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — A Suriname father who is alleged to have stabbed nine people to death on Sunday, including five of his own children, may ...
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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
December 29 08:27 PM
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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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
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
December 29 05:50 PM
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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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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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Windies squandered big moments, says Estwick
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Windies squandered big moments, says Estwick
August 27, 2017
LEEDS, England (CMC) — Bowling coach, Roddy Estwick, conceded Monday that West Indies had failed to properly negotiate the big moments on the penultim...
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Murder of 6-y-o in May Pen ‘appalling’ — Henry
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Murder of 6-y-o in May Pen ‘appalling’ — Henry
August 26, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Central Clarendon Member of Parliament (MP), Mike Henry has described the Friday morning gun attack on a family in Farm district i...
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CPL: Trinbago Knight Riders defeat Tallawahs by 36 runs
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CPL: Trinbago Knight Riders defeat Tallawahs by 36 runs
August 26, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leaders, Trinbago Knight Riders registered their first ever win over the Jamaica Tallawahs at Sabina Park when they dished out rev...
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Harvey unleashes catastrophic flooding in Houston
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Harvey unleashes catastrophic flooding in Houston
August 26, 2017
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Harvey unleashed catastrophic flooding in Houston Sunday, turning streets in Texas' largest city into ra...
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19-y-o Mandeville labourer missing
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19-y-o Mandeville labourer missing
August 26, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are reporting that 19-year-old labourer, Joel Lawrence of of Caledonia Road, in Mandeville, Manchester has been missing...
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Fifty and out as Mayweather stops brave McGregor
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Fifty and out as Mayweather stops brave McGregor
August 26, 2017
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Floyd Mayweather outclassed Conor McGregor to win their money-spinning superfight by technical knockout here late Sat...
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Semenya smashes women’s 600m world record
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Semenya smashes women’s 600m world record
August 26, 2017
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — South Africa's Caster Semenya brought her glittering season to an end Sunday by smashing the world record in the rarely-run 60...
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Back to school treat staged for children in Kitson Town, St Catherine
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Back to school treat staged for children in Kitson Town, St Catherine
August 26, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Over 230 children from rural St Catherine benefitted from a back-to-school treat hosted by the Holy Ghost Assembly Church of...
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Two dead, three injured in Clarendon gun attack
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Two dead, three injured in Clarendon gun attack
August 26, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The police are reporting that two people were killed and three wounded after yet another incident of violence in Clarendon yester...
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Blackwood and Holder bolster Windies after Anderson double
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Blackwood and Holder bolster Windies after Anderson double
August 26, 2017
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) — Jermaine Blackwood and Jason Holder helped give the West Indies a sizeable first-innings lead in the second Test against...
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Cook falls as Windies stay ahead
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Cook falls as Windies stay ahead
August 26, 2017
LEEDS, United Kingdom (CMC) — Captain Jason Holder got the key wicket of Alastair Cook before tea as West Indies continued to haunt England in the sec...
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UNWTO conference to address imbalance in funding to small/medium countries — Bartlett
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UNWTO conference to address imbalance in funding to small/medium countries — Bartlett
August 26, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the inaugural United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Global Conference on Tourism...
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Big celebratory launch of 50th anniversary of Caribbean Carnival Week in NY
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Big celebratory launch of 50th anniversary of Caribbean Carnival Week in NY
August 26, 2017
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The colors, pageantry and sound of Caribbean Carnival were on full display this week, as the Brooklyn, New York-based ...
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Root leads England rally against Windies
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Root leads England rally against Windies
August 26, 2017
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) — England captain Joe Root threatened to make the West Indies pay for giving him another reprieve in the second Test at He...
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Education and training key to achieving sustainable growth – Chang
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Education and training key to achieving sustainable growth – Chang
August 26, 2017
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr Horace Chang, says education and train...
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T&T a hub for illegal immigrants – Global Detention Project
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T&T a hub for illegal immigrants – Global Detention Project
August 26, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Global Detention Project, an international group based in Switzerland says Trinidad and Tobago is a hub for an ala...
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France’s Macron sees popularity fall to 40% — poll
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France’s Macron sees popularity fall to 40% — poll
August 26, 2017
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron's popularity rating slumped a further 14 points in August to hit 40 percent, following a sharp ...
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Flankers Resource Centre providing a ray of hope in St James
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Flankers Resource Centre providing a ray of hope in St James
August 26, 2017
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) — Like a beacon at the top of a mountain, the Flankers Resource Centre in St James continues to shine a ray of hope for res...
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Search and rescue operation launched in Guyana as plane goes missing
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Search and rescue operation launched in Guyana as plane goes missing
August 26, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A search and rescue mission was launched in Guyana on Sunday following reports that a small plane operated by the company –...
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US Coast Guard apprehends Dom Rep nationals suspected of drug smuggling in C’bean Sea
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US Coast Guard apprehends Dom Rep nationals suspected of drug smuggling in C’bean Sea
August 26, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard says four Dominican Republic nationals were arrested when they were interdicted by the Coa...
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Two held with illegal firearm in separate incidents — police
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August 25, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two men were arrested and charged following the seizure of three firearms and several rounds of ammunition in separate sections of...
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Unidentified body found in Kingston
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Unidentified body found in Kingston
August 25, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are probing the death of an unidentified male whose body was dumped on Loxley Hemmings Way in Kingston 10 on Thursday. ...
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