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Courage under fire
Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:20 AM
Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
August 28 12:18 AM
Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
Kevin Jackson 
August 28 12:16 AM
Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
Clarendon food company targets regional exports as it expands cold storage and manufacturing
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:14 AM
Nations Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet; eyes regional exports
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ISSA president looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:12 AM
ISSA boss looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
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BYD welcomes ATTO 8
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BYD welcomes ATTO 8
BY RORY DALEY Observer writer editorial@jamaiaobserver.com 
August 28 12:10 AM
BYD welcomes ATTO 8
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Sole survivor stitches dad’s legacy into every shoe
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Sole survivor stitches dad’s legacy into every shoe
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
August 28 12:06 AM
Sole survivor stitches dad’s legacy into every shoe
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Williams: Gov’t made ‘very good offer’ to teachers; awaits JTA response
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Williams: Gov’t made ‘very good offer’ to teachers; awaits JTA response
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28 12:05 AM
Williams: Gov’t made ‘very good offer’ to teachers; awaits JTA response
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UN secretary general condemns latest gang attack in Haiti
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UN secretary general condemns latest gang attack in Haiti
August 26, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, on Tuesday condemned the latest gang attack that left more than 30 peo...
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UN secretary-general condemns latest gang attack in Haiti
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UN secretary-general condemns latest gang attack in Haiti
August 25, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, Tuesday condemned the latest gang attack that left more than 30 people...
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Around 40 dead in gang attack near Haiti’s capital
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Around 40 dead in gang attack near Haiti’s capital
August 24, 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP)—Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti's capital, killing around 40, some of them exec...
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Jamaica dethroned as Haiti claim CFU U-14 boys title
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Jamaica dethroned as Haiti claim CFU U-14 boys title
August 23, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica were dethroned as kings of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-14 Boys Tier 1 Challenge Series on Sunday after they w...
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OAS chief urges Haiti to speed up election preparations
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OAS chief urges Haiti to speed up election preparations
August 19, 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The head of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged Haitian authorities on Wednesday to speed up voter registrat...
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Haitian opposition says ‘armed gangs will win’ election if security not restored
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Haitian opposition says ‘armed gangs will win’ election if security not restored
August 18, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haitian politician and lawyer, André Michel, says there is a need to restore “ a minimum level of security” in Haiti bef...
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Haitian PM reiterates elections will take place this year
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Haitian PM reiterates elections will take place this year
August 14, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) —  Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the “the elections will take place this year, no matter what” as the ...
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More than 600 killed in renewed gang violence in Haiti since March
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More than 600 killed in renewed gang violence in Haiti since March
August 7, 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – A new report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) says at least 613 people have been killed and 375 ...
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Haitian group warns new asylum rule will accelerate deportations
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Haitian group warns new asylum rule will accelerate deportations
July 31, 2026
SAN DIEGO, United States (CMC) — The California-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) has strongly denounced a new asylum rule by the United States Citi...
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More than 50 Haitians intercepted at sea
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More than 50 Haitians intercepted at sea
July 28, 2026
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Bahamian law enforcement agencies say they have detained 54 Haitian migrants, including a three-year-old child and drugs after...
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Haitian police search for kidnapped senior gov’t official amid election efforts
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Haitian police search for kidnapped senior gov’t official amid election efforts
July 27, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haitian police are searching for the country’s Chief of Staff to the Minister of National Education, Ecclésiaste Théléma...
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Haiti calls for international backing as election preparations advance
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Haiti calls for international backing as election preparations advance
July 21, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — Haiti’s Foreign Affairs Minister Raina Forbin on Monday said her country needs “free, credible, inclusive and above all partici...
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Signs of hope despite gang violence and political uncertainty in Haiti
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Signs of hope despite gang violence and political uncertainty in Haiti
July 20, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)—For millions of Haitians, daily life has become a struggle to stay safe, find enough food and simply move around their own...
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UN warns of mass killings in Haiti
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UN warns of mass killings in Haiti
July 17, 2026
UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) — The United Nations says it has been made aware of the “horrific report” of human rights abuses in Haiti resultin...
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NY attorney general warns Haitians about immigration services scams amid TPS ruling
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NY attorney general warns Haitians about immigration services scams amid TPS ruling
July 9, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – New York Attorney General Letitia James has issued a consumer alert, warning Haitian and Syrian New Yorkers with Tempo...
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Haiti sends major medical mission to Venezuela
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Haiti sends major medical mission to Venezuela
July 8, 2026
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Government of Haiti has dispatched a humanitarian medical mission to Venezuela to assist victims of the devastating ...
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Miami’s Haitian Leaders reject ‘unjust’ Supreme Court TPS decision
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Miami’s Haitian Leaders reject ‘unjust’ Supreme Court TPS decision
June 29, 2026
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Leaders of the Haitian community in Miami on Monday slammed a Supreme Court decision allowing the Trump administration to...
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Continued fighting in Haiti resulting in more displacements
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Continued fighting in Haiti resulting in more displacements
June 26, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—The United Nations on Friday said that the humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, with new displacements recor...
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Morocco overcome historic Haiti goals to maintain World Cup momentum
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Morocco overcome historic Haiti goals to maintain World Cup momentum
June 24, 2026
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Morocco twice overcame the shock of conceding to Haiti to win a World Cup thriller 4-2 in Atlanta on Wednesday, but mis...
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Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 in World Cup Group C
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Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 in World Cup Group C
June 19, 2026
PHILADELPHIA, United States (AFP)—Brazil cruised to a 3-0 victory over Haiti to take control of their World Cup Group C campaign on Friday as the Cari...
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Airline denies any involvement in illegally transporting Haitian children
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Airline denies any involvement in illegally transporting Haitian children
June 19, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Dominican Republic’s flag carrier and largest low-cost airline, Arajet SA, has denied allegations linking the airlin...
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Caricom EPG to schedule visit to Haiti ‘as soon as possible’
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Caricom EPG to schedule visit to Haiti ‘as soon as possible’
June 19, 2026
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Eminent Persons Group (EPG) says it plans to visit Haiti “as soon as possible” as it cont...
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Courage under fire
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Courage under fire
Employees, taxi driver rush to save stock, cars in Superior Parts inferno
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28, 2026
Employees of Superior Parts Limited and a taxi driver battled to save millions of dollars worth of motorcycles and cars on Thursday as a raging fire t...
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
August 28, 2026
Sandals Foundation head Heidi Clarke honoured with 2026 Skift IDEA Trailblazer Award
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
Kevin Jackson 
August 28, 2026
Dancehall gets recognition from the JUNO Awards
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
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Nation’s Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet
Clarendon food company targets regional exports as it expands cold storage and manufacturing
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28, 2026
Nations Choice makes $1-billion hotel bet; eyes regional exports
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ISSA president looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 28, 2026
ISSA boss looks to competitive schoolboy football season despite sponsorship fall-off
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