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Legendary Third World co-founder Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore dies at 69
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Legendary Third World co-founder Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore dies at 69

KINGSTON — Legendary Jamaican musician Stephen 'Cat' Coore died suddenly on Sunday evening, leaving family, friends and fans across the world in mourning. Coore, born April 6, 1956, had, for…
Posted by John McCarthy January 19, 2026
Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica
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Thousands of fans join tribute to reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff in his native Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The instructions were clear: no serious, sad or long faces. And the crowd filing into a gymnasium in Jamaica’s capital largely obliged as they honored reggae giant…
Posted by John McCarthy December 20, 2025
Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa
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Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

PETIT GOÂVE, Haiti (AP) — Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer…
Posted by John McCarthy December 14, 2025
Dominican Republic authorizes more flights for tourists rerouted by Hurricane Melissa
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Dominican Republic authorizes more flights for tourists rerouted by Hurricane Melissa

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic has authorized the arrival of 800 new flights to accommodate a surge in tourists who were originally planning to vacation in Jamaica and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 28, 2025
Squash gets 2 years in federal pen for possession of Glock machine pistol
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Squash gets 2 years in federal pen for possession of Glock machine pistol

MIAMI — Popular dancehall artiste Andrae “Squash” Whittaker, the Montego Bay-born entertainer known for chart-topping hits like “Shub Out” and “Big Breeze,” has been sentenced to two years and three months in a U.S. federal prison following…
Posted by John McCarthy November 26, 2025
Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa
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Jamaica says 6 dead from infectious disease leptospirosis after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON — Jamaica is seeing an outbreak of leptospirosis and is urging anyone who is experiencing symptoms from the infectious disease to seek immediate medical care. A serious public health…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2025
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81
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Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81

"It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," his wife, Latifa Chambers, wrote on Instagram. NEW…
Posted by John McCarthy November 24, 2025
Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa
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Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa

KINGSTON (Reuters) —Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in late October. The Category 5 hurricane slammed…
Posted by John McCarthy November 23, 2025
Curaçao makes soccer history as smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup
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Curaçao makes soccer history as smallest nation by population to qualify for a World Cup

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The tiny Caribbean island country Curaçao will go to the 2026 World Cup as the smallest nation by population ever to qualify for the marquee event…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2025
2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood
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2 dead after small plane on hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashes in Florida neighborhood

A small turboprop plane on a hurricane relief mission to Jamaica crashed Monday morning into a pond in a gated residential neighborhood of the Fort Lauderdale suburb of Coral Springs,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 11, 2025

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