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KINGSTON, Jamaica —Members of the public are being urged to limit the amount of cash carried, plan shopping activities carefully, and take proactive m...
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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester have moved to reassure the public that the parish is safe to conduct business amid four murders in Mandevil...
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
December 24 11:24 AM
  KINGSTON, Jamaica —In a bid to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has announced it will temporarily relax th...
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Regional private sector group re-affirms commitment to Caricom
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Regional private sector group re-affirms commitment to Caricom
December 24 11:15 AM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Private Sector Organisation (CPSO) has reaffirmed its commitment to regional integratio...
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Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
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Bethlehem celebrates first festive Christmas since Gaza war
December 24 09:45 AM
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — Scouts marched under a clear blue sky in Bethlehem on Wednesday, as the Palestinian city emerged from the s...
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Bolt Foundation donates $900,000 to Mustard Seed children’s home for annual Christmas treat
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Bolt Foundation donates $900,000 to Mustard Seed children’s home for annual Christmas treat
December 24 09:32 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt, through his foundation, has joined the Janet Richards Foundation in a nearly $1 million donation to...
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Qatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
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Qatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
September 12, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Three-time former world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim announced his withdrawal on Friday's eve of the world championships in T...
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National Trials 2025: Lamara Distin retains high jump title
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National Trials 2025: Lamara Distin retains high jump title
June 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Despite nursing a sore thigh, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lamara Distin retained her women’s high jump title, clearing 1.86m...
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#Champs2025: JC’s Chavez Penn wins back-to-back high jump gold
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#Champs2025: JC’s Chavez Penn wins back-to-back high jump gold
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica College’s Chavez Penn won back-to-back boys’ Class One high jump titles after holding off a strong challenge on Saturday’s...
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#Champs2025: Munro College’s Johnson wins boys’ Class Two high jump
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#Champs2025: Munro College’s Johnson wins boys’ Class Two high jump
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Selerthel Johnson of Munro College produced a big personal best of 2.03m to win the boys’ Class Two high jump on Saturday’s final ...
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#Champs2025: Hydel’s Bernard secures back-to-back high jump gold
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#Champs2025: Hydel’s Bernard secures back-to-back high jump gold
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hydel High’s Zavien Bernard won her second high jump medal in successive years after she took the Class Two title on Saturday’s fi...
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#Champs2025: Girls Class 3 medallists seek long jump medal on Saturday
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#Champs2025: Girls Class 3 medallists seek long jump medal on Saturday
March 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—All three medallists from the Class 3 girls' high jump on Thursday will go in search of a second jump medal on Saturday’s final day ...
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#Champs2025: Tight competition anticipated in girls’ Class 4 high jump final
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#Champs2025: Tight competition anticipated in girls’ Class 4 high jump final
March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Immaculate Conception’s Sanique Watt and Edwin Allen High’s Kemoya Campbell, silver and bronze medallists respectively in last yea...
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#Champs2025: Calabar’s Shamar Shaw wins boys’ Class 3 high jump
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#Champs2025: Calabar’s Shamar Shaw wins boys’ Class 3 high jump
March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Calabar High’s Shamar Shaw won the gold medal in an exciting boys’ Class Three high jump on Thursday’s third day of the ISSA/Grace...
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World Indoors: Raymond Richards takes high jump bronze
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World Indoors: Raymond Richards takes high jump bronze
March 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Raymond Richards won Jamaica’s first medal at the World Athletics Indoor Championships when he took the bronze in the men’s high j...
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Lushane Wilson wins men’s high jump at Gibson
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Lushane Wilson wins men’s high jump at Gibson
February 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Lushane Wilson equalled his season's best 2.20m to win the men’s high jump at Saturday’s 48th staging of the Gibson/McCook Relays...
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#ParisOlympics: Beckford places 10th in men’s high jump
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#ParisOlympics: Beckford places 10th in men’s high jump
August 10, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Romaine Beckford finished 10th in the men’s high jump on Saturday’s final day of the track and field competition at the Olympic Ga...
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#ParisOlympics: Historic high jump final qualification for Beckford
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#ParisOlympics: Historic high jump final qualification for Beckford
August 7, 2024
Romaine Beckford created history at the Stade de France in Paris on Wednesday morning when he became the first Jamaican man to qualify for the high ju...
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#ParisOlympics: High jumper Distin fails to advance to final
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#ParisOlympics: High jumper Distin fails to advance to final
August 2, 2024
Jamaica’s Lamara Distin failed to get past the first round of the women’s high jump on Friday’s first session of the Olympic Games in Paris, only mana...
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Romaine Beckford retains NCAA high jump titles
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Romaine Beckford retains NCAA high jump titles
June 8, 2024
EUGENE, Oregon — Romaine Beckford of the University of Arkansas successfully defended his National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I O...
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