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Dancing for two on Road March
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Dancing for two on Road March
Carlysia Ramdeen 
April 12 11:49 AM
The sun rose over Kingston like it knew this was no ordinary Sunday. It was Road March day—the grand finale of the 2026 carnival season—and from as ea...
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18 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland title
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18 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland title
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 12 11:06 AM
Hannah Sheree, pageant director for the Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland competition, says she is pleased with the lineup of 18 finalists who will b...
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Groundsman charged with smuggling contraband into Annatto Bay lock-up
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Groundsman charged