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Meghan Markle’s father arrested in US over child sex abuse images
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Meghan Markle’s father arrested in US over child sex abuse images
November 6 09:34 PM
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, was arrested in Florida on Friday over alleged...
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EU tells TikTok to change ‘harmful’ For You feed
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union (EU) told TikTok on Friday to change the "harmful" design of its personalised 'For You' feed or risk larg...
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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Public Health Department is encouraging Jamaicans to get the influenza (flu) vaccine, which is currently avai...
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
November 6 07:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Leader of Government Business Phillip Paulwell has agreed to meet with Government representatives on Monday, following ...
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
November 6 06:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican recording artiste Chizz Chizem is drawing on painful childhood memories and her personal experiences as a single mother t...
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
November 6 06:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Market prices held mostly steady this week at the Coronation Market with some produce recording slight increases despite the recen...
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
November 6 05:46 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Pipeline installation works have commenced in Negril, Westmoreland, under the Western Water Resilience Improvement Project as ...
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Forex: $159.28 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.28 to one US dollar
November 6 05:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, November 6, ended trading at $159.28, down from $159.52, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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WATCH: Robinson calls on supporters to vote for Duncan Sutherland in upcoming elections
August 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Andrew South Eastern, Julian Robinson, is encouraging comrades to go out and get th...
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PNP defends Wellington over ‘war’ remark, accuses JLP of targeting outspoken women
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PNP defends Wellington over ‘war’ remark, accuses JLP of targeting outspoken women
July 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) says it is standing behind its caretaker in St Elizabeth South West, Miranda Wellington, against...
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Sitting MP facing uncertain future in Westmoreland Western
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Sitting MP facing uncertain future in Westmoreland Western
Unofficial results indicate Moreland Wilson rejected in JLP internal race
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
April 14, 2025
Sitting MP facing uncertain future in Westmoreland Western
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PNP demands end to ‘unlawful removal’ of campaign material in MoBay
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PNP demands end to ‘unlawful removal’ of campaign material in MoBay
April 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party (PNP) is calling on the Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, to immediately cease and desi...
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Trinidad PM calls election for April 28
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Trinidad PM calls election for April 28
March 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Stuart Young has declared April 28 as the date for the general election in the twin i...
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WATCH: Warmington tells PJ to ‘back off’
March 17, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Controversial St Catherine South Western Member of Parliament Everald Warmington has blasted former Prime Minister and People’s ...
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PNP to make procurement process more efficient; promote use of e-signatures – Robinson
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PNP to make procurement process more efficient; promote use of e-signatures – Robinson
March 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The procurement process which is often blamed for delays in the implementation of Government projects will be overhauled if the Pe...
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‘Stab in the back’: Ukrainians in shock after US aid halt
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‘Stab in the back’: Ukrainians in shock after US aid halt
March 4, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainians in Kyiv and soldiers on the front lines were in shock on Tuesday and grappling with a sense of betrayal after US Pres...
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not ready for peace if America is involved’
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not ready for peace if America is involved’
February 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Friday after his angry Oval Office argument with Volodymr Zelensky that the Ukrainian...
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Zelensky says Trump has succumbed to Russian ‘disinformation’
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Zelensky says Trump has succumbed to Russian ‘disinformation’
February 19, 2025
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday said that Donald Trump was living in a Russian "disinformation" bubble, resp...
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‘Mama D’ settles in Integrity Commission matter; fined for charges
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‘Mama D’ settles in Integrity Commission matter; fined for charges
February 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Speaker of the House Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert has been fined $900,000 following her decision not to contest the charges b...
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Tavares-Finson hits back against gov’t criticism from PJ Patterson
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Tavares-Finson hits back against gov’t criticism from PJ Patterson
February 11, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Senate President Tom Tavares-Finson says former Prime Minister PJ Patterson should maintain his silence about the government's han...
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Fitz-Henley blasts Bunting for ‘suggesting’policy makers deserve no credit for reduction in murders
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Fitz-Henley blasts Bunting for ‘suggesting’policy makers deserve no credit for reduction in murders
February 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has blasted the Opposition Spokesman on Citizen Security and Productivity, Senator Peter Bunti...
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JLP councillor lambasts the PNP; alleges injury
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JLP councillor lambasts the PNP; alleges injury
February 1, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica –Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representative for the Rocky Point division, Winston Maragh, is slamming several unnamed People’s Natio...
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Fitz-Henley says Golding, PNP should pay political price for derailing constitutional reform process
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Fitz-Henley says Golding, PNP should pay political price for derailing constitutional reform process
February 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has accused Opposition Leader Mark Golding of deliberately trying to derail the constitutional...
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States sue over Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
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States sue over Trump bid to end birthright citizenship
January 21, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP) - A coalition of Democratic-leaning states launched legal action Tuesday seeking to block Donald Trump's plan to end ...
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Mexico president congratulates Trump, urges ‘dialogue, respect’
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Mexico president congratulates Trump, urges ‘dialogue, respect’
January 20, 2025
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP)- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum congratulated her US counterpart Donald Trump on taking office Monday, while calling fo...
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Willams says Swaby ‘attempting to distract from lack of transparency and hush money scandal’
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Willams says Swaby ‘attempting to distract from lack of transparency and hush money scandal’
January 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Delroy Williams is rejecting statements made this week by mayor and Chairman of the Kingston and St Andr...
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PNP blames trade imbalance, poor planning for supply chain woes
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PNP blames trade imbalance, poor planning for supply chain woes
December 22, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People’s National Party (PNP) spokesperson on industry, investment, trade & global logistics, and Member of Parliament, Anthony Hy...
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Governor General recovering after surgery
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Governor General recovering after surgery
December 19, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen has successfully undergone an elective spinal surgery and is now recovering well according to a...
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‘Everybody wants to be my friend’: Trump feels the love
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‘Everybody wants to be my friend’: Trump feels the love
December 17, 2024
WASHINGSTON, United States (AFP) - A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago -- and a pariah when he left office -- Donald ...
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France’s Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM
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France’s Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as PM
December 13, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) - President Emmanuel Macron on Friday named centrist leader Francois Bayrou as prime minister, handing him the daunting task of ha...
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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Prince Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, was arrested in Florida on Friday over alleged...
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Public Health Department is encouraging Jamaicans to get the influenza (flu) vaccine, which is currently avai...
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