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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16 10:26 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
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December 16 08:22 AM
TORONTO, Canada — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has expressed profound gratitude for the Canadian diaspora’s extraordinary leadership and genero...
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Tourism says it will launch the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), which aims to aid tourism w...
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BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16 12:20 AM
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Australia court fines man over $200,000 for deepfake porn
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Australia court fines man over $200,000 for deepfake porn
September 26, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A man in Australia was fined over AU$340,000 (US$222,000) on Friday for sharing deepfake porn videos of high-profile women, ...
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UK nursery worker jailed for abusing 21 babies
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UK nursery worker jailed for abusing 21 babies
September 26, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A judge on Friday jailed a nursery worker for eight years for a string of "gratuitous" and "sadistic" attacks on babies...
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Sex-abuse priest’s promotion draws ire on Catholic Church
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July 13, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new condemnatio...
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France detains 55 men in child sex abuse crackdown
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France detains 55 men in child sex abuse crackdown
May 22, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP)— Fifty-five men including a priest, a paramedic, and a music teacher were arrested in France this week as part of an operation to ...
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Gender minister calls for unity to end violence against women
May 21, 2025
KINGSTON Jamaica — Minister of Gender Olivia Grange is calling on all Jamaicans to work toward ending violence against women and girls. “We can end th...
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US teen forced to live in dog cage — prosecutor
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May 14, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US authorities have charged a couple who allegedly forced a teenager to live in a dog cage and abused her for years, t...
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
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Senator Brown wants Parliament to review ‘abusive’ fixed-term employment contracts
May 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has called for a review of Jamaica’s employment laws, in particular any that addresses the contr...
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Family members, caregivers the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans – MLSS
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Family members, caregivers the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans – MLSS
May 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Family members and caregivers are the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security ...
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Church of England rejects tougher oversight aimed at protecting children
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Church of England rejects tougher oversight aimed at protecting children
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 11, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -The scandal-hit Church of England triggered an outcry Tuesday, after rejecting tough new rules for safeguarding children...
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Havertz’s wife calls for respect after threats to unborn child
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Archbishop of Canterbury to end official duties on January 6
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November 20, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) Anglican church leader Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, said Wednesday he will step down on January 6 having resign...
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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December 16, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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