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Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
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Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
January 2 09:57 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— Police assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division seized a total of 93 assorted rounds of ammunition on Dyke Road, St C...
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Couples raises US$455,000 for staff and communities after Hurricane Melissa
Couples raises US$455,000 for staff and communities after Hurricane Melissa
January 2 09:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Couples Resorts says through its charitable arm the Issa Trust Foundation, it has raised roughly US$455,000, including a direct US...
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Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
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Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
January 2 08:59 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A Manchester labourer has been arrested and charged with the murder of 34-year-old Glenford Isaacs, who was stabbed to death on S...
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Trump says US will ‘come to their rescue’ if Iran kills protesters
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January 2 08:35 PM
PARIS, France (AFP)—United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States was "locked and loaded" to respond if Iran killed prote...
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UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
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UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
January 2 07:55 PM
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provi...
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
January 2 07:26 PM
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2 07:00 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
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Trump says 11 dead in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
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Trump says 11 dead in US strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela
September 2, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said that United States (US) forces had attacked a boat carrying drugs to the country Tuesday...
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Rubio to visit Mexico, Ecuador next week to discuss migration — US
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Rubio to visit Mexico, Ecuador next week to discuss migration — US
August 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) Secretary of State Marco Rubio, next week, will pay his first visit to Mexico as the top US diplo...
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Trinidad authorities investigating disappearance of 300 vials of Fentanyl
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Trinidad authorities investigating disappearance of 300 vials of Fentanyl
August 15, 2025
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad health authorities say they have launched “an immediate” investigation into the disappearance of 300 vials of...
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Saudi Arabia executes eight people in one day, seven on drug charges
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Saudi Arabia executes eight people in one day, seven on drug charges
August 3, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Saudi Arabia has executed eight people in a single day, state media said, amid a surge in the use of the death pen...
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Haitian nationals charged in $9.3m ganja bust
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Haitian nationals charged in $9.3m ganja bust
July 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two Haitians, who were among five people arrested by members of the Firearms and Narcotics Investigation Division (FNID) following...
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Mechanic charged after drugs found concealed in seasoning
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Mechanic charged after drugs found concealed in seasoning
July 13, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 51-year-old mechanic has been charged after allegedly attempting to send ganja overseas concealed in all-purpose seasoning, ...
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Poorer countries granted access to HIV prevention drug
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Poorer countries granted access to HIV prevention drug
July 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Lower-income countries will gain access to a "game-changing" HIV prevention drug with a new deal signed between with Unite...
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Vietnam court sentences 11 to death for drug trafficking — state media
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Vietnam court sentences 11 to death for drug trafficking — state media
July 2, 2025
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — A Vietnam court sentenced 11 people to death on Wednesday, including two police officers, after finding them guilty of traffick...
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Costa Rica prison guards catch drug-smuggling cat
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Costa Rica prison guards catch drug-smuggling cat
May 20, 2025
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AFP)— Guards in Costa Rica have intercepted an unusual prison drug delivery, catching a cat as it jumped over the periphery fenc...
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Trinidad police seize cocaine at Piarco International Airport
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Trinidad police seize cocaine at Piarco International Airport
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police say they have held one suspect and seized nearly half a million dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) worth of ...
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UK approves ‘landmark’ breast cancer drug
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UK approves ‘landmark’ breast cancer drug
April 11, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A new drug that helps slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in Britain's stat...
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Robert Chin to avoid prison in $90-m cocaine case
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Robert Chin to avoid prison in $90-m cocaine case
April 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fifty-nine-year-old Robert Chin of a Mona St Andrew address avoided jail time after pleading guilty to being in possession and att...
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$3.1 billion in cocaine seized at Kingston seaport — police
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$3.1 billion in cocaine seized at Kingston seaport — police
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A massive drug bust at a seaport in Kingston has led to the seizure of over 1,000 pounds of cocaine disguised as Cuban honey, the ...
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Relatives seek clues at suspected Mexican ‘mass killing site’
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Relatives seek clues at suspected Mexican ‘mass killing site’
March 20, 2025
TEUCHITLAN, Mexico (AFP) — Desperate relatives of missing Mexicans on Thursday visited a suspected drug cartel training ground where bones, shoes and ...
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Mexico says won’t accept US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels
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Mexico says won’t accept US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels
February 20, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico's president warned the United States (US) Thursday her country would never tolerate an "invasion" of its national s...
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‘Most wanted’ Dutch drug trafficker killed in Mexico
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‘Most wanted’ Dutch drug trafficker killed in Mexico
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - A Dutch drug trafficker who was one of Europe's most wanted criminals and once reportedly faked his own death has been mur...
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British woman on cocaine rap to face the court on March 20
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British woman on cocaine rap to face the court on March 20
February 4, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Brandi James, the British woman who was charged after a substance believed to be cocaine was found in her luggage at the Sangster ...
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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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Health groups aim to reach 2 million people with HIV prevention drug
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Health groups aim to reach 2 million people with HIV prevention drug
December 17, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Several giant United States (US) and international groups focused on fighting HIV and AIDS on Tuesday unveiled a plan to s...
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Canadian pensioner caught with cocaine at NMIA
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Canadian pensioner caught with cocaine at NMIA
December 6, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Canadian pensioner is now facing several drug-related charges after he was caught with four kilograms of cocaine concealed in fo...
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Four arrested following major drug busts in St Ann, Kingston over weekend
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Four arrested following major drug busts in St Ann, Kingston over weekend
December 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Four people have been arrested in connection with two major drug busts on Saturday in St Ann and Kingston. The first incident occu...
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Germany takes down illegal online market ‘Crimenetwork’
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Germany takes down illegal online market ‘Crimenetwork’
December 3, 2024
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – German prosecutors on Tuesday said they had broken up an illegal online trading platform for drugs, stolen data and other illi...
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— Police assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division seized a total of 93 assorted rounds of ammunition on Dyke Road, St C...
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Couples raises US$455,000 for staff and communities after Hurricane Melissa
Couples raises US$455,000 for staff and communities after Hurricane Melissa
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Couples Resorts says through its charitable arm the Issa Trust Foundation, it has raised roughly US$455,000, including a direct US...
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Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A Manchester labourer has been arrested and charged with the murder of 34-year-old Glenford Isaacs, who was stabbed to death on S...
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