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14 things you’d know only if you attended Edwin Allen High
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14 things you’d know only if you attended Edwin Allen High
October 11 09:10 AM
Edwin Allen High School, formerly Frankfield Comprehensive High, is a co-educational institution in Frankfield, Clarendon, renowned for sporting and a...
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Seiveright questions political role in Barita card drives, $15,000 grants
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Seiveright questions political role in Barita card drives, $15,000 grants
October 11 08:23 AM
Government Minister Delano Seiveright has raised concerns about political representatives from both major parties promoting Barita debit card registra...
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Tile City Launches New Showroom @DesignWeekJa
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Tile City Launches New Showroom @DesignWeekJa
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Day four of Design Week Ja 2026 was cause for celebration as title sponsor Tile City & Home Centre marked the next chapter in its journey on Thursday,...
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Voters’ real BIG fears
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Voters’ real BIG fears
Garfield Higgins 
October 11 05:45 AM
The outcomes of the last three general elections show concretely that the majority of Jamaicans who voted feared having the People’s National Party (P...
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The Firearms Act: The case for measured reform
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The Firearms Act: The case for measured reform
Tenneshia T Watkins 
October 11 05:41 AM
Although the current approach to law is for lawyers to speak in modern, plain language, there are times when resort to Latin is necessary. The respons...
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The invisible architect
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The invisible architect
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Wainsworth Small 
October 11 03:01 AM
Across the globe, critical infrastructure systems are proving to be remarkably fragile. In recent months, the UK’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS...
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Understanding the Firearms Act
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Understanding the Firearms Act
Jason McKay 
October 11 02:56 AM
Jamaica ’s three greatest problems that have had to be overcome over the last 200 years were achieving emancipation from slavery, the abject poverty t...
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Guyana steps up bird flu surveillance amid outbreak in Suriname
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Guyana steps up bird flu surveillance amid outbreak in Suriname
October 9, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Government has intensified surveillance and implemented precautionary measures to prevent an outbreak of H5N1 Av...
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Guyana Development Bank begins operations
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Guyana Development Bank begins operations
October 6, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Development Bank has officially begun operations, with the Irfaan Ali administration describing the institution ...
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Guyanese can now enter Saudi Arabia without US, UK or Schengen visa
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Guyanese can now enter Saudi Arabia without US, UK or Schengen visa
October 4, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana has secured a significant travel and diplomatic milestone with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with Guyanese passport h...
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International partners to help Caricom operationalise digital health strategy
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International partners to help Caricom operationalise digital health strategy
September 30, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat says the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-Amer...
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Guyana says trade with China exceeded US$1 billion last year
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Guyana says trade with China exceeded US$1 billion last year
September 18, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Prime Minister Mark Phillips says Guyana’s trade with China reached approximately US$1.8 billion in 2025, while the country...
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Jamaica’s Daniel Hylton scores brutal fourth-round knockout in Guyana
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Jamaica’s Daniel Hylton scores brutal fourth-round knockout in Guyana
September 17, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Jamaican lightweight prospect Daniel Hylton kept his perfect professional record intact on Saturday night, delivering a spectacul...
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Guyana reaffirms confidence in International Court of Justice
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Guyana reaffirms confidence in International Court of Justice
September 14, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — President Irfaan Ali says Guyana remains confident that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule in its favour in...
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Case against captain of MV Barima further adjourned
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Case against captain of MV Barima further adjourned
September 7, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Three people, including the captain of the ill-fated MV Barima that sank on July  18, killing more than 100 people, appeare...
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Guyana to receive migrants under new agreement with US
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Guyana to receive migrants under new agreement with US
September 5, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana and the United States have finalised a migration cooperation framework under which Guyana will receive a limited, ve...
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Guyana, one of the fastest-growing economies worldwide — IDB
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Guyana, one of the fastest-growing economies worldwide — IDB
August 29, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana remains one of the world's fastest-growing economies, and a new report shows the country is improving at managing wh...
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Six foreigners detained for conducting illegal mining activities in Guyana
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Six foreigners detained for conducting illegal mining activities in Guyana
August 21, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)–The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Friday said six foreigners, including Brazilians and one Chinese, have been...
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Guyana’s opposition leader wants CCJ president out of extradition case – report
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Guyana’s opposition leader wants CCJ president out of extradition case – report
August 18, 2026
Attorneys for Guyana’s Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar, are reportedly demanding that Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Presid...
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Guyana Gov’t to evaluate bids for MV Barima salvage
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Guyana Gov’t to evaluate bids for MV Barima salvage
August 15, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)–The Guyana Government has moved to the next stage in efforts to salvage the MV Barima, with Expressions of Interest from spec...
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Caricom education ministers meeting in Guyana
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Caricom education ministers meeting in Guyana
August 13, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC)—Caribbean Community (Caricom) education ministers began a two-day meeting in Guyana on Wednesday amid concerns as to whether ...
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Caricom calls for greater protection and inclusion of indigenous peoples
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Caricom calls for greater protection and inclusion of indigenous peoples
August 9, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is calling for stronger policies to protect the rights of indigenous peoples and expand o...
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Guyana gov’t ends MV Barima search and recovery exercise
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Guyana gov’t ends MV Barima search and recovery exercise
August 4, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana government on Tuesday said that the search and recovery operations following the MV Barima tragedy, resulting in...
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Guyana establishes safety, compliance audit team to strengthen maritime safety
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Guyana establishes safety, compliance audit team to strengthen maritime safety
July 31, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced the establishment of a Safety and Compliance Audit Team that will conduct...
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Guyana Opposition leader says families want sunken ferry salvaged
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Guyana Opposition leader says families want sunken ferry salvaged
July 30, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana's Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed says survivors and relatives of victims of the MV Barima tragedy are united in ...
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Guyana establishes body to effect healing following boating tragedy
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Guyana establishes body to effect healing following boating tragedy
July 27, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Monday announced the establishment of a national body to coordinate, mobilise and foster t...
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Guyana President to announce international Commission of Inquiry into ferry disaster
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Guyana President to announce international Commission of Inquiry into ferry disaster
July 25, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana's President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali says an international and independent commission of inquiry will be established to...
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Guyana Government tightens ferry safety procedures following MV Barima tragedy
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Guyana Government tightens ferry safety procedures following MV Barima tragedy
July 25, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Recovery teams have retrieved one more body from the wreck of the MV Barima, as a multi-agency operation involving local an...
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Next two Carifta Games venues confirmed
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Next two Carifta Games venues confirmed
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Guyana and Barbados will host the next two editions of the CARIFTA Games it was announced on Thursday following the withdrawal of S...
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Seiveright questions political role in Barita card drives, $15,000 grants
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Tile City Launches New Showroom @DesignWeekJa
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Voters’ real BIG fears
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Voters’ real BIG fears
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The outcomes of the last three general elections show concretely that the majority of Jamaicans who voted feared having the People’s National Party (P...
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The Firearms Act: The case for measured reform
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Although the current approach to law is for lawyers to speak in modern, plain language, there are times when resort to Latin is necessary. The respons...
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