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‘I felt my hamstring tighten’: Jamaica 4x400m runner Jodean Williams confirms injury
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Jodean Williams, who led off the Jamaican women’s 4x400m team at the recent World Relays in Guangzhou, China said she made “a bold decision” to comple...
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has called for a review of Jamaica’s employment laws, in particular any that addresses the contr...
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Brown Burke urges mothers to prioritise children’s well-being at Mother’s Day event
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Member of Parliament for St Andrew South West, Dr Angela Brown Burke, is encouraging mothers to focus on nurturing their children ...
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Gem Myers and Friends for Mother’s Day concert at Jamaica Pegasus
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Picture a society where the woman’s role was limited to the most mundane activities. Singer Gem Myers grew up in a time when her mother and contempora...
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School canteens to provide one-third of recommended daily calories – Morris Dixon
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School canteens to provide one-third of recommended daily calories – Morris Dixon
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — School canteens will provide one-third of the recommended 2,000 daily calorie intake for students on the Government’s school feedi...
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Stacey Mirander impresses with cover of Roberta Flack’s ‘Feel Like Making Love’
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Stacey Mirander impresses with cover of Roberta Flack’s ‘Feel Like Making Love’
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Florida-based reggae fusion singer Stacey Mirander is almost reverent in her praise of the vocal brilliance of late soul superstar...
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Motorcyclist critically injured in St James crash
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ST JAMES,  Trelawny — A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital in critical condition following a collision with a motorcar along the Long Bay main road i...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is encouraging Caribbean nations to adopt a more strategic and coordinated approach to hi...
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), IDB Invest, and the IFRS Foundation Wednesday formalised a strategic part...
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ICE nabs undocumented Caribbean nationals at construction site in Puerto Rico
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CCJ ends sensitisation programme for the region
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PAHO highlights progress in reducing maternal mortality in the Caribbean; warns of persistent challenges
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has warned that while the region of the Americas, including the Caribbea...
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IDB predicts economic growth of 2.3% in LAC this year
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Regional consultations underway to address new tariffs imposed by US
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Caribbean countries react to new US tariffs
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Countries urged to accelerate progress towards 2030 SDGs
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Caribbean told heat waves will not be as intense as the past two years
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says a Caribbean heat season with heat waves will most likel...
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PAHO director urges Caribbean countries to urgently address key drivers of mortality due to NCDs
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BRASILIA, (CMC) – Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) – Dr Jarbas Barbosa, is calling for Caribbean and other countries to urgentl...
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WMO: Extreme weather and climate impacts scarred Latin America and Caribbean in 2024
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GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC)—The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Friday that extreme weather and climate impacts had a damaging toll on Lati...
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Barbados urges US to avert Caribbean trade crisis
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) –  Prime Minister Mia Mottley is urging the United States to avert a Caribbean trade crisis as the North American country ...
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UK-backed blue carbon workshop boosts Caribbean access to marine climate finance
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Delegates from 13 Caribbean nations gathered in Kingston recently for a high-level blue carbon workshop aimed at unlocking finance to protect and rest...
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Advocates condemn Trump’s stripping of legal protections for immigrant children
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US Secretary of State to visit Jamaica next week
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to visit Jamaica on Wednesday, where he will meet with Prime Minister And...
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‘I felt my hamstring tighten’: Jamaica 4x400m runner Jodean Williams confirms injury
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‘I felt my hamstring tighten’: Jamaica 4x400m runner Jodean Williams confirms injury
May 11, 2025
Jodean Williams, who led off the Jamaican women’s 4x400m team at the recent World Relays in Guangzhou, China said she made “a bold decision” to comple...
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
May 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has called for a review of Jamaica’s employment laws, in particular any that addresses the contr...
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Brown Burke urges mothers to prioritise children’s well-being at Mother’s Day event
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Brown Burke urges mothers to prioritise children’s well-being at Mother’s Day event
May 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Member of Parliament for St Andrew South West, Dr Angela Brown Burke, is encouraging mothers to focus on nurturing their children ...
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Gem Myers and Friends for Mother’s Day concert at Jamaica Pegasus
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Gem Myers and Friends for Mother’s Day concert at Jamaica Pegasus
May 11, 2025
Picture a society where the woman’s role was limited to the most mundane activities. Singer Gem Myers grew up in a time when her mother and contempora...
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