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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
December 26 02:19 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report. Touris...
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ISSA Champions Cup expected to add four teams to competition
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ISSA Champions Cup expected to add four teams to competition
December 26 01:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The number of teams taking part in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Champions Cup could be increased by four ...
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Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
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Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
December 26 12:58 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Despite an increased police presence, gunmen struck on March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Christmas Day leaving t...
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FYI Consultancy Group, JN and donors bring early Christmas joy to Trelawny
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FYI Consultancy Group, JN and donors bring early Christmas joy to Trelawny
December 26 12:18 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Trelawny gathered at the William Knibb Memorial High School football field on Sunday for a large-scale relief and com...
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Norwood ZOSO records zero murders, zero shootings since January
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Norwood ZOSO records zero murders, zero shootings since January
December 26 12:07 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Norwood Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has recorded no murders and no shootings since the start of 2025, a major crime-figh...
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Swiss reggae artiste Cookie the Herbalist receives Billboard plaque
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Swiss reggae artiste Cookie the Herbalist receives Billboard plaque
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 26 10:35 AM
When Switzerland-based reggae artiste Cookie the Herbalist collaborated with legendary Jamaican producer Lee “Scratch” Perry in 2017, it was a dream c...
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WATCH: KSAMC hosts annual Christmas feeding programme
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WATCH: KSAMC hosts annual Christmas feeding programme
December 26 10:25 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 400 homeless people were treated to a Christmas dinner Thursday on Water Lane in downtown Kingston, as Mayor Andrew Swab...
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Zelensky to meet Trump this weekend in Florida
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Zelensky to meet Trump this weekend in Florida
December 26 10:04 AM
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that he would meet United States (US)  President Donald Trump this weekend to di...
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
December 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The self-proclaimed “king” of Haiti’s violent 400 Mawozo gang, Joly Germine, was on Wednesday sentenced to life in p...
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Reputed Sunrise Crescent Gang boss charged with kidnapping, robbery
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Reputed Sunrise Crescent Gang boss charged with kidnapping, robbery
November 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The reputed leader of the ‘100 Sunrise Crescent Gang’ has been charged with multiple offences by the Constant Spring Police in re...
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US sanctions affiliates of Haitian gang coalition, Viv Ansanm
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US sanctions affiliates of Haitian gang coalition, Viv Ansanm
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)  — The United  States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Friday sanctioned Dimitr...
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Grenadian gov’t restrict public access to hospital amid criminal gang activity
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Grenadian gov’t restrict public access to hospital amid criminal gang activity
July 23, 2025
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — The Grenada Government has restricted public access to the male surgical ward of the General Hospital in response to rece...
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Kingston man remanded after alleged payday robbery
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Kingston man remanded after alleged payday robbery
June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who is accused of waylaying and robbing another man, while threatening to take him before a “don” on payday in April, was re...
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Reputed top-tier member of York Avenue gang charged with murder
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Reputed top-tier member of York Avenue gang charged with murder
May 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A reputed top-tier member of the York Avenue gang has been charged with murder and multiple firearm-related offences after he was ...
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Cops find firearm during search for wanted men
May 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An illegal firearm and six rounds of ammunition were seized on Ramsey Road, Kingston 13 on Monday. According to the police, the co...
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Alleged gang member held after firearm, ammo seizure
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Alleged gang member held after firearm, ammo seizure
May 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An alleged gang member was arrested after police seized an illegal firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Friday. The discove...
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
April 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have killed another member of the 7s gang in Red Hills, St Andrew. The deceased, identified as 24-year-old Kirk Holton,...
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Journalists under attack in Haiti, group calls for release of abducted reporter
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Journalists under attack in Haiti, group calls for release of abducted reporter
April 7, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)— SOS Journalistes Haiti on Monday called on armed gangs, occupying the town of Mirebalais in the French speaking country, ...
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ denies being injured in major security operation
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ denies being injured in major security operation
March 4, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The leader of the Haiti-based G9 gang, Jimmy Chérizier also known as “Barbecue” has denied being injured during a large-...
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Alleged leader of Crescent Road gang ‘Mashie’ charged
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Alleged leader of Crescent Road gang ‘Mashie’ charged
February 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Police have charged an alleged gang leader following a shooting in Kingston in 2024. Charged is 31-year-old Dane Smith otherwise c...
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Dancehall artiste Jamal held by police
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Dancehall artiste Jamal held by police
February 14, 2025
Dancehall artiste Jamal, whose real name is Tyvel Dixon, was taken into police custody on Friday in relation to alleged involvement in gang activity. ...
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Alleged gang member facing murder charge
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Alleged gang member facing murder charge
February 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An alleged gang member was arrested and charged over the weekend for the reported killing of an opposing gang member over two year...
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UNFPA urges international support to deal with gender-based violence in Haiti
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UNFPA urges international support to deal with gender-based violence in Haiti
November 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it has received only 19 per cent of the requested US$28 million in i...
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UN report says hundreds killed by ongoing gang violence in Haiti
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UN report says hundreds killed by ongoing gang violence in Haiti
September 27, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Office (OHCHR), Friday said that more than 3,500 people have been killed in Haiti sin...
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Cops charge alleged gang members in West Kingston
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Cops charge alleged gang members in West Kingston
August 31, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Two men accused of participating in gang-related activities have been charged by the Kingston Western police. Kewonie Howell, 25,...
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Cops charge alleged West Kingston gang leader
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Cops charge alleged West Kingston gang leader
August 26, 2024
The alleged leader of the notorious Bentley Lane gang in Rose Town, Kingston 13, has been arrested and charged by the Kingston Western police. The acc...
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Trial paused in gang rape case that outraged Tanzania
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Trial paused in gang rape case that outraged Tanzania
August 23, 2024
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AFP) — The trial of four men accused of gang rape in a case that has shocked Tanzania was paused on Friday, a defence lawyer ...
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Cops charge teen for gang-related offence
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Cops charge teen for gang-related offence
August 23, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A teen already booked for murder and firearm-related offences has now been slapped with gang-related charges by the Kingston Weste...
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St Catherine South crime fight boosted with convictions of top gangsters
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St Catherine South crime fight boosted with convictions of top gangsters
August 7, 2024
A recent pair of Gun Court convictions has the St Catherine South police division hopeful that it has broken the back of major gangs operating in two ...
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
December 26, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report. Touris...
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ISSA Champions Cup expected to add four teams to competition
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ISSA Champions Cup expected to add four teams to competition
December 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The number of teams taking part in the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Champions Cup could be increased by four ...
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Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
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Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
December 26, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Despite an increased police presence, gunmen struck on March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Christmas Day leaving t...
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FYI Consultancy Group, JN and donors bring early Christmas joy to Trelawny
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FYI Consultancy Group, JN and donors bring early Christmas joy to Trelawny
December 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Trelawny gathered at the William Knibb Memorial High School football field on Sunday for a large-scale relief and com...
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Norwood ZOSO records zero murders, zero shootings since January
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Norwood ZOSO records zero murders, zero shootings since January
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Norwood Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) has recorded no murders and no shootings since the start of 2025, a major crime-figh...
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