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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
December 17 04:29 PM
PARIS, France (AFP)—The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tourn...
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Gas prices down $3.06, Diesel down $3.06
December 17 03:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...
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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
December 17 03:31 PM
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government on Wednesday said it is “actively engaged” in discussions with the United States authori...
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
December 17 01:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby, is calling on the Government to engage in dialogue with municipal corporations regarding its propo...
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
December 17 01:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — GenXS Carnival has officially launched its fourth season under the theme “INFINITI”, which aims to focus on cultural expression an...
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‘350 years of rum excellence’
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‘350 years of rum excellence’
Worthy Park Visitors Centre draws over 10,000 people to Jamaica’s rum heritage
December 17 01:26 PM
The Worthy Park Visitors Centre continues to attract local and international visitors interested in Jamaica’s rum-making heritage, with more than 10,0...
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Allan ‘Skill’ Cole is dead
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Allan ‘Skill’ Cole is dead
September 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Allan “Skill” Cole, former Santos and Jamaica football star and manager of reggae superstar Bob Marley, passed away on Tuesday eve...
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WATCH: Police sergeant dies in Mandeville crash
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WATCH: Police sergeant dies in Mandeville crash
September 7, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A police sergeant is dead and three children, including his twin sons, are now in hospital following a two-vehicle crash on the ...
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British royal who secretly worked as music teacher dies aged 92
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British royal who secretly worked as music teacher dies aged 92
September 5, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's Duchess of Kent, known for her links to the Wimbledon tennis tournament and for anonymously teaching music at...
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Pakistan monsoon death toll tops 160 in 24 hours  — disaster agency
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Pakistan monsoon death toll tops 160 in 24 hours — disaster agency
August 15, 2025
BAJAUR, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from heavy monsoon rains that have triggered landslides and flash floods across northern Pakistan has risen to...
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Man killed, two held as police seize firearm in massive operation
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Man killed, two held as police seize firearm in massive operation
August 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man was shot dead at a church, two others arrested on warrants and an illegal firearm seized during a massive operation on Matth...
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Main suspect in shooting of cop’s family killed in St James
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Main suspect in shooting of cop’s family killed in St James
August 14, 2025
The main suspect in the August 9, attack on a policeman attached to the lottery scam unit task force, his wife and son, has been killed by lawmen, He ...
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Escapee shot and killed by police in St Ann
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Escapee shot and killed by police in St Ann
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
August 13, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — An inmate who escaped from the Ocho Rios Police Station was subsequently shot and killed after allegedly attacking a lawman. The inc...
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9-y-o hospitalised after being hit by car in Manchester
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9-y-o hospitalised after being hit by car in Manchester
August 12, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – Police and a political representative are reporting that a nine-year-old boy has been admitted in critical condition at hospital...
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US defers to Israel on killing of journalists amid international outrage
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US defers to Israel on killing of journalists amid international outrage
August 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States  (US) on Tuesday declined to criticise Israel over the killing of four Al Jazeera journalists and ...
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One dead, dozens injured in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions
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One dead, dozens injured in Pennsylvania steel plant explosions
August 11, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A search and rescue operation was underway Monday after blasts at a United States (US) Steel plant in the state of Pen...
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
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Child dies in Italy as European heatwave sets records and sparks wildfires
August 11, 2025
LAS MEDULAS, Spain (AFP) — A young boy died of heatstroke in Italy while wildfires threatened a UNESCO site in Spain, and French cities saw record tem...
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Cham mourns the loss of his mom, Mama Jennie
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Cham mourns the loss of his mom, Mama Jennie
August 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall artiste Cham is mourning the loss of his mother, Mama Jennie. He shared the heartbreaking news earlier this week on Inst...
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Man dies in New Market, St Elizabeth crash
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Man dies in New Market, St Elizabeth crash
August 6, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A motorcyclist died as a result of injuries he sustained when he crashed into a parked pickup on the New Market main road in n...
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UPDATE: Driver involved in fatal Manchester crash released after CCTV footage emerges
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UPDATE: Driver involved in fatal Manchester crash released after CCTV footage emerges
August 6, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The driver of a Toyota Hiace involved in a fatal collision which claimed the life of a boy on Tuesday in Prospect, Manchester ha...
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Loni Anderson dies at 79
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Loni Anderson dies at 79
August 5, 2025
Actress Loni Anderson, best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on the hit sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died at age 79. According to TMZ news, An...
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UPDATE: Man succumbs following Mandeville crash
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UPDATE: Man succumbs following Mandeville crash
August 3, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester man succumbed at a hospital on Saturday, a day after he was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Ward Avenue in Mandev...
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Update: Father and 13-y-o son confirmed dead in stunt plane crash
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Update: Father and 13-y-o son confirmed dead in stunt plane crash
August 3, 2025
BARCELONA Spain — Spanish emergency services confirmed recovery of two bodies, that of a father and son who were in a plane that crashed off the coast...
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WATCH: Teyanna Sutherland laid to rest
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WATCH: Teyanna Sutherland laid to rest
August 3, 2025
ST THOMAS , Jamaica — Teyanna Sutherland, the 14-year-old girl who was chopped to death while on summer vacation in St Thomas, was laid to rest by her...
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Seven dead in Venezuelan military plane crash
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Seven dead in Venezuelan military plane crash
July 30, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — A small military plane transporting members of an Indigenous community to their Amazonian home territory crashed in the jun...
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Guyana confirms pilot injured in deadly plane crash in Turks and Caicos
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Guyana confirms pilot injured in deadly plane crash in Turks and Caicos
July 30, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Wednesday confirmed that one of its officers, Captain Dwight Bonus, had been injured foll...
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South-central Jamaica journalist Glendon Baker has died
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South-central Jamaica journalist Glendon Baker has died
July 28, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — South-central Jamaica journalist and Justice of the Peace Glendon Baker has died. Baker, 68, died at the Mandeville Regional Hos...
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Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
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Five dead after New York Midtown shooting: US media
July 28, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Five people including a police officer and a suspected gunman were dead following a shooting Monday at a skyscraper in...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...
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