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28 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
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28 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
July 19 10:06 AM
Hanoi, Vietnam (AFP)-At least 28 people have died and more than a dozen are missing after a tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's famed Ha L...
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Cop accidentally shoots herself in New Kingston
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A policewoman accidentally shot herself in a parking lot on St Lucia Avenue in New Kingston on Friday. The woman, a corporal from ...
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Long jumper Wayne Pinnock confirms switch of allegiance to Turkiye
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Long jumper Wayne Pinnock confirms switch of allegiance to Turkiye
July 19 09:52 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican long jumper Wayne Pinnock has broken his silence to confirm he has switched national allegiance to represent Turkey after...
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JUTC discontinues routes 30, 32 and 47 after recurring stoning of buses
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JUTC discontinues routes 30, 32 and 47 after recurring stoning of buses
July 19 09:45 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has discontinued bus service on three routes due to recurring stone-throwing incidents al...
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Cuba ends maximum age limit of 60 for presidential candidates
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Cuba ends maximum age limit of 60 for presidential candidates
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba scrapped the maximum age limit of 60 for its presidential candidates as part of a constitutional reform approved Friday by P...
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Bull Bay murder-suicide leaves four children orphaned
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Bull Bay murder-suicide leaves four children orphaned
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 50-year-old man chopped his 25-year-old lover to death and then killed himself at Stable Park in Cane River, Bull Bay, St Andrew...
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Jamaica move into World Championships qualifying position in men’s 4×100
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Jamaica move into World Championships qualifying position in men’s 4×100
July 19 09:07 AM
Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m team are in a qualifying position for a place in September’s Tokyo World Athletics Championships after winning the event at the...
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Vybz Kartel crowned ‘King of Dancehall’, acknowledges ‘former king’ Beenie Man
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Vybz Kartel was officially crowned 'King of Dancehall' at Reggae Sumfest. The crowning took place on Saturday morning at Catherine Hall with 'Queen of...
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CTU launches Caribbean AI task force
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has officially launched the Caribbean AI Task Force, descr...
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T&T police call for state of emergency amid ‘dangerous criminal network’
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – Police Commissioner, Allister Guevarro, has formally recommended to the Trinidad and Tobago government the need to de...
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BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) -Belizean authorities are monitoring the presence of non-traditional chronic kidney disease (CKD) that is due to long hours in ...
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Bahamas recorded more than 150 new HIV/AIDS cases last year
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Belize to allocate funding to deal with sargassum
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BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) – The Belize government says it will allocate funding and offer incentives to facilitate the collection and transportation of ...
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Grenada gov’t to reduce age for sexual and reproductive health treatment
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – The Grenada government says it intends to table legislation aimed at reducing the age of civil responsibility from 18 to ...
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Belize launches committee to develop national electricity energy mix plan
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BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC) –  The Belize government says it launched the Special Electricity Committee (SEC) to spearhead the development of a National E...
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UN reiterates call to help ease hunger in Haiti
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – The United Nations has reiterated its call for an improvement of the situation in Haiti, saying hunger continues to deepen acro...
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FAO says LAC leading the way towards a future without hunger
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)—A senior official of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says Latin America and the Caribbean countries are leading...
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Despite carnival, Antigua maintains curfew for under-18s amid crime wave
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda Government says that an eight-hour curfew specifically geared  towards youngsters 18-years and unde...
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Cayman planning to ban non-islanders from fishing in its waters
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July 16, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, The Cayman Islands (CMC) — The Cayman Islands Cabinet has approved the development of new legislation to prohibit non-Caymanians from har...
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Antiguan man sentenced to 30 years for murdering Jamaican hairdresser
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Antiguan man sentenced to 30 years for murdering Jamaican hairdresser
July 16, 2025
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — A man who was found guilty of murdering a Jamaican hairdresser with whom he had a relationship has been sentenced to 30 yea...
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95 Dominicans repatriated from US after serving sentences
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95 Dominicans repatriated from US after serving sentences
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC) — A total of 95 Dominican nationals, including 89 men and six women, were repatriated from the United States (...
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Dominican Republic ends search for bodies from migrant boat
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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (AFP)— The Dominican Republic Tuesday ended a search and rescue operation triggered by the capsizing of a crowded mi...
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Tug of war over Chinese funding for new hospital
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NASSAU, The Bahamas — China has doubled down on its dismissal of the United States’ criticism of a multi-million dollar loan to The Bahamas, describin...
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Cuban president addresses anger over ‘there are no beggars’ claim
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Havana, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba's president was forced to step in Tuesday after a minister's assertion that "there are no beggars" in the country, caused an...
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Caricom congratulates first-ever female head of state in Suriname
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)-The 15-member regional integration grouping, Caricom, on Tuesday, congratulated Suriname’s first-ever female head of state, s...
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Grenada PM calls for the acceleration of the digital future of the region
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NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell is calling on the Caribbean to take advantage of the existing environment to reimagin...
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Colombian soldiers drown in survival training
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Three Colombian soldiers drowned in a river Tuesday during a survival training exercise, authorities said. The soldiers were ...
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Liberty Caribbean pushing for gigabit‑capable Caribbean on CANTO 40th anniversary
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July 15, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas — As tech continues to advance, telecommunications provider Liberty Caribbean has underscored the importance of building a Caribbe...
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
July 15, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the UN’s political mission in Haiti until the ...
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28 dead after tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay
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Cop accidentally shoots herself in New Kingston
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Long jumper Wayne Pinnock confirms switch of allegiance to Turkiye
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JUTC discontinues routes 30, 32 and 47 after recurring stoning of buses
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