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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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Nepal raises flood missing toll by nearly 1,000 people to 6,150
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Nepal raises flood missing toll by nearly 1,000 people to 6,150
September 16, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—Nepal's disaster authority said Wednesday it had sharply revised up the number of people considered missing after the August 26...
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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be US$4.78 billion, says foreign ministry
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Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be US$4.78 billion, says foreign ministry
September 11, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- Nepal estimates the reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse last month will amount to...
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Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods
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Nepal seeks survivors two weeks after deadly floods
September 9, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday, two weeks after deadly flooding...
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Nepal flood death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels
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Nepal flood death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels
September 8, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—The death toll from Nepal's devastating flood rose on Tuesday to 1,357, with 5,326 people still missing, the country's disaster...
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Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
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Nepali woman rescued alive from buried home 10 days after flood
September 5, 2026
NUWAKOT, Nepal (AFP) -- Rescuers pulled a Nepali woman alive on Saturday from her home buried under thick mud and debris when the region was struck by...
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,287, with 5,083 missing
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,287, with 5,083 missing
September 4, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,287 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Friday, ...
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Nepal flood death toll at 1,259, missing figure jumps to 5,083
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Nepal flood death toll at 1,259, missing figure jumps to 5,083
September 3, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—Devastating floods on the China-Nepal border have killed at least 1,259 people in Nepal, the disaster authority said Thursday, ...
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China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope
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China-Nepal flood toll tops 1,000 as tunnel rescue offers last hope
September 1, 2026
NUWAKOT, Nepal—The death toll from devastating Himalayan glacial floods crossed the grim 1,000 mark on Tuesday, as Chinese and Nepali teams searched f...
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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster
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Nepal toll surges as rescuers struggle through ‘unimaginable’ disaster
August 31, 2026
NUWAKOT, Nepal (AFP)–Rescuers struggled on Monday through mud and debris for a sixth day, as the number of missing people soared to nearly 5,000 since...
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Canada announces CAN$5 million in aid after Nepal flood
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Canada announces CAN$5 million in aid after Nepal flood
August 28, 2026
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP)—Canada said Friday it would provide CAN$5 million (US$ 3.6 million) in funding to help relief operations after devastating floo...
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 547 — police
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Nepal flood death toll rises to 547 — police
August 28, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) — Devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border region this week have killed at least 547 people, Nepal's police said Friday. Ch...
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Collapsed glacier may have triggered devastating Nepal-Tibet floods — scientists
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Collapsed glacier may have triggered devastating Nepal-Tibet floods — scientists
August 27, 2026
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of metres from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the disaster in Nepal...
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Death toll rises, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
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Death toll rises, rescuers search for 1,400 missing after Nepal-Tibet floods
August 27, 2026
BIDUR, Nepal (AFP) — Rescue teams waded through mud on Thursday searching for more than 1,400 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck ...
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Nepal-Tibet flood toll hits 160, after Nepal police recover 157 bodies
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Nepal-Tibet flood toll hits 160, after Nepal police recover 157 bodies
August 26, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—Nepali police said Wednesday they had recovered 157 bodies after a terrifying flood tore through the Tibet border region, takin...
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Massive flood near Tibet border kills at least 95 in Nepal
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Massive flood near Tibet border kills at least 95 in Nepal
August 26, 2026
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)—At least 95 people were killed in Nepal on Wednesday after a massive flood tore through the border region with Tibet, a police ...
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West Indies first team into T20 World Cup Super Eights
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West Indies first team into T20 World Cup Super Eights
February 15, 2026
MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- The West Indies became the first team to qualify for the Super Eights phase of the T20 World Cup when they cruised to victory a...
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Nepal defeat West Indies by 90 runs – 2nd T20I
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Nepal defeat West Indies by 90 runs – 2nd T20I
September 29, 2025
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) – Nepal defeated the West Indies by 90 runs in the second T20I of the Unity Cup here at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium ...
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Nepal stun West Indies for historic first T20 win
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Nepal stun West Indies for historic first T20 win
September 27, 2025
Nepal created history on Saturday with a 19-run victory over West Indies in a T20I in Sharjah, marking their first-ever win against a Full Member nati...
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President seeks end to crisis engulfing Nepal
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President seeks end to crisis engulfing Nepal
September 11, 2025
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)-Nepal's president said Thursday he was seeking an end to the crisis that has engulfed the Himalayan nation since deadly protest...
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by Nepal violence, urges dialogue
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UN rights chief ‘appalled’ by Nepal violence, urges dialogue
September 9, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)-The UN rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at escalating violence in Nepal, where youth protesters set fire to parliament afte...
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Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits
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Nepal protesters set parliament ablaze as PM quits
September 9, 2025
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)-Nepali youth protesters set parliament ablaze on Tuesday as the veteran prime minister obeyed furious crowds to quit, after one...
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Major social media sites back online in Nepal after deadly protests
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Major social media sites back online in Nepal after deadly protests
September 8, 2025
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP)-Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in protests demanding the governm...
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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
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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, 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
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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...
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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, 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
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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 ...
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