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Labour Minister says payment under ROOFS programme will be made in phased batches
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Labour Minister says payment under ROOFS programme will be made in phased batches
March 26 11:20 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles J is reiterating that payments under the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Fam...
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12 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Portland title
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12 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Portland title
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March 26 11:14 AM
Twelve finalists will compete for the inaugural title of Miss Universe Jamaica Portland. The finalists were sashed last weekend at the Bayview Esco Re...
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after capture
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after capture
March 26 10:34 AM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will appear Thursday in a New York court for the second time since his captur...
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Olympic women’s sport to be limited to biological females
Olympic women’s sport to be limited to biological females
March 26 09:50 AM
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP)—The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was re-introducing testing for gender to determine eligibili...
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St Andrew motorist dies in St Thomas crash, another hospitalised
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St Andrew motorist dies in St Thomas crash, another hospitalised
March 26 09:39 AM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica—A motorist died as a result of injuries he sustained during a crash along Pamphret main road in St Thomas, Wednesday evening. The d...
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Charles Jr advances Jamaica’s digital social protection agenda at ISSA regional forum in Brazil
Charles Jr advances Jamaica’s digital social protection agenda at ISSA regional forum in Brazil
March 26 09:34 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles Jr continued Jamaica’s active engagement at the International Social Security...
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after stunning capture
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after stunning capture
March 26 09:13 AM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will appear Thursday in a New York court for the second time since his cap...
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US stocks open lower with no Iran peace breakthrough in sight
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US stocks open lower with no Iran peace breakthrough in sight
March 26 08:57 AM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Wall Street stocks opened lower on Thursday as oil spiked, with investors losing faith in the immediate prospects for...
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‘No French plan’ to stop war in Lebanon
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‘No French plan’ to stop war in Lebanon
March 14, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP)—France's foreign ministry said Saturday there was "no French plan" to stop the fighting in Lebanon between Israeli forces and Iran...
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Macron urges Israel to hold ‘direct talks’ with Lebanon
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Macron urges Israel to hold ‘direct talks’ with Lebanon
March 14, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP)—French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said Lebanon was ready to engage in "direct talks" with Israel and offered to host ne...
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Israel presses strikes as Lebanon says 26 paramedics killed since war began
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Israel presses strikes as Lebanon says 26 paramedics killed since war began
March 14, 2026
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP)—Israel kept up strikes on Lebanon on Saturday as Beirut said 26 paramedics had been killed since the latest war erupted between ...
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Pope arrives in Lebanon with message of peace
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Pope arrives in Lebanon with message of peace
November 30, 2025
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday with a message of peace for the crisis-hit nation, still reeling from a war between ...
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Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one—ministry
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Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one—ministry
June 28, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)—An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, the latest attack despit...
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Israeli strikes kill 2 in south Lebanon
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Israeli strikes kill 2 in south Lebanon
June 26, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)-Israeli strikes in south Lebanon on Thursday killed two people, the Lebanese health ministry said, with the Israeli army saying ...
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Hezbollah chief says Lebanon govt responsible for making Israel honour withdrawal deadline
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Hezbollah chief says Lebanon govt responsible for making Israel honour withdrawal deadline
February 16, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)--Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Sunday that Lebanon's government was responsible for making Israel honour a withdrawal deadlin...
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One killed in Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah truce deadline looms
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One killed in Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah truce deadline looms
February 16, 2025
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP)--Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two day...
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US envoy says end to Israel-Hezbollah war ‘within grasp’
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US envoy says end to Israel-Hezbollah war ‘within grasp’
November 19, 2024
BEYROUTH, Lebanon (AFP) - US special envoy Amos Hochstein said in Beirut Tuesday that an end to the Israel-Hezbollah war was "now within our grasp" as...
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Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery
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Buried for 14 hours after Israeli strike, Lebanese toddler makes recovery
November 8, 2024
Sidon, Lebanon (AFP) Rescuers did not expect to find two-year-old Ali Khalifeh alive after an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed his entire fam...
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Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with destruction ‘like Gaza’
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Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with destruction ‘like Gaza’
October 8, 2024
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP)— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon Tuesday it could face destruction "like Gaza" as Israel ramps up its grou...
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Lebanon state media says new Israeli strike hits south Beirut
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Lebanon state media says new Israeli strike hits south Beirut
October 3, 2024
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP)— Lebanon's state-run media said a new Israeli strike hit Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold on Thursday after three earlier str...
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US boosting forces in Middle East by a ‘few thousand’ troops
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US boosting forces in Middle East by a ‘few thousand’ troops
October 1, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States is boosting its forces in the Middle East by a "few thousand" troops, by bringing in new units wh...
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Lebanon urges DNA tests to identify missing in Israel strikes
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Lebanon urges DNA tests to identify missing in Israel strikes
September 30, 2024
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Lebanese authorities on Monday urged the families of people who went missing in Israeli strikes to conduct DNA tests at speci...
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Labour Minister says payment under ROOFS programme will be made in phased batches
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Minister of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles J is reiterating that payments under the Restoration of Owner or Occupant Fam...
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12 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Portland title
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12 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Portland title
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March 26, 2026
Twelve finalists will compete for the inaugural title of Miss Universe Jamaica Portland. The finalists were sashed last weekend at the Bayview Esco Re...
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after capture
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Venezuela’s Maduro back in US court after capture
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will appear Thursday in a New York court for the second time since his captur...
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Olympic women’s sport to be limited to biological females
Olympic women’s sport to be limited to biological females
March 26, 2026
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP)—The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday it was re-introducing testing for gender to determine eligibili...
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St Andrew motorist dies in St Thomas crash, another hospitalised
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St Andrew motorist dies in St Thomas crash, another hospitalised
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ST THOMAS, Jamaica—A motorist died as a result of injuries he sustained during a crash along Pamphret main road in St Thomas, Wednesday evening. The d...
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