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Man charged with murder of young mother in southern France
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Man charged with murder of young mother in southern France
January 25 11:19 AM
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a woman a dozen times in her car while her baby sat in the passenger seat was charged wi...
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
January 25 10:43 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica along with members of the Ghana Army Engineer Reconstruc...
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
January 25 10:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 22-year-old bus conductor has been charged by police after allegedly injuring another man with a screwdriver. Charged with wound...
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
January 25 10:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some travellers will experience flight disruptions at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston as a result of th...
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
January 25 09:41 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Over 600,000 customers in the United States (US) were without power early Sunday as a massive winter storm surged fr...
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
January 25 07:37 AM
Jamaica’s Shaquena Foote ran a fast 51.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 400m on Saturday’s second day of the Dr Martin Luther King Jnr Invita...
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Is fat on the way to becoming extinct?
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Is fat on the way to becoming extinct?
GLP-1 medications for weight loss soaring
Dr Chris Tufton 
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Over the past few weeks, my algorithm, like many others, has been filled with clips of Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams speaking openly about GLP-1 m...
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Fraud bombshell
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‘Missing’ medical doctor, two others charged
January 25 12:20 AM
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Trinidad prison superintendent detained under SOE
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Trinidad prison superintendent detained under SOE
August 27, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A Trinidadian prison superintendent has been detained under the country’s state of emergency (SOE) after he was identi...
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56 arrested, six guns seized in first 24 hours of SOE in Trinidad
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56 arrested, six guns seized in first 24 hours of SOE in Trinidad
July 20, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The police in Trinidad and Tobago made 56 arrests and seized six illegal firearms and 33 rounds of ammunition during t...
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Bunting, Tavares-Finson clash over SOE judgment
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Bunting, Tavares-Finson clash over SOE judgment
May 18, 2025
“YOU can’t be wrong and strong, though we’ve seen that before.” That was the advice given to an irate president of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, on ...
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Gov’t says it will appeal Supreme Court ruling on SOE
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Gov’t says it will appeal Supreme Court ruling on SOE
May 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government says it will appeal a decision handed down by the Supreme Court on Friday, which declared multiple states of public...
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State of Public Emergency declared in St Catherine North Police Division
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State of Public Emergency declared in St Catherine North Police Division
January 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A State of Public Emergency (SOE) has been declared in the St Catherine North Police Division as tension continues to build in Spa...
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Bunting says policing strategies, not SOEs responsible for reduction in murders
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Bunting says policing strategies, not SOEs responsible for reduction in murders
January 25, 2025
Opposition spokesman on citizen security and productivity, Senator Peter Bunting says the reduction in murders in 2024 as reported by the Jamaica Cons...
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State of Public Emergency declared in four more police divisions
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State of Public Emergency declared in four more police divisions
January 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A State of Public Emergency (SOE) has been declared for four more police divisions namely St Andrew South, St Andrew Central, King...
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T&T gov’t says no to gun amnesty amid SoE
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T&T gov’t says no to gun amnesty amid SoE
January 17, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government says its policy has been “and remains not to offer firearm amnesties” as it announ...
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T&T Parliament gives nod to extension of state of emergency
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T&T Parliament gives nod to extension of state of emergency
January 14, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Parliament Monday night unanimously gave the green light to extend the state of emergency (SOE) ...
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MP Brown Burke expresses mixed feelings over St Andrew South SOE
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MP Brown Burke expresses mixed feelings over St Andrew South SOE
December 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew South Western, Dr Angela Brown Burke has expressed mixed feelings regarding the recently d...
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SOE declared in St Andrew South; sections of St Andrew Central police divisions
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SOE declared in St Andrew South; sections of St Andrew Central police divisions
December 5, 2024
ST ANDREW, Jamaica – A state of emergency (SOE) has been declared across the St Andrew South police division and sections of St Andrew Central. The an...
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WATCH: SOE declared in Rockfort a ‘PR exercise’, says Golding
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has described the state of public emergency (SOE) declared in Rockfort,...
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A state of public emergency (SOE) has been declared in Rockfort and its surrounding areas within the Kingston East Division. This ...
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IACHR expresses concern over Jamaica’s continued use of states of emergency
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IACHR expresses concern over Jamaica’s continued use of states of emergency
September 6, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has expressed concern over Jamaica’s continued use of states o...
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48 hour curfew imposed in several Clarendon communities as SOE comes to an end
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48 hour curfew imposed in several Clarendon communities as SOE comes to an end
August 28, 2024
CLARENDON, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in several communities in Clarendon including Western Park, Cherry Tree Lane, Havannah Heights,...
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Man charged with murder of young mother in southern France
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica along with members of the Ghana Army Engineer Reconstruc...
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 22-year-old bus conductor has been charged by police after allegedly injuring another man with a screwdriver. Charged with wound...
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
January 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some travellers will experience flight disruptions at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston as a result of th...
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Over 600,000 customers in the United States (US) were without power early Sunday as a massive winter storm surged fr...
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