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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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Belize debates controversial ‘safe third country’ agreement with US
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Belize debates controversial ‘safe third country’ agreement with US
November 12, 2025
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — Belizean lawmakers are debating a motion which, if successful, means the country will start taking in asylum seekers from Cen...
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Jamaican woman sentenced to six months for illegally re-entering US
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Jamaican woman sentenced to six months for illegally re-entering US
September 6, 2025
BOSTON, United States (CMC) — A Jamaica woman was sentenced in federal court earlier this week for illegally re-entering the United States after depor...
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UK launches first sanctions in new strategy to deter migrant crossings
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UK launches first sanctions in new strategy to deter migrant crossings
July 23, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The United Kingdom (UK) imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkan...
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Barbados to host two-day regional meeting on labour migration programme
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Barbados to host two-day regional meeting on labour migration programme
July 14, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados will from Tuesday host a two-day bi-partite consultation of Caribbean workers’ and employers’ organisations on t...
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Cuba warns US pressure could trigger migration surge
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Cuba warns US pressure could trigger migration surge
June 3, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cuba warned Tuesday that United States (US) pressure could lead to a new surge in migration, as Washington imposed f...
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More than 2,000 Haitians held in Dominican hospital crackdown
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More than 2,000 Haitians held in Dominican hospital crackdown
June 2, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — The Dominican Republic said Monday it had arrested 2,000 people from gang violence-riddled Haiti in a crackd...
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Dominican Republic reports sharp rise in Haitian migrant deportations
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Dominican Republic reports sharp rise in Haitian migrant deportations
May 6, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP)  — The Dominican Republic has deported more than 119,000 Haitians so far in 2025, an increase of 71 per cent o...
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UN migration agency laying off 20% of HQ staff amid US aid cuts — sources
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UN migration agency laying off 20% of HQ staff amid US aid cuts — sources
March 14, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United Nations (UN) migration agency, which has been hit hard by United States (US) foreign aid cuts, has launched mor...
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St Lucia to develop national migration policy
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St Lucia to develop national migration policy
March 11, 2025
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The St Lucia government says it is collaborating with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the development...
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Pope calls Trump migrant deportations a ‘major crisis’
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Pope calls Trump migrant deportations a ‘major crisis’
February 11, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Francis launched a stinging critique Tuesday of United States (US) President Donald Trump's deportations of undocu...
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Trump’s deportation operation underway, hundreds of migrants arrested — White House
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Trump’s deportation operation underway, hundreds of migrants arrested — White House
January 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Hundreds of migrants in the United States (US) were arrested Thursday and others flown out of the country on militar...
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Nearly 2,000 Haitians detained for illegally entering Dominican Republic
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Nearly 2,000 Haitians detained for illegally entering Dominican Republic
January 22, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (CMC)— The Dominican Republic military said nearly 2,000 Haitians have been detained for illegally entering the coun...
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Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take deported migrants
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Bahamas rejects Trump proposal to take deported migrants
December 5, 2024
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported m...
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Spate of child poisoning deaths sparks South Africa xenophobia
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Spate of child poisoning deaths sparks South Africa xenophobia
November 15, 2024
SOWETO, South Africa (AFP) The deaths of 23 children in Johannesburg this year from suspected food poisoning has ignited anger in South Africa against...
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Canada on ‘high alert’ bracing for migrants fleeing US
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Canada on ‘high alert’ bracing for migrants fleeing US
November 8, 2024
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canadian authorities said Friday they're on "high alert" with all eyes on the United States (US) border as the country braces f...
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World needs to ‘wake up’ to people smuggling threat — UK’s Starmer
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World needs to ‘wake up’ to people smuggling threat — UK’s Starmer
November 4, 2024
GLASGOW, United Kingdom (AFP) — People smuggling should be put on a par with global terrorism, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday, as ...
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UK PM Starmer says job training key to reducing migration
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UK PM Starmer says job training key to reducing migration
September 25, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned businesses in comments aired Wednesday that he will "not tolerate" a long-t...
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Five migrants found dead on boat off Spain’s Canaries
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Five migrants found dead on boat off Spain’s Canaries
June 20, 2024
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — Five migrants were found dead on a crowded boat that was spotted adrift south of Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic, the ...
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Benji Hype sheds light on tough times after migration to US
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Benji Hype sheds light on tough times after migration to US
April 6, 2024
While there are countless success stories about immigrants in the United States, misconceptions about the streets of ‘farin’ being lined with gold, ab...
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28, 2025
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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