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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 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
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Boys need more male teachers
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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
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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
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Wigton takes concerns to energy minister as unsigned JPS agreement holds up financing
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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
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Bank of America employee killed in Times Square stabbing
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Bank of America employee killed in Times Square stabbing
September 1, 2026
A woman who was fatally stabbed by a knife-wielding woman in Times Square on Monday has been identified as 32-year-old Erin Piacenti, a Bank of Americ...
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Man stabbed to death in St Elizabeth
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Man stabbed to death in St Elizabeth
June 28, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A man was stabbed to death in Union near Balaclava in St Elizabeth on Sunday. Police named him as Tajay Atkinson, 22, a reside...
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School boy in police custody after fatal stabbing in Portland
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School boy in police custody after fatal stabbing in Portland
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Port Antonio police have arrested a 15-year-old school boy after he allegedly fatally stabbed a male on the Foreshore Road in ...
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Education Ministry condemns fatal stabbing of student at Morant Bay Bus Park
April 21, 2026
ST THOMAS, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education is expressing deep concern and outrage following a tragic incident in which a student of Seaforth High ...
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Suspect in Suriname stabbing that killed nine people commits suicide
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PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — A man who reportedly stabbed nine people to death in the Commewijne district in Suriname on Sunday in Suriname committed ...
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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
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Six charged in alleged $110-million loan fraud
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Boys need more male teachers
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BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 23, 2026
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63 schools rebuilt, 81 nearing completion, ministry reports
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63 schools rebuilt, 81 nearing completion, ministry reports
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