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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Some 1.47 million people are displaced in gang-ravaged Haiti, the United Nations' (UN) migration agency said Friday, warni...
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Jamaica Labour Party saddened at passing of retired Justice Ian Forte
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has expressed sadness at the passing of distinguished jurist and retired Court of Appeal president ...
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WHO, Africa CDC launch US$518m plan to combat Ebola outbreak
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union's public health agency launched a US$518-million joint plan on F...
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‘Jamaica didn’t call’: Jaydon Hibbert says Turkey rebuilt him after injury setback
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Fresh off a 17.02-metre comeback jump at the Rome Diamond League, Jaydon Hibbert says Turkey helped rebuild him mentally and emotionally after a devas...
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Three Jamaicans among several charged in major US drug trafficking probe
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Three Jamaicans are among 19 individuals charged in a major United States (US) drug trafficking investigation target...
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Father and son killed in Manchester
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Detectives up to early Friday morning were processing a double murder scene where a father and son were killed in New Forest, Ma...
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Retired Justice Ian Forte passes away
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Retired Justice Ian Xavier Forte, the husband of Marlene Malahoo Forte and a distinguished former president of the Court of Appeal...
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Three Jamaicans among several charged in major US drug trafficking probe
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Three Jamaicans among several charged in major US drug trafficking probe
June 5, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Three Jamaicans are among 19 individuals charged in a major United States (US) drug trafficking investigation target...
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Costa Rican ex-security minister extradited to US for drug trafficking
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Costa Rican ex-security minister extradited to US for drug trafficking
March 20, 2026
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)—Former Costa Rican security minister Celso Gamboa was extradited on Friday to the United States where he faces drug traffic...
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Man forfeits J$1.5m, motor car in settlement over Manchester narcotics case
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Man forfeits J$1.5m, motor car in settlement over Manchester narcotics case
February 6, 2026
The Financial Investigations Division (FID) has secured a cash settlement of J$1.5 million and the surrender of a 2013 Toyota Corolla Axio as part of ...
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New US strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean—reports
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New US strike on alleged drug boat kills four in Caribbean—reports
November 14, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US forces have struck another alleged drug trafficking boat in the Caribbean, upping the death toll in the contentious...
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Venezuela says intercepted drug-ferrying planes, destroyed narco camps
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Venezuela says intercepted drug-ferrying planes, destroyed narco camps
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CARACAS, Venezuela  (AFP)—Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday his country had intercepted three planes allegedly used for drug traffick...
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Trump announces new deadly attack on alleged drug boat
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September 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States military had struck another drug trafficking boat in inter...
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Son of kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to plead guilty to drug trafficking in US
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Son of kingpin ‘El Chapo’ to plead guilty to drug trafficking in US
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New York, United States (AFP)-A son of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has agreed to plead guilty to drug trafficking in the United Sta...
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Mexico announces big meth seizure in cartel bastion
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Mexico announced Monday the seizure of 200 kilos (440 pounds) of methamphetamine in a cartel heartland, as it comes under ...
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Five men charged with multiple drug-related offences
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Five men charged with multiple drug-related offences
January 3, 2025
ST THOMAS, Jamaica — Five men have been charged with breaches under the Dangerous Drugs Act following the seizure of approximately 1,832 pounds of com...
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Belize police launch drug trafficking probe after plane landing
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BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) -Police say they are investigating the weekend landing of a plane in the remote part of the Toledo District, the country’s sout...
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Authorities in Guyana seize cocaine worth US$200m
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP) — Authorities in Guyana on the northern tip of South America on Sunday seized US$200 million worth of cocaine buried near a c...
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French police arrest 15 for drug trafficking near Olympic village
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French police arrest 15 for drug trafficking near Olympic village
May 29, 2024
BOBIGNY, France (AFP) — French police have arrested 15 people for drug trafficking near the athletes' village built for the upcoming Olympic Games nor...
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Nearly 1.5 million displaced in Haiti — UN
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‘Jamaica didn’t call’: Jaydon Hibbert says Turkey rebuilt him after injury setback
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Fresh off a 17.02-metre comeback jump at the Rome Diamond League, Jaydon Hibbert says Turkey helped rebuild him mentally and emotionally after a devas...
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