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Children’s advocacy group calls for online safety framework amid proposal to restrict social media
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — While welcoming recent comments by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton indicating that Jamaica is exploring restrictions on chil...
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Plans to fix old A/C units well advanced amid surgery disruptions, says KPH
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TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran and the United States (US) have reached an agreement to end nearly four months of war, paving the way for detailed negotiati...
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MSF warns of ‘dangerous gaps’ in Ebola response in DR Congo
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — "Dangerous gaps" remain in efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 180 people in the Democratic Rep...
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Shaggy’s Boombastic single hits 2x platinum in New Zealand
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UK PM announces ban on social media for under-16s
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Children under 16 will be banned from using social media in the United Kingdom (UK), Prime Minister Keir Starmer announ...
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Golding targets undecided and Labourites
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has appealed to the undecided and even members of the Jamaica Labour P...
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Last Sunday, it was a sea of green, now Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay is orange. In about an hour from now the People's Nationa...
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — A large crowd of orange-clad comrades has marched into this parish’s historic Sam Sharpe Square for a People's National Party mass...
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ST JAMES, Jamaica – People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding is expressing concern over a bill piloted by Government which he says seeks t...
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Clean-up for statues in Sam Sharpe Square
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — A team from the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has been deployed to clean the statues in Sam Sharpe Square, Montego Bay, w...
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon has expressed hopes that nearby closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, operated...
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Plans to fix old A/C units well advanced amid surgery disruptions, says KPH
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The management of Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) has assured the public that efforts are underway to address problems with malfunc...
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What we know about Iran-US deal to end war
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MSF warns of ‘dangerous gaps’ in Ebola response in DR Congo
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Shaggy’s Boombastic single hits 2x platinum in New Zealand
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Shaggy’s Boombastic single hits 2x platinum in New Zealand
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