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Easter truce between Russia and Ukraine falters
April 11 05:13 PM
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's military command accused Russia of repeatedly violating a truce to mark the Orthodox Easter Saturday with nearly 470 inci...
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Negril to receive repaired ambulance following tourist death
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Negril to receive repaired ambulance following tourist death
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
April 11 04:44 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The resort town of Negril, which has been without a functional ambulance for several months, is expected to receive a repaired...
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Farmers to benefit from Isratech Resilience Farm Tour
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Farmers to benefit from Isratech Resilience Farm Tour
April 11 04:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hundreds of farmers are to benefit from the Isratech Resilience Farm Tour, an initiative designed to help them recover and rebuild...
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SCJ Holdings intensifies measures to curb illegal sale, occupation of former sugar lands
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SCJ Holdings intensifies measures to curb illegal sale, occupation of former sugar lands
April 11 03:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — SCJ Holdings Limited (SCJH) is imploring persons seeking land for housing or other purposes to pursue legitimate channels and enga...
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Guyana and T&T move to boost trade, energy cooperation
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Guyana and T&T move to boost trade, energy cooperation
April 11 02:28 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Friday agreed to advance a broad developmen...
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Natasha combines with Beenie Man for ‘Sexology’
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Natasha combines with Beenie Man for ‘Sexology’
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United States-based dancehall artiste Natesha is pumped about the response to her latest single, ' Sexology ', a high-octane club banger which feature...
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Mother loses daughter, son critically injured in Spanish Town house fire
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Mother loses daughter, son critically injured in Spanish Town house fire
April 11 12:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A devastating house fire in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Friday night has left a 14-year-old girl dead, a young man critically in...
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Ann Marie Keene’s passion for Jamaican culture spearheads movement in Sherlock
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Ann Marie Keene’s passion for Jamaican culture spearheads movement in Sherlock
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 11 11:19 AM
In 1985 when she first visited Jamaica as a teen, Ann Marie Keene fell in love with the island and its music. The sounds of reggae music often blared ...
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April 9, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba's foreign minister on Thursday accused the United States (US) of "extorting" Latin American countries by pressuring them to ...
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UN says humanitarian needs remain in Cuba despite fuel supplies
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UN says humanitarian needs remain in Cuba despite fuel supplies
April 7, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) has issued an urgent call for international support as Cuba grapples with a “worsening” humanitarian cr...
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FBI visits Cuba to probe US speedboat shoot-out
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April 1, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—An FBI team was in Cuba to investigate a deadly February shoot-out between the Cuban coast guard and a US-registered speedboat, a U...
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Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba after US blockade relief
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Russian oil tanker docks in Cuba after US blockade relief
March 31, 2026
MANTANZAS, Cuba (AFP)—A Russian oil tanker docked in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Was...
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Caricom chairman says mechanism to extend aid to Cuba ‘fully on the way’
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Caricom chairman says mechanism to extend aid to Cuba ‘fully on the way’
March 31, 2026
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — Chairman of the 15-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) grouping and Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Terrance Dr...
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Cubans ready for Russian oil but some say not enough
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March 30, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cubans on Monday cautiously welcomed the imminent arrival of a Russian oil shipment, with some warning it would do little to ease...
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Mexico in talks with companies about oil sales to Cuba
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Mexico in talks with companies about oil sales to Cuba
March 30, 2026
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico is in talks with private companies about buying oil from the state-owned giant Pemex and selling it to Cuban companies, P...
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Trump says ‘Cuba is next’, denies losing MAGA support
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Friday "Cuba is next" in his latest threat against the Caribbean isla...
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Russian tanker nears Cuba, defying US oil blockade
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Russian tanker nears Cuba, defying US oil blockade
March 29, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A Russian oil tanker subject to United States (US) sanctions is scheduled to arrive in Cuba on Monday, challenging a de facto Ame...
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Sailboats carrying aid reach Cuba after going missing
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March 28, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—Two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba reached Havana on Saturday after a long journey from Mexico during which...
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Missing Cuba-bound aid boats located, crew reported safe
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Missing Cuba-bound aid boats located, crew reported safe
March 28, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Two sailboats that disappeared while taking humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba have been located by the Mexican Navy, and the c...
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Missing aid boats ‘safely’ crossed to Cuba—US Coast Guard
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Missing aid boats ‘safely’ crossed to Cuba—US Coast Guard
March 27, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba(AFP)—Two aid boats bound for Cuba that were feared missing after they set sail from Mexico have "safely transited" to the island, the US ...
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Mexico searches for missing Cuba aid boats
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Mexico searches for missing Cuba aid boats
March 27, 2026
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)—The Mexican Navy searched Friday for two sailboats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba,...
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Aid flotilla arrives in Cuba as US oil blockade bites
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Aid flotilla arrives in Cuba as US oil blockade bites
March 24, 2026
HAVANA,  Cuba (AFP) — The first boat of a flotilla carrying medical supplies, food and solar panels reached Cuba on Tuesday to aid the island as a Uni...
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Cuba scrambles to restore power after new blackout
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Cuba scrambles to restore power after new blackout
March 22, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban authorities scrambled Sunday to restore power to the island after the second nationwide blackout in less than a week, as th...
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Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week
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Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout in a week
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- A power outage struck the entire island of Cuba on Saturday, the energy ministry said, in the second nationwide blackout in less...
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Jailed Cuban activist suffers cardiac arrest after hunger strike: NGOs
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Jailed Cuban activist suffers cardiac arrest after hunger strike: NGOs
March 19, 2026
Havana, Cuba (AFP) — A Cuban activist jailed for putting up anti-government posters and defacing a Fidel Castro billboard suffered cardiac arrest afte...
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Budget Debate: Holness defends foreign policy amid criticism over Cuban medical mission
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March 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Amid growing criticism, especially since the ending of the 50-year-old Cuban medical mission in Jamaica, Prime Minister Dr Andrew ...
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BVI to continue Cuban health programme
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BVI to continue Cuban health programme
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) — The government of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) says it will not be ending its Cuban health programme and f...
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White House pressure on Cuba mounts as island fights power cut
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White House pressure on Cuba mounts as island fights power cut
March 17, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Washington heaped pressure on Cuba's communist authorities Tuesday to allow free-market reforms as the impoverished island scramb...
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Cuba political system not up for talks with US, envoy says
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Cuba political system not up for talks with US, envoy says
March 17, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cuba is open to broad talks with the United States (US) and allowing more investment but will not discuss changing i...
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Cuba scrambles to restore power as Trump threatens takeover
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Cuba scrambles to restore power as Trump threatens takeover
March 17, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba scrambled Tuesday to restore power after a nationwide blackout that hit the communist-run island just as US President Donal...
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Negril to receive repaired ambulance following tourist death
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Negril to receive repaired ambulance following tourist death
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The resort town of Negril, which has been without a functional ambulance for several months, is expected to receive a repaired...
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Farmers to benefit from Isratech Resilience Farm Tour
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Farmers to benefit from Isratech Resilience Farm Tour
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hundreds of farmers are to benefit from the Isratech Resilience Farm Tour, an initiative designed to help them recover and rebuild...
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SCJ Holdings intensifies measures to curb illegal sale, occupation of former sugar lands
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SCJ Holdings intensifies measures to curb illegal sale, occupation of former sugar lands
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Guyana and T&T move to boost trade, energy cooperation
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