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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
April 3 03:46 PM
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) intends to protest the Reggae Boyz' loss to the Democratic Republic of Congo in their Inter-continental World Cu...
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
April 3 02:51 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The inaugural staging of the St Elizabeth police’s gospel concert in Black River on Thursday is being hailed as a success with...
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Morgan expresses condolences following death at closed bridge in St Thomas
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Morgan expresses condolences following death at closed bridge in St Thomas
April 3 02:14 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Nesta Morgan has expressed condolences following the tragic death of an individual ...
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Jamaican-American congresswoman says firing of US Attorney General ‘long overdue’
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Jamaican-American congresswoman says firing of US Attorney General ‘long overdue’
April 3 12:53 PM
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette D Clarke, has welcomed the dismissal of United States Attorney Gen...
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Pepsi to partner with Yard Mas Carnival for 4th consecutive year
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Pepsi to partner with Yard Mas Carnival for 4th consecutive year
April 3 11:41 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Pepsi Jamaica has announced that it will continue its partnership with Yard Mas Carnival for the 2026 season, marking the fourth c...
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Jamaica rises to 49th in World Happiness Report
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Jamaica rises to 49th in World Happiness Report
April 3 11:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has climbed to 49th place in the World Happiness Report 2026, up from 73rd last year. According to the study , the island ...
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The 20 Greatest Personalities in Rocksteady
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The 20 Greatest Personalities in Rocksteady
April 3 10:51 AM
Alton Ellis, the soulful singer whose songs defined the 1966-68 rocksteady era, has been named number one on the Observer Online's 60 Greatest Rockste...
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Nine-year-old drowns after trying to retrieve ball in St Elizabeth tank
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Nine-year-old drowns after trying to retrieve ball in St Elizabeth tank
April 3 10:21 AM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A nine-year-old boy is suspected to have drowned in a tank at his home in Long Hill district, St Elizabeth on Thursday. Police...
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Trinidad police rescue abducted woman in late-night sea operation
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Trinidad police rescue abducted woman in late-night sea operation
March 26, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A 73-year-old kidnapping victim has been safely rescued following a dramatic late-night operation at sea and a radar a...
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Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children
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Police detain French ex-cop suspected of killing mothers of his children
March 26, 2026
VILA NOVA DE FOZ CÔA, Portugal (AFP) — Portuguese police have arrested a former French police officer suspected of killing his partner and his ex-girl...
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Police warn public about consequences of false reports
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Police warn public about consequences of false reports
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are reminding the public of the serious consequences of false reporting. The warning follows an incident on March 16 in...
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Mottley rejects claim that Trinidadian was ‘kidnapped’ in Barbados
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Mottley rejects claim that Trinidadian was ‘kidnapped’ in Barbados
February 27, 2026
BASSETERRE  St Kitts (CMC) – Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has described as a “scurrilous lie and defamatory in the extreme,”  the statement mad...
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Nine Nigerian children freed after church kidnapping
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Nine Nigerian children freed after church kidnapping
February 15, 2026
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) —Nine children abducted at gunpoint from a Roman Catholic church in central Nigeria last week have been freed, according to local...
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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, 2025
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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Man in custody following alleged abduction of missing 6-y-o in Clarendon
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Man in custody following alleged abduction of missing 6-y-o in Clarendon
December 9, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Head of the Clarendon police Senior Superintendent Shane McCalla, has confirmed that a man was taken into custody after a missing...
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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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JCF warns against fake kidnappings
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JCF warns against fake kidnappings
September 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is warning against the practice of fake kidnappings. Station Manager at the National Strategi...
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Irish woman abducted in Haiti released with other hostages — Ireland
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Irish woman abducted in Haiti released with other hostages — Ireland
August 29, 2025
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — An Irishwoman and several other people abducted from an orphanage in Haiti earlier this month have all been released, Ireland'...
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‘PNP no deal with that!’
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‘PNP no deal with that!’
Robinson condemns politicisation of scrutineer’s kidnapping
June 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St Andrew South East, the People's National Party's Julian Robinson is rejecting suggestions that the abd...
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Three in custody following kidnapping, robbery in Kingston
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Three in custody following kidnapping, robbery in Kingston
April 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three men have been arrested in relation to a kidnapping and robbery of two women in St Andrew on Tuesday as well as the seizure o...
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Jamaicans in ICE custody pending deportation
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Jamaicans in ICE custody pending deportation
April 7, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says two Jamaicans convicted of kidnapping and...
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Liguanea kidnapping rumours are false — police
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Liguanea kidnapping rumours are false — police
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have confirmed that messages circulating on social media detailing an alleged case of kidnapping in Liguanea, St Andrew...
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St Ann barber charged with abduction and rape
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St Ann barber charged with abduction and rape
December 5, 2024
ST ANN, Jamaica - St Ann Police have arrested and charged a 49-year-old barber following a kidnapping and sexual assault in the parish between Novembe...
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Brother of French football star Pogba to be tried in kidnap case
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Brother of French football star Pogba to be tried in kidnap case
September 10, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— French judges on Tuesday ordered six men to stand trial in a kidnap and extortion case involving French footballer Paul Pogba, wi...
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Twenty medical students kidnapped in Nigeria
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Twenty medical students kidnapped in Nigeria
August 17, 2024
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Twenty medical students on their way to an annual convention have been kidnapped in eastern Nigeria, police and university sour...
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Chinese supermarket operators abducted in Spalding robbery
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Chinese supermarket operators abducted in Spalding robbery
July 14, 2024
CLARENDON, Jamaica— A Chinese-owned supermarket was held up and two of its operators abducted during an armed robbery in Spalding, Clarendon on Sunday...
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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
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The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) intends to protest the Reggae Boyz' loss to the Democratic Republic of Congo in their Inter-continental World Cu...
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The inaugural staging of the St Elizabeth police’s gospel concert in Black River on Thursday is being hailed as a success with...
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Morgan expresses condolences following death at closed bridge in St Thomas
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Morgan expresses condolences following death at closed bridge in St Thomas
April 3, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Nesta Morgan has expressed condolences following the tragic death of an individual ...
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Jamaican-American congresswoman says firing of US Attorney General ‘long overdue’
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Jamaican-American congresswoman says firing of US Attorney General ‘long overdue’
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NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean-American Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette D Clarke, has welcomed the dismissal of United States Attorney Gen...
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Pepsi to partner with Yard Mas Carnival for 4th consecutive year
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Pepsi to partner with Yard Mas Carnival for 4th consecutive year
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Pepsi Jamaica has announced that it will continue its partnership with Yard Mas Carnival for the 2026 season, marking the fourth c...
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