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Cuba coastguard kills four on Florida-registered boat
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HAVANA, Cuba—Cuba's coastguard shot dead four people and injured six others travelling in a US-registered speedboat in an exchange of fire off the Cub...
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Ex-US Treasury chief Larry Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convi...
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Regional leaders encouraged by first round of engagement with Rubio
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders say they are encouraged by statements made by visiting United States Secretary of S...
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‘I feel loved’: Irish MP overwhelmed by Jamaican response to viral speech
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Thomas Gould, the Irish politician who recently captured global attention because of his distinctive accent, says he has been overwhelmed by the volum...
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Brazil politicians convicted for ordering murder of black activist councillor
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted two former lawmakers of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro council...
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US eases Venezuela oil ban to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis (AFP)—The United States on Wednesday notched down sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports to Cuba after the communist-ru...
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
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Jamaican man answers to drug trafficking charges in Florida
February 25 01:04 PM
A Jamaican man reportedly appeared in a Florida federal court Monday to answer to charges stemming from the seizure of millions of US dollars worth of...
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Jackson chides Chang over comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
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Jackson chides Chang over comment that JFJ ‘living off blood money’
February 25 12:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson has chided Dr Horace Chang for the national security minister's remark th...
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Suspect in Harbour View double murder killed in police confrontation
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Suspect in Harbour View double murder killed in police confrontation
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A suspect in Wednesday's Bayshore Park double murder was shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Harbour View, Kings...
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Cottage, Manchester placed under police-imposed curfew
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Cottage, Manchester placed under police-imposed curfew
February 6, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Cottage in Manchester. The curfew commenced at 7:15 pm on Friday, February 6, 2...
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Manchester
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Manchester
February 6, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Manchester, affecting several communities within the Mandeville policing area. ...
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St Elizabeth woman charged after allegedly assaulting student
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St Elizabeth woman charged after allegedly assaulting student
February 6, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police in St Elizabeth have charged a 45-year-old woman in connection with an alleged assault on a student in the parish. The ...
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Farmer charged after allegedly slapping teenage girl in St Elizabeth
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Farmer charged after allegedly slapping teenage girl in St Elizabeth
February 6, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police in St Elizabeth have charged a 28-year-old farmer following an alleged assault on a teenage girl in the parish. Charged...
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Manchester’s three gangs dormant, police say
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Manchester’s three gangs dormant, police say
January 23, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting significant progress in tackling gang violence with the sustained weakening of three criminal...
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Haiti crisis at breaking point as gangs tighten grip ahead of transition deadline
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Haiti crisis at breaking point as gangs tighten grip ahead of transition deadline
January 23, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz-Massieu, says Haiti has entered a “critical phase” in effort...
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Barbados AG urges more regional cooperation to deal with crime in the Caribbean
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Barbados AG urges more regional cooperation to deal with crime in the Caribbean
January 23, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados Attorney General, Dale Marshall, has called for regional cooperation to strengthen the criminal justice framewor...
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Freelance journalist shot and killed in Trinidad
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Freelance journalist shot and killed in Trinidad
January 23, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police are seeking to determine the motive regarding the murder of a freelance journalist who was shot and killed in t...
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Police commissioner urges focus on victims, not criminals, in national crime discourse
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Police commissioner urges focus on victims, not criminals, in national crime discourse
January 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has called for a national shift in focus from "violent offenders" towards victims whose lives a...
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Haiti’s security forces target Barbecue’s ‘stronghold’ in operation
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Haiti’s security forces target Barbecue’s ‘stronghold’ in operation
January 16, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Haitian National Police (PNH) have confirmed that it carried out an operation on the “stronghold” of the reputed gan...
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St Vincent man killed weeks after death threats left on his social media
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St Vincent man killed weeks after death threats left on his social media
November 6, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — St Vincent police are investigating the murder of a young man who was shot and killed on Wednesday, five weeks after at ...
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Police kill two in operations linked to Commodore mass shooting
October 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two men were fatally shot in St Catherine on Thursday during alleged confrontations with police investigating Sunday’s quintup...
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Chuck urges JPs to be ambassadors of peace
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Chuck urges JPs to be ambassadors of peace
October 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Delroy Chuck, is imploring the country’s Justices of the Peace (JPs) to be amb...
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UN urges international community to support establishment of new office in Haiti
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UN urges international community to support establishment of new office in Haiti
October 1, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday urged the international community to fund a new UN Support Office in Haiti, less than 24 h...
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‘Bullets, fire and fear’— Haiti is at war, its leader warns
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‘Bullets, fire and fear’— Haiti is at war, its leader warns
September 25, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) —Violence-ravaged Haiti is a nation "at war," its leader Laurent Saint-Cyr warned at the United Nations on Thursda...
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International community condemns latest massacre in Haiti
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International community condemns latest massacre in Haiti
September 16, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The United States says Haiti and the international community must work together to deal with the 'terrorist' gangs opera...
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Student shot and killed at home in Smokey Vale
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Student shot and killed at home in Smokey Vale
September 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An 18-year-old student was shot and killed in Smokey Vale, St Andrew early Monday morning, the police have confirmed. The deceased...
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‘We cya just see this and a laugh’: Di Genius calls out desensitisation to violence
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‘We cya just see this and a laugh’: Di Genius calls out desensitisation to violence
September 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Music producer Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor is using his platform to raise awareness about Jamaica’s growing desensitisation to vi...
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‘Mad Kirk’ charged with assault and firearm offences
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‘Mad Kirk’ charged with assault and firearm offences
September 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 53-year-old taxi driver has been charged after allegedly threatening a man with a gun. The police say Kirk Goffe, otherwise call...
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UPDATE: Man killed in Mandeville apartment stand-off with police
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UPDATE: Man killed in Mandeville apartment stand-off with police
September 9, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A gunman is dead after a near three-hour stand-off with police at an apartment complex on Caledonia Road in Mandeville, Manchest...
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by Nepal violence, urges dialogue
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by Nepal violence, urges dialogue
September 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)-The UN rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at escalating violence in Nepal, where youth protesters set fire to parliament afte...
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‘I feel loved’: Irish MP overwhelmed by Jamaican response to viral speech
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Thomas Gould, the Irish politician who recently captured global attention because of his distinctive accent, says he has been overwhelmed by the volum...
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BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday convicted two former lawmakers of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro council...
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