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Portmore Islamic Centre donates over $40m in medical supplies to Hurricane Melissa relief
January 24 05:01 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Medical relief items in the amount of $40 million will be donated to hospitals and health centres across the island, thanks to...
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Williams, Blake top the field at New Balance Grand Prix
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Williams, Blake top the field at New Balance Grand Prix
January 24 04:43 PM
Jamaicans put on a dominating show on Saturday with wins in the 60m and 60m hurdles at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts. Dan...
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February date for deployment of medical dome-ward at CRH
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February date for deployment of medical dome-ward at CRH
January 24 04:33 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed that additional ward space, in the form of a dome, will be set up at the Cornwall...
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Haitian group seeks Caricom intervention amid efforts to remove prime minister
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Haitian group seeks Caricom intervention amid efforts to remove prime minister
January 24 03:51 PM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) –  The National Conference of Actors for New Governance (NCANG) in Haiti has written to Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secre...
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Snow, ice hit western, central US as massive storm sweeps nation
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Snow, ice hit western, central US as massive storm sweeps nation
January 24 03:31 PM
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — A massive winter storm dumped snow and freezing rain on New Mexico and Texas Saturday as it spread across the United St...
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St Kitts PM defends policy on Haitians
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St Kitts PM defends policy on Haitians
January 24 03:10 PM
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Noting that St Kitts and Nevis has one of the largest per capita Haitian populations in the Caribbean, Prime Minister Dr ...
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NFA CEO confident Jamaica can surpass record tilapia production
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NFA CEO confident Jamaica can surpass record tilapia production
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January 24 03:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer of the National Fisheries Authority (NFA), Dr Gavin Bellamy, has expressed confidence that Jamaica’s tilap...
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AfroSzn hits the scene with Jamaican DJs at the helm
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AfroSzn hits the scene with Jamaican DJs at the helm
January 24 02:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— As part of what organisers are describing as a bold new-year regimen for Jamaica’s nightlife, a fresh cultural experience dubbed Af...
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Haitian group seeks Caricom intervention amid efforts to remove prime minister
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Haitian group seeks Caricom intervention amid efforts to remove prime minister
January 24, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) –  The National Conference of Actors for New Governance (NCANG) in Haiti has written to Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secre...
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Maureen Webber appointed ECJ commissioner
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Maureen Webber appointed ECJ commissioner
January 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Maureen Webber has been appointed as Nominated Commissioner on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ). Her appointment, which b...
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Vincentians vote as Gonsalves vies for 6th stint in gov’t
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Vincentians vote as Gonsalves vies for 6th stint in gov’t
November 27, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — More than 103,000 voters are going to the 250 polling stations in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday to elect a n...
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Israel’s Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year’s election
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Israel’s Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year’s election
October 18, 2025
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he would run for office in the November 2026 elections and e...
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Kingston mayor leads post election clean-up
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Kingston mayor leads post election clean-up
September 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby on Sunday removed political signs, paraphernalia and draping from sections of the municipality and urg...
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Government dynamics could shift with Opposition boost, says Professor Waller
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Government dynamics could shift with Opposition boost, says Professor Waller
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) securing 29 seats in the 2025 General Election, Dr Lloyd Waller, professor of di...
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Action needed to drive up election turnout, says lecturer
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Action needed to drive up election turnout, says lecturer
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government and political parties will have to use information and appeal to civic responsibility to combat voter apathy in the...
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Morris Dixon says JLP executed a clean political campaign
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Morris Dixon says JLP executed a clean political campaign
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dana Morris Dixon says the party, under Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ direction, executed a clea...
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Portland Eastern, Kingston Central among seats that JLP will be ‘looking at closely’ in official count
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Portland Eastern, Kingston Central among seats that JLP will be ‘looking at closely’ in official count
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — While it is confident that it has retained the 34 constituencies awarded to it on election night, after the preliminary count, the...
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PSOJ congratulates JLP on election victory, highlights low voter turnout
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PSOJ congratulates JLP on election victory, highlights low voter turnout
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is extending congratulations to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on securing vict...
