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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered a United States (US) naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to ...
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
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A heavy downpour threatened to put a damper on the hard fete agenda soca lovers had in mind for Rytz on Thursday, but by nightfall, the event had rewr...
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Mastering Difficult Conversations: Carolyn Rose Miller leads initiative to strengthen professional and personal relationships
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Mastering Difficult Conversations: Carolyn Rose Miller leads initiative to strengthen professional and personal relationships
April 12 07:37 AM
Communication expert Carolyn Rose Miller is taking proactive steps to address what she describes as a troubling pattern in professional and personal r...
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Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
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Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
NGO head, PAJ and others hold conflicting views on withholding names of accused
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:30 AM
Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
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Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
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Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:28 AM
Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
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BY KEDIESHA PERRY 
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Xodus Fete Gala dresses, impresses
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The secret struggle of former national footballer Michael ‘Zun’ Clarke
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The secret struggle of former national footballer Michael ‘Zun’ Clarke
He taught himself to read on a journey to academic triumph
BY VERNON DAVIDSON Executive editor — publications davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:26 AM
The secret struggle of former national footballer Michael ‘Zun’ Clarke
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From child apprentice to master craftsman
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From child apprentice to master craftsman
Kevin Campbell hoping to preserve pot-making craft; invites youth to learn
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:24 AM
From child apprentice to master craftsman
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Fear hangs over Easter mass after Nigeria shooting
Fear hangs over Easter mass after Nigeria shooting
April 5, 2026
JOS, Nigeria (AFP)—Christians in Nigeria's central city of Jos celebrated Easter Sunday Mass under a pall of fear following a shooting that killed aro...
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Canadian High Commission mourns mass shooting victims
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Canadian High Commission mourns mass shooting victims
BY: SANDENA JAMES Social media Editor 
February 14, 2026
The Canadian flag at the High Commission of Canada in Jamaica in Kingston is flying at half-mast as the North American country observes a national per...
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Shooter kills 9 at Canadian school, residence
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Shooter kills 9 at Canadian school, residence
February 11, 2026
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — A shooter killed nine people and wounded dozens more at a secondary school and a residence in a remote part of western Canada ...
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Towels, bags and baby strollers littered Sydney's Bondi Beach Sunday -- the harrowing aftermath of the country's worst mass ...
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake is calling for renewed moral clarity and collective resolve following the murder of four-year-o...
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One of the main suspects in last Tuesday’s mass shooting in central Kingston has been shot and killed by the police. He has been i...
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
October 12, 2025
Four people were reportedly shot and killed, and at least another 20 were injured during a mass shooting at  Willie's Bar and Grill in South Carolina ...
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Police kill two in operations linked to Commodore mass shooting
October 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two men were fatally shot in St Catherine on Thursday during alleged confrontations with police investigating Sunday’s quintup...
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WATCH: Children, teenagers among 6 shot in central Kingston drive-by
October 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six people, including two nine-year-old children and two teenagers, were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting in central Kingst...
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
October 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The government has announced a two-million-dollar reward for information surrounding Sunday’s fatal shooting in the community of Co...
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica —Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson has condemned the deadly mass shooting in Commodore district of Lins...
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A quiet Sunday evening in the community of Commodore in Linstead was shattered by gunfire when armed men, posing as police, at...
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Five people are dead following a mass shooting in Linstead, St Catherine late Sunday. It is understood that a child was among ...
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
September 28, 2025
GRAND BLANC, United States (AFP) -- One person was killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in the US state o...
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
August 8, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica— Police say they remain committed to securing justice for the victims of the Cherry Tree Lane mass shooting and their families as t...
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
July 29, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The gunman who killed four people and then committed suicide in a New York (NY) skyscraper was targeting the National ...
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
July 28, 2025
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands, (CMC) – Police in Turks and Caicos Islands say Haitian gangs are behind the first known mass shooting in this...
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Honduras boosts security after US warning of ‘mass shooting threat’
May 7, 2025
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP)— Honduran authorities stepped up security Wednesday around a school, the presidential palace and other sites in the capita...
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
April 17, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP)— A mass shooting at a university in Florida left two people dead, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday, identi...
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
November 4, 2024
When Singing Melody got the call that his son, 34 year-old businessman Kemar Hardweare had been shot and killed in a drive-by shooting, the incident b...
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WATCH: SOE declared in Rockfort a ‘PR exercise’, says Golding
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has described the state of public emergency (SOE) declared in Rockfort,...
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
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Communication expert Carolyn Rose Miller is taking proactive steps to address what she describes as a troubling pattern in professional and personal r...
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