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Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno

BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28 12:20 AM

Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...

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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award

August 28 12:18 AM

Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award

Entertainment

Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards

Kevin Jackson

August 28 12:16 AM

Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards

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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet

Clarendon food company targets regional exports as it expands cold storage and manufacturing

BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28 12:14 AM

Nations Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet; eyes regional exports

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ISSA president looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28 12:12 AM

ISSA boss looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off

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BYD welcomes ATTO 8

BY RORY DALEY Observer writer editorial@jamaiaobserver.com

August 28 12:10 AM

BYD welcomes ATTO 8

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Sole survivor stitches dad’s legacy into every shoe

Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer

August 28 12:06 AM

Sole survivor stitches dad’s legacy into every shoe

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Williams: Gov’t made ‘very good offer’ to teachers; awaits JTA response

BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28 12:05 AM

Williams: Gov’t made ‘very good offer’ to teachers; awaits JTA response

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JCF and Inter-American Development Bank partner to strengthen domestic and sexual violence response

July 28, 2026

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), through its Domestic Violence Intervention Centres (DVICs), in collaboration with the Inter-...

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Jamaican sentenced to 40 months in prison for violent abuse of two partners

July 16, 2026

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) – A 45-year-old Jamaican national has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after admitting to a sustain...

International News, Latest News

Pope promises abuse victims Church will do more to change

June 8, 2026

MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday promised victims of sexual violence by Catholic clergy that the Church would make "additional efforts" to...

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Spain and Catholic Church sign deal to compensate abuse victims

March 30, 2026

MADIRD, Spain (AFP) — The Spanish government and the Catholic Church signed an agreement Monday to compensate victims of sexual abuse by clergy in cas...

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UK mother jailed for keeping woman as ‘house slave’ for 25 years

March 12, 2026

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A United Kingdom (UK) judge on Thursday jailed for 13 years a mother-of-10 who forced a vulnerable woman to work as a "...

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Violence against women ‘a global emergency’, says UN

February 27, 2026

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) —The United Nations (UN) rights chief on Friday decried mounting threats to women's rights worldwide, highlighting rampant f...

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76-y-o Christian camp leader jailed for drugging, sexually abusing boys

February 6, 2026

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A court in England on Friday jailed a man for more than 31 years for drugging and sexually abusing young boys at a Chri...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 13, 2025

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— The wife of Arsenal forward Kai Havertz has shared screenshots of "shocking" abuse she received on social media, includi...

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Archbishop of Canterbury to end official duties on January 6

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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Courage under fire

Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno

BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28, 2026

Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...

News

Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award

August 28, 2026

Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award

Entertainment

Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards

Kevin Jackson

August 28, 2026

Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards

Business, ...

Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet

Clarendon food company targets regional exports as it expands cold storage and manufacturing

BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28, 2026

Nations Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet; eyes regional exports

Sports

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ISSA president looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

August 28, 2026

ISSA boss looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off

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