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A Bahamian national has been charged for his alleged role in a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in multiple migrant deaths. According to an indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Florida Vandrick Nelson Smith, also known as...

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Buckle up, cowpoke: On Wednesday, Beyonce shared the track list for her forthcoming album, "Act ll: Cowboy Carter." "Cowboy Carter" arrives Friday, but fans got a sneak peek on the superstar's...

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The Government is looking to launch the tender process for expansion of the North Coast Highway during the fourth quarter of 2024. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness said that the requisite documentation is being compiled. Holness, who was making his...

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The executive director of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, Tuesday said "countless children" are at risk of death in Haiti as gangs tighten their grip on power and the humanitarian crisis worsens in...

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Alexander Page, a St Catherine resident accused of murder, maintained his innocence when he appeared before the parish court on Wednesday. 

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Three hundred young people, who are currently in training in an initiative by the Universal Service Fund (USF) to get them to learn coding, will be assured of jobs once they acquit themselves well and successfully complete the training. Dr Daniel...

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The Ministry of Tourism, through the Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF), is exploring ways to expand the reach of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival. In an interview with JIS News at the seventh staging of the festival, held recently in...

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The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) continues to provide affordable housing solutions for low and middle-income-earning Jamaicans as well as provide for the regularisation of informal settlements. Providing an update on the agency in his...

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Thirty-six-year-old higgler Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit' and 'Rasta', of Mountain View Avenue, Kingston 2, has been charged with murder in the stabbing death of a man along North Parade, Kingston, on March 11. The deceased has been...

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A motorcyclist refused the opportunity to attend mediation with a farmer, whom he alleges almost hit him from his bike and threatened him with a gun. The motorcyclist is the complainant against 41-year-old D'Oyen Duncan, who is before the...

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While he is from a family with a background in cricket, 13-year-old Wayne Plummer, who hails from Spanish Town Road in St Andrew, is set to create history, as the bowling all-rounder was selected for the national Under-15 cricket; a first for his...

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While most people tend to shy away from the dead, Shakira Cummings enjoys working with them and styling them to perfection, so that their final appearance can be just as grand as when they were alive. Initially, Cummings started as just a...

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A Corporate area man who went to the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday to get information on a court date he was uncertain about, found himself in custody after he hurled an expletive at a police officer, who had seemingly earned his...

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Kingston-based nurse Ruth Rodriguez Jones is now worried sick. Her husband, 52-year-old Juan Antonio Rodriguez Jones, has been missing since January 1, and she does not have a clue about his whereabouts, or whether he is still alive. Rodriguez...

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A teenager, who had asked the police to beat him instead of arresting him, will know his fate tomorrow. The accused man, Saheid Roach, was pointed out to the police by one of several students who were robbed of monies and cellular phones by a...

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Thirty-seven-year-old Jerome Reid, a farmer of Comma Pen District in St Elizabeth, has been charged with the death fellow a farmer, 62-year-old Travie Powell.

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The police have arrested and charged 36-year-old Damion Lewis, otherwise called 'Jackfruit', after he allegedly stabbed a man to death during an altercation. It is reported that on Monday, March 11, a verbal altercation...

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BALTIMORE (AP) -- A container ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river below and plunging a construction crew and several vehicles into the dangerously cold waters....

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The Government is investing billions of dollars in the development of irrigation schemes to improve farmers' access to water. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, in providing details in his 2024/25 Budget Debate presentation in the House of...

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The President of the Trinidad and Tobago Dental Board (TTDB) Dr. Shevone Marchand Tuesday warned citizens against falling victim to being treated by fraudulent and unregistered persons posing as dentists in the country. Marchand, speaking on a...

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The St Catherine police have launched an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found in Point Hill in the parish on Monday night. The deceased man has been identified as 33-year-old Orian Small, otherwise called "Johnny...

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Yam farmers in Mendez Town in Lowe River, Trelawny, will soon have better roads to transport their produce as the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), in partnership with the Trelawny Municipal Corporation, is now constructing a new road in...

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining Floyd Green says he is satisfied with the outcomes of the discussions he had with Guyana's Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha during the recent 38th Regional FAO Conference in Guyana, where both...

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Phase one of Caribbean Cement Company Limited's (CCCL's) expansion project, which is expected to yield up to a 30 per cent increase in cement production, is said to be completed next year. Jorge Martinez, the newly appointed managing director at...

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