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Adoption bottleneck
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Adoption bottleneck
CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
February 8 12:20 AM
Adoption bottleneck
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:18 AM
Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:16 AM
Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Light at last!
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Light at last!
St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:14 AM
Light at last!
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Football lawyer Werners calls out JFF over registration delays
February 8 12:12 AM
Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
February 8 12:10 AM
Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:07 AM
‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:06 AM
Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Jamaican-born US Army veteran deported from the US
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Jamaican-born US Army veteran deported from the US
February 6, 2026
A Jamaican-born United States (US) Army veteran was deported to the island on Tuesday after reportedly being in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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Deportation raids drive Minneapolis immigrant family into hiding
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Deportation raids drive Minneapolis immigrant family into hiding
February 3, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)-For the two months that federal agents have been conducting immigration raids in Minneapolis, Ana, Carlos and their s...
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US judge denies Minnesota bid to suspend immigration sweeps
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US judge denies Minnesota bid to suspend immigration sweeps
January 31, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)-A US judge delivered a blow Saturday to Minnesota's bid to force Immigration and Customs Enforcement to suspend its s...
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Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics
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Anger as branch of ICE to help with security at Winter Olympics
January 27, 2026
ROME, Italy (AFP) — A branch of the United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will help with security for the Winter Olympics in It...
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US monster storm kills 30
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US monster storm kills 30
January 27, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) —More than half a million Americans woke up without power Tuesday, as freezing temperatures gripped swathes of the count...
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Caribbean-American legislator denounces ICE’s latest fatal shooting
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Caribbean-American legislator denounces ICE’s latest fatal shooting
January 25, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean-American New York State Assembly member Brian Cunningham on Saturday denounced the latest fatal shooting by ...
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Man shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has died: US media
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Man shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has died: US media
January 24, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, Jamaica (AFP) — A man shot by federal agents in Minneapolis has died, the city's police chief told United States (US) media on Saturday -...
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Defiant protests over US immigration crackdown, 5-y-o’s detention
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Defiant protests over US immigration crackdown, 5-y-o’s detention
January 24, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Thousands of people braved icy conditions on Friday to protest the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in M...
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UN demands independent probe into woman’s killing by US immigration officer
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UN demands independent probe into woman’s killing by US immigration officer
January 13, 2026
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations demanded Tuesday a swift and independent investigation after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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Haitian-American legislator condemns ICE shooting of woman as ‘horrific’
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Haitian-American legislator condemns ICE shooting of woman as ‘horrific’
January 8, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC)–Haitian-American New York State Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn has condemned Wednesday’s fatal shooting of 3...
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US congresswoman condemns death of Haitian man in ICE custody
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US congresswoman condemns death of Haitian man in ICE custody
December 25, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – United States Democratic Congresswoman, Yvette Clarke, has condemned the death of a Haitian man in the custody of the ...
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Haitian man dies in ICE custody
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Haitian man dies in ICE custody
December 20, 2025
NEWARK, New Jersey (CMC)—The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says a 41-year-old criminal illegal national from Haiti, w...
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US court suspends releasing immigration detainees in Illinois
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US court suspends releasing immigration detainees in Illinois
November 20, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A US appeals court on Thursday suspended the release of hundreds of people on bail after they had been arrested by imm...
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Immigration advocates condemn proposed new policy targeting unaccompanied children
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Immigration advocates condemn proposed new policy targeting unaccompanied children
October 6, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Immigration advocates in the United States have condemned a proposed new Trump administration policy that targets undo...
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ICE nabs illegal Haitian immigrant allegedly connected to criminal terrorist organisations
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ICE nabs illegal Haitian immigrant allegedly connected to criminal terrorist organisations
September 28, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says agents have arrested an illegal Haitian immigrant...
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Guyana-born school superintendent arrested by immigration authorities
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Guyana-born school superintendent arrested by immigration authorities
September 27, 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa (CMC) – Immigration authorities in the United States on Friday arrested Guyana-born educator, Dr Ian Andre Roberts, who rose to becom...
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Japan’s Pokemon says it did not approve use in ICE immigration video
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Japan’s Pokemon says it did not approve use in ICE immigration video
September 26, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan's wildly popular Pokémon franchise distanced itself on Friday from a recent viral United States (US) government video that ...
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Multiple injuries in shooting at US immigration facility
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Multiple injuries in shooting at US immigration facility
September 24, 2025
TEXAS, United States (AFP) — Multiple people were wounded in a shooting on Wednesday at a United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...
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Pure National to resume ice making soon, says company
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Pure National to resume ice making soon, says company
September 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica  - Pure National Limited, manufacturers of Pure National Ice, Happy Ice and Happy Water, has announced that preparations are almost ...
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Trump admin launches immigration raids in Chicago
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Trump admin launches immigration raids in Chicago
September 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)-The Trump administration on Monday launched a new immigration enforcement operation in Chicago, saying the latest fede...
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NYIC president, Congressional representatives ‘confined’ by ICE and BOP
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NYIC president, Congressional representatives ‘confined’ by ICE and BOP
August 7, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) says its president, Murad Awawdeh, along with United States (US) representat...
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
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Light at last!
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Light at last!
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February 8, 2026
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