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Chokehold on charity
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Chokehold on charity
Civil society groups warn proposed law could crush already struggling NGOs
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
June 28, 2026
LEADERS of some of the country’s top charities are warning that a proposed Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) Act could push some volunteer-run charities ...
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NGO head says late charity certificates straining coffers
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
APPLYING for a Charitable Organization Registration Certificate is a process executive director of Eve for Life Joy Crawford says the organisation had...
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Behind the scenes:JMTC’s Theatrix Apprenticeship Programme seeks to build Jamaica’s next generation of theatre professionals
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Behind the scenes:JMTC’s Theatrix Apprenticeship Programme seeks to build Jamaica’s next generation of theatre professionals
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
June 28, 2026
For many young Jamaicans with a passion for the performing arts the spotlight often represents the ultimate goal. Yet, behind every successful product...
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Wheatley heads to court
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Wheatley heads to court
Lawyers representing Cabinet member seeking judicial review of Integrity Commission report, injunction to prevent him being charged
Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
EMBATTLED Government Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has gone to the Supreme Court seeking permission to apply for a judicial review of the decision by th...
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LET THEM CHASE!
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LET THEM CHASE!
Windies captain, Jangoo throw down batting gauntlet against Sri Lanka on third day of Test
June 28, 2026
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Amir Jangoo and Captain Roston Chase produced a batting display for the ages to put West Indies in a strong position to pus...
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FA@27
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FA@27
June 28, 2026
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Graduation apartheid
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Graduation apartheid
Parents outraged after Ascot Primary splits graduands based on PEP performance
BY DJAUNEL LAWRENCE Observer interm editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 27, 2026
TROUBLE is brewing at Ascot Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine, following a decision by the school’s administrators to split this year’s graduat...
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Third-country nationals row rocks Senate
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Third-country nationals row rocks Senate
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 27, 2026
A Senate debate on the Civil Aviation (Amendment) Bill descended into a brief heated clash on Friday after Opposition Senator Lambert Brown accused th...
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Bromell upsets Lyles to win 100m at Paris Diamond League
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Bromell upsets Lyles to win 100m at Paris Diamond League
June 28, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — Trayvon Bromell upset fancied US teammate Noah Lyles to win the 100m at the Diamond league in Paris on Sunday. Lyles, the reigni...
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Inappropriate!
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Education Ministry condemns decision of Ascot Primary not to let students who did ‘poorly’ on PEP wear graduation gowns
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has strongly denounced the actions of the leadership of Ascot Primary Sch...
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Private motor vehicle drivers and their passengers, drive-up fatal crash statistics
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Private motor vehicle drivers and their passengers, drive-up fatal crash statistics
June 28, 2026
Of the 137 people killed in 123 fatal traffic crashes in Jamaica since the start of the year, 56 or 40 per cent were drivers of private motor vehicles...
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Demisha Roswell makes Diamond League debut in Paris
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Demisha Roswell makes Diamond League debut in Paris
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Newly-crowned national 100m hurdles champion Demisha Roswell will make her Diamond League debut on Sunday when she lines up at the...
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Top DJs for Elegance: The Ballroom Experience
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Top DJs for Elegance: The Ballroom Experience
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
June 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some of Jamaica's top DJs are set to bring a mix of nostalgia, elegance and high-energy entertainment to Elegance: The Ballroom Ex...
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Five teams chase two JFC qualifying spots
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Five teams chase two JFC qualifying spots
June 28, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The other two teams that will qualify for next season’s Jamaica Football Championships will be decided on today’s final day of the...
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June 20, 2026
From thought-provoking perspectives to moving accounts of triumph over adversity, the 2026 Jamaica Observer Foodie Seminar delivered a day of profound...
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Chokehold on charity
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Chokehold on charity
Civil society groups warn proposed law could crush already struggling NGOs
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
June 28, 2026
LEADERS of some of the country’s top charities are warning that a proposed Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) Act could push some volunteer-run charities ...
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Back-dated and delayed
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Back-dated and delayed
NGO head says late charity certificates straining coffers
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
APPLYING for a Charitable Organization Registration Certificate is a process executive director of Eve for Life Joy Crawford says the organisation had...
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Wheatley heads to court
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Wheatley heads to court
Lawyers representing Cabinet member seeking judicial review of Integrity Commission report, injunction to prevent him being charged
Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
EMBATTLED Government Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has gone to the Supreme Court seeking permission to apply for a judicial review of the decision by th...
