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JCF offers escort services in delivery of relief supplies
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JCF offers escort services in delivery of relief supplies
December 22 10:01 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is offering escort services for individuals who wish to deliver relief supplies to communitie...
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Gayle sacked, replaced by Argentine in Waterhouse head coach spot
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Gayle sacked, replaced by Argentine in Waterhouse head coach spot
December 22 09:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Argentine coach Javier Ainstein will replace Marcel Gayle who was sacked as head coach of Waterhouse FC following a poor start in ...
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Restored police stations to withstand category five hurricanes
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Restored police stations to withstand category five hurricanes
December 22 09:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will rebuild and restore damaged police stations to withstand category-five hurricanes as part of its Accelerated I...
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Maduro says Trump would be ‘better off’ focusing on US rather than Venezuela
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Maduro says Trump would be ‘better off’ focusing on US rather than Venezuela
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday fired back at Donald Trump, who has ordered United States (US) naval forces t...
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WPM Waste Management focusing on restoring regular collection in Westmoreland
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WPM Waste Management focusing on restoring regular collection in Westmoreland
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Regional Operations Manager of WPM Waste Management Ltd, Dramaine Jones, says the company’s operations remain firmly focused on re...
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Trump says it would be ‘smart’ for Venezuela’s Maduro to step down
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Monday it would be "smart" for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to...
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Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 35 years in deaths of 4 children
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Ecuador soldiers sentenced to 35 years in deaths of 4 children
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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AFP) — Eleven Ecuadoran soldiers were sentenced to nearly 35 years in prison over the abduction and deaths of four children last y...
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Jamaica records 70,000 arrivals in first seven days of winter tourist season
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Jamaica records 70,000 arrivals in first seven days of winter tourist season
December 22 06:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Tourism says Jamaica’s winter tourist season has opened on a strong note of recovery, recording over 70,000 visito...
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Fitz-Henley lauds efforts of security forces and policymakers as murders fall 42%
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Fitz-Henley lauds efforts of security forces and policymakers as murders fall 42%
November 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The current 42 per cent decline in murders this year, when compared to 2024, has drawn commendation from State Minister in the Off...
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Murders on the rise in St Ann
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Murders on the rise in St Ann
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
September 18, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — There has been an increase in murders in the parish of St Ann since the start of the year. A total of 45 murders has been recorded w...
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Curfew imposed in Porus following murders
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Curfew imposed in Porus following murders
September 7, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester imposed a 48-hour curfew after two men were found dead in Porus in the parish on Wednesday and Sunday. In t...
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Westmoreland police reports 60 per cent drop in murders
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Westmoreland police reports 60 per cent drop in murders
July 11, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has recorded a 60 per cent decline in murders since the start of...
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Fitz-Henley says Bunting should apologise for questioning JCF crime statistics
June 21, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley on Friday demanded that Opposition spokesman on national security Peter Bunting apologise for previously questioni...
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Holness says murders have declined under JLP
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Holness says murders have declined under JLP
June 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says murders have declined for three consecutive years under the leadership of the governing Jamaica...
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Custos declares Hanover ‘safest parish’ after 76% drop in murders
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Custos declares Hanover ‘safest parish’ after 76% drop in murders
May 27, 2025
HANOVER, Jamaica — Custos Rotulorum of Hanover, Lennox Anderson-Jackson says the parish which was once marred by high crime statistics has seen a 76 p...
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Norwood celebrates zero murders in 2024 at community meeting
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Norwood celebrates zero murders in 2024 at community meeting
April 6, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica —National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang will address this evening’s forum of the Norwood Community Development Committee in Norw...
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Buff Bay records second murder for 2025 as Portland murders climb to 6
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Buff Bay records second murder for 2025 as Portland murders climb to 6
April 1, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica — The town of Buff Bay, which recorded the first murder in Portland for 2025 on January 31, recorded its second on Monday, March 31,...
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St Ann records two murders
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St Ann records two murders
March 30, 2025
ST Ann, Jamaica —The St Ann police have recorded two murders between Friday and Sunday. These incidents have brought the total number of murders in th...
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Police chief sends warning to criminals after 19% decline in murders
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Police chief sends warning to criminals after 19% decline in murders
January 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (CMC) – Jamaica ended 2024 registering 1,139 murders and a warning from Police Commissioner Kevin Blake to criminals that they will...
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Bunting accuses Holness of minimising ‘mass shootings’, demands urgent action
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Bunting accuses Holness of minimising ‘mass shootings’, demands urgent action
November 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Senator Peter Bunting says Prime Minister Andrew Holness should call “mass shootings” what they are. Displeased with Ho...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is offering escort services for individuals who wish to deliver relief supplies to communitie...
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Gayle sacked, replaced by Argentine in Waterhouse head coach spot
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Gayle sacked, replaced by Argentine in Waterhouse head coach spot
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Argentine coach Javier Ainstein will replace Marcel Gayle who was sacked as head coach of Waterhouse FC following a poor start in ...
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Restored police stations to withstand category five hurricanes
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government will rebuild and restore damaged police stations to withstand category-five hurricanes as part of its Accelerated I...
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Maduro says Trump would be ‘better off’ focusing on US rather than Venezuela
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WPM Waste Management focusing on restoring regular collection in Westmoreland
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Regional Operations Manager of WPM Waste Management Ltd, Dramaine Jones, says the company’s operations remain firmly focused on re...
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