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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)— A Kenyan-led police force trying to restore order in gang-ridden Haiti should be turned into a UN peacekeeping mission, the United States said Wednesday, pressing an idea opposed by China and Russia. The current force is under-staffed and under-equipped as it takes on Haiti's powerful, well-armed gangs, and shifting to a formal UN mission would provide more money, personnel and logistical support, said Dorothy Shea, the deputy...

HANOVER, Jamaica— Lorraine Scringer, the first female president of a parish football association has died. Scringer, who is described as a football lover, passed away on Wednesday. “I would like to extend my sincere condolences to the family, friends and the entire football fraternity of the passing of Lorraine Scringer. Lorraine loved football and loved her country and she was an outstanding servant to both. She was driven, hardworking and...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Young Jamaicans are demanding climate resilient jobs and support for a ‘green transition’ as they collaborate to fight the ‘poly-crisis’ of poverty and climate change locally. That was the overarching message shared during the National Youth Leaders Symposium on Poverty and Climate Change on Wednesday, which saw a strong display of youth-led activism demonstrated to attendees, including Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, and Goodwill Ambassador to the United...

KINGSTON, Jamaica— Mona High and Excelsior High are through to the semi-finals of the ISSA Walker Cup following quarterfinal wins at Stadium East on Wednesday. In the second game of the double-header, soon to be dethroned Manning Cup champions Mona had a comfortable 3-0 win over St Jago. Savi-K Morton, Kshaine Gordon and Cameron Sailman were the goal scorers. In the opening game, Excelsior needed penalties to get by Eltham...