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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The Brent oil price reached nearly $107 a barrel Monday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement launched strikes on ...
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Seiveright apologises to Barita over social media post, acknowledges ‘unfair impression’
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Government Minister Delano Seiveright has expressed regret over a social media post concerning the pilot rollout of a product by the Barita Financial ...
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CAFFE must not be allowed to die
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CAFFE must not be allowed to die
October 12 05:55 AM
Jamaica cannot afford to take its democracy for granted. That is why the alarming financial plight of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAF...
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By-election breach
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By-election breach
CAFFE flags three municipalities for ignoring the law
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12 05:47 AM
CITIZENS Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) has joined calls for municipal corporations to hold four overdue by-elections, warning that the pr...
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Observer, NEPA launching Fi Wi Land environmental series October 19
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Observer, NEPA launching Fi Wi Land environmental series October 19
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Mandeville Lions to open free dental clinic for children
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Mandeville Lions to open free dental clinic for children
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12 05:41 AM
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Lions Club of Mandeville will open a free dental clinic for children on Wint Road in the coming weeks, following years of...
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$96 billion in missed opportunities
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$96 billion in missed opportunities
Opposition senator scolds Government for failing to utilise allocated funds
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12 05:39 AM
NEARLY $100 billion allocated to Jamaica’s capital budget over the past decade went unspent, leaving major road, water, and health infrastructure proj...
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Shaneil Muir steps into new season
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Shaneil Muir steps into new season
Entertainer finds her freedom, unlocks chart success
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October 12 05:38 AM
MUSICAL maturity has the ability to unlock a certain kind of confidence, one that arrives quietly and doesn’t need a grand announcement. It comes afte...
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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
September 18, 2026
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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Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
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Singapore criminalises AI-generated abuse images
August 14, 2026
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Singapore authorities prepare to enforce legislation that goes into effect on Monday, protecting citizens from online sex...
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JCF and Inter-American Development Bank partner to strengthen domestic and sexual violence 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
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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...
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Pope promises abuse victims Church will do more to change
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Pope promises abuse victims Church will do more to change
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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
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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
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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
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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
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76-y-o Christian camp leader jailed for drugging, sexually abusing boys
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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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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
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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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Seiveright apologises to Barita over social media post, acknowledges ‘unfair impression’
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Government Minister Delano Seiveright has expressed regret over a social media post concerning the pilot rollout of a product by the Barita Financial ...
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CAFFE must not be allowed to die
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CAFFE must not be allowed to die
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Jamaica cannot afford to take its democracy for granted. That is why the alarming financial plight of Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAF...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
By-election breach
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CAFFE flags three municipalities for ignoring the law
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12, 2026
CITIZENS Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) has joined calls for municipal corporations to hold four overdue by-elections, warning that the pr...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Observer, NEPA launching Fi Wi Land environmental series October 19
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Observer, NEPA launching Fi Wi Land environmental series October 19
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