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Shenseea scores 5th entry on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart with Daddy Yankee collaboration
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Shenseea scores 5th entry on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart with Daddy Yankee collaboration
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
May 27 11:26 AM
Shenseea has earned her fifth entry on Billboard's Rhythmic Airplay chart, thanks to her collaboration Echo (FIFA World Cup 2026) with reggaeton artis...
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Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
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Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
May 27 10:25 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the appointment of Ambassador Major General Antony Anderson as chief executive officer...
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YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
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YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
May 27 09:19 AM
PARIS, France (AFP) — YouTube will in future automatically detect artificial intelligence (AI) generated content and flag the information to viewers o...
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Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
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Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27 09:15 AM
Double World Under-20 record holder Jaydon Hibbert is set to return to competition on Wednesday when he competes in the men’s triple jump at the JBL J...
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Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
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Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27 09:06 AM
An analyst from the Government Forensic Laboratory revealed on Tuesday that DNA belonging to an unidentified male was found in the motor vehicle in wh...
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Caribbean Week opens in New York on June 1
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Caribbean Week opens in New York on June 1
May 27 08:07 AM
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Albert Bryan Jr, will be part of a high-level Caribbean Tourism O...
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US preparing Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya — WSJ
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US preparing Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya — WSJ
May 27 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) plans to open a quarantine centre in Kenya, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as a...
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WHO chief says DR Congo facing ‘catastrophic collision’ of Ebola and war
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WHO chief says DR Congo facing ‘catastrophic collision’ of Ebola and war
May 27 07:56 AM
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo wa...
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PNP’s Newell says gov’t still falling short on environmental promises
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PNP’s Newell says gov’t still falling short on environmental promises
May 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesperson on Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, says the Government continues to announce environmenta...
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PNP spokesperson on environment welcomes landmark Dry Harbour mining ruling
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PNP spokesperson on environment welcomes landmark Dry Harbour mining ruling
April 30, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Opposition Spokesperson on Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, has welcomed Wednesday’s landmark ruling by Jamaica's...
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Emperor penguins listed as endangered species — IUCN
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Emperor penguins listed as endangered species — IUCN
April 9, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to ext...
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‘No scientific evidence to suggest John Crow population on decline’
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‘No scientific evidence to suggest John Crow population on decline’
…Reports of fewer sightings post-Hurricane Melissa largely anecdotal, says experts
BY KELSEY THOMAS Online coordinator thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 18, 2026
Amid public concerns about a possible decline in the local population of John Crows, formally known as turkey vultures, environmental experts say ther...
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Newell calls for immediate transfer of NEPA to environment ministry
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Newell calls for immediate transfer of NEPA to environment ministry
February 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  People’s National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, is calling on the Government to...
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US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains
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US threatens to leave IEA if net zero focus remains
February 19, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The United States (US) stepped up pressure on the International Energy Agency on Thursday to drop net zero from its agenda, givi...
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UK zoo says tiny snail ‘back from brink’ of extinction
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UK zoo says tiny snail ‘back from brink’ of extinction
February 6, 2026
CHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — A minuscule snail once thought to have disappeared has been saved from the edge of extinction, a British zoo said Satu...
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Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 15
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Chile declares emergency as wildfires kill at least 15
January 18, 2026
SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) — Wildfires burning out of control in southern Chile have killed at least 15 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate, the...
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US withdrawal from UN climate treaty ‘regrettable’ — EU’s Hoekstra
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US withdrawal from UN climate treaty ‘regrettable’ — EU’s Hoekstra
January 8, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — The European Union’s (EU) climate chief said Thursday that Europe would keep working with other nations to tackle global warming...
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France pushes back plastic cup ban by four years
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France pushes back plastic cup ban by four years
December 30, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government on Tuesday postponed a ban on plastic throwaway cups by four years to 2030 because of difficulties finding...
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Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
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Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
November 17, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and...
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Slow but savage: Why hurricanes like Melissa are becoming more common
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Slow but savage: Why hurricanes like Melissa are becoming more common
October 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Fuelled by abnormally warm Caribbean waters, Hurricane Melissa exploded into a Category 5 cyclone while moving at li...
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Climate advisers warn UK to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
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Climate advisers warn UK to prepare for 2C warming by 2050
October 15, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — United Kingdom (UK) climate advisers warned the government for the first time on Wednesday to prepare for 2C of global ...
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Veggie ‘burgers’ face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
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Veggie ‘burgers’ face the chop as EU lawmakers back labeling ban
October 8, 2025
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) — The European Parliament voted Wednesday to ban the use of meat-related terms including "burger" and "steak" to market plant...
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Jamaican journalist awarded Turkish scholarship
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Jamaican journalist awarded Turkish scholarship
September 29, 2025
A Jamaican environmental advocate and communications professional has   been awarded the highly competitive Türkiye Burslari Scholarship. The scholars...
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Canada wildlife decline ‘most severe’ in decades — WWF
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Canada wildlife decline ‘most severe’ in decades — WWF
September 22, 2025
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Biodiversity in Canada has plunged 10 per cent over the last half century, with hundreds of species facing extinction, the Wo...
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No significant environmental threat found following St Catherine train derailment, says NEPA
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No significant environmental threat found following St Catherine train derailment, says NEPA
August 12, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Following UC Rusal’s bauxite train derailment in the Bog Walk Gorge on Saturday, August 9, the National Environment and Planni...
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Lioness present in Central Africa for first time in 6 years  — NGO
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Lioness present in Central Africa for first time in 6 years — NGO
August 8, 2025
LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AFP) — A conservation group says it has photographic evidence of the presence of a female lion in a national park in northeastern C...
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Italy fines fast-fashion giant Shein for ‘green’ claims
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Italy fines fast-fashion giant Shein for ‘green’ claims
August 4, 2025
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Italy's competition watchdog said Monday it has fined the company responsible for Shein's websites in Europe one million euros ($1...
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren’t harmful
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Trump administration expected to say greenhouse gases aren’t harmful
July 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to upend a foundational scientific determina...
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Third loose monkey captured — NEPA
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Third loose monkey captured — NEPA
…agency working with partners to identify responsible individual for legal action
July 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) says all three monkeys that were reported loose in the Stony Hill area earlier...
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Two of three loose monkeys caught in Stony Hill — NEPA
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Two of three loose monkeys caught in Stony Hill — NEPA
July 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two of three monkeys which were spotted in trees on a property in Stony Hill on Monday were caught, according to the National Envi...
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Shenseea scores 5th entry on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart with Daddy Yankee collaboration
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Shenseea scores 5th entry on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart with Daddy Yankee collaboration
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
May 27, 2026
Shenseea has earned her fifth entry on Billboard's Rhythmic Airplay chart, thanks to her collaboration Echo (FIFA World Cup 2026) with reggaeton artis...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
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Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the appointment of Ambassador Major General Antony Anderson as chief executive officer...
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YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
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YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
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PARIS, France (AFP) — YouTube will in future automatically detect artificial intelligence (AI) generated content and flag the information to viewers o...
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Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
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Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Double World Under-20 record holder Jaydon Hibbert is set to return to competition on Wednesday when he competes in the men’s triple jump at the JBL J...
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Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
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Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2026
An analyst from the Government Forensic Laboratory revealed on Tuesday that DNA belonging to an unidentified male was found in the motor vehicle in wh...
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