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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
December 14 02:48 PM
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
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Richard King nets Euro trophy after stunning St Mirren Premier Sports Cup win
December 14 02:06 PM
Reggae Boyz defender Richard King won his first major trophy in European football after St Mirren beat Scottish giants Celtic 3-1 in the Premier Sport...
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
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Man City smash Palace to fire title warning, Villa extend streak
December 14 12:49 PM
LONDON, United States (AFP) — Manchester City thumped Crystal Palace 3-0 on Sunday to move back to within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal...
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
December 14 12:41 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Auditor General’s Department (AuGD) has flagged weaknesses in the oversight of a Government-funded credit card by the Houses o...
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KSAMC making preparations for orderly Christmas
December 14 12:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Vendors and taxi drivers operating under the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) are being asked to assist in ma...
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Gleaner CEO Anthony Smith passes
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Gleaner CEO Anthony Smith passes
December 14 12:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer of the RJRGleaner Communications Group Anthony Smith has died. The group announced that Smith died Sunday ...
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US military aircraft to arrive in Dominican Republic for deployment in the Caribbean
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US military aircraft to arrive in Dominican Republic for deployment in the Caribbean
December 14 12:07 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC) – The government of the Dominican Republic has authorised several United States (US) military aircraft to land...
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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
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 14 11:20 AM
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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FID again denounces social media post about PM
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FID again denounces social media post about PM
December 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  The Financial Investigations Division (FID) says it is denouncing the contents of an old, fabricated social media post claiming i...
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Macron under pressure as French PM resigns after less than month
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Macron under pressure as French PM resigns after less than month
October 6, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) – France's new prime minister resigned on Monday after less than a month in office, sinking the country further into a political c...
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Bayrou resigns as French PM, Macron seeks successor
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Bayrou resigns as French PM, Macron seeks successor
September 9, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou submitted his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday after France's parliamen...
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Trinidad Senate approves controversial legislation barring former PM from pension
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Trinidad Senate approves controversial legislation barring former PM from pension
July 1, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidadian Senate on Monday approved legislation which now sets a minimum one-year term in office for any prime m...
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PM urges parents to play active role in children’s literacy development
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PM urges parents to play active role in children’s literacy development
May 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Parents are being charged to play an active role in their children’s literacy development. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, made th...
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79 educators to receive PM’s medal of appreciation for service to education
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79 educators to receive PM’s medal of appreciation for service to education
May 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Seventy-nine educators have been selected to receive the Prime Minister’s Medal of Appreciation for Service to Education. The bien...
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Trinidad president defends decision to appoint Stuart Young as prime minister
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Trinidad president defends decision to appoint Stuart Young as prime minister
March 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — President Christine Kangaloo has defended her decision to appoint Stuart Young as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobag...
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Stuart Young sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s new prime minister
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Stuart Young sworn in as Trinidad and Tobago’s new prime minister
March 17, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) —Stuart Richard Young was sworn in on Monday as the eighth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, a few months before vo...
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Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canada PM
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Mark Carney to be sworn in as Canada PM
March 14, 2025
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada's prime minister on Friday, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in United ...
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Portmore Resilience Park on track for completion in September
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Portmore Resilience Park on track for completion in September
March 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Portmore Resilience Park in St Catherine is 50 per cent complete and remains on schedule to be finished by September 2025. Thi...
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Trinidad and Tobago PM to resign on March 16
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Trinidad and Tobago PM to resign on March 16
February 26, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley says he will resign from office on March 16. He was speaking dur...
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PM commits to securing Jamaica’s economic independence
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PM commits to securing Jamaica’s economic independence
February 8, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to securing Jamaica’s economic independence and resilie...
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Canadian PM Trudeau resignation imminent — media reports
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Canadian PM Trudeau resignation imminent — media reports
January 6, 2025
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may resign as soon as Monday, according to media reports, as he faces mounting dissent w...
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Trinidad’s PM Dr Keith Rowley to resign from office
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Trinidad’s PM Dr Keith Rowley to resign from office
January 3, 2025
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley Friday announced that he would be resigning from office “before the e...
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Who could be France’s new prime minister?
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Who could be France’s new prime minister?
December 6, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)- French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to name a new prime minister in the "coming days" to replace Michel Barnier, who was t...
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November 26, 2024
Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday visited communities in the Waltham Park Road, St Andrew area where five people were killed the previous night...
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New Haitian PM names 18-member Cabinet
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New Haitian PM names 18-member Cabinet
November 16, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Newly installed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has named an 18-member Cabinet, retaining eight of the ministers wh...
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Police outside PM Holness’ Beverly Hills house
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Police outside PM Holness’ Beverly Hills house
September 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police are now gathering outside the house of Prime Minister Andrew Holness in Beverly Hills, St Andrew. Sources say the increased...
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New Haitian prime minister sworn in
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New Haitian prime minister sworn in
June 4, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)— Garry Conille was sworn in as Haiti's prime minister on Monday, promising to "deliver" for the impoverished Caribbean nat...
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
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AuGD flags poor oversight of Gov’t-issued credit card at Parliament
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