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Jamaica enters over 1,300 candidates for CXC’s CTEC pilot
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Jamaica enters over 1,300 candidates for CXC’s CTEC pilot
January 11 03:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica has registered a total of 1,334 candidates for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Targeted Education Certifi...
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
AKERA DAVIS OBSERVER WRITER 
January 11 03:10 PM
ST ANN, Jamaica —Thirty-three year-old Kemar Brown, otherwise known as Mars, was shot and killed, whilst Norma Linton, also known as Barbara, was shot...
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Woman killed in St Croix shark attack
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Woman killed in St Croix shark attack
January 11 12:35 PM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) —A shark attack along a beach in St Croix, on Thursday, claimed the life of a United States (US) woman. She ...
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
January 11 11:36 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —In observance of Earthquake Awareness Month throughout January, the St James Municipal Corporation will intensify its routine publi...
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
January 11 11:31 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Thirty-two people were killed in 27 fatal crashes during the month of December 2025 according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA)....
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
January 11 11:16 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The ISSA Champions Cup will kick off on January 20th and end on the 31st, Observer Online has been reliably informed. The start of t...
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
January 11 10:49 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Sports Minister Olivia Grange has extended condolences to the family, friends, and the wider sporting fraternity following the passi...
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Part 2 of ‘Kevin Smith: Cult Pastor’ documentary premieres on YouTube
January 11 10:41 AM
Once revered as a prophet, Kevin Smith’s legacy is now defined by a deadly cult ritual that claimed lives and led to posthumous charges of murder, con...
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Haiti’s PM reiterates no negotiations with criminal gangs
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Haiti’s PM reiterates no negotiations with criminal gangs
December 29, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Prime Minister of Haiti Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the country will not negotiate with criminal gangs that are seeking t...
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US revokes visa of Haitian official accused of backing gangs
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US revokes visa of Haitian official accused of backing gangs
November 25, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US State Department announced sanctions against a Haitian government official accused of supporting gangs and hi...
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UN urges international community to support establishment of new office in Haiti
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UN urges international community to support establishment of new office in Haiti
October 1, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday urged the international community to fund a new UN Support Office in Haiti, less than 24 h...
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Holness calls for global war on gangs
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Holness calls for global war on gangs
September 26, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)-Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday said that the crisis in Haiti has "laid bare a wider truth in transnational criminal netw...
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Over 50 killed in Haiti gang attacks, bodies ‘devoured by dogs’ — rights group
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Over 50 killed in Haiti gang attacks, bodies ‘devoured by dogs’ — rights group
September 15, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Over 50 people were killed in a series of Haitian gang attacks last week, a local human rights NGO reported Monday, in t...
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
July 15, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the UN’s political mission in Haiti until the ...
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‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
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‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
July 7, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chair, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has made it clear that while international momentum to suppo...
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Gangs now control 90% of Haitian capital — UN
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Gangs now control 90% of Haitian capital — UN
July 2, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Armed gangs have tightened their grip on Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, United Nations (UN) officials warned We...
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Haiti’s gangs better armed and more ruthless — UN
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Haiti’s gangs better armed and more ruthless — UN
June 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Powerful gangs that control much of Haiti are increasingly ruthless and better armed despite a weapons embargo, ...
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US charges 27 alleged Venezuelan gang members
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US charges 27 alleged Venezuelan gang members
April 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) Justice Department on Monday announced it was charging 27 people accused of being connected t...
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’, UN warns
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’, UN warns
April 21, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a "point of no return" leading to ...
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Nuns killed in Haiti during gang attack earlier this week
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Nuns killed in Haiti during gang attack earlier this week
April 4, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Two nuns were among several people killed when an armed gang ran riot near the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Monday,...
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Former Jamaican PM warns Haiti is ‘perilously close’ to being a failed state
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Former Jamaican PM warns Haiti is ‘perilously close’ to being a failed state
March 26, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) —  Former Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding Wednesday warned that Haiti is “perilously close” to being a failed state a...
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Fritz Alphonse Jean becomes new president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council
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Fritz Alphonse Jean becomes new president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council
March 8, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Fritz Alphonse Jean, representative of the Montana Accord, was officially sworn in as president of Haiti’s Transitional ...
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Jamaica’s young male gangsters are 158% more likely to be murdered – CAPRI
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Jamaica’s young male gangsters are 158% more likely to be murdered – CAPRI
February 23, 2025
If you are a young man caught up in gang activity in Jamaica you are 158 per cent more likely to be killed violently than any other member of the soci...
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PM Holness: ‘Gangs are not your friends’
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PM Holness: ‘Gangs are not your friends’
January 25, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica-Prime Minister Andrew Holness is appealing to law-abiding citizens in Spanish Town, St Catherine to not support gangs that have b...
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Criminal gangs moving to Tobago, recruiting young people – T&T police
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Criminal gangs moving to Tobago, recruiting young people – T&T police
January 10, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC)– Criminal gangs in Trinidad are moving to Tobago and recruiting young people, some as young as 12-years, to engage in c...
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Nine killed in Haiti in latest gang attack
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Nine killed in Haiti in latest gang attack
December 11, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Gunmen in Haiti killed nine people in the latest spasm of violence by the Caribbean nation's powerful gangs, a community...
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Haiti’s multinational security force denies reports officers not receiving salaries
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Haiti’s multinational security force denies reports officers not receiving salaries
December 9, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti (MSS) has denied international media reports that some of its office...
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World Council of Churches calls for prayer for Haitian people
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World Council of Churches calls for prayer for Haitian people
November 27, 2024
CYPRUS (CMC) — The executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has called on all member churches to pray and offer Christian solidarity...
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Children comprise up to 50% of armed gangsters in Haiti – UNICEF
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Children comprise up to 50% of armed gangsters in Haiti – UNICEF
November 25, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the number of children being recruited into armed groups across Haiti h...
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ escapes armed police confrontation
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ escapes armed police confrontation
November 22, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, best known by his nickname "Barbecue," fled a police operation in the capital...
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Jamaica enters over 1,300 candidates for CXC’s CTEC pilot
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica has registered a total of 1,334 candidates for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Targeted Education Certifi...
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
AKERA DAVIS OBSERVER WRITER 
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ST ANN, Jamaica —Thirty-three year-old Kemar Brown, otherwise known as Mars, was shot and killed, whilst Norma Linton, also known as Barbara, was shot...
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Woman killed in St Croix shark attack
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) —A shark attack along a beach in St Croix, on Thursday, claimed the life of a United States (US) woman. She ...
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —In observance of Earthquake Awareness Month throughout January, the St James Municipal Corporation will intensify its routine publi...
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Thirty-two people were killed in 27 fatal crashes during the month of December 2025 according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA)....
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