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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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Section of Junction, St Mary main road impassable due to landslides
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Section of Junction, St Mary main road impassable due to landslides
February 25 06:32 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica  - The police are advising the public that a section of the Junction main road in the vicinity of Broadgate in St Mary is impassable ...
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Canadian High Commission mourns mass shooting victims
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Canadian High Commission mourns mass shooting victims
BY: SANDENA JAMES Social media Editor 
February 14, 2026
The Canadian flag at the High Commission of Canada in Jamaica in Kingston is flying at half-mast as the North American country observes a national per...
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Shooter kills 9 at Canadian school, residence
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Shooter kills 9 at Canadian school, residence
February 11, 2026
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — A shooter killed nine people and wounded dozens more at a secondary school and a residence in a remote part of western Canada ...
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Towels, bags and baby strollers littered Sydney's Bondi Beach Sunday -- the harrowing aftermath of the country's worst mass ...
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake is calling for renewed moral clarity and collective resolve following the murder of four-year-o...
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One of the main suspects in last Tuesday’s mass shooting in central Kingston has been shot and killed by the police. He has been i...
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
October 12, 2025
Four people were reportedly shot and killed, and at least another 20 were injured during a mass shooting at  Willie's Bar and Grill in South Carolina ...
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Police kill two in operations linked to Commodore mass shooting
October 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two men were fatally shot in St Catherine on Thursday during alleged confrontations with police investigating Sunday’s quintup...
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WATCH: Children, teenagers among 6 shot in central Kingston drive-by
October 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six people, including two nine-year-old children and two teenagers, were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting in central Kingst...
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
October 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The government has announced a two-million-dollar reward for information surrounding Sunday’s fatal shooting in the community of Co...
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica —Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson has condemned the deadly mass shooting in Commodore district of Lins...
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A quiet Sunday evening in the community of Commodore in Linstead was shattered by gunfire when armed men, posing as police, at...
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Five people are dead following a mass shooting in Linstead, St Catherine late Sunday. It is understood that a child was among ...
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
September 28, 2025
GRAND BLANC, United States (AFP) -- One person was killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in the US state o...
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
August 8, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica— Police say they remain committed to securing justice for the victims of the Cherry Tree Lane mass shooting and their families as t...
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
July 29, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The gunman who killed four people and then committed suicide in a New York (NY) skyscraper was targeting the National ...
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
July 28, 2025
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands, (CMC) – Police in Turks and Caicos Islands say Haitian gangs are behind the first known mass shooting in this...
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Honduras boosts security after US warning of ‘mass shooting threat’
May 7, 2025
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP)— Honduran authorities stepped up security Wednesday around a school, the presidential palace and other sites in the capita...
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
April 17, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP)— A mass shooting at a university in Florida left two people dead, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday, identi...
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
November 4, 2024
When Singing Melody got the call that his son, 34 year-old businessman Kemar Hardweare had been shot and killed in a drive-by shooting, the incident b...
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WATCH: SOE declared in Rockfort a ‘PR exercise’, says Golding
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has described the state of public emergency (SOE) declared in Rockfort,...
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A state of public emergency (SOE) has been declared in Rockfort and its surrounding areas within the Kingston East Division. This ...
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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
February 25, 2026
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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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
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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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