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Immaculate dream
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Immaculate dream
Daughter fulfils 12-year dream of attending her mother’s alma mater with PEP success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
ON March 25, 2014 Shantal Strachan welcomed her daughter, Kaesha-Kae Daley, into the world with a dream already taking root: one day her child would a...
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‘Nothing about us, without us’
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‘Nothing about us, without us’
Civil society groups want in on new non-profit legislation
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
REFUSING to be sidelined as the Government moves ahead with plans to introduce new legislation governing non-profit organisations, civil society leade...
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LET THEM CHASE!
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LET THEM CHASE!
Windies captain, Jangoo throw down batting gauntlet against Sri Lanka on third day of Test
June 28, 2026
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Amir Jangoo and Captain Roston Chase produced a batting display for the ages to put West Indies in a strong position to pus...
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Nautical Star demolishes field in SVL Anniversary Trophy
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Nautical Star demolishes field in SVL Anniversary Trophy
June 28, 2026
In a devastating front-running display, Nautical Star ran his rivals into the ground to capture the $1.4-million Supreme Ventures Limited Anniversary ...
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Samuda not surprised by IOC announcement to pay athletes
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Samuda not surprised by IOC announcement to pay athletes
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 28, 2026
Jamaica Olympic Association President Christopher Samuda says there is nothing surprising about the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision t...
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DaCosta holds the aces in split Hubert ‘Chinna’ Bartley Trophy
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DaCosta holds the aces in split Hubert ‘Chinna’ Bartley Trophy
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
June 28, 2026
Champion and leading trainer Jason DaCosta holds all the aces in today’s split division of the $1.25-million Hubert “Chinna” Bartley Memorial Trophy a...
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World Cup star Gakpo requests privacy after death of unborn son
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World Cup star Gakpo requests privacy after death of unborn son
June 28, 2026
KANSAS CITY, United States (AFP) — Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo has asked for “privacy and space” following the loss of his unborn son, which was an...
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Freddie McGregor at 70: The voice behind Jamaica’s timeless classics
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Freddie McGregor at 70: The voice behind Jamaica’s timeless classics
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — During a 2017 interview with the Observer Online, Freddie McGregor recalled the day he knew his big break had come. He was listeni...
June 27, 2026
Caribbean countries rattled by early morning earthquake
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Caribbean countries rattled by early morning earthquake
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 rattled some Caribbean islands on Friday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Ce...
June 26, 2026
Three Jamaicans set meet records in Croatia
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Three Jamaicans set meet records in Croatia
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three Jamaicans set meet records on Friday’s second day of the 76th Boris Hanžeković Memorial at Sports Park Mladost, in Zagreb, C...
June 26, 2026
United looks to Jamaica oil licence as funding pressure mounts
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United looks to Jamaica oil licence as funding pressure mounts
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UNITED Oil and Gas, the British company searching for oil and gas off Jamaica’s south coast, says it needs a partner or fresh cash to keep the project...
June 26, 2026
Advocacy group urges probe after cop reportedly removes student from JUTC bus
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Advocacy group urges probe after cop reportedly removes student from JUTC bus
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fi We Children Foundation (FWCF) is calling for an official investigation into a viral incident involving an off-duty cop and a st...
June 26, 2026
Graduation apartheid
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TROUBLE is brewing at Ascot Primary School in Portmore, St Catherine, following a decision by the school’s administrators to split this year’s graduat...
June 27, 2026
Master dealer!
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ATL Automotive Group has been appointment as the regional master dealer for Jetour, part of the Chery Group. The announcement follows the official lau...
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Chang dismisses claims of third country nationals being housed in St Mary
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Chang dismisses claims of third country nationals being housed in St Mary
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of National Security and Peace has dismissed as false and misleading claims that third country nationals (TCNs) are t...
June 27, 2026
Two killed in fiery Williamsfield highway crash
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Police are reporting that two people died in a fiery crash on the Williamsfield leg of the PJ Patterson Highway (Highway 2000) Sa...
June 27, 2026
Wheatley heads to court
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EMBATTLED Government Minister Dr Andrew Wheatley has gone to the Supreme Court seeking permission to apply for a judicial review of the decision by th...
June 28, 2026
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