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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
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
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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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Haiti gangs trying to silence media, UNESCO warns
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Haiti gangs trying to silence media, UNESCO warns
March 20, 2025
United Nations, United States (AFP)—The media in Haiti are a "systematic" target of criminal gangs trying to silence them, an official with the UN's c...
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Haitian children subject to gang recruitment, attacks and sexual violence  –  Amnesty International
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Haitian children subject to gang recruitment, attacks and sexual violence – Amnesty International
February 13, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – International human rights group Amnesty International, says relentless gang violence in the Haitian capital and surroun...
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Media group denies inaction regarding government’s response to the murders of journalists
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Media group denies inaction regarding government’s response to the murders of journalists
January 8, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, (CMC) -The Secretary General of the SOS Journalistes, Guyler C Delva, has denied reports of government inaction regarding the d...
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Journalists among three killed at hospital reopening
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Journalists among three killed at hospital reopening
December 26, 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) -The head of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council, (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, has vowed that the authorities will seek t...
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UN report says over 207 executed in Haiti massacre
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UN report says over 207 executed in Haiti massacre
December 24, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A new United Nations (UN) report says a little over two weeks after a surge of violence in the Cité Soleil commune of Haiti’s ...
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Rival gangs sign truce in Haiti’s largest shantytown
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Rival gangs sign truce in Haiti’s largest shantytown
July 26, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)— Two rival gang leaders signed a truce to end armed conflict in Haiti's largest shantytown, a community leader said Thursd...
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200 more Kenyan police deploy to tackle Haiti violence
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200 more Kenyan police deploy to tackle Haiti violence
July 16, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)— Another 200 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti Tuesday under a UN-backed mission to try to quell rampant gang violen...
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New Haiti police chief vows imminent anti-gang action
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New Haiti police chief vows imminent anti-gang action
July 9, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)— Haitian police will launch operations very soon against powerful gangs terrorising the country, newly appointed chief Ram...
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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 
October 5, 2026
NEW YORK, United States — Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade She...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Designing Resilience
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Designing Resilience
October 5, 2026
“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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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, 2026
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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Wet Music Festival paints waterfront
Entertainment
Wet Music Festival paints waterfront
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5, 2026
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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