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Golding must disclose if JACDEN helped to fund PNP’s election campaign —  Young Jamaica
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Golding must disclose if JACDEN helped to fund PNP’s election campaign — Young Jamaica
April 6 05:26 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Young Jamaica is urging Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, to immediately clarify...
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Ky-Mani Marley, Colombian artiste Kapla collaborate on joint EP
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Ky-Mani Marley, Colombian artiste Kapla collaborate on joint EP
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 6 04:53 PM
Reggae artiste and actor Ky-Mani Marley and Colombian reggaeton artiste Kapla have teamed up for a collaborative EP, which is being produced by Americ...
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Trump doubles down on Iran threat, says ceasefire ‘not good enough’
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Trump doubles down on Iran threat, says ceasefire ‘not good enough’
April 6 03:45 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump doubled down Monday on his threat to wreck Iran's civilian infrastructure, w...
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CPFSA urges parents to prioritise safety of children after 9-y-o drowns in St Elizabeth
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CPFSA urges parents to prioritise safety of children after 9-y-o drowns in St Elizabeth
April 6 03:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas, is urging parents and g...
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Caribbean employers urged to invest in workforce development
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Caribbean employers urged to invest in workforce development
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
April 6 03:08 PM
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — As Caribbean workers face growing challenges in accessing higher education overseas, business leaders say online learning i...
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Former WADA chief Craig Reedie dies at age 84
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Former WADA chief Craig Reedie dies at age 84
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
April 6 02:01 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Veteran British sports administrator Craig Reedie, a former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a key figure ...
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Changes announced for Criminal Records Office pick-ups at Police Officers’ Club on Wednesday
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Changes announced for Criminal Records Office pick-ups at Police Officers’ Club on Wednesday
Vanassa McKenzie | Observer Online Reporter 
April 6 01:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Criminal Records Office is advising the public that there will be temporary changes to operat...
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Families in western Jamaica set to get 200 new homes after Hurricane Melissa
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Families in western Jamaica set to get 200 new homes after Hurricane Melissa
April 6 12:56 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Several families left homeless by Hurricane Melissa are now on the path to recovery, as a multi-partner initiative moves to constr...
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Man United’s Ratcliffe’s apologises for ‘language’ on immigration
February 12, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Manchester United co-owner Jim Ratcliffe apologised on Thursday for his "choice of language" after saying the "UK has bee...
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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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Immigration advocates demand special protections for Venezuelan New Yorkers
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Immigration advocates demand special protections for Venezuelan New Yorkers
January 17, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean immigration advocates New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), together with local immigrant organisations, is...
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Jamaicans in US keeping low profile amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
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Jamaicans in US keeping low profile amid Trump’s immigration crackdown
‘Even church attendance has declined’ says immigrant services expert
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7, 2026
From riding around with passports in their cars to shying away from public gatherings, the day-to-day movements of some Jamaicans in the United States...
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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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Trump authorises ‘full force’ troop deployment in Portland
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Trump authorises ‘full force’ troop deployment in Portland
September 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday authorised the deployment of troops in the northwestern US city of Portland, exte...
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US citizen to sue for $50m over violent ICE arrest
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US citizen to sue for $50m over violent ICE arrest
September 26, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — An elderly United States (US) man who was body slammed to the ground as immigration agents raided his Los Angeles c...
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UK to launch digital ID scheme to curb illegal migration
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UK to launch digital ID scheme to curb illegal migration
September 26, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday announced plans for a new nationwide digital ID in a bid to c...
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Trump signs order creating million-dollar gold residency card
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Trump signs order creating million-dollar gold residency card
September 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order creating a "gold card" residency progamme for a fee of...
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US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Salvadoran man in immigration row
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US judge temporarily blocks deportation of Salvadoran man in immigration row
August 25, 2025
BALTIMORE, United States (AFP) —A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the deportation to Uganda of a Salvadoran man at the center of a row ove...
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US govt wants migrant targeted in crackdown deported to Uganda: lawyers
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US govt wants migrant targeted in crackdown deported to Uganda: lawyers
August 23, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US government intends to deport a Salvadoran man at ground zero of President Donald Trump's war on illegal immig...
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Undocumented Haitians told to leave DR voluntarily
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Undocumented Haitians told to leave DR voluntarily
August 3, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC) –  Director of the Dominican Republic's General Directorate of Immigration, Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, has cal...
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US court upholds order blocking indiscriminate targeting by immigration patrols
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US court upholds order blocking indiscriminate targeting by immigration patrols
August 2, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A United States (US)  appeals court has upheld an order blocking immigration agents from carrying out patrols in Ca...
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ICE facing backlash for using viral Jet2 sound in deportation video
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ICE facing backlash for using viral Jet2 sound in deportation video
July 30, 2025
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is facing backlash after posting a video on social media that appeared to mock undo...
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Questions swell in Eswatini over deportation of Jamaican, four others from US
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Questions swell in Eswatini over deportation of Jamaican, four others from US
July 27, 2025
MBABANE, Eswatini (AFP) — In the small African kingdom of Eswatini, the arrival of five men, including a Jamaican, deported from the United States (US...
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Tears of joy as Venezuelan migrants return from Salvadoran prison ‘hell’
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Tears of joy as Venezuelan migrants return from Salvadoran prison ‘hell’
July 22, 2025
BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (AFP) — Tears of joy and relief flowed freely Tuesday as Venezuelan Maikel Olivera returned home to his mother's embrace after...
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US attorneys general defend ‘critical’ immigration services for unaccompanied Caribbean children
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US attorneys general defend ‘critical’ immigration services for unaccompanied Caribbean children
July 21, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Several United States (US) attorneys general are defending what they described as “critical” immigration services for ...
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Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California
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Farm worker dies after US immigration raid in California
July 13, 2025
CALIFORNIA, United States (AFP) — A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by United States (US) immigration agents on a legal cannabi...
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US Supreme Court blocks Florida immigration law
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US Supreme Court blocks Florida immigration law
July 9, 2025
FLORIDA, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for u...
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Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by US immigration
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Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr arrested by US immigration
July 5, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr has been arrested by US immigration officers and faces deportation from the Un...
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NY mayoral candidate held by immigration cops
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NY mayoral candidate held by immigration cops
June 17, 2025
New York, United States (AFP)-US immigration police handcuffed a New York mayoral candidate at court on Tuesday after he sought to assist migrants thr...
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Caribbean immigration advocates welcome ruling barring ICE office at prison
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Caribbean immigration advocates welcome ruling barring ICE office at prison
June 14, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) – Caribbean immigration advocates on Friday welcomed a preliminary injunction by the Supreme Court of the State of New Y...
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Golding must disclose if JACDEN helped to fund PNP’s election campaign —  Young Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Young Jamaica is urging Opposition Leader and President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, to immediately clarify...
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Ky-Mani Marley, Colombian artiste Kapla collaborate on joint EP
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Ky-Mani Marley, Colombian artiste Kapla collaborate on joint EP
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Reggae artiste and actor Ky-Mani Marley and Colombian reggaeton artiste Kapla have teamed up for a collaborative EP, which is being produced by Americ...
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Trump doubles down on Iran threat, says ceasefire ‘not good enough’
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump doubled down Monday on his threat to wreck Iran's civilian infrastructure, w...
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CPFSA urges parents to prioritise safety of children after 9-y-o drowns in St Elizabeth
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer of the Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA), Laurette Adams-Thomas, is urging parents and g...
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Caribbean employers urged to invest in workforce development
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Caribbean employers urged to invest in workforce development
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — As Caribbean workers face growing challenges in accessing higher education overseas, business leaders say online learning i...
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