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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
January 2 04:25 PM
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC)—The Belize Postal Service (BPS) on Friday announced the resumption of all outbound shipments to the United States, effective Ja...
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
January 2 03:45 PM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – The 'Fireman' Capleton and ‘Dunce Man’ Jamal electrified fans at Old Pera in St Thomas to ring in the new year at the annual Ango...
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
January 2 03:43 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
January 2, 2026
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
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Roman Catholic bishops call for Caribbean Day of Prayer
January 1, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is calling on all Roman Catholics throughout the region to observe Thursday as...
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Colombia’s Petro says US bombed suspected cocaine factory in Venezuela
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Colombia’s Petro says US bombed suspected cocaine factory in Venezuela
December 30, 2025
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (AFP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday said the United States bombed a suspected cocaine factory in the port city of Ma...
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US targets Iran-Venezuela weapons trade amid military build-up in Caribbean Sea
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US targets Iran-Venezuela weapons trade amid military build-up in Caribbean Sea
December 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States (US) Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Tuesday announced that i...
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Trump says US hit docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats
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Trump says US hit docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats
December 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Monday the United States had hit and destroyed a docking area for all...
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Maduro says Trump would be ‘better off’ focusing on US rather than Venezuela
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Maduro says Trump would be ‘better off’ focusing on US rather than Venezuela
December 22, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday fired back at Donald Trump, who has ordered United States (US) naval forces t...
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
December 22, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oi...
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US intercepts Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Caribbean
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US intercepts Venezuelan-linked oil tanker in Caribbean
December 21, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (CMC) – The United States has seized a second oil tanker linked to Venezuela in recent weeks, enforcing a “blockade” ordered by Uni...
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Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
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Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
December 20, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday said the 15-member regional integration grouping...
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Argentina’s president welcomes Trump pressure ‘to free the Venezuelan people’
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Argentina’s president welcomes Trump pressure ‘to free the Venezuelan people’
December 20, 2025
FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil (AFP)—Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday praised counterpart Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Venezuela, which fe...
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Brazil’s Lula warns military action in Venezuela would be ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
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Brazil’s Lula warns military action in Venezuela would be ‘humanitarian catastrophe’
December 20, 2025
FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil (AFP)—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Saturday that US military action in Venezuela would spark a "humanitari...
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
December 17, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by United States (US) Pre...
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump ‘blockade’
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump ‘blockade’
December 17, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that crude oil exports were not impacted by US President Donald Trump's ...
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Venezuela cancels all energy deals with Trinidad and Tobago
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Venezuela cancels all energy deals with Trinidad and Tobago
December 15, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (CMC) – Venezuela on Monday said it has with “immediate effect” terminated any existing contract, agreement or negotiation with Tri...
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Attorney warns of ‘troubling risks’ from US military strikes in the region
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Attorney warns of ‘troubling risks’ from US military strikes in the region
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December 14, 2025
A local human rights attorney is warning that the United States’ increased military presence in the Caribbean, including recent deadly strikes on alle...
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Machado urges pressure so Maduro understands ‘he has to go’
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Machado urges pressure so Maduro understands ‘he has to go’
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Venezuela's Nobel peace prize laureate Maria Corina Machado is urging more pressure on strongman Nicolas Maduro to for...
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US slaps sanctions on Maduro relatives as Venezuela war fears build
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US slaps sanctions on Maduro relatives as Venezuela war fears build
December 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (U S) on Thursday imposed sanctions against relatives of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and six ...
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Putin reaffirms support for Venezuela’s Maduro over US tensions
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Putin reaffirms support for Venezuela’s Maduro over US tensions
December 11, 2025
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP)—Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reaffirmed his support to Venezuela in a phone call with long-time ally President Ni...
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Venezuela accuses US of ‘blatant theft’ after oil tanker seizure
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Venezuela accuses US of ‘blatant theft’ after oil tanker seizure
December 10, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Caracas on Wednesday accused Washington of "blatant theft" after United States (US) President Donald Trump announced the se...
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Trump says US seized ‘very large’ tanker near Venezuela
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Trump says US seized ‘very large’ tanker near Venezuela
December 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesd...
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Venezuela does not want ‘a slave’s peace’: Maduro on US military threat
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Venezuela does not want ‘a slave’s peace’: Maduro on US military threat
December 1, 2025
Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)—Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters Monday of a US military depl...
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Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace ‘closed’
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Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace ‘closed’
November 29, 2025
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his threats against Venezuela on Saturday, ominously warning that the c...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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