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Shaggy’s Boombastic single hits 2x platinum in New Zealand
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
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Thirty-one years after it was first released commercially, Boombastic, the title track from Shaggy's third studio album, has now been certified 2x pla...
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Children under 16 will be banned from using social media in the United Kingdom (UK), Prime Minister Keir Starmer announ...
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname, (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) foreign affairs ministers began a two-day meeting in Suriname on Wednesday, underscoring t...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, October 16, ended trading at $161.41, down 48 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, June 4 ended trading at $156.27 up by 12 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange tradin...

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