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Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11 12:16 AM
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Fruits of farm work
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Fruits of farm work
Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
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Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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exP.Perience Til Sunset
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JFB staff member with newborn gets help to rebuild home
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:09 AM
‘To God be the glory’
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Puerto Escondido, Mexico (AFP)-Hurricane Erick made landfall in the western Mexican state of Oaxaca on Thursday, the US National Hurricane Center said...
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Hurricane Erick nears Mexico, strengthens to powerful Category 3 storm — NHC
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Hurricane Erick nears Mexico, strengthens to powerful Category 3 storm — NHC
June 18, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Erick has strengthened to a powerful Category 3 storm as it barrels down on Mexico's Pacific coast, the US Natio...
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Mexico down Dominican Republic to open Gold Cup defence
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Mexico down Dominican Republic to open Gold Cup defence
June 15, 2025
INGLEWOOD, United States (AFP) -- Mexico launched their bid for a 10th CONCACAF Gold Cup crown with a nervy 3-2 win over the Dominican Republic in Los...
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US Supreme Court rejects Mexican govt suit against gunmakers
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US Supreme Court rejects Mexican govt suit against gunmakers
June 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— The United States (US) Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit by the Mexican government accusing A...
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17 bodies found in abandoned house in Mexico
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17 bodies found in abandoned house in Mexico
May 27, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Missing persons investigators found 17 bodies in an abandoned house in a central Mexican region plagued by criminal viole...
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Reggae artiste Jah Fabio dies in Mexico
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Reggae artiste Jah Fabio dies in Mexico
May 26, 2025
Reggae artiste Jah Fabio, whose given name is Favio Velasco, passed away on Saturday in Guadalajara,  Mexico. He was 43. The reggae artiste, who was b...
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Mexico ex-security chief ordered to pay over $2.4b to country in corruption case
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Mexico ex-security chief ordered to pay over $2.4b to country in corruption case
May 22, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — A United States (US) court on Thursday ordered a convicted former Mexican security chief and his wife to pay more than US$...
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Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ change
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Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ change
May 9, 2025
Mexico is suing tech giant Google for ignoring their repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” on Google Maps for US user...
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Mexico agrees to send water to US after Trump threatens tariffs
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Mexico agrees to send water to US after Trump threatens tariffs
April 28, 2025
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP)—Mexico has agreed to immediately provide water to the United States to reduce shortfalls under a decades-old treaty at the c...
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Mexico says no deal yet with Trump on auto, steel tariffs
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Mexico says no deal yet with Trump on auto, steel tariffs
April 21, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico has not yet reached an agreement with United States (US) President Donald Trump to avoid tariffs on its automobile ...
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Mexico leader ‘does not rule out’ reciprocal tariffs on US goods
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Mexico leader ‘does not rule out’ reciprocal tariffs on US goods
April 7, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that Mexico, which is the top United States (US) trading partner and has been hit ...
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Mexico president welcomes being left off Trump’s tariffs list
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Mexico president welcomes being left off Trump’s tariffs list
April 3, 2025
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP)—President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, the United States' top trading partner, on Thursday welcomed her country's exclusion ...
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Relatives seek clues at suspected Mexican ‘mass killing site’
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Relatives seek clues at suspected Mexican ‘mass killing site’
March 20, 2025
TEUCHITLAN, Mexico (AFP) — Desperate relatives of missing Mexicans on Thursday visited a suspected drug cartel training ground where bones, shoes and ...
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Mexico president says ‘dialogue prevailed’ in Trump tariff dispute
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Mexico president says ‘dialogue prevailed’ in Trump tariff dispute
March 9, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum credited "dialogue" Sunday for her United States (US) counterpart Donald Trump's deci...
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Amazon rival Mercado Libre to invest $3.4 bn in Mexico
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Amazon rival Mercado Libre to invest $3.4 bn in Mexico
March 7, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Mercado Libre, a Latin American rival of Amazon, announced Friday a $3.4 billion investment in Mexico, the latest in a ser...
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Trump says US to ‘wage war’ on Mexican drug cartels
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Trump says US to ‘wage war’ on Mexican drug cartels
March 5, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP) —US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to "wage war" on Mexico's drug cartels, which he accused of rape and murder a...
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Mexico to hit back at US with retaliatory tariffs
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Mexico to hit back at US with retaliatory tariffs
March 4, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico will hit back at US President Donald Trump's tariffs with retaliatory duties of its own, President Claudia Sheinbau...
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Mexico says it sent drug lords to US for ‘national security’
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Mexico says it sent drug lords to US for ‘national security’
February 28, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico handed over 29 alleged drug lords to the United States for reasons of national security and outside the countries' ...
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Netflix says to spend $1 billion producing content in Mexico
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Netflix says to spend $1 billion producing content in Mexico
February 20, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Netflix said Thursday that it would spend $1 billion over four years producing content in Mexico, in a boost to the govern...
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Mexico announces big meth seizure in cartel bastion
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Mexico announces big meth seizure in cartel bastion
February 17, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Mexico announced Monday the seizure of 200 kilos (440 pounds) of methamphetamine in a cartel heartland, as it comes under ...
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Mexican ministers to visit US seeking to avert tariffs
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Mexican ministers to visit US seeking to avert tariffs
February 17, 2025
Mexico City, Mexico (AFP) -Mexico's economy and security ministers are preparing to visit the United States for talks with Donald Trump's administrati...
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Mexico threatens to sue Google if it insists on using ‘Gulf of America’
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Mexico threatens to sue Google if it insists on using ‘Gulf of America’
February 17, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico's name to "Gulf of America" for Maps users ...
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
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January 11, 2026
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