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National clean-up exercise to begin next week, starting in Westmoreland — McKenzie
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National clean-up exercise to begin next week, starting in Westmoreland — McKenzie
November 26 10:48 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will launch a national clean-up exercise next week, beginning in Westmoreland, Minister of Local Government and Com...
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Opposition demands clarity on Government’s US$150m loan to JPS
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Opposition demands clarity on Government’s US$150m loan to JPS
November 26 10:41 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is calling on the Government to “immediately come clean to the Jamaican people about ...
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Shein under EU pressure over childlike sex dolls
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Shein under EU pressure over childlike sex dolls
November 26 10:07 AM
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union (EU) stepped up its pressure on Shein on Wednesday after the online retail giant faced an uproar in Franc...
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Fire engulfs Hong Kong residential blocks, killing at least 13
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Fire engulfs Hong Kong residential blocks, killing at least 13
November 26 09:48 AM
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A huge fire ripped through several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, killing at least 13 peopl...
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Guyanese gov’t says local content to expand
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Guyanese gov’t says local content to expand
November 26 09:07 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyanese government says effective from January next year, it will introduce a new structured timeline for reviewing an...
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UK man changes plea, admits driving into Liverpool FC parade
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UK man changes plea, admits driving into Liverpool FC parade
November 26 07:40 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British man changed his plea Wednesday and admitted deliberately ploughing his car into crowds at Liverpool Football ...
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Motorists advised to expect delays in Hanover
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Motorists advised to expect delays in Hanover
November 26 07:33 AM
HANOVER, Jamaica — Motorists travelling through Lucea, Hanover are being advised to expect traffic delays as the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) conducts...
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Dominica to commission geothermal power plant in December
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Dominica to commission geothermal power plant in December
November 26 07:28 AM
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — The Dominica government says it will commission its 10-megawatt geothermal power plant next month, as the country continues w...
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Man killed, two others arrested in alleged confrontation with Manchester police
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Man killed, two others arrested in alleged confrontation with Manchester police
November 6, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a man was killed and a firearm seized during an alleged confrontation on the Brontie mai...
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Venezuela to face ‘incalculable’ price if doesn’t take back migrants, says Trump
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Venezuela to face ‘incalculable’ price if doesn’t take back migrants, says Trump
September 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened Venezuela with "incalculable" consequences if it re...
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Family to lead protest after police killing in Cherry Tree Lane
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Family to lead protest after police killing in Cherry Tree Lane
September 20, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The family of a 22-year-old killed in Cherry Tree Lane, Clarendon, on Monday has planned a protest in response to the death of th...
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US man who killed wife and her kids executed by lethal injection
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US man who killed wife and her kids executed by lethal injection
May 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— A man sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of his wife and her two sons was executed in Tennessee on Thursday, acco...
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Man killed after allegedly attacking fruit vendor in Mandeville
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Man killed after allegedly attacking fruit vendor in Mandeville
May 8, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are probing the stabbing death of a man after he allegedly attacked a fruit vendor near the New Green roundabout in Mande...
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to lack of witnesses
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to lack of witnesses
April 25, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Mario Deane case, which is being heard in the Westmoreland Circuit Court, was adjourned early on Friday due to the Crown's...
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25-y-o charged with murder
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25-y-o charged with murder
April 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 25-year-old man has been slapped with several charges including murder in relation to a February 9 shooting. Charged with murder...
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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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Security forces on high alert!
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Security forces on high alert!
Cops say dead gang member's cronies planning attacks
April 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The security forces are on high alert following Wednesday’s killing of a man said to be a high-ranking gang member on Content Aven...
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Man in custody during Mario Deane beating points out cops on trial as police who monitored cell block
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Man in custody during Mario Deane beating points out cops on trial as police who monitored cell block
April 14, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death in 2014 pointed out the three cops charged with Dean's death as po...
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Red Crescent says Israeli troops shot Gaza crew ‘with intent to kill’
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Red Crescent says Israeli troops shot Gaza crew ‘with intent to kill’
April 7, 2025
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP)— The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Monday that 15 medics and rescuers killed by Israeli forces last m...
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Three men killed during Westmoreland police operation
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Three men killed during Westmoreland police operation
April 7, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Three men are dead following a police operation in Grange Hill, Westmoreland on Monday. Two weapons — a Taurus G pistol and a ...
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Nine shot, one dead in St James drive-by shooting
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Nine shot, one dead in St James drive-by shooting
April 4, 2025
ST JAMES— One man is dead and eight others injured - two critically - following a drive-by shooting on Hart Street, Montego Bay, Friday afternoon. Acc...
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Schoolgirl, taxi operator charged with murder
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Schoolgirl, taxi operator charged with murder
April 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 28-year-old taxi operator and a 15-year-old female student have been jointly charged with murder as police point to an alleged l...
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Man shot dead during armed confrontation with police in Kingston 13
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Man shot dead during armed confrontation with police in Kingston 13
March 15, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The police shot and killed an unidentified man during what they say is an armed confrontation on Galloway Road, Kingston 13 on Fr...
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‘We have to finish a witness this week’, says judge in Mario Deane case
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‘We have to finish a witness this week’, says judge in Mario Deane case
March 13, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Supreme Court Judge Justice Courtney Daye, who is currently presiding over the case involving the three cops charged in connec...
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48-hour curfew in Iterboreale as tensions rise following police killing
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48-hour curfew in Iterboreale as tensions rise following police killing
February 23, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica - A curfew has been imposed in Iterboreale, St Mary as tensions rise between residents and police following the killing of 28-year-ol...
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Residents challenge reports that man killed by police had fired shots
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Residents challenge reports that man killed by police had fired shots
January 31, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — Residents of Fort Stewart in Annotto Bay, St Mary are disputing a police report that a community member was shot and killed after h...
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WATCH: Fleet Street residents protest police shooting of community member
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WATCH: Fleet Street residents protest police shooting of community member
January 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Fleet Street, Kingston are protesting the fatal shooting of a community member by police officers on Wednesday. Repor...
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Portmore man charged for killing of Fosrich manager
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Portmore man charged for killing of Fosrich manager
January 16, 2025
A man has been charged in connection with the killing of the production manager at Fosrich Company Limited, Wayne Cephas. Cephas was shot dead by two ...
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Media group denies inaction regarding government’s response to the murders of journalists
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Media group denies inaction regarding government’s response to the murders of journalists
January 8, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, (CMC) -The Secretary General of the SOS Journalistes, Guyler C Delva, has denied reports of government inaction regarding the d...
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Footage shows New York inmate beaten by guards before death
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Footage shows New York inmate beaten by guards before death
December 27, 2024
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Law enforcement in the US state of New York on Friday released "devastating" footage of prison guards beating a Black ...
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National clean-up exercise to begin next week, starting in Westmoreland — McKenzie
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National clean-up exercise to begin next week, starting in Westmoreland — McKenzie
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will launch a national clean-up exercise next week, beginning in Westmoreland, Minister of Local Government and Com...
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Opposition demands clarity on Government’s US$150m loan to JPS
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