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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
Dana Malcolm 
May 15 05:34 PM
Falling electricity rates pushed Jamaica’s inflation rate back into negative territory in April, offering consumers some relief from rising food and f...
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
May 15 05:14 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scotiabank Jamaica launched audio guidance at some of its automated teller machines (ATM) across the island, the bank said Friday....
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
May 15 04:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, May 14, ended trading at $159.02, down 17 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
May 15 04:21 PM
TACOMA, United States – A Jamaican man who was extradited to the United States (US) on lottery scam charges in 2025 was sentenced to three years in pr...
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Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
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Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
May 15 04:05 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti coach Sebastien Migne said Friday his team are targeting a place in the knockout rounds of the World Cup as he nam...
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JLP’s Morgan says Gov’t spending $67 billion to assist with Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery
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JLP’s Morgan says Gov’t spending $67 billion to assist with Hurricane Melissa relief and recovery
May 15 03:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In response to  what he described as “grossly misleading narratives” concerning the Government’s expenditure on relief and recover...
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Authorities in St Elizabeth seeking alternative emergency shelters as hurricane season approaches
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Authorities in St Elizabeth seeking alternative emergency shelters as hurricane season approaches
May 15 03:29 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Authorities in St Elizabeth are working to identify alternative emergency shelters ahead of the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season...
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Democrats accuse Trump of stock trade corruption
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Democrats accuse Trump of stock trade corruption
May 15 02:47 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Democrats accused United States (US) President Donald Trump of corruption on Friday after the disclosure of major st...
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US Catholics unsettled by Trump’s feud with pope
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US Catholics unsettled by Trump’s feud with pope
April 17, 2026
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump's war of words with Pope Leo has angered some American Catholics, a key voting bloc, who say the United S...
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Pope Leo reels off four favourite films
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Pope Leo reels off four favourite films
November 12, 2025
VATICAN, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV has revealed his four favourite films ahead of a special audience with Hollywood celebrities and Oscar-winning ...
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King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in historic first
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King Charles, Pope Leo pray together in historic first
October 23, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)—King Charles III on Thursday became the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with a pope since the schism...
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White House rejects Pope Leo comments on ‘inhuman’ migrant policy
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White House rejects Pope Leo comments on ‘inhuman’ migrant policy
October 1, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House defended President Donald Trump's hardline migration policy on Wednesday after United States (US) bo...
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Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms
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Pope Leo puts the brake on Church reforms
September 17, 2025
LIMA, Peru (AFP)-Pope Leo XIV sought to reassure Catholics in his first interview published Thursday that he would not change key doctrine on gay marr...
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Pope Leo XIV receives priest defending LGBTQ Catholics
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Pope Leo XIV receives priest defending LGBTQ Catholics
September 1, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV intends to continue his predecessor's openness towards the LGBTQ community, a leading Catholic exponent of...
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Vatican expecting up to 1 million youth for celebration with Pope
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Vatican expecting up to 1 million youth for celebration with Pope
'young men and women praying, singing, joking...in an extraordinary party'
August 2, 2025
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Swarms of enthusiastic young Catholics gathered under the hot sun in Rome on Saturday in a festive, open-air celebration to be cap...
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AI videos of R Kelly, Pope Leo used to spread ‘cult’ of Burkina Faso leader
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AI videos of R Kelly, Pope Leo used to spread ‘cult’ of Burkina Faso leader
July 17, 2025
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) — If you believe the viral videos online, R Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing — that Burkina Faso's junta chief, Ca...
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Pope sends condolences to victims of Texas floods
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Pope sends condolences to victims of Texas floods
July 6, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo on Sunday sent condolences to the families of devastating floods in Texas which have left at least 50 people d...
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
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Pope warns of AI risks to young brains
June 20, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday of the potential consequences of artificial intelligence (AI) on the intellectual develop...
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Robert Francis Prevost becomes first US pope in Catholic Church history
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Robert Francis Prevost becomes first US pope in Catholic Church history
May 8, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States (US), has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a...
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
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Inflation slips in April as electricity costs ease
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May 15, 2026
Falling electricity rates pushed Jamaica’s inflation rate back into negative territory in April, offering consumers some relief from rising food and f...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
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Audio guidance now live at Scotia ATMs
May 15, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Scotiabank Jamaica launched audio guidance at some of its automated teller machines (ATM) across the island, the bank said Friday....
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.02 to one US dollar
May 15, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, May 14, ended trading at $159.02, down 17 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily...
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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J’can sentenced to three years in US prison for US$600,000 lottery scam
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TACOMA, United States – A Jamaican man who was extradited to the United States (US) on lottery scam charges in 2025 was sentenced to three years in pr...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
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Haiti targeting World Cup knockout rounds, says coach
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti coach Sebastien Migne said Friday his team are targeting a place in the knockout rounds of the World Cup as he nam...
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