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Protection of wetlands linked to long-term development goals
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Protection of wetlands linked to long-term development goals
February 2 02:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the protection of wetlands is critical to achieving the co...
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Police capture wanted man ‘Bones’ for murder
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Police capture wanted man ‘Bones’ for murder
February 2 02:53 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica—The St Mary police have captured a man wanted for a murder in Jack Vale district, Bull Bay, St Andrew, in November 2025. Thirty-two -...
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Belgium’s Prince Laurent admits meeting Epstein twice
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Belgium’s Prince Laurent admits meeting Epstein twice
February 2 02:40 PM
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgium's Prince Laurent said Monday he had two "one-on-one" meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, after his name appeared in files rela...
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Teacher charged following seizure of firearms, ammo at his home in Portmore
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Teacher charged following seizure of firearms, ammo at his home in Portmore
February 2 02:36 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica—A 44-year-old teacher has been charged with possession of prohibited weapon, dealing in prohibited weapon, unauthorised possessi...
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Percy Junor Hospital get US$30,000 in supplies
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Percy Junor Hospital get US$30,000 in supplies
February 2 01:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Percy Junor Hospital (PJH) in Manchester has received a donation of supplies from newly formed United States (US) based diaspo...
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Tourism minister says Jamaica on track to achieve good winter season
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Tourism minister says Jamaica on track to achieve good winter season
February 2 12:26 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says Jamaica’s tourism sector is rallying from the after effects of Hurricane Melissa with r...
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Jolyan Silvera pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife’s death
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Jolyan Silvera pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife’s death
February 2 12:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 shooting d...
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St Kitts and Nevis implements new initiative to safeguard CBI programme
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St Kitts and Nevis implements new initiative to safeguard CBI programme
February 2 11:44 AM
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — The St Kitts and Nevis authorities say they are implementing biometric data collection for both new Citizenship by Invest...
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‘The future is human’
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‘The future is human’
EY Caribbean forum highlights need for people-focused technological development amid AI boom
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 15, 2026
Amid the proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, professional services organisation EY Caribbean is urging regional wor...
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
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Samsung plans US$310 billion investment to power AI expansion
November 16, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korean conglomerate Samsung unveiled on Sunday a plan to invest US$310 billion over the next five years mostly in te...
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
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‘Vibe coding’ named word of the year by Collins dictionary
November 6, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- "Vibe coding," a word that essentially means using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell a machine what you want instea...
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: AI-generated fakes proliferate as hurricane nears Jamaica
October 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Artificial intelligence (AI) generated videos were clogging social media feeds Monday as Hurricane Melissa surged to...
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OpenAI halts MLK videos as deepfakes of dead celebrities spark outrage
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OpenAI halts MLK videos as deepfakes of dead celebrities spark outrage
October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- OpenAI has suspended its Sora 2 artificial intelligence tool from creating videos of civil rights icon Martin Luthe...
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Citi introduces generative AI tools across departments
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Citi introduces generative AI tools across departments
October 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica, — Citigroup Inc has rolled out four new generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its compliance, risk, human resources,...
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California enacts first US law requiring AI chatbot safety measures
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California enacts first US law requiring AI chatbot safety measures
October 13, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — California governor Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a first-of-its-kind law regulating artificial intellig...
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OpenAI announces Broadcom partnership to build AI chips
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OpenAI announces Broadcom partnership to build AI chips
October 13, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) —  OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced Monday it is teaming up with chip giant Broadcom to design and bui...
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Creator says AI actress is ‘piece of art’ after backlash
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Creator says AI actress is ‘piece of art’ after backlash
September 29, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The creator of an AI actress who exploded across the internet over the weekend has insisted she is an artwork, afte...
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AI may boost global trade value by nearly 40% — WTO
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AI may boost global trade value by nearly 40% — WTO
September 17, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Artificial intelligence (AI) could boost the value of global trade by almost 40 per cent by 2040, thanks to cost reduction...
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Japan political party to install AI leader
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Japan political party to install AI leader
September 16, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — An upstart Japanese political party said Tuesday it will install an artificial intelligence (AI) as leader after its maverick fou...
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Golding says no AI in PNP manifesto; pledges to ‘jook’ Jamaicans with credible plans
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Golding says no AI in PNP manifesto; pledges to ‘jook’ Jamaicans with credible plans
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Leader of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding has fired back at members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) w...
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NCU graduating nurses urged to resist ‘contamination’ by AI
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NCU graduating nurses urged to resist ‘contamination’ by AI
August 8, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – With the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) to the nursing profession, nursing graduates must maintain their humanity ...
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IDB launches call for artificial intelligence solutions to transform education
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IDB launches call for artificial intelligence solutions to transform education
August 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a regional call for proposals aimed at identifying and suppor...
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Pope warns against undermining human ‘dignity’ in AI, social media era
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Pope warns against undermining human ‘dignity’ in AI, social media era
July 29, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XVI on Tuesday called on the world to protect human "dignity" online as it faces the "challenge" of artificial...
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Police warn against interacting with AI video promoting fake investment scheme
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Police warn against interacting with AI video promoting fake investment scheme
July 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is warning the public not to interact with a video circulating on social media that falsely d...
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AIM Educational Services and Microsoft empower youth with AI bootcamp
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AIM Educational Services and Microsoft empower youth with AI bootcamp
July 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dozens of high school students from Jamaica and the United States got a head start on the future this summer, thanks to an initiat...
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CTU launches Caribbean AI task force
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CTU launches Caribbean AI task force
July 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad-based Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) has officially launched the Caribbean AI Task Force, descr...
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UWI staging artificial intelligence conference
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UWI staging artificial intelligence conference
June 24, 2025
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is being urged to become “the vanguards of the region’s digital transformation” ami...
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
June 20, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual develop...
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
June 18, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Meta offered US$100 million in bonuses to OpenAI employees in an unsuccessful bid to poach the ChatGPT maker's talent ...
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
May 28, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen...
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Protection of wetlands linked to long-term development goals
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda, says the protection of wetlands is critical to achieving the co...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Police capture wanted man ‘Bones’ for murder
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Police capture wanted man ‘Bones’ for murder
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ST MARY, Jamaica—The St Mary police have captured a man wanted for a murder in Jack Vale district, Bull Bay, St Andrew, in November 2025. Thirty-two -...
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Belgium’s Prince Laurent admits meeting Epstein twice
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Belgium’s Prince Laurent admits meeting Epstein twice
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Belgium's Prince Laurent said Monday he had two "one-on-one" meetings with Jeffrey Epstein, after his name appeared in files rela...
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Teacher charged following seizure of firearms, ammo at his home in Portmore
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Teacher charged following seizure of firearms, ammo at his home in Portmore
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica—A 44-year-old teacher has been charged with possession of prohibited weapon, dealing in prohibited weapon, unauthorised possessi...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Percy Junor Hospital get US$30,000 in supplies
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Percy Junor Hospital get US$30,000 in supplies
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