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In New Year’s message, PM reflects on overcoming challenges while staring down crises
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In New Year’s message, PM reflects on overcoming challenges while staring down crises
January 1 11:01 AM
In his New Year's message on Thursday, Prime Minister Andrew Holness reflected anew on the challenges he has navigated with Jamaica during his leaders...
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
January 1 10:44 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew will be imposed in sections of Manchester, effective from 6:20 pm on Thursday, January 1, 2026, to 6:20 pm on S...
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Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
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Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
January 1 10:37 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Residents took to the streets on New Year’s Day in Granville, St James, following what they said was the killing of three individu...
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
January 1 10:05 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Three individuals, including a child, are reportedly dead following an incident involving the security forces in Granville, St Jam...
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‘Several dozen’ presumed dead after fire at ski resort New Year party
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‘Several dozen’ presumed dead after fire at ski resort New Year party
January 1 09:10 AM
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AFP) — Several dozen people are presumed dead and around 100 injured after a fire ripped through a crowded bar in the luxu...
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Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
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Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
January 1 08:28 AM
London (AFP) – Enzo Maresca has left his role as Chelsea head coach after 18 months in charge, the Premier League club announced Thursday. "Chelsea Fo...
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2025’s final sunset opens the door to a new year
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2025’s final sunset opens the door to a new year
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2025’s final sunset opens the door to a new year
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Lee-Chin misses US$94-m bond deadline, risks Supreme Court lawsuit
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January 1 12:18 AM
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No Gayle for Kolkata as Bravo fails in Mumbai loss
CMC 
April 19, 2010
KOLKATA, India (CMC) -- West Indies Captain Chris Gayle watched from the bench as his regional teammate Dwayne Bravo failed with the bat in Kolkata Kn...
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Bolt the golfer?
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Bolt the golfer?
April 19, 2010
World's fastest man Usain Bolt tries his hand at the golf, managing to hit the ball on his first swing, after he made a quick stop at last Saturday's ...
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Andrew Riley lands 110m hurdles at LSU Alumni Gold meet
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Andrew Riley lands 110m hurdles at LSU Alumni Gold meet
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
April 19, 2010
Calabar High past student Andrew Riley, a sophomore of the University of Illinois, Champaign, clocked a personal best 13.53 seconds to win the 110m hu...
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Stunner! – Palmer’s wonder goal keeps Houston talking
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Stunner! – Palmer’s wonder goal keeps Houston talking
April 19, 2010
Jamaica's utility player Lovel Palmer scored his first goal for new club Houston Dynamo in their 3-0 win over Chivas USA last Saturday and what a beau...
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Samardo Samuels declares for 2010 NBA draft
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Samardo Samuels declares for 2010 NBA draft
April 19, 2010
Samardo Samuels, who hails from the home of Usain Bolt in Trelawny, Jamaica, has entered this year's NBA Draft. Samuels is a former MacDonald's All Am...
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Credit union stays with St Thomas FA’s school leagues
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Credit union stays with St Thomas FA’s school leagues
April 19, 2010
THE St Thomas FA launched its boys' Under-13, Under-15 and girls' Under-16 competitions at a function at the Village Green Restaurant in Morant Bay on...
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Edwards, Brathwaite propel Windies A to handsome win
CMC 
April 19, 2010
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) -- Kirk Edwards and Kraigg Brathwaite both stroked half-centuries as West Indies A carved out a handsome six-wicket victory...
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Jamaican Borrego gives T-birds wings in ANZ Champs
CMC 
April 19, 2010
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (CMC) -- Sensational goal-shooting from Carla Borrego helped the Adelaide Thunderbirds notch the highest ANZ Championship tota...
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Coke, McNee for World Junior Badminton Champs
April 19, 2010
Two Jamaican youngsters, Dennis Coke and Anthony McNee together with national junior coach Howard Ranger left Jamaica on Saturday to participate in th...
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Daley, Mohammed pilot Windies Women
CMC 
April 19, 2010
ST PAUL'S, St Kitts (CMC) -- An unbroken 41-run stand for the ninth wicket between Shanel Daley and Anisa Mohammed allowed West Indies Women to draw f...
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Winning wasn’t easy for Sunshine Girls — manager
DANIA BOGLE 
April 19, 2010
TEAM manager Cora Ricketts says despite the scorelines, Jamaica's road to the 9th Jean Pierre Caribbean Under-16 netball title was not as easy as it a...
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‘Sars’ powers Windies to 16-run win over Ireland
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‘Sars’ powers Windies to 16-run win over Ireland
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 18, 2010
West Indies closed out the 2010 Supreme Ventures Sports Betting (SVSB) Jamaica Cricket Festival with a 16-run victory over Ireland at Sabina Park in t...
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Dangerous volcano ash traps JFF execs in Europe
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Dangerous volcano ash traps JFF execs in Europe
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant sport editor 
April 18, 2010
JAMAICA Football Fed-eration (JFF) president Captain Horace Burrell and general secretary Horace Reid are stuck in Switzerland as the lockdown of larg...
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Hirst clinches Strawberry Hill High Stakes tourney
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Hirst clinches Strawberry Hill High Stakes tourney
April 18, 2010
Michael Hirst, using a unique aggressive style of play fine-tuned by 30 years of experience, won the fifth staging of Strawberry Hill High Stakes Back...
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Big ticket matches for Jamaican Coca-Cola flag bearers
April 18, 2010
...Teens to carry flags of Brazil, Italy, Slovakia, Ivory Coast The 12 teens who win the trip of a lifetime to the 2010 FIFA World Cup Finals in South...
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Team USA prepares for Lightning Bolt
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Team USA prepares for Lightning Bolt
US Track and Field 
April 18, 2010
PHILADELPHIA, USA — A storm is brewing in Philadelphia. The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, will lead Team Jamaica into Franklin Field on Saturday an...
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Cup ‘Flows’ for Boys’ Town
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Cup ‘Flows’ for Boys’ Town
April 18, 2010
Boys' Town's Marvin Morgan Jnr (right) fights for the ball with Humble Lion's Narado Brown, during their Flow Champions Cup KO final at the Anthony Sp...
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Dawkins fires August Town to Bell KO trophy
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Dawkins fires August Town to Bell KO trophy
Livingston Scott 
April 18, 2010
Two early goals from former national striker Fabian Dawkins saw August Town to a 2-1 win over Cavalier for their first hold on the Claro/KSAFA Jackie ...
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Young Sunshine Girls crowned champions again
CMC 
April 18, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) -- True to form, Jamaica remained unbeaten as they successfully retained their Jean Pierre Memorial Caribbean Under-16 titl...
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Zimbabwe stage fightback against Windies ‘A’
CMC 
April 18, 2010
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) -- Shane Shillingford continued to impress, but half-centuries from Andy Blignaut, Craig Ervine, and Tatenda Taibu saw Zimb...
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Building a successful football future
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Building a successful football future
BY JANICE ROSE-BROWN 
April 18, 2010
(Part 1) It is always a good sign when leaders can recognise success in one endeavour, draw the best from it and apply it to another circumstance. In ...
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Jason Walter wins FEI Show jumping
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Jason Walter wins FEI Show jumping
April 18, 2010
Equestrian Jason Walter aboard his bay gelding Shambal topped the field recently by winning the Adult FEI World Jumping Challenge. Competing in Catego...
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