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CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
February 8 12:20 AM
Adoption bottleneck
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:18 AM
Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:16 AM
Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Light at last!
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:14 AM
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Football lawyer Werners calls out JFF over registration delays
February 8 12:12 AM
Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
February 8 12:10 AM
Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:07 AM
‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:06 AM
Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Top-ranked Alcaraz, Sabalenka headline Australian Open day one
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Top-ranked Alcaraz, Sabalenka headline Australian Open day one
January 17, 2026
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Carlos Alcaraz will launch his bid for tennis history while women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka is also in action on...
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Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia
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Social media sites block 4.7 million underage accounts in Australia
January 15, 2026
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)-Tech giants have blocked 4.7 million accounts under Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the country's onli...
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Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban
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Meta urges Australia to change teen social media ban
January 12, 2026
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Tech giant Meta urged Australia on Monday to rethink its world-first social media ban for under-16s, while reporting that it...
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Australia to toughen gun laws as it mourns deadly Bondi attack
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Australia to toughen gun laws as it mourns deadly Bondi attack
December 15, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's leaders agreed Monday to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the wo...
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
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Death toll rises to 16 in Sydney beach shooting — police
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Sixteen people were killed and at least 40 others injured in a shooting at a Jewish festival celebration at Australia's Bond...
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Towels, bags and baby strollers littered Sydney's Bondi Beach Sunday -- the harrowing aftermath of the country's worst mass ...
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Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown
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Australia bans under-16s from social media in world-first crackdown
December 9, 2025
SYDENEY, Australia (AFP)—Australia banned young teenagers from social media on Wednesday, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue childre...
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica have been invited to compete at the Netball World Cup 2027 to be staged in Sydney, Australia, between August 25 to September...
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Reddit and Kick to be included in Australia’s social media ban
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Reddit and Kick to be included in Australia’s social media ban
November 4, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Popular social media website Reddit and streaming giant Kick will be added to a list of websites banned for under-16s in Aus...
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Turbulence among stars featured on Dasvibes’ ‘Dancehall Nice Again’ compilation
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Turbulence among stars featured on Dasvibes’ ‘Dancehall Nice Again’ compilation
October 25, 2025
Since his days as a sound system operator in Jamaica, one of Dasvibes’ objectives was to expose upcoming dancehall talent from the inner-city. He star...
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Twenty wounded in Sydney shooting
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Twenty wounded in Sydney shooting
October 5, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A man is in police custody after allegedly shooting up to a hundred bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding twenty peopl...
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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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WhatsApp, Twitch among sites that could face Australia under-16s social media ban
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WhatsApp, Twitch among sites that could face Australia under-16s social media ban
September 23, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Tech companies including WhatsApp and Reddit as well as streaming giant Twitch and gaming firm Roblox could be among more th...
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‘Large shark’ kills surfer off Australia beach
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‘Large shark’ kills surfer off Australia beach
September 6, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A "large shark" mauled a surfer to death at a popular Sydney beach on Saturday, Australian police and rescuers said, in a r...
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Australia joins countries suspending post to US
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Australia joins countries suspending post to US
August 25, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP)- Australia joined on Tuesday a string of countries suspending some postal deliveries to the United States, citing a "complex a...
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Husband feared Australia’s mushroom killer had poisoned him before
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Husband feared Australia’s mushroom killer had poisoned him before
August 8, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia's recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with bolognese pasta and chicken korma cur...
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West Indies fall to Australia in first T20
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West Indies fall to Australia in first T20
July 21, 2025
The West Indies lost their first T20 international against Australia at Sabina Park on Sunday night, going down by 3 wickets. Set to 190 to win, the A...
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Windies set Australia 190 to win in opening T20
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Windies set Australia 190 to win in opening T20
July 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Roston Chase and skipper Shai Hope blasted half centuries as West Indies posted 189-8 against Australia in the opening Twenty20 cr...
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Two youngsters named in West Indies T20 squad against Australia
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Two youngsters named in West Indies T20 squad against Australia
July 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There will be fresh faces on the pitch next week as two youngsters have been included in the West Indies squad as they prepare to ...
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Russell set to retire from international cricket after upcoming T20s at Sabina
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Russell set to retire from international cricket after upcoming T20s at Sabina
July 15, 2025
Jamaican superstar Andre Russell will make his final international appearance on home soil when the West Indies host Australia in the first two T20 in...
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West Indies all out for 27 as hosts suffer whitewash against Australia
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West Indies all out for 27 as hosts suffer whitewash against Australia
July 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) -- Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc produced a devastating opening spell as the West Indies were demolished for 27, the s...
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
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February 8, 2026
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Light at last!
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Light at last!
St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness
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February 8, 2026
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