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Iberostar Hotels & Resorts reopens its  Rose Hall hotel complex
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Iberostar Hotels & Resorts reopens its Rose Hall hotel complex
December 3 08:37 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has officially reopened its three-hotel Rose Hall complex in St James, marking an important boost for J...
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Opposition demands stronger oversight of Govt’s Hurricane relief distribution
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Opposition demands stronger oversight of Govt’s Hurricane relief distribution
December 3 08:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is calling for a more robust and transparent system to track the distribution of gove...
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Kingston College and Mona crash out of Manning Cup
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Kingston College and Mona crash out of Manning Cup
December 3 08:02 PM
The last two Manning Cup champions, Kingston College and Mona High were eliminated from the competition after battling to similar 2-2 draws against Ca...
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Jimmy Cliff among the ‘very last’ of major figures who made reggae global – Steffens
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Jimmy Cliff among the ‘very last’ of major figures who made reggae global – Steffens
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 3 07:11 PM
Observer Online presents the third story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81. ...
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Chinese businesswoman injured in St Andrew home invasion, security officer shot
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Chinese businesswoman injured in St Andrew home invasion, security officer shot
December 3 06:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Chinese businesswoman and a Hawkeye security officer were wounded during a home invasion on Haining Road in St Andrew on Wednesd...
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MLSS reaffirms commitment to accessibility as Jamaica marks International Day for persons with disabilities
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MLSS reaffirms commitment to accessibility as Jamaica marks International Day for persons with disabilities
December 3 05:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) has restated its commitment to creating a more inclusive and accessible Jamaica ...
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Forex: $161.26 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.26 to one US dollar
December 3 04:56 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, December 3, ended trading at $161.26, up by 11 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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Business community pleased as cruise ships return to MoBay
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Business community pleased as cruise ships return to MoBay
December 3 04:47 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — As Jamaica’s recovery following Hurricane Melissa continues to take shape, the business community in St James- Montego Bay in part...
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Selfie-based age checks boom as gov’ts push for online controls
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Selfie-based age checks boom as gov’ts push for online controls
November 29, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector of...
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Missing Manchester mother and three children found at Westmoreland shelter
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Missing Manchester mother and three children found at Westmoreland shelter
November 12, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester woman and her three children, who were reported missing since October 25, were found safe at a shelter in Darliston...
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#MelissaAftermath: Brompton children plead for food and water
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#MelissaAftermath: Brompton children plead for food and water
November 3, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Days after Category Five Hurricane Melissa devastated the island last Tuesday, children in the severely affected community of ...
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Children, 9 and 10, charged with attempted murder and rape in brutal attack on 5-y-o in US
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Children, 9 and 10, charged with attempted murder and rape in brutal attack on 5-y-o in US
October 16, 2025
A nine-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder and rape following an attack on a five-year-old girl in Cleveland, ...
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HTCC wants automatic $1 million bounty for child killers
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HTCC wants automatic $1 million bounty for child killers
October 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—In the wake of what it describes as a “horrifying wave of heartbreaking reports of children being killed”, lobby group Hear The Chil...
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EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children
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EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children
October 10, 2025
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The European Union (EU) Friday demanded digital giants including Snapchat and YouTube explain how they are protecting childr...
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Number of children displaced in Haiti nearly doubles to 680,000—UNICEF
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Number of children displaced in Haiti nearly doubles to 680,000—UNICEF
October 8, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP)—An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ...
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EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media
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EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media
September 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — European Union (EU) chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday threw her support behind growing calls to ban social...
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Children killed in drone attack in Haiti
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Children killed in drone attack in Haiti
September 23, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The director of the Haiti Observatory within the Global Initiative Against Organised Crime, Romain Le Cour, has called o...
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HTCC urges security forces to spare no effort in apprehending child murderers
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HTCC urges security forces to spare no effort in apprehending child murderers
September 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Director of lobby group Hear The Children’s Cry (HTCC), Nigel Cooper, is urging the security forces to use every available resourc...
