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Guyana suspends 100 Brazilian miners
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Guyana suspends 100 Brazilian miners
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says 100 Brazilian miners have been suspended from all mining operations wit...
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Sean Paul’s ‘Like Glue’ is platinum
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Sean Paul’s ‘Like Glue’ is platinum
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
January 6 07:35 AM
When producer Tony “CD” Kelly released the Buy Out rhythm in 2001, he was confident the project would resonate with audiences. The beat went on to spa...
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Spice’s ‘Go Down Deh’ featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul certified silver in UK
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Spice’s ‘Go Down Deh’ featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul certified silver in UK
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
January 6 07:31 AM
Dancehall queen Spice has earned her second silver-certified single in the United Kingdom, as Go Down Deh featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul reached the m...
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Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
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Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
January 6 07:17 AM
ST MARY, Jamaica — Members of the public are being advised that the Broadgate main road in St Mary is impassable due to a landslide. The police are th...
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Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
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Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
January 6 07:10 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday the little-known Liam Rosenior will be their new head coach on a six-and-a-half-year deal, r...
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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law—UN
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US operation in Venezuela undermined international law—UN
January 6 07:04 AM
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly "undermi...
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Don’t rest on gains
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Don’t rest on gains
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Jerome Williams | Reporter 
January 6 12:20 AM
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Sykes on the warpath
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Sykes on the warpath
Chief justice livid about conditions at island’s courts
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 6 12:18 AM
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US pledges continued support for Haiti
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US pledges continued support for Haiti
January 2, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) –  The United States (US) has promised to continue playing a role in the future of Haiti while Pope Leo XIV, a fervent adv...
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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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Trump bans and restricts entry to nationals of three Caribbean countries
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Trump bans and restricts entry to nationals of three Caribbean countries
December 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday named Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Haiti as countries where citizens from ...
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Haitians dance with joy over UNESCO musical listing
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Haitians dance with joy over UNESCO musical listing
December 13, 2025
From the bars of the capital Port-au-Prince to Haiti's most remote villages and its worldwide diaspora, people listen and dance to the sensual rhythms...
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Kenyan troops arrive in Haiti
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Kenyan troops arrive in Haiti
December 9, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Haitian President pro tempore and Coordinator of the Transition Council, Laurent Saint-Cyr, has welcomed the latest batc...
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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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Ohio missionary indicted for child exploitation crimes in Haiti
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Ohio missionary indicted for child exploitation crimes in Haiti
December 3, 2025
OHIO, United States (CMC) — A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Ohio has returned an indictment charging an Ohio man with four counts of ...
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Haiti moves closer to staging fresh elections
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Haiti moves closer to staging fresh elections
December 2, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti moved towards holding presidential elections since 2016, after the country’s transitional government adopted the l...
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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 warns of alarming levels of gender-based violence in Haiti
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UN warns of alarming levels of gender-based violence in Haiti
November 21, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, (CMC) – The United Nations is warning of “alarming levels of gender-based violence” in Haiti, noting also that those at risk have very...
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Gang-wracked Haiti unites, goes wild over World Cup qualification
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Gang-wracked Haiti unites, goes wild over World Cup qualification
November 19, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)—Fireworks and dancing erupted across Haiti in a reprieve from gang violence as people came together to celebrate their nat...
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Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
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Haitian gangs getting rich off murky market for baby eels
November 17, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Gangs in Haiti are profiting from a lucrative trade in baby eels caught in the crime-ridden country's rivers and...
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ warns citizens to stay indoors
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ warns citizens to stay indoors
November 17, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)—The leader of the “Viv Ansanm” terrorist gang coalition in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, has urged members of the population to ...
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US provides additional US$12.6 million for hurricane relief in Jamaica, Haiti
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US provides additional US$12.6 million for hurricane relief in Jamaica, Haiti
November 12, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States government says it is providing nearly US$12.6 million in additional emergency, “life-saving assis...
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Haiti appeals to international community to help restore security
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Haiti appeals to international community to help restore security
November 5, 2025
DOHA, Qatar (CMC) — Haiti is appealing to the international community to help restore security in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) co...
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20 dead after Hurricane Melissa rakes Haiti
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20 dead after Hurricane Melissa rakes Haiti
October 29, 2025
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AFP)—Flooding in Haiti triggered by Hurricane Melissa has left at least 20 people dead and 10 others missing, authorities in th...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa becomes Category 3 hurricane
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa becomes Category 3 hurricane
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AFP) — Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 3 storm on Saturday, cutting a deadly path in the Caribbean, with further int...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into hurricane as it takes aims at Jamaica
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#EyeOnMelissa: Melissa strengthens into hurricane as it takes aims at Jamaica
October 25, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Melissa has intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it charts a worryingly slow course toward Jamaica, the US Nationa...
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#EyeOnMelissa: All JDF personnel in Haiti accounted for
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#EyeOnMelissa: All JDF personnel in Haiti accounted for
October 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) is reporting that all personnel who are deployed in Haiti are accounted for and in high spirits. T...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Jamaica’s storm preparations should be rushed to completion — NHC
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#EyeOnMelissa: Jamaica’s storm preparations should be rushed to completion — NHC
October 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its 11:00 am bulletin on Friday urged Jamaicans to rush their preparations t...
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#EyeOnMelissa:  Elderly Haitian dies after being hit by falling tree
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#EyeOnMelissa: Elderly Haitian dies after being hit by falling tree
October 23, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The death of an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti has been attributed to flooding stemming fro...
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Haitians ‘fortitude gives us hope’ says special UN representative
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Haitians ‘fortitude gives us hope’ says special UN representative
October 23, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – United Nations Special Representative for Haiti and head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos G Ruiz Massieu, s...
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Guyana suspends 100 Brazilian miners
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Guyana suspends 100 Brazilian miners
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) says 100 Brazilian miners have been suspended from all mining operations wit...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Sean Paul’s ‘Like Glue’ is platinum
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Sean Paul’s ‘Like Glue’ is platinum
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
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When producer Tony “CD” Kelly released the Buy Out rhythm in 2001, he was confident the project would resonate with audiences. The beat went on to spa...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Spice’s ‘Go Down Deh’ featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul certified silver in UK
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Spice’s ‘Go Down Deh’ featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul certified silver in UK
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
January 6, 2026
Dancehall queen Spice has earned her second silver-certified single in the United Kingdom, as Go Down Deh featuring Shaggy and Sean Paul reached the m...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
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Broadgate main road in St Mary impassable due to landslide
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Members of the public are being advised that the Broadgate main road in St Mary is impassable due to a landslide. The police are th...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
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Chelsea appoint Liam Rosenior as new boss
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Chelsea confirmed on Tuesday the little-known Liam Rosenior will be their new head coach on a six-and-a-half-year deal, r...
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