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UTech saddened as missing student Anisa Dilworth feared dead
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- President of the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech), Dr Kevin Brown says the university community is saddened by the news th...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nurses across Jamaica joined forces Monday to demand an end to violence against women and children following last week’s brutal at...
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Minister says country is a divine gift and Jamaicans should protect it
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Minister says country is a divine gift and Jamaicans should protect it
May 19 11:54 AM
Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has charged Jamaicans to honour their responsibility to protect the country. Refere...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Takeaways from first week of testimony
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ROSEAU, Dominica, (CMC) - Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) will not allow opposition forces to “weaken” th...
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London, United Kingdom (AFP)- A 37-year-old man was given a suspended two-year jail term Monday for his role in stealing a £4.5 million ($6 million) s...
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Pope meets Vance ahead of Ukraine ceasefire push
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Vatican City, Holy See (AFP)-Pope Leo XIV received US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican Monday, ahead of a ...
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US Coast Guard seizes drugs valued US$140.9m in Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
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MIAMI, United States (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard said it has offloaded an estimated 19,055 pounds of cocaine and marijuana with a street val...
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Cambridge to give honorary degree to rapper Stormzy
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Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies aged 105
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during World War II has died aged 105, the United Kingdom'...
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UK not yet retaliating over ‘disappointing’ US steel tariffs
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Man arrested for supplying drugs to Liam Payne — Argentine police
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UK bans record number of offenders from booze for Christmas
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One in 5 properties in England now at risk of flooding
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UK former deputy PM John Prescott dies aged 86
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Anglican church leader Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, said Wednesday he will step down on January 6 having resign...
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