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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
December 22 03:58 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) says it is reminding justices of the peace and specifically members of the ass...
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
December 22 03:13 PM
Jamaicans dominated the 2025 Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards with 12 nationals from the island among honourees named by culinary authority Best Dress...
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
December 22 03:06 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oi...
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
December 22 02:56 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A final-year University of Technology (UTech) nursing student from western Jamaica was awarded a US$1,000 scholarship from the Jam...
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
December 22 02:30 PM
MINNA, Nigeria (AFP) — Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities on Monday, a day after the government said it ha...
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Jamaica leveraging international partnerships in rebuilding effort
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Jamaica leveraging international partnerships in rebuilding effort
December 22 02:20 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda,  says Jamaica is leveraging its international partnerships and ...
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Dizneyland fun day to bring Christmas cheer to St Ann
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Dizneyland fun day to bring Christmas cheer to St Ann
December 22 01:12 PM
Acknowledging that the Christmas season should prioritise wholesome family fun, Dizneyland Kids and Teen Festival promoter Streets Entertainment says ...
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Marlie Mount Primary reaches out to schools in St Elizabeth
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Marlie Mount Primary reaches out to schools in St Elizabeth
December 22 12:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Marlie Mount Primary and Infant School in St Catherine has reached out to two primary schools in St Elizabeth with relief supp...
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
December 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The self-proclaimed “king” of Haiti’s violent 400 Mawozo gang, Joly Germine, was on Wednesday sentenced to life in p...
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Reputed Sunrise Crescent Gang boss charged with kidnapping, robbery
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Reputed Sunrise Crescent Gang boss charged with kidnapping, robbery
November 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The reputed leader of the ‘100 Sunrise Crescent Gang’ has been charged with multiple offences by the Constant Spring Police in re...
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US sanctions affiliates of Haitian gang coalition, Viv Ansanm
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US sanctions affiliates of Haitian gang coalition, Viv Ansanm
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October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)  — The United  States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday sanctioned Dimitr...
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Grenadian gov’t restrict public access to hospital amid criminal gang activity
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Grenadian gov’t restrict public access to hospital amid criminal gang activity
July 23, 2025
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — The Grenada Government has restricted public access to the male surgical ward of the General Hospital in response to rece...
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Kingston man remanded after alleged payday robbery
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Kingston man remanded after alleged payday robbery
June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who is accused of waylaying and robbing another man, while threatening to take him before a “don” on payday in April, was re...
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Reputed top-tier member of York Avenue gang charged with murder
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Reputed top-tier member of York Avenue gang charged with murder
May 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A reputed top-tier member of the York Avenue gang has been charged with murder and multiple firearm-related offences after he was ...
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Cops find firearm during search for wanted men
May 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An illegal firearm and six rounds of ammunition were seized on Ramsey Road, Kingston 13 on Monday. According to the police, the co...
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Alleged gang member held after firearm, ammo seizure
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Alleged gang member held after firearm, ammo seizure
May 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An alleged gang member was arrested after police seized an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Friday. The discove...
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
April 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have killed another member of the 7s gang in Red Hills, St Andrew. The deceased, identified as 24-year-old Kirk Holton,...
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Journalists under attack in Haiti, group calls for release of abducted reporter
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Journalists under attack in Haiti, group calls for release of abducted reporter
April 7, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)— SOS Journalistes Haiti on Monday called on armed gangs, occupying the town of Mirebalais in the French speaking country, ...
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ denies being injured in major security operation
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ denies being injured in major security operation
March 4, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The leader of the Haiti-based G9 gang, Jimmy Chérizier also known as “Barbecue” has denied being injured during a large-...
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Alleged leader of Crescent Road gang ‘Mashie’ charged
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Alleged leader of Crescent Road gang ‘Mashie’ charged
February 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police have charged an alleged gang leader following a shooting in Kingston in 2024. Charged is 31-year-old Dane Smith otherwise c...
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Dancehall artiste Jamal held by police
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Dancehall artiste Jamal held by police
February 14, 2025
Dancehall artiste Jamal, whose real name is Tyvel Dixon, was taken into police custody on Friday in relation to alleged involvement in gang activity. ...
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Alleged gang member facing murder charge
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Alleged gang member facing murder charge
February 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An alleged gang member was arrested and charged over the weekend for the reported killing of an opposing gang member over two year...
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UNFPA urges international support to deal with gender-based violence in Haiti
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UNFPA urges international support to deal with gender-based violence in Haiti
November 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has received only 19 per cent of the requested US$28 million in i...
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UN report says hundreds killed by ongoing gang violence in Haiti
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UN report says hundreds killed by ongoing gang violence in Haiti
September 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office (OHCHR), Friday said that more than 3,500 people have been killed in Haiti sin...
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Cops charge alleged gang members in West Kingston
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Cops charge alleged gang members in West Kingston
August 31, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Two men accused of participating in gang-related activities have been charged by the Kingston Western police. Kewonie Howell, 25,...
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Cops charge alleged West Kingston gang leader
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Cops charge alleged West Kingston gang leader
August 26, 2024
The alleged leader of the notorious Bentley Lane gang in Rose Town, Kingston 13, has been arrested and charged by the Kingston Western police. The acc...
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Trial paused in gang rape case that outraged Tanzania
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Trial paused in gang rape case that outraged Tanzania
August 23, 2024
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — The trial of four men accused of gang rape in a case that has shocked Tanzania was paused on Friday, a defence lawyer ...
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Cops charge teen for gang-related offence
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Cops charge teen for gang-related offence
August 23, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A teen already booked for murder and firearm-related offences has now been slapped with gang-related charges by the Kingston Weste...
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St Catherine South crime fight boosted with convictions of top gangsters
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St Catherine South crime fight boosted with convictions of top gangsters
August 7, 2024
A recent pair of Gun Court convictions has the St Catherine South police division hopeful that it has broken the back of major gangs operating in two ...
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
December 22, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) says it is reminding justices of the peace and specifically members of the ass...
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
December 22, 2025
Jamaicans dominated the 2025 Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards with 12 nationals from the island among honourees named by culinary authority Best Dress...
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
December 22, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oi...
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
December 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A final-year University of Technology (UTech) nursing student from western Jamaica was awarded a US$1,000 scholarship from the Jam...
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
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MINNA, Nigeria (AFP) — Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities on Monday, a day after the government said it ha...
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