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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
February 25 10:02 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard fired Wednesday on a Florida-registere...
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
February 25 09:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Raequan Campbell-Dennis  scored a first-half double and Giovani Taylor came off the bench to score two more in the second half to...
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
February 25 08:59 PM
A new report by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States (US) has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa, which affected Jamaica on October ...
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
February 25 08:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Digicel Foundation has handed over a US$80,000 Smart Lab to Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester, as part of eff...
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
February 25 08:08 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Jamaica has made three changes to the starting team to face Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in their  Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers - R...
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Mt Pleasant avenge Harbour View loss in 4-1 JPL win
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Mt Pleasant avenge Harbour View loss in 4-1 JPL win
February 25 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former champions Mt Pleasant FA avenged their surprise loss to Harbour View a week ago, hammering the east Kingston club 4-1 in th...
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BOJ to launch finance-based game for children
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BOJ to launch finance-based game for children
February 25 06:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bank of Jamaica will launch an online financial educational game in April, targeting students in grades four to six at the pri...
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Over $330m disbursed in Hanover under MLSS ROOFS programme
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Over $330m disbursed in Hanover under MLSS ROOFS programme
February 25 06:46 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — Grants worth $334.2 million have been disbursed to households in Hanover under the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Family Shelters...
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Police name persons of interest in killing of 3-y-o in Denham Town
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Police name persons of interest in killing of 3-y-o in Denham Town
February 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The police have listed two persons of interest in connection to the killing of three-year-old Zaylon Pinnock, who along with his fat...
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Person of interest in Manchester killings surrenders, says ACP Phillips
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Person of interest in Manchester killings surrenders, says ACP Phillips
February 6, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are reporting that progress has been made into the probe of the murder of four men in Manchester recently with one of two...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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Police confirm Granville killings, rifle seized
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Police confirm Granville killings, rifle seized
January 1, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica— Police have confirmed the death of two men and a child in an incident early New Year’s Day. According to the Jamaica Constabulary F...
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Residents protest New Year’s triple killing in Granville
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Residents protest New Year’s triple killing in Granville
January 1, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Residents took to the streets on New Year’s Day in Granville, St James, following what they said was the killing of three individu...
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
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Child among 3 killed in alleged confrontation with security forces in St James
January 1, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Three individuals, including a child, are reportedly dead following an incident involving the security forces in Granville, St Jam...
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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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Cuba denounces ‘infiltration’ by armed group in speedboat from US
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard fired Wednesday on a Florida-registere...
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
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Jamaica beat TCI 7-0 in U20 qualifiers
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Raequan Campbell-Dennis  scored a first-half double and Giovani Taylor came off the bench to score two more in the second half to...
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
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Hurricane Melissa now tied for strongest Atlantic hurricane following new report
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A new report by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States (US) has confirmed that Hurricane Melissa, which affected Jamaica on October ...
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
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Digicel Foundation donates US$80,000 smart lab to Church Teachers’ College
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Digicel Foundation has handed over a US$80,000 Smart Lab to Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville, Manchester, as part of eff...
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
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Jamaica makes three changes to U-20 starting team against TCI
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Jamaica has made three changes to the starting team to face Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) in their  Concacaf U-20 Qualifiers - R...
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