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April 1 12:12 AM
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April 1 12:06 AM
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April 1 12:05 AM
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February 27, 2025
A Jamaica Defence Force soldier was charged Wednesday after his girlfriend was beaten and assaulted with a firearm at her workplace. Lascelles Archiba...
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February 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 40-year-old Jamaica Defence Force soldier is being probed after the reported accidental shooting of his girlfriend at Crescent R...
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January 27, 2025
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who died in an early morning gun attack along Molynes Road in St Andrew on Monday has been identified. The dec...
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January 24, 2025
MORANT BAY, Jamaica - Jamaica’s mass casualty response was tested on Thursday with a full-scale simulation of a large plane crash and the subsequent s...
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January 1, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica- An early morning police raid in Frontier, Port Maria has led to the arrest of a 25- year- old construction worker for the possession...
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December 2, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who was implicated in a phishing scam that reportedly defrauded the National Commercial Bank ...
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November 28, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The fishermen who went missing last month have been found, one of the men having died during their 35 days at sea, the Jamaica Defe...
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November 6, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers were injured during a shooting incident in Denham Town, Kingston on Wednesday morning. Ob...
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November 6, 2024
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) says the recent detection of firearms, ammunition, and paraphernalia during a routine vehicle check at Up Park Camp re...
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November 4, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has been charged after a vehicle being driven by the soldier was searched at the JDF C...
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September 28, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A suspect in the murder of a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier in Denham Town, Kingston last month has been arrested. Observer O...
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September 13, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Jamaican security contingent arrived in Haiti on Thursday as part of a multi-national mission to help restore law an...
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August 23, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A soldier has died as a result of injuries sustained during a shooting incident along Charles Street and Chestnut Lane in Kingston...
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July 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier who was found dead on the Palisadoes main road in Kingston on Tuesday morning has been ide...
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July 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier was found dead on the Palisadoes main road in Kingston on Tuesday morning. Unconfirmed repor...
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July 29, 2024
PORTLAND, Jamaica — The 35 Haitians who landed at Kensington near Manchioneal in Portland early Sunday morning spent less than 24 hours on the island....
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July 10, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instructed Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Antonette Wemyss Gorman to mobilise the Disaster...
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Progress being made in local fight against crime
June 29, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The deployment of local troops to Haiti is contingent on the finalisation of critical resourcing and is awaiting confirmation on ...
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June 28, 2024
The Keith Clarke murder trial resumed in the presence of a seven-member jury Thursday in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston as prosecutors managed to ...
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June 21, 2024
The St Andrew Justice of the Peace Association (SAJPA) is hosting its Annual Poppy Appeal Fundraiser, set to take place on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at 4...
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May 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A man was shot dead and a firearm seized following an altercation with members of the Jamaica Defence Force in a community known a...
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April 15, 2024
The trial of three Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldiers who were charged with the March 2010 murder of businessman Keith Clarke is now set to begin on...
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