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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica-The parish of St Elizabeth is in a state of readiness for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season, with key emergency measures now in place to respond to any potential disaster. Acting Parish Disaster Coordinator at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Rasha Lloyd, made the declaration while addressing Tuesday’s Disaster Preparedness, Hazard Mitigation & Safety Committee meeting, at the St Elizabeth Municipal Corporation in Black River. The parish was...

ST CATHERINE, Jamaica-A woman has been charged with misprision of a felony and accessory after the fact following an incident in Portmore, St Catherine, on Wednesday, May 28. She has been identified as 19-year-old Jada Anderson, a hairdresser of Dolphin Way, Portmore, St Catherine. Reports from the Portmore police are that Anderson became aware of a crime that was committed by her partner, but instead of making a report to...

Washington, United States (AFP)-AI-generated videos and audios of Pope Leo XIV are populating rapidly online, racking up views as platforms struggle to police them. An AFP investigation identified dozens of YouTube and TikTok pages that have been churning out AI-generated messages delivered in the pope's voice or otherwise attributed to him since he took charge of the Catholic Church last month. The hundreds of fabricated sermons and speeches, in English...

Escuintla, Guatemala (AFP)-Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were evacuating more than 500 people after Central America's most active volcano spewed gas and ash. Residents were moved to shelters from communities near the Fuego volcano, located 35 kilometers (22 miles) from the capital Guatemala City. "We prefer to leave rather than mourn the death of everyone in the village later," Celsa Perez, 25, told AFP. The government suspended local school activities...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Thursday night said that it takes “very seriously” threats being made by Venezuela to track down any person outside of the South American country involved in attempts to overthrow the Nicolas Maduro government. The country's prime minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, speaking at the post-Cabinet news conference, told reporters that she is also aware of statements made by Venezuelan Justice...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC)– The United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, has sounded the alarm over the sexual violence crisis in gang-ravaged Haiti. Patten raised the alarm over a surge in reports of sexual violence against women and girls since the beginning of the year, particularly rape, gang rape and sexual slavery. “These heinous crimes are overwhelmingly concentrated in areas under gang control,” she said, warning...

STUTTGART, Germany (AFP) -- Spain starlets Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams dazzled as La Roja beat France 5-4 in a thriller in Stuttgart on Thursday, to set up a Nations League final with Portugal. Yamal bagged a brace while Williams scored and provided an assist as the two wingers cut France's makeshift defence to ribbons. Mikel Merino and Pedri were also on the scoresheet for the Euro 2024 champions. Kylian...