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England moves to ban sale of energy drinks to children
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England moves to ban sale of energy drinks to children
September 3, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — High-caffeine energy drinks such as Red Bull will be banned for sale to youths under 16 in England under plans announce...
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Irish woman abducted in Haiti released with other hostages — Ireland
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Irish woman abducted in Haiti released with other hostages — Ireland
August 29, 2025
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — An Irishwoman and several other people abducted from an orphanage in Haiti earlier this month have all been released, Ireland'...
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Panama says Haiti’s children need more than ‘statistics’ and ‘speeches’
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Panama says Haiti’s children need more than ‘statistics’ and ‘speeches’
August 29, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — Panama has told the United Nations (UN) Security Council that not providing the US$908 million required for the Haiti humanitar...
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Meta under scrutiny over AI policy that allows bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children
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Meta under scrutiny over AI policy that allows bots have ‘sensual’ conversations with children
August 15, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - A United States (US)  senator on Friday announced an investigation into whether Meta AI chatbots were allowed to ...
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Six sentenced over Guatemala blaze that killed 41 orphans
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Six sentenced over Guatemala blaze that killed 41 orphans
August 12, 2025
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AFP) — A Guatemalan court on Tuesday sentenced six former officials to jail for their role in a 2017 orphanage fire that ki...
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Jamaica among countries with lowest fertility rates
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Jamaica among countries with lowest fertility rates
August 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica now has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 2025 State...
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76-y-o man before court, accused of lacing sweets at kids camp
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76-y-o man before court, accused of lacing sweets at kids camp
August 2, 2025
LONDON. United Kingdom (AFP) — A 76-year-old man appeared in a British court on Saturday accused of lacing sweets with sedatives and causing several c...
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‘Poisoning’ arrest at UK childrens summer camp
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‘Poisoning’ arrest at UK childrens summer camp
July 31, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — United Kingdom (UK) police said on Thursday they had arrested a 76-year-old man on suspicion of administering poison af...
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UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
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UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
July 25, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — New United Kingdom (UK) age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force ...
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Belize introduces rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrheal illnesses in children
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Belize introduces rotavirus vaccine to prevent diarrheal illnesses in children
July 23, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belizean health authorities have introduced the rotavirus vaccine into the country’s national vaccination schedule, describin...
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Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition and starvation
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Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition and starvation
July 22, 2025
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP)-The head of Gaza's largest hospital on Tuesday said 21 children have died due to malnutrition and starvation ...
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Amber Group to fund education for employees’ children across all locations
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Amber Group to fund education for employees’ children across all locations
June 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As it marks its 10th anniversary, Jamaican-founded tech firm Amber Group has announced a new initiative to cover up to 100 per cen...
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Iberostar Hotels & Resorts reopens its  Rose Hall hotel complex
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has officially reopened its three-hotel Rose Hall complex in St James, marking an important boost for J...
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Opposition demands stronger oversight of Govt’s Hurricane relief distribution
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Opposition demands stronger oversight of Govt’s Hurricane relief distribution
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is calling for a more robust and transparent system to track the distribution of gove...
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Kingston College and Mona crash out of Manning Cup
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Kingston College and Mona crash out of Manning Cup
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The last two Manning Cup champions, Kingston College and Mona High were eliminated from the competition after battling to similar 2-2 draws against Ca...
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Jimmy Cliff among the ‘very last’ of major figures who made reggae global – Steffens
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Jimmy Cliff among the ‘very last’ of major figures who made reggae global – Steffens
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
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Observer Online presents the third story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81. ...
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Chinese businesswoman injured in St Andrew home invasion, security officer shot
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Chinese businesswoman injured in St Andrew home invasion, security officer shot
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Chinese businesswoman and a Hawkeye security officer were wounded during a home invasion on Haining Road in St Andrew on Wednesd...
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