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Jamaica’s Oshane Nation named among referees for 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Jamaica’s Oshane Nation named among referees for 2026 FIFA World Cup
April 9 12:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Oshane Nation has been included in the list of referees to officiate at the FIFA World Cup set to be played across the U...
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JTA president rejects deflection accusations, stands firm on shelter concerns in schools
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JTA president rejects deflection accusations, stands firm on shelter concerns in schools
April 9 12:19 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica — President of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Mark Malabver, has strongly rejected any attempt to dilute or redirect att...
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Cuba accuses US of ‘extorting’ Latin America in doctors row
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Cuba accuses US of ‘extorting’ Latin America in doctors row
April 9 12:00 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba's foreign minister on Thursday accused the United States (US) of "extorting" Latin American countries by pressuring them to ...
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Probe underway into video of murder suspect arrest at Mandeville Police Station, says commander
April 9 11:53 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Head of the Manchester police, Superintendent Carey Duncan, says an investigation is underway pertaining to a video showing the ...
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
April 9 11:49 AM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 67-year-old man has regained his freedom after spending 10 months in the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, thanks to t...
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Jamaica Tourist Board named agents’ favourite national tourist board at Travel Gossip Awards 2026
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Jamaica Tourist Board named agents’ favourite national tourist board at Travel Gossip Awards 2026
April 9 11:34 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) has been named Agents' Favourite National Tourist Board at the Travel Gossip Awards 2026, an accol...
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Yoni Epstein resigns as PFJL Finance Committee chairman
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Yoni Epstein resigns as PFJL Finance Committee chairman
April 9 11:17 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Yoni Epstein has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Finance Committee of Professional Football Jamaica Limited, with imme...
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Man chopped to death in Cobbla, Manchester
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Man chopped to death in Cobbla, Manchester
April 9 09:31 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Three people are in police custody following the chopping death of a man in the Cobbla district in north east Manchester on Wedn...
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Martinique gets green light to seek Caricom associate membership
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Martinique gets green light to seek Caricom associate membership
February 3, 2026
FORT DE FRANCE, Martinique (CMC) — The French Senate has given the green light to Martinique to seek associate membership with the Caribbean Community...
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Senate pays tribute to late former senator Don Wehby
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Senate pays tribute to late former senator Don Wehby
November 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Members of the Senate paid tribute to the late former senator and Group Chief Executive Officer of GraceKennedy Limited, Don Wehby, ...
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Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliament
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Nigerian women protest for reserved seats in parliament
September 22, 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Hundreds of women protested in the Nigerian capital Monday to push for a bill that would add women-only seats in the Senate and...
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Family affair as new Senate sworn in
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Family affair as new Senate sworn in
September 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — It was a family affair of sorts when Jamaica’s new 21-member Senate was sworn in at Gordon House on Thursday. For the first time, ...
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Tavares-Finson reappointed as Senate president
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Tavares-Finson reappointed as Senate president
September 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — King’s Counsel Tom Tavares-Finson was re-appointed as president of the Senate during the ceremonial opening of Parliament on Thurs...
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WATCH: Brown withdraws claim Gov’t indicated early shutdown of Parliament
July 5, 2025
Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has withdrawn what has emerged to be an inaccurate claim from the ranks of the People's National Party (PNP) that the...
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Bartlett, Paulwell deny suspension of parliament claim
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Bartlett, Paulwell deny suspension of parliament claim
June 29, 2025
Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett and his Opposition counterpart Phillip Paulwell have denied that the par...
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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 appoints three new senators
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Holness appoints three new senators
February 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the appointments of Dr Elon Thompson, Marlon Morgan and Delano Seiveright to the Senat...
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US health secretary nominee RFK Jr passes crunch Senate vote
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US health secretary nominee RFK Jr passes crunch Senate vote
February 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump's embattled health secretary pick, vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr, squea...
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Fitz-Henley says PNP and KSAMC caught engaging in organised criminality
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Fitz-Henley says PNP and KSAMC caught engaging in organised criminality
Gov't senator calls for Campbell's resignation as ECJ commissioner
January 31, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says the People's National Party (PNP) secretariat and the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) ha...
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Bunting accuses Gov’t of launching ‘all-out assault’ on Integrity Commission
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Bunting accuses Gov’t of launching ‘all-out assault’ on Integrity Commission
January 26, 2025
Opposition Spokesman on Citizen Security and Productivity, Senator Peter Bunting has accused the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government of launching an...
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Jamaican economy on brink of a technical recession, says Bunting
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Jamaican economy on brink of a technical recession, says Bunting
January 26, 2025
The Jamaican economy is headed for a technical recession, according to Opposition Spokesman on Citizen Security and Productivity, Senator Peter Buntin...
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Sinclair lauds $20,000 income tax giveback, rejects PNP criticism
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Sinclair lauds $20,000 income tax giveback, rejects PNP criticism
December 2, 2024
Government Senator Charles Sinclair is welcoming as a good sign for Jamaica's economy the announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that his admin...
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Don Wehby resigns from Senate
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Don Wehby resigns from Senate
November 7, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Senator Don Wehby has announced his resignation from the Senate, effective immediately. It follows last month's announcement that ...
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Bunting withdraws comment during clash with Fitz-Henley over immunity certificates
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Bunting withdraws comment during clash with Fitz-Henley over immunity certificates
April 13, 2024
Opposition Senator Peter Bunting was forced to withdraw a comment he made in the Senate on Friday as he sparred with Government counterpart Abka Fitz-...
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Gov’t senator touts opportunities in budget for youth, seniors, skilled and unskilled
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Gov’t senator touts opportunities in budget for youth, seniors, skilled and unskilled
March 28, 2024
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley is hailing the budget which has been approved in both houses of parliament as arguably the most far-reaching estim...
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Senator Wehby defends move to give ECJ ombudsman duties
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Senator Wehby defends move to give ECJ ombudsman duties
February 10, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Government Senator Don Wehby on Friday declared his support for a move to transfer the functions of the now defunct Office of the ...
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Gov’t has lost the confidence of the Jamaican people, says Brown
January 28, 2024
Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) Senator, Lambert Brown, has asserted that the Jamaica Labour Party Government led by Prime Minister Andrew Ho...
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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