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Trinidad police seize $6.3 million worth of ganja
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Trinidad police seize $6.3 million worth of ganja
February 22 03:15 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) on Sunday said it seized more than TT$6.3 million worth of marijuana that ...
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Iran-US talks expected Thursday despite fears of strikes
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Iran-US talks expected Thursday despite fears of strikes
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PARIS, France (AFP)—Iranian officials held out hope for progress towards a deal to head off renewed conflict when talks with US negotiators resume on ...
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Navasky Anderson reclaims men’s indoor 800m record
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Navasky Anderson reclaims men’s indoor 800m record
February 22 02:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaican men’s indoor 800m record has been broken for a fourth time in eight days after Navasky Anderson ran 1:44.75 seconds for...
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New York mayor orders citywide travel ban ahead of major US storm
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Sunday ordered the shutdown of the city's entire traffic network for all but emergency ...
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Former Arnett Gardens star killed in alleged confrontation with police
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Former Arnett Gardens star killed in alleged confrontation with police
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Former Arnett Gardens footballer Lucien Anderson is dead. According to reports, the 55-year-old was fatally shot during a confront...
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Burn Foundation of Jamaica seeks US$55,000 to save woman set ablaze at gas station
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dacia Forrester should be preparing to celebrate her 41st birthday on Wednesday, but instead, she is currently confined to a hospita...
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$131m investment transforms Belfield Community Health Centre in St Mary
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$131m investment transforms Belfield Community Health Centre in St Mary
February 22 01:11 PM
St Mary, Jamaica—A $131-million investment by the Ministry of Health and Wellness has transformed the Belfield Community Health Centre in St Mary, sig...
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Body of man found in Manchester
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Body of man found in Manchester
February 22 12:15 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Police are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was found on the Blue Mountain to Top ...
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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