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Transfusion error costs UHWI $7.6 million

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com

October 23 12:20 AM

A woman mistakenly transfused with blood intended for another patient with the same first and last names at University Hospital of the West Indies (UH...

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Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud

October 23 12:18 AM

Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud

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It’s Timeless!

Armzhouse Records, Land Lawd Music collaborate on rhythm project

Kevin Jackson

October 23 12:16 AM

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Boys need more male teachers

BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com

October 23 12:16 AM

Boys need more male teachers

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63 schools rebuilt, 81 nearing completion, ministry reports

BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com

October 23 12:14 AM

63 schools rebuilt, 81 nearing completion, ministry reports

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WIGTON’S SOLAR SNAG

Wigton takes concerns to energy minister as unsigned JPS agreement holds up financing

Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 23 12:14 AM

Wigton takes concerns to energy minister as unsigned JPS agreement holds up financing

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Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years, IUCN warns

October 23 12:13 AM

Nearly all coral reefs risk collapse in 50 years, IUCN warns

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Bert’s expands into vehicle sales with Dongfeng partnership

Kellaray Miles | Reporter

October 23 12:13 AM

Bert’s expands into vehicle sales with Dongfeng partnership

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OAS chief urges Haiti to speed up election preparations

August 19, 2026

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday to speed up voter registrat...

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Haitian police search for kidnapped senior gov’t official amid election efforts

July 27, 2026

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haitian police are searching for the country’s Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Education, Ecclésiaste Théléma...

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Accompong Electoral Committee defies court injunction, says nominations will proceed

May 15, 2026

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Accompong Electoral Committee says nomination day activities scheduled for Friday in Accompong, St Elizabeth will proceed as p...

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Caricom observers say Bahamas election reflected the will of the people

May 14, 2026

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — A nine-member Caribbean Community (Caricom) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) has concluded that voters in The Bahamas we...

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Bruce Golding to head Commonwealth observation mission for Bahamas polls

April 30, 2026

Former prime minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, has been appointed to lead a Commonwealth observer group for The Bahamas’ general election scheduled ...

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Regional electoral officers discussing impact of AI on elections

April 22, 2026

LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC) — A regional training programme focusing on the growing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on elections is currently ...

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Almost 300 political parties, coalitions to participate in upcoming Haitian election

…list could increase

March 28, 2026

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has approved 282 political parties and coalitions to participate in upcoming...

Keshawn McGrath seeks Guild president position at UWI

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Haitian PM names new cabinet

March 4, 2026

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has named a new 17-member cabinet, noting that the “time for fine speeches ...

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Bishop Garth Minott elected new president of Jamaica Council of Churches

January 25, 2026

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Suffragan Bishop of Kingston, Garth Minott, has been elected President of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) for a two-year ter...

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Haitian group seeks Caricom intervention amid efforts to remove prime minister

January 24, 2026

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The National Conference of Actors for New Governance (NCANG) in Haiti has written to Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secre...

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Maureen Webber appointed ECJ commissioner

January 9, 2026

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Maureen Webber has been appointed as Nominated Commissioner on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ). Her appointment, which b...

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Vincentians vote as Gonsalves vies for 6th stint in gov’t

November 27, 2025

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — More than 103,000 voters are going to the 250 polling stations in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday to elect a n...

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Israel’s Netanyahu says will run for PM in next year’s election

October 18, 2025

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he would run for office in the November 2026 elections and e...

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Kingston mayor leads post election clean-up

September 21, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Kingston Mayor Andrew Swaby on Sunday removed political signs, paraphernalia and draping from sections of the municipality and urg...

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Government dynamics could shift with Opposition boost, says Professor Waller

September 4, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) securing 29 seats in the 2025 General Election, Dr Lloyd Waller, professor of di...

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Action needed to drive up election turnout, says lecturer

September 4, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government and political parties will have to use information and appeal to civic responsibility to combat voter apathy in the...

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Morris Dixon says JLP executed a clean political campaign

September 4, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Dana Morris Dixon says the party, under Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ direction, executed a clea...

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Portland Eastern, Kingston Central among seats that JLP will be ‘looking at closely’ in official count

September 4, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — While it is confident that it has retained the 34 constituencies awarded to it on election night, after the preliminary count, the...

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PSOJ congratulates JLP on election victory, highlights low voter turnout

September 4, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is extending congratulations to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on securing vict...

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General Elections: Shaw flips St Thomas Eastern for PNP

September 3, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Yvonne Shaw has won the St Thomas Eastern seat in the 2025 General Election, based on prelimin...

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Blood blunder

Transfusion error costs UHWI $7.6 million

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com

October 23, 2026

A woman mistakenly transfused with blood intended for another patient with the same first and last names at University Hospital of the West Indies (UH...

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Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud

October 23, 2026

Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud