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MPs demand answers over ‘mind-boggling’ NWC bills
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
February 26 12:18 AM
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Romeich, Slyda di Wizard aim to revive reggae’s youth with Love Echoes rhythm
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
February 26 12:16 AM
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US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
February 26 12:14 AM
US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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Head-turning Jamaican basketball team faces Bahamas in World Cup push
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26 12:12 AM
Battling Bahamas
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As Washington softens oil embargo, Cuba coast guard kills 4 on Florida-registered boat
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As Washington softens oil embargo, Cuba coast guard kills 4 on Florida-registered boat
February 26 12:11 AM
As Washington softens oil embargo, Cuba coast guard kills 4 on Florida-registered boat
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Caribbean Flavours Take Centre Stage at Jamaica Food and Drink Festival 2026
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Caribbean Flavours Take Centre Stage at Jamaica Food and Drink Festival 2026
February 26 12:10 AM
Caribbean Flavours Take Centre Stage at Jamaica Food and Drink Festival 2026
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Regional leaders encouraged by engagement with Rubio
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Regional leaders encouraged by engagement with Rubio
February 26 12:09 AM
Regional leaders encouraged by engagement with Rubio
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Jamaicans and Haitians among 80 inmates to be deported from Bahamas
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Jamaicans and Haitians among 80 inmates to be deported from Bahamas
February 19, 2026
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — The Bahamas Department of Correctional Services is struggling with overcrowding as more undocumented immigrants facing cri...
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Sweden unveils new prison rules for children as young as 13
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Sweden unveils new prison rules for children as young as 13
February 19, 2026
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) —  Sweden revealed Thursday what prison life will look like for children as young as 13 convicted of serious offences, a refor...
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Bahamian father handed 15 year sentence for raping 6-y-0 daughter
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Bahamian father handed 15 year sentence for raping 6-y-0 daughter
February 5, 2026
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) —A Bahamian High Court judge has sentenced a man to 15 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to raping his six-year-old daug...
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
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Leader of notorious Haitian gang sentenced to life in prison
December 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The self-proclaimed “king” of Haiti’s violent 400 Mawozo gang, Joly Germine, was on Wednesday sentenced to life in p...
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Two break out of French jail in ‘old-fashioned’ bed sheets escape
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Two break out of French jail in ‘old-fashioned’ bed sheets escape
November 27, 2025
DIJON, France (AFP) — Two prisoners escaped from a French jail using bed sheets after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said Thursda...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro detained for trying to break ankle bracelet and flee
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro detained for trying to break ankle bracelet and flee
November 23, 2025
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro -- under house arrest while he appeals a conviction for a foiled coup attempt -- wa...
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Jah Cure gets more years behind bars after appeal by prosecutors
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Jah Cure gets more years behind bars after appeal by prosecutors
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
October 31, 2025
Reggae star Jah Cure will be forced to spend more time behind bars as the Amsterdam Court of Appeal has sentenced the Love Is singer to eight years an...
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US authorities to release Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in May 2028
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US authorities to release Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs in May 2028
October 27, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — United States’ prison authorities will release Sean "Diddy" Combs on May 8, 2028, an online inmate register showed on ...
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France’s ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail
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France’s ex-president Sarkozy goes to jail
October 18, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential...
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Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
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Music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
October 3, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for his conviction on prosti...
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Only one Constant Spring escapee still at large – Police
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Only one Constant Spring escapee still at large – Police
August 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The police say they have captured all but one of the nine men who escaped from the Constant Spring lock-up on Tuesday. Nineteen-yea...
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US judge orders temporary halt to new ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction
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US judge orders temporary halt to new ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ construction
August 7, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A United States (US) federal judge ordered a temporary pause on Thursday to further construction of the migrant detention...
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Barbados to reform penal system
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Barbados to reform penal system
June 21, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC) – The penal system in Barbados is undergoing a wave of reforms and developments to make the prison service more sustainabl...
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Former Haitian mayor gets 9 years for fraud
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Former Haitian mayor gets 9 years for fraud
June 21, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday said a former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, has been sentenced ...
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R Kelly hospitalised after ‘forced’ overdose, lawyers claim
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R Kelly hospitalised after ‘forced’ overdose, lawyers claim
June 17, 2025
R Kelly’s lawyers are alleging that he was given an overdose of medication by prison staff, which led to his hospitalisation for two days.  According ...
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Prison concessionaire allegedly caught smuggling illegal contraband in white rice
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Prison concessionaire allegedly caught smuggling illegal contraband in white rice
June 12, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — A 43-year-old woman who provides meals to the prisoners of the Annotto Bay and Castleton police lock-ups has been arrested and char...
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More than 200 inmates escape Pakistani jail in earthquake panic
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More than 200 inmates escape Pakistani jail in earthquake panic
June 3, 2025
KARACHI, Pakistan (AFP) — More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake ...
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Tears and mercy as 62-y-o woman spared jail time over ganja-laced shoes
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Tears and mercy as 62-y-o woman spared jail time over ganja-laced shoes
May 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 62-year-old woman who was accused of smuggling ganja into the Horizon Adult Remand Centre was admonished and discharged with a f...
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Port-au-Prince without electricity since Tuesday protest
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Port-au-Prince without electricity since Tuesday protest
May 16, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — A protest that forced the total shutdown of Haiti's largest hydroelectric plant has resulted in an ongoing power outage ...
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Rapper Tory Lanez hospitalised after stabbing – reports
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Rapper Tory Lanez hospitalised after stabbing – reports
May 12, 2025
Canadian rapper Tory Lanez is reportedly in hospital after being stabbed at a US prison where he is currently serving a 10-year sentence. According to...
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Man sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening to share explicit video in $40,000 extortion plot
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Man sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening to share explicit video in $40,000 extortion plot
May 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, suspended for three years with supervision, after he obtained an explicit video of...
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Trump says he would ‘love’ to send US citizens to El Salvador prison
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Trump says he would ‘love’ to send US citizens to El Salvador prison
April 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --US President Donald Trump stepped up his extraordinary threats to send Americans to foreign jails, saying Tuesday he...
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ICE COOLING
As Rubio meets with Caribbean leaders; US eases Cuba oil block
February 26, 2026
ICE COOLING
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Bills rising, but taps still dry
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Bills rising, but taps still dry
MPs demand answers over ‘mind-boggling’ NWC bills
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
February 26, 2026
Bills rising, but taps still dry
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Joyful pulse
Entertainment, ...
Joyful pulse
Romeich, Slyda di Wizard aim to revive reggae’s youth with Love Echoes rhythm
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
February 26, 2026
Joyful pulse
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US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
February 26, 2026
US eases ban on Venezuelan oil to Cuba as crisis alarms Caribbean
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BALL OUT!
Basketball, ...
BALL OUT!
Head-turning Jamaican basketball team faces Bahamas in World Cup push
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26, 2026
Battling Bahamas
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