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60 years since Selassie’s visit: Some notable Jamaicans who crossed paths with the Emperor
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60 years since Selassie’s visit: Some notable Jamaicans who crossed paths with the Emperor
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Today (April 21) marks the 60th anniversary of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I’s state visit to Jamaica. The diminutive monarch’s arrival at what w...
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Danae Brown leads Queen’s to three-peat in ISSA urban basketball
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The Queen’s School won the urban area Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (SSA) schoolgirls basketball title on Monday, defeating St Andrew Hig...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States (US) is in a strong position for talks with Iran as his envoys...
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Florida man faces execution after 35 years on Death Row
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, is urging university students to rethink t...
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Fi We Children Foundation renews call for anti-violence interventions in schools
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is renewing its urgent call for strengthened anti-violence interventions in schools following...
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) – Suriname Health Minister André Misiekaba is urging the population to take precaution after the country recorded one death...
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