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Advocacy group in Jamaica calls for sex offenders registry to be made public

 The non-governmental organisation – Fi We Children Foundation,  has joined calls for the sex offenders registry to be made public, following the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl in...
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Mother, three children buried as Guyana ferry tragedy death toll climbs to 73

 A mother and three of her children were laid to rest on Friday as a sense of unimaginable...
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IDB Invest announces strategic partnership to support Caribbean growth

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) says it has entered into a...
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Death toll in Guyana ferry tragedy climbs as regional recovery effort expands

 Search, rescue and recovery operations following the capsizing of the MV Barima have intensified with the arrival of...
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Efforts to refloat sunken MV Barima to begin today

GEORGETOWN – The Guyana government says it will begin operations at midday on Wednesday to refloat the sunken...
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa brings flooding and catastrophic winds to Jamaica

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Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa came ashore as a catastrophic Category...
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Roofs torn off hospitals, former senator says

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Some hospitals on the south coast of Jamaica have had their roofs torn off, former Jamaican senator Imani Duncan-Price tells BBC News. "We have some...
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Police in Guyana capture main suspect in deadly bomb blast

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The Guyana Police Force (GPF) Tuesday said they had arrested the main suspect in a  deadly bomb explosion at a gas station that caused...
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Liberty Caribbean and Starlink to provide emergency satellite connectivity after Hurricane Melissa

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Efforts are already in progress to ensure that Jamaica recovers quickly from inevitable damage following the passage of Hurricane Melissa. In a press release today, ...
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Thompson warns Jamaicans to prepare for ‘catastrophic’ conditions

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Principal Director of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, issued a warning during a special press briefing on Tuesday, urging...
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Jamaica braces for passage of Hurricane Melissa

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Jamaica is bracing for the passage of Hurricane Melissa on Tuesday as the category 5 storm is expected to move across southeastern Cuba Wednesday...
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