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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 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: Search for missing Manchester schoolboy to continue tomorrow
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WATCH: Search for missing Manchester schoolboy to continue tomorrow
September 30, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The search for missing Manchester High student Jayden Smith continued up to mid-afternoon Tuesday with firefighters, the police ...
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Search for missing Manchester schoolboy to intensify
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Search for missing Manchester schoolboy to intensify
September 30, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A search is being organised to locate Manchester High schoolboy Jayden Smith who has been reported missing since last Friday. Hi...
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High alert issued for missing Manchester boy
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High alert issued for missing Manchester boy
September 27, 2025
Police have activated a high alert for 12-year-old Jayden Smith of Whales district, Newport, Manchester, who has been missing since Friday, September ...
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Police issue high alert for missing teen mother and 1-y-o son
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Police issue high alert for missing teen mother and 1-y-o son
March 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have issued a high alert for one-year-old Jahdore Hanson and his mother, 17-year-old Rhianna Hanson who have been missi...
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Police searching for missing 12-y-o
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Police searching for missing 12-y-o
January 2, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica - Police have activated a high alert for a missing 12-year-old girl and are requesting public assistance to find her. Jesayana D...
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Body found wrapped in carpet in Manchester
December 4, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are awaiting their detective colleagues to process a scene in Fairfield/ Spice Grove where what appears to a body was fou...
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Police canine unit joins search for missing Manchester autistic teen
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Police canine unit joins search for missing Manchester autistic teen
November 27, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A police canine unit was unable to detect the scent of missing autistic teen Georgiana Bramwell during a search for her in Spice ...
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WATCH: 15-y-o autistic girl missing in Manchester
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WATCH: 15-y-o autistic girl missing in Manchester
November 23, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – A political aspirant and the relatives of a 15-year-old girl with autism are pleading for additional resources from the police t...
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Child found wandering in Waterford, St Catherine returns home
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Child found wandering in Waterford, St Catherine returns home
November 19, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica - A young girl, Tishana who was found wandering on the Waterford main road, Portmore, St Catherine about 6:40 pm, on Tuesday, No...
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Police issue high alert for 2-y-o boy missing from St Catherine home
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Police issue high alert for 2-y-o boy missing from St Catherine home
June 27, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has issued a high alert for a two-year-old boy who reportedly went missing from his yard i...
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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"}
Not true
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Not true
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 ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}

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