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Marcue enters iTunes Top 10 Chart with ‘Just Can’t Let Go’
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Marcue enters iTunes Top 10 Chart with ‘Just Can’t Let Go’
May 12 09:51 PM
Buzzing recording artiste Marcue is breaking barriers locally and internationally. The multifaceted entertainer says he is happy with the direction hi...
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Ricketts excited after appointment as Calabar head coach
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Ricketts excited after appointment as Calabar head coach
May 12 09:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Newly appointed technical director of Calabar High football, Kemar Ricketts, said he is grateful to be a part of a school with such ...
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Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
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Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
May 12 09:08 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Five residents of Salt Spring have been recognised by Project STAR as community champions, honoured for their consistent volunteeris...
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Regional countries urged to expand the role of nursing to strengthen health systems
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Regional countries urged to expand the role of nursing to strengthen health systems
May 12 08:47 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)–The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Tuesday called on Caribbean countries to take decisive action to streng...
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Brazil’s Lula launches plan to fight organised crime ahead of elections year
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Brazil’s Lula launches plan to fight organised crime ahead of elections year
May 12 08:41 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP)—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday launched a new plan to combat organised crime as he faces mounting pre...
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KC part ways with Vassell Reynolds
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KC part ways with Vassell Reynolds
May 12 07:54 PM
Kingston College (KC) have parted ways with technical director Vassell Reynolds while promoting Under-16 coach Jermaine Miller to take charge of the U...
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Iran says US must accept its peace plan or face ‘failure’
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Iran says US must accept its peace plan or face ‘failure’
May 12 07:48 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's chief negotiator said Tuesday that Washington must accept Tehran's latest peace plan or face failure, after US President Don...
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Jamaicans cannot eat fiscal credibility, says Hylton
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Jamaicans cannot eat fiscal credibility, says Hylton
May 12 07:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesman on Trade, Industry and Global Logistics, Anthony Hylton, says the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has bec...
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AI use surges globally but rich-poor divide widens, Microsoft says
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AI use surges globally but rich-poor divide widens, Microsoft says
May 7, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Generative artificial intelligence is being used by 17.8 per cent of the world's working-age population, but the...
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ChatGPT creator tells leaders AI regulation ‘urgently’ needed
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ChatGPT creator tells leaders AI regulation ‘urgently’ needed
February 19, 2026
NEW DEHLI, India (AFP) —  The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said Thursday at a summit in New Delhi ...
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UNESCO celebrates radio’s role in preserving authentic Caribbean voices amid AI advances
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UNESCO celebrates radio’s role in preserving authentic Caribbean voices amid AI advances
February 13, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has commended the vital role of radio in t...
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, is urging young Jamaicans to move beyon...
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AI-driven quality assurance needed for local BPO sector, says Epstein
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AI-driven quality assurance needed for local BPO sector, says Epstein
February 10, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape the global customer service landscape, major players in Jamaica’s business pr...
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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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Marcue enters iTunes Top 10 Chart with ‘Just Can’t Let Go’
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Marcue enters iTunes Top 10 Chart with ‘Just Can’t Let Go’
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Buzzing recording artiste Marcue is breaking barriers locally and internationally. The multifaceted entertainer says he is happy with the direction hi...
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Ricketts excited after appointment as Calabar head coach
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Ricketts excited after appointment as Calabar head coach
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Newly appointed technical director of Calabar High football, Kemar Ricketts, said he is grateful to be a part of a school with such ...
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Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
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Project STAR honours five Salt Spring community champions
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ST JAMES, Jamaica—Five residents of Salt Spring have been recognised by Project STAR as community champions, honoured for their consistent volunteeris...
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Regional countries urged to expand the role of nursing to strengthen health systems
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Regional countries urged to expand the role of nursing to strengthen health systems
May 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)–The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Tuesday called on Caribbean countries to take decisive action to streng...
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Brazil’s Lula launches plan to fight organised crime ahead of elections year
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Brazil’s Lula launches plan to fight organised crime ahead of elections year
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