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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
December 4 10:12 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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UK government looks to military sites to house migrants
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UK government looks to military sites to house migrants
September 7, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British government said on Sunday it was considering housing migrants on military sites, as anger grows among some ...
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Terrified by Trump raids, LA’s undocumented migrants hide at home
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Terrified by Trump raids, LA’s undocumented migrants hide at home
July 30, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—For over a month, Alberto has hardly dared to leave the small room he rents in someone's backyard for fear of encount...
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‘Always hiding’ — Haitian laborers fear Dominican deportation push
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‘Always hiding’ — Haitian laborers fear Dominican deportation push
July 4, 2025
MAO, Dominican Republic (AFP) —Agamise Cheranfant hides as soon as he finishes his work at a banana plantation in the Dominican Republic. Like many ot...
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Venezuelans in limbo as US court ends deportation protection
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Venezuelans in limbo as US court ends deportation protection
May 21, 2025
DORAL , United States (AFP) — Denis Caldeira says he is in legal limbo since the US Supreme Court let the Trump administration strip him and 350,000 o...
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Advocacy group calls for Jamaica to end ‘racist’ policy against Haitian asylum seekers
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Advocacy group calls for Jamaica to end ‘racist’ policy against Haitian asylum seekers
May 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Accusing the Government of “racist” and “unlawful” policies, advocacy group Stand Up for Jamaica is decrying the treatment of Hait...
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First group of ‘self-deporting’ migrants departs US
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First group of ‘self-deporting’ migrants departs US
May 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The first group of undocumented migrants who accepted a payment of $1,000 from the US government and agreed to "self...
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Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport
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Trump administration offers $1,000 to migrants who self-deport
May 5, 2025
Washington, United States (AFP)-The Trump administration said Monday it will pay for the travel and give $1,000 to undocumented migrants who "self-dep...
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Committee questions Jamaica’s treatment of undocumented migrants
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Committee questions Jamaica’s treatment of undocumented migrants
April 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families has raised questions on...
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Immigration advocates condemn moves to share sensitive information on undocumented migrants
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Immigration advocates condemn moves to share sensitive information on undocumented migrants
April 9, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Immigration advocates have condemned an agreement between the United States (US) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and th...
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US revokes legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app
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US revokes legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app
April 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Migrants who obtained temporary permission to live in the United States through the CBP One app under former president...
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Guyana expels 75 Venezuelans found on boat near disputed region
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Guyana expels 75 Venezuelans found on boat near disputed region
March 12, 2025
Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)—Guyana has expelled a group of 75 Venezuelans, including children, discovered on a boat intercepted this week near an oil-ric...
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Trump crackdown leaves Panama facing chaotic reverse migration wave
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Trump crackdown leaves Panama facing chaotic reverse migration wave
February 28, 2025
Miramar, Panama (AFP)—Boatloads of migrants have returned to South America this week from a new departure point in Panama -- part of an increasing and...
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Dominican army detains over 90,000 undocumented Haitians in six months
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Dominican army detains over 90,000 undocumented Haitians in six months
February 19, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC) — The Dominican Republic Army says it transferred 90,018 undocumented Haitian nationals to the General Directo...
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Migrants fret over asylum appointments scheduled after Trump’s inauguration
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Migrants fret over asylum appointments scheduled after Trump’s inauguration
January 13, 2025
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AFP)— Days before Donald Trump returns to the White House with a vow of mass deportations, migrants in Mexico say they are increasi...
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UN sec gen urges advocacy for migrants on International Migrants Day
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UN sec gen urges advocacy for migrants on International Migrants Day
December 18, 2024
GENEVA, Switzerland – United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres is calling on people to summon their common humanity to reverse harmful t...
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Migrants set out from Mexico hoping to reach pre-Trump US
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Migrants set out from Mexico hoping to reach pre-Trump US
November 20, 2024
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AFP) Hundreds of migrants left the Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Wednesday, aiming to arrive at the US border before President-...
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Pratville Primary shares fun day joy with hurricane-ravaged Thornton Primary
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Sixty students of the St Elizabeth-based Thornton Primary School were on Thursday feted during a fun day hosted by the Mancheste...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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