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Over 4,000 pounds of ganja seized in St Thomas, one man in custody
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Over 4,000 pounds of ganja seized in St Thomas, one man in custody
June 16 04:39 PM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica—A man believed to be a Bahamian national was taken into custody following the seizure of 4,000 pounds of ganja valued at more than ...
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EduFocal ranked among World’s Top EdTech companies by TIME and Statista
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EduFocal ranked among World’s Top EdTech companies by TIME and Statista
June 16 04:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican education technology company EduFocal has been named one of the world’s leading EdTech firms by TIME Magazine and Statist...
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Fitz-Henley rejects Bunting’s comments that reduction in murder isn’t because of the JLP
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Fitz-Henley rejects Bunting’s comments that reduction in murder isn’t because of the JLP
June 16 04:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has hit back at criticisms by Opposition Spokesman on Security Peter Bunting that the recent reduction in m...
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Black juror removed from Diddy trial despite defense’s concerns
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Black juror removed from Diddy trial despite defense’s concerns
June 16 04:12 PM
A juror in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial was dismissed on Monday on the request of the prosecution over "lack of candour". The 41-year-old...
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French and English-speaking Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
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French and English-speaking Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
June 16 04:11 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Several Caribbean countries were rattled by two earthquakes that occurred within an eight-hour period on Monday, accor...
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Trump mulls extending travel ban to 36 more nations—source
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Trump mulls extending travel ban to 36 more nations—source
June 16 04:07 PM
Washington, United States (AFP)—The United States is considering extending its travel ban to 36 more countries, a person who has seen the memo said Mo...
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JPS reports 50,000 affected by squall across St Andrew and neighbouring parishes
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JPS reports 50,000 affected by squall across St Andrew and neighbouring parishes
June 16 02:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service says 50,000 or about seven per cent of its customers have been affected by outages caused by a Squall Lin...
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Dominica vows to dismantle illegal gun-running syndicate
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Dominica vows to dismantle illegal gun-running syndicate
June 16 02:29 PM
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominican law enforcement authorities on Monday vowed to dismantle a gun-running syndicate after the police said that nearly ...
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Kobe Lawrence takes fourth in NCAA men’s shot put
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Kobe Lawrence takes fourth in NCAA men’s shot put
June 12, 2025
Former Jamaican junior representative Kobe Lawrence of the University of Oregon placed fourth in the men’s shot put after throwing a personal best 20....
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KC’s Despiro Wray heads to FSU
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KC’s Despiro Wray heads to FSU
May 27, 2025
Kingston College (KC) standout thrower Despiro Wray has enrolled with Florida State University (FSU). Wray, who has been having an impressive season i...
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in  Big 12 Championships
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in Big 12 Championships
May 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Brandon Lloyd of Arizona State University was second in the men’s shot put at the Big12 Outdoor track and field championships at th...
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KC’s Despiro Wray wins shot put at Penn Relays
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KC’s Despiro Wray wins shot put at Penn Relays
April 24, 2025
Kingston College’s Despiro Wray added another title to his list of achievements this season after winning the shot put on Thursday’s opening day of th...
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Kennedy wins Austin Sealy Award as Jamaica top Carifta medal table
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Kennedy wins Austin Sealy Award as Jamaica top Carifta medal table
April 21, 2025
Jamaica’s double record breaker Kamari Kennedy was named winner of the Austin Sealy Award, presented to the most outstanding athlete, at the 52nd Cari...
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#Champs2025: Excelsior’s Kimeka Smith wins girls’ Class 1 shot put
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#Champs2025: Excelsior’s Kimeka Smith wins girls’ Class 1 shot put
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Excelsior High’s Kimeka Smith took the gold medal in the Class One girls’ shot put after throwing 15.02m on Saturday’s final day o...
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#Champs2025: Farquharson throws PB to lead Class 1 shot put qualifiers
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#Champs2025: Farquharson throws PB to lead Class 1 shot put qualifiers
March 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cornwall College’s Mar-Lando Farquharson threw a massive personal best 19.04m in Friday’s preliminaries to lead the qualifying for...
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#Champs2025: CC’s Marla Kay Lampart has date with destiny
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#Champs2025: CC’s Marla Kay Lampart has date with destiny
March 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Clarendon College’s Marla Kay Lampart has a date with destiny on Saturday when she will have the meet record of 15.33m in the girl...
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World Indoors: Rajindra Campbell ninth in shot put
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World Indoors: Rajindra Campbell ninth in shot put
March 23, 2025
Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell finished ninth in the men’s shot put at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China with a best mark of 20....
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British shot put great Geoff Capes dies aged 75
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British shot put great Geoff Capes dies aged 75
October 23, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Geoff Capes, the British shot put record holder and twice the world's strongest man, has died aged 75, his family said....
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Dunn and Wright place seventh at World Under-20 Champs
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Dunn and Wright place seventh at World Under-20 Champs
August 31, 2024
LIMA, Peru – Jamaica’s 400m hurdler Daniel Wright and shot putter Shaiquan Dunn were seventh in the finals of their respective events under another co...
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Dunn qualifies for shot put final at World Under-20
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Dunn qualifies for shot put final at World Under-20
August 27, 2024
LIMA, Peru— Shaiquan Dunn advanced to Tuesday evening’s final of the men’s shot put after throwing 19.53m in the qualifying round at the World Athleti...
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Rajindra Campbell wins shot put at Germany meet
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Rajindra Campbell wins shot put at Germany meet
August 16, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Rajindra Campbell on Friday won the men’s shot put event at the Internationaler Thumer Werfertag in Germany. Campbell wo...
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#ParisOlympics: Thomas-Dodd cites absence of coach for narrow miss in shot put final
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#ParisOlympics: Thomas-Dodd cites absence of coach for narrow miss in shot put final
August 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There were contrasting emotions expressed by Jamaican shot putters Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Lloydricia Cameron after the duo’s hope...
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#ParisOlympics: Women shot putters miss out on finals
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#ParisOlympics: Women shot putters miss out on finals
August 8, 2024
Both Jamaican shot put throwers Danielle Thomas-Dodd and Lloydricia Cameron just failed to advance to the finals of their event in Thursday’s morning ...
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#ParisOlympics: Historic shot put bronze medal for Rajindra Campbell at Olympics
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#ParisOlympics: Historic shot put bronze medal for Rajindra Campbell at Olympics
August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Rajindra Campbell created history on Saturday when he became the first Jamaican to win a medal in the shot put event at the Olympic...
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Over 4,000 pounds of ganja seized in St Thomas, one man in custody
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EduFocal ranked among World’s Top EdTech companies by TIME and Statista
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EduFocal ranked among World’s Top EdTech companies by TIME and Statista
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican education technology company EduFocal has been named one of the world’s leading EdTech firms by TIME Magazine and Statist...
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Fitz-Henley rejects Bunting’s comments that reduction in murder isn’t because of the JLP
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Fitz-Henley rejects Bunting’s comments that reduction in murder isn’t because of the JLP
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has hit back at criticisms by Opposition Spokesman on Security Peter Bunting that the recent reduction in m...
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Black juror removed from Diddy trial despite defense’s concerns
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Black juror removed from Diddy trial despite defense’s concerns
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A juror in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial was dismissed on Monday on the request of the prosecution over "lack of candour". The 41-year-old...
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French and English-speaking Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Several Caribbean countries were rattled by two earthquakes that occurred within an eight-hour period on Monday, accor...
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