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Cuba works to restore power after another blackout
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Cuba works to restore power after another blackout
September 19 11:20 AM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba worked Saturday to restore power after its seventh major blackout of the year, as the communist-run island grappled with woe...
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Singer Dee and Richie Spice join forces on ‘Treat Mama Good’
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Singer Dee and Richie Spice join forces on ‘Treat Mama Good’
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During a conversation with Bobby Digital many years ago, Singer Dee said the famed producer advised him that collaborating with a brand artiste, would...
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Skillibeng enters iTunes Top 10 in 24 hours with ‘General’
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Skillibeng enters iTunes Top 10 in 24 hours with ‘General’
September 19 10:36 AM
International dancehall artiste Skillibeng has earned early chart success with his latest release,  General , which entered the top 10 of the iTunes R...
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Holness, Fitz-Henley dialogue with host of UWI’s regional guild leaders
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Holness, Fitz-Henley dialogue with host of UWI’s regional guild leaders
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called on the guild leadership of several University of the West Indies campuses in Jamaica to e...
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Displaced squatters say today is deadline for their tents to be relocated but they are still to receive promised grants
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
September 19 12:30 AM
COOPER’S PEN, Trelawny — Residents here whose homes were demolished on August 11 say they are being forced to choose between accepting relocation gran...
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Hundreds says final farewell to attorney-at-law George Soutar
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MEMBERS of the legal, religious, business, and political fraternity gathered at the University Chapel on Friday to wish farewell to renowned attorney-...
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Dated merger plan drives family services shake-up
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Dated merger plan drives family services shake-up
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 19 12:26 AM
MINISTER with responsibility for youth Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon says the current leadership shake-up at the island’s two primary State family serv...
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CUPS back on The Rock
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CUPS back on The Rock
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 19 12:26 AM
A fter approximately 11 years of building its reputation on New York’s entertainment scene, CUPS returns to Jamaica for its second staging on the isla...
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Cuba works to restore power after another blackout
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba worked Saturday to restore power after its seventh major blackout of the year, as the communist-run island grappled with woe...
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Trump’s targeting of Haitian immigrants takes toll on US healthcare system
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Trump’s targeting of Haitian immigrants takes toll on US healthcare system
September 18, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Like many Haitian healthcare workers in the United States (US), Rachelle has been forced into hiding by US President...
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Trinidad man sentenced to 18 years for repeatedly sexually abusing boy
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Trinidad man sentenced to 18 years for repeatedly sexually abusing boy
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A High Court judge in Trinidad on Friday sentenced a 48-year-old man to 18 years in prison after he was found guilty o...
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Cuba hit with seventh major blackout of the year
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Cuba hit with seventh major blackout of the year
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba was plunged into its seventh massive blackout of the year on Friday, the energy ministry said, as fuel shortages bite on th...
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Guyana says trade with China exceeded US$1 billion last year
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Prime Minister Mark Phillips says Guyana’s trade with China reached approximately US$1.8 billion in 2025, while the country...
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T&T Gov’t defends constitutionality of new crime legislation
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government is defending the constitutionality of a new crime legislation it piloted Friday, on...
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Antigua and Barbuda, US to resume talks on third-country nationals
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda and the United States are expected to resume discussions shortly on the possible reception of a ...
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Haitians return to school under shadow of gang violence
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — When UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the ...
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PAHO provides new opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean to access HIV drugs
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is providing new opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbe...
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St Kitts PM Drew confirms stroke, says recovery going well
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FLORIDA, United States (CMC)—St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew on Sunday confirmed that he had suffered a stroke late last month, but...
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Trinidad PM targets wealthy citizens ‘involved’ in crime
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has issued a warning to persons residing in the wealthy areas mainly in the west...
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Guyana reaffirms confidence in International Court of Justice
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — President Irfaan Ali says Guyana remains confident that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in its favour in...
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St Kitts PM confirms stroke, but recovering well
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St Kitts PM confirms stroke, but recovering well
September 13, 2026
FLORIDA, United States (CMC) – St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew confirmed Sunday that he had suffered a stroke late last month but t...
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SpaceX set to sponsor Commonwealth Business Forum; Musk may attend CHOGM 2026
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, says SpaceX is expected to become a major sponsor of the Commonwealth...
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Bermuda remembers nationals killed in September 11 terrorist attacks
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC)—Bermuda is marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attack on the United States by members of the extremist gro...
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PANCAP urges stronger suicide prevention action
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) is calling for stronger action to prevent suicide and protect m...
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Appeal Court reserves judgement in matter involving Jamaica-born attorney
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Appeal Court reserves judgement in matter involving Jamaica-born attorney
September 9, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Court of Appeal has reserved its judgement in a case in which the Jamaican-born British King's Counsel Vincent Nel...
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New report says digital trade can unlock growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
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New report says digital trade can unlock growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
September 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)—A new report on Tuesday suggests that international trade that is ordered or delivered online has quintupled in two de...
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Shootings mar West Indian American carnival parade in Brooklyn
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September 8, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Three people were injured in separate shootings near Monday’s West Indian American Day Carnival Parade in Brooklyn, ma...
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Caricom urges closer collaboration with Africa
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Caricom urges closer collaboration with Africa
September 7, 2026
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chairman, Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, on Monday urged Africa and the Caribbean regions t...
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Cuba denounces ‘record’ economic damage from US embargo
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Cuba denounces ‘record’ economic damage from US embargo
September 7, 2026
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—The United States (US) embargo on Cuba incurred "record" losses of over $8 billion on the communist island between March last year ...
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Antigua PM calls for partnership and renewed action on reparatory justice
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda is on Monday marking Africa-Caricom Day 2026 with Prime Minister Gaston Browne calling for a new era of...
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COOPER’S PEN, Trelawny — Residents here whose homes were demolished on August 11 say they are being forced to choose between accepting relocation gran...
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MEMBERS of the legal, religious, business, and political fraternity gathered at the University Chapel on Friday to wish farewell to renowned attorney-...
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