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African group tells Warmington to apologise and undergo self-repair
October 5 12:30 AM
THE Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) has pointedly told Government Member of Parliament Everald Warmington that he has a “misinformed understanding” of h...
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Diaspora leaders reject claim of no complaints over slow pace of hurricane aid
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:29 AM
NEW YORK, United States — Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade She...
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Designing Resilience
October 5 12:28 AM
“WHO knew that within a few weeks of Design Week Ja 2025, held under the theme ‘Creative Resilience’, Jamaica would be confronted with the devastating...
Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
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Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
BY BRIAN PITTER Observer writer pitterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:26 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Sandals Foundation Island Challenge Jamaica has reached its £100,000 fund-raising target, paving the way for the purchase of ...
Wet Music Festival paints waterfront
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Wet Music Festival paints waterfront
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:26 AM
DOWNTOWN Kingston’s waterfront became a playground of paint, foam, and water as hundreds of revellers welcomed daylight in a spectacularly colourful f...
Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
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Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
…proposes Caribbean Tourism Agricultural Logistics Centre
Mark Dennis 
October 5 12:24 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Warning that the region is losing billions of dollars in potential earnings by failing to adequately connect its farmers and ...
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Reggae Boyz hunt win vs Honduras to guarantee Nations League KO spot
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:23 AM
ALTHOUGH Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz are in pole position to qualify for the Concacaf Nations League knockout stage, interim Head Coach Rudolph Speid says t...
Caribbean trade chief paints grim outlook for region’s food exports
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Caribbean trade chief paints grim outlook for region’s food exports
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:22 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Caribbean Export Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Damine Sinanan has warned that Caribbean countries will have to p...

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Joseph Benaiah revisits Selassie’s visit with cover of classic
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Joseph Benaiah revisits Selassie’s visit with cover of classic
Howard Campbell 
March 27, 2026
With the 60th anniversary of Emperor Haile Selassie I’s state visit to Jamaica approaching, singer Joseph Benaiah revisits His Majesty is Coming , a c...
Binghi Blaze hails Selassie at Rastafari Day in Florida
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Binghi Blaze hails Selassie at Rastafari Day in Florida
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Held at NoMi Village in North Miami, Rastafari Day is part of the annual Reggae Month celebrations in South Florida. It not only acknowledges the impa...
Binghi Blaze pays tribute to Haile Selassie I
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Binghi Blaze pays tribute to Haile Selassie I
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — On August 27, 1975, news broke that Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie I had died in that country. His demise came one year after h...
Iya Ingi channels resilience into new song
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Iya Ingi channels resilience into new song
March 21, 2025
Raised in a Rastafaian home and community, Iya Ingi learned the teachings of black leaders like Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I, considered a supre...
August 6 still special for Jamaican singer in Shashamane
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August 6 still special for Jamaican singer in Shashamane
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
August 5, 2024
By the time most Jamaicans awaken on August 6, Sydney Salmon would have celebrated their country’s independence hours before. The east Kingston native...

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African group tells Warmington to apologise and undergo self-repair
October 5, 2026
THE Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) has pointedly told Government Member of Parliament Everald Warmington that he has a “misinformed understanding” of h...
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Diaspora leaders reject claim of no complaints over slow pace of hurricane aid
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
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NEW YORK, United States — Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade She...
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“WHO knew that within a few weeks of Design Week Ja 2025, held under the theme ‘Creative Resilience’, Jamaica would be confronted with the devastating...
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FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Sandals Foundation Island Challenge Jamaica has reached its £100,000 fund-raising target, paving the way for the purchase of ...
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DOWNTOWN Kingston’s waterfront became a playground of paint, foam, and water as hundreds of revellers welcomed daylight in a spectacularly colourful f...

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