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#Champs2026: Vere Tech’s Freemantle into girls Class 1 discus final
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#Champs2026: Vere Tech’s Freemantle into girls Class 1 discus final
March 24 06:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vere Technical’s Ramona Freemantle booked her spot in a second final on the first day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athl...
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Abortion pill prescriptions surge in US states with bans — study
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Abortion pill prescriptions surge in US states with bans — study
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WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) — Women living in United States (US) states with abortion restrictions have shifted from travelling out of state to g...
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Rygin King faces ‘Tuff’ challenges with ICE
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Rygin King faces ‘Tuff’ challenges with ICE
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Sources close to dancehall artiste Rygin King have revealed that the  Tuff  singer was just "hours away" from his green card interview with the US Cit...
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
March 24 06:04 PM
Shena Carty, a Jamaican who is widely known for her charity work and advocacy, has died in a motorcycle crash in Winter Haven, Florida on Sunday. Unit...
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
March 24 05:54 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Calabar High’s Talshawn Edwards, Cornwall College’s Zhi-Hew Whitter and Kingston College’s Odane Noble all needed only one jump to...
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
March 24 05:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Annastacia Hall and Malya McLennon of Holmwood Technical led the qualifiers into the semi-finals of the girls Class 2 and 3 400m a...
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60-y-o accused of stabbing granddaughter admonished and discharged after mediation
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60-y-o accused of stabbing granddaughter admonished and discharged after mediation
March 24 05:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 60-year-old woman accused of stabbing her granddaughter during a confrontation in June 2024 was admonished and discharged on Tue...
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Man granted $100,000 bail on wounding with intent charge
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Man granted $100,000 bail on wounding with intent charge
March 24 05:19 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 30-year-old man was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 with one to two sureties when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew ...
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Trinidad and Tobago placed under state of emergency
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Trinidad and Tobago placed under state of emergency
March 3, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has announced that the country has been placed under a s...
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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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Shena Carty, a Jamaican who is widely known for her charity work and advocacy, has died in a motorcycle crash in Winter Haven, Florida on Sunday. Unit...
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