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General Elections: Shaw flips St Thomas Eastern for PNP
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General Elections: Shaw flips St Thomas Eastern for PNP
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Yvonne Shaw has won the St Thomas Eastern seat in the 2025 General Election, based on prelimin...
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General Elections: PNP’s Steve McGregor wins in Kingston Central
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General Elections: PNP’s Steve McGregor wins in Kingston Central
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s Steve McGregor has won the Kingston Central seat in the 2025 General Election, based on preliminary ...
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General Elections: Landslide victory for Golding and Samuda
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General Elections: Landslide victory for Golding and Samuda
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has won the St Andrew Southern seat in the 2025 General Election, while the J...
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General Elections: Brown-Burke, Robinson retain St Andrew seats
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General Elections: Brown-Burke, Robinson retain St Andrew seats
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Angela Brown-Burke has retained the St Andrew South Western seat in the 2025 General Election,...
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General Elections: Williams and Terrelonge hold on to St Andrew Eastern, St Catherine East Central seats
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General Elections: Williams and Terrelonge hold on to St Andrew Eastern, St Catherine East Central seats
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Fayval Williams has won the St Andrew Eastern seat in the 2025 General Election, based on prelimi...
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Issues to assess but election day successful — EOJ
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Issues to assess but election day successful — EOJ
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — While there are issues to review, Director of Elections Glasspole Brown said the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) executed a very...
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WATCH: Back by ‘popular demand’, PNP’s Shaw says she’s ahead in St Thomas Eastern
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WATCH: Back by ‘popular demand’, PNP’s Shaw says she’s ahead in St Thomas Eastern
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People's National Party candidate for St Thomas Eastern, Yvonne Shaw, says a canvass of polling stations in the constituency shows...
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Cops called in as impatient St Andrew Southern voters get ‘boisterous’
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Cops called in as impatient St Andrew Southern voters get ‘boisterous’
September 3, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Police reinforcements were called in to the St Andrew South constituency about 10:30 Wednesday morning, as voters who had waited ...
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Experts say employees entitled to three hours for voting by law
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Experts say employees entitled to three hours for voting by law
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Attorney-at-law Gavin Goffe has cautioned companies that fail to grant staff the legally mandated three hours for voting, describi...
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WATCH: No major issues so far as J’cans vote, says election observer
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WATCH: No major issues so far as J’cans vote, says election observer
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to Jamaica, former Prime Minister of St Luci...
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WATCH: Complaints mount about slow pace of voting
September 3, 2025
People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for Kingston Central Steve McGregor has added his voice to those complaining about the slow pace of voting sin...
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Minimum Wage Advisory Commission endorses proposed increases, calls for supporting legislative reform
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Minimum Wage Advisory Commission endorses proposed increases, calls for supporting legislative reform
September 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Minimum Wage Advisory Commission has expressed its full support of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government’s announcement th...
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Portmore Islamic Centre donates over $40m in medical supplies to Hurricane Melissa relief
January 24, 2026
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Medical relief items in the amount of $40 million will be donated to hospitals and health centres across the island, thanks to...
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Williams, Blake top the field at New Balance Grand Prix
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Williams, Blake top the field at New Balance Grand Prix
January 24, 2026
Jamaicans put on a dominating show on Saturday with wins in the 60m and 60m hurdles at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in Boston, Massachusetts. Dan...
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February date for deployment of medical dome-ward at CRH
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February date for deployment of medical dome-ward at CRH
January 24, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness has revealed that additional ward space, in the form of a dome, will be set up at the Cornwall...
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Snow, ice hit western, central US as massive storm sweeps nation
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Snow, ice hit western, central US as massive storm sweeps nation
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HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — A massive winter storm dumped snow and freezing rain on New Mexico and Texas Saturday as it spread across the United St...
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St Kitts PM defends policy on Haitians
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St Kitts PM defends policy on Haitians
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Noting that St Kitts and Nevis has one of the largest per capita Haitian populations in the Caribbean, Prime Minister Dr ...
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