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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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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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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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From State care to the classroom
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From State care to the classroom
Christopher Dawes turns pain into purpose; rewrites his future through education
October 5 12:20 AM
FOR Christopher Dawes, navigating the challenges of growing up in State care could have easily defined his future. Instead, he allowed the circumstanc...
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JSIF marks 30 years; vows to deepen impact on community development
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JSIF marks 30 years; vows to deepen impact on community development
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:20 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Three decades after it was established to help tackle poverty and social deprivation in vulnerable communities across the cou...
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WATCH: Final court should be Jamaican, not Caribbean — Chuck
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WATCH: Final court should be Jamaican, not Caribbean — Chuck
October 4, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Accusing the People’s National Party (PNP) of using accession to the Caribbean Court of Justice as a tactic to delay constitutiona...
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Woman in hospital after surviving two lethal injections in failed Tennessee execution
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Woman in hospital after surviving two lethal injections in failed Tennessee execution
October 1, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A Tennessee woman convicted of murder survived two lethal injection doses and was hospitalised on Thursday, her lawy...
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Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028
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Alleged 9/11 mastermind to go on trial in June 2028
August 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, will go on tr...
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Chuck warns JPs about using role to get out of traffic tickets
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Chuck warns JPs about using role to get out of traffic tickets
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
June 26, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has sharply rebuked justices of the peace (JPs) who place decals identifying themselves as JPs on th...
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Canada gov’t sued over climate inaction
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Canada gov’t sued over climate inaction
June 16, 2026
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) — Three young women and two environmental groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Canadian Government seeking to force it...
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US judge blocks Trump restrictions on legal immigration
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US judge blocks Trump restrictions on legal immigration
June 5, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States (US) federal judge on Friday blocked a series of restrictions placed by President Donald Trump's adm...
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US allows Venezuela to pay for Maduro legal team
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US allows Venezuela to pay for Maduro legal team
April 25, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) will allow Venezuela to pay for Nicolas Maduro's legal defence, a court filing showed, lifting ...
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Florida man faces execution after 35 years on Death Row
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Florida man faces execution after 35 years on Death Row
April 21, 2026
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A Florida man who has spent 35 years on Death Row for the murder of his neighbour is to be executed by lethal injection o...
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Chuck extends condolences following passing of Hanover parish judge
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Chuck extends condolences following passing of Hanover parish judge
March 3, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Delroy Chuck, has expressed condolences to the family and friends of Senior Parish...
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Lay magistrates urged to remain firm as custodians of fairness
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Lay magistrates urged to remain firm as custodians of fairness
January 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lay magistrates are encouraged to remain firm as custodians of fairness and guardians of community justice, as their progress is m...
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Defiant ex-prosecutor testifies to Trump’s ‘criminal’ election plot
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Defiant ex-prosecutor testifies to Trump’s ‘criminal’ election plot
January 22, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Former special counsel Jack Smith defiantly defended his prosecution of Donald Trump in a long-awaited showdown Thur...
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Alabama man executed by nitrogen gas for murder over US$200 drug debt
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Alabama man executed by nitrogen gas for murder over US$200 drug debt
October 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An inmate convicted of murdering a man over a US$200 drug debt by burning him alive was executed by nitrogen gas in ...
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Nigerian court orders TikTokers to marry after viral smooches
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Nigerian court orders TikTokers to marry after viral smooches
October 21, 2025
KANO, Nigeria (AFP) — A court in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria's socially conservative north, has ordered two TikTok celebrities to get m...
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JFJ calls for swifter justice timelines amid guilty verdict in decade long Mario Dean case
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JFJ calls for swifter justice timelines amid guilty verdict in decade long Mario Dean case
May 22, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) says it stands in solidarity with Merica Frazer, the mother of Mario Deane as it calls for the whe...
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86-y-o US man who shot Black teen dies before sentencing
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86-y-o US man who shot Black teen dies before sentencing
February 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An 86-year-old Missouri man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teenager who rang his doorbell by mistake has die...
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Kenyan ex-governor sentenced to 12 years for corruption
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Kenyan ex-governor sentenced to 12 years for corruption
February 13, 2025
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — A Kenyan court on Thursday sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and thre...
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Acquitted longest-serving death row inmate seeks US$1.3m from Japan
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Acquitted longest-serving death row inmate seeks US$1.3m from Japan
January 30, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The world's longest-serving death row inmate is demanding the Japanese government pay him more than US$1.3 million in compensatio...
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Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79
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Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79
December 25, 2024
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AFP) — Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the kill...
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Plea bargaining helping to speed up delivery of justice
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Plea bargaining helping to speed up delivery of justice
November 2, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica  —  Minister of Justice, Delroy Chuck, says the use of plea bargaining has had a positive and significant impact on the justice syst...
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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
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...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
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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
Lifestyle, ...
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...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
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 ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
News
Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
…proposes Caribbean Tourism Agricultural Logistics Centre
Mark Dennis 
October 5, 2026
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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