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People get caught in a stampede as they attend the state funeral of former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, October 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
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Stampede at funeral of Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga kills 2

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A stampede at a football stadium Friday during the state funeral service for Kenya’s former Prime Minister Raila Odinga killed two people and injured more than 100 others. …
People walk past the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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US sanctions former Haitian security head, gang leader for aiding gang coalition

The US Treasury Department slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated, and the leader of a Haitian gang Friday. The…
SUPERNATURAL POWER, ridden by Raddesh Roman, wins The Thunderbird Trophy over seven furlongs at Caymanas Park on Saturday, September 13.
17 Oct, 2025 0

Supernatural Power ready for big run

SUPERNATURAL POWER’S first brush with grade-one horses, two Saturday’s ago in the seven-furlong Gold Cup, took her within a length and a quarter of Mouttet Mile runner-up, LEGACY ISLE, with whom she…
17 Oct, 2025 0

Alleged St James gang leader ‘Toots’ remanded on ammunition charge

Alleged St James gang leader Shamarah Forrester, otherwise called ‘Toots’, who the police believe is the head of a robbery syndicate, has been remanded for return to the Western Regional Gun Court on…
Sizzla Kalonji and his musical friends will take the stage at Sabina Park today.
17 Oct, 2025 0

Two decades later, Sizzla’s ‘Rise to the Occasion’ is still inspiring

Rise to the Occasion, Sizzla’s 18th studio album, was released on September 30, 2003. Twenty-two years later, Rise to the Occasion is the theme of the reggae and dancehall legend’s 30 years in music…
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Cave Valley main road in St Ann blocked due to flooding

The police are advising the public that the main road in Cave Valley, St Ann, which leads to Spaldings, Clarendon, is currently impassable. This is due to the heavy downpour of rain and rising water…
Dr Rushell White
17 Oct, 2025 0

Third Jamaican appointed school superintendent in NYC

Jamaica-born educator Dr Rushell White has been promoted to interim acting superintendent in the New York City (NYC) school system. White becomes the third Jamaican to rise to and currently hold the…
Ghost guns, provided by the New York City Police Department, are displayed in the Manhattan District Attorney's office, in New York, Wednesday, October 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Gun safety advocates warn of surge in untraceable 3D-printed weapons in US

As police departments around the United States report a surge in 3D-printed firearms turning up at crime scenes, gun safety advocates and law enforcement officials are warning that a new generation…
Maggotty High’s Dante Blair (left) and Rusea’s High’s Roshawn Dillion challenge for the ball during their Group One football match in the second round of the ISSA daCosta Cup at Montego Bay Sports Complex on Saturday, October 11.
17 Oct, 2025 0

daCosta Cup: Tough task for Rusea’s

WITH the curtain closing on the second round of the ISSA daCosta Cup competition today, two former champions in the west are in the hot seat as they try to punch their tickets to the round-of-16.…