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Smaller Chinese workforce triggers delay concerns for Western Children and Adolescent Hospital
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Smaller Chinese workforce triggers delay concerns for Western Children and Adolescent Hospital
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
October 11, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said there are concerns surrounding the downsizing of the Chinese workforce...
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Jamaicans urged not to abandon homeless relatives
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Jamaicans urged not to abandon homeless relatives
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is appealing to family members not to abandon their home...
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Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died
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Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died in California at the age of 79, PEOPLE magazine has confirmed. According to PEOPLE Magazin...
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UNESCO, JTC host AI workshop for teachers
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UNESCO, JTC host AI workshop for teachers
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 400 teachers, school leaders, and education stakeholders from across Jamaica participated in the country’s first Artific...
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Broken-down trailer slows traffic on Winston Jones Highway
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Broken-down trailer slows traffic on Winston Jones Highway
October 11, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Motorists travelling along the Winston Jones Highway in the vicinity of Russell Place district are being advised to expect minor...
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At least 37 dead in Mexico floods
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At least 37 dead in Mexico floods
October 11, 2025
TULANCINGO DE BRAVO, Mexico (AFP) — Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 37 people in Mexico in recent days and left behind a trail ...
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Dolla and ICWI unveil loan-insurance package for taxi operators
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Dolla and ICWI unveil loan-insurance package for taxi operators
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dolla Financial Services Limited and the Insurance Company of the West Indies (ICWI) have introduced a combined loan and insurance...
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Teen dead, younger brother in custody following stabbing incident in St Elizabeth
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Teen dead, younger brother in custody following stabbing incident in St Elizabeth
October 11, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — An 18-year-old was stabbed to death following a domestic dispute reportedly involving his 14-year-old brother at their family ...
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Smaller Chinese workforce triggers delay concerns for Western Children and Adolescent Hospital
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Smaller Chinese workforce triggers delay concerns for Western Children and Adolescent Hospital
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
October 11, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton said there are concerns surrounding the downsizing of the Chinese workforce...
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Jamaicans urged not to abandon homeless relatives
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Jamaicans urged not to abandon homeless relatives
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, is appealing to family members not to abandon their home...
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Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died
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Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Legendary actress Diane Keaton has died in California at the age of 79, PEOPLE magazine has confirmed. According to PEOPLE Magazin...
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Trump issues order to pay military as shutdown drags on
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Trump issues order to pay military as shutdown drags on
October 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he has issued an order for the military to be paid next week despite the govern...
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UNESCO, JTC host AI workshop for teachers
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UNESCO, JTC host AI workshop for teachers
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 400 teachers, school leaders, and education stakeholders from across Jamaica participated in the country’s first Artific...
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MPower hosts groundbreaking wellness event to empower Jamaican women ahead of World Menopause Day
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MPower hosts groundbreaking wellness event to empower Jamaican women ahead of World Menopause Day
October 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In the lead-up to World Menopause Day on October 18, MPower, a Jamaican women-led advocacy group will host “MPower Yourself”, an e...
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Page 2 harks back to the Jamaica Observer Design Week Ja 2025 launch, held on Sunday, October 5, at the S Hotel, Kingston. The launch — which each yea...
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Track and field icon Fraser-Pryce crowned at ATHLOS event
October 11, 2025
Jamaican sprint queen Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce was honoured on Friday at the inaugural ATHLOS event at Icahn Stadium in New York in celebration of her ...
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‘We want some closure’
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Jayden Smith’s guardians hurt by rumours and misinformation
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
October 11, 2025
NEWPORT, Manchester — Even as the guardians of missing Manchester schoolboy Jayden Smith on Friday welcomed the widening of the search by the police t...
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Targets hit, but
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...Vaz admits hiccups in rural school bus roll-out despite strong ridership numbers
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
October 11, 2025
ONE month into operation and the Government’s Rural School Bus Programme has exceeded expectations in ridership, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz reported...
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Come back home, Tufton urges health professionals
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Come back home, Tufton urges health professionals
1,730 vacancies in western Jamaica alone
Anthony Lewis, Observer writer 
October 11, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says incentives will be provided to specialised health professionals who ha...
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MPower-ing conversation on M Factor today
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MPower-ing conversation on M Factor today
October 11, 2025
In the lead-up to World Menopause Day on October 18, MPower, a Jamaican women-led advocacy group committed to reshaping the menopause conversation acr...
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McClaren’s Reggae Boyz embarrassingly exposed in 0-2 loss to Curacao
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 11, 2025
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz left the Ergilio Hato Stadium frustrated and disappointed on Friday night following a 0-2 defeat at the ha...
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West Indies endure ‘tough’ start to 2nd Test vs India
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West Indies endure ‘tough’ start to 2nd Test vs India
October 11, 2025
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Prolific opener Yashasvi Jaiswal smacked 173 not out as India moved ominously towards a massive first-innings total in the se...
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Determined Devine leads New Zealand to crushing win over Bangladesh
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Determined Devine leads New Zealand to crushing win over Bangladesh
October 11, 2025
GUWAHATI, India (AFP) — New Zealand Captain Sophie Devine continued her golden run of form with a gutsy 63 to help the Kiwis to their first win at the...
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Fearless Force seeks redemption in the I’msatisfied Trophy feature
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Fearless Force seeks redemption in the I’msatisfied Trophy feature
October 11, 2025
Aiming to bounce back from a lacklustre performance in the recent Gold Cup, four-year-old American-bred dark bay/brown filly Fearless Force comes into...
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Gujurat, Miss Cookie win third quarter of tipsters’ competition
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Gujurat, Miss Cookie win third quarter of tipsters’ competition
October 11, 2025
Anthony “Gujurat” Allen and Bernadette “Miss Cookie” Bishope resumed their winning streak in the 2025 Capital Betting and Wagering Limited/Jamaica Obs...
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Serena Williams to crown Fraser Pryce at ATHLOS event
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Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce who recently announced her retirement from track and field is set to be crowned by retired professional tenn...
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‘Sugar daddy’ charged with killing lover and her family in Pennsylvania
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Dutch prosecutors set to pursue a 9.5 year sentence against Jah Cure
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Brace for unstable weather conditions this weekend — Met Service
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ONE month into operation and the Government’s Rural School Bus Programme has exceeded expectations in ridership, Transport Minister Daryl Vaz reported...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – One person is feared dead after a fire incident at the Gallery Apartments on Oxford Road in New Kingston on Thursday morning. It i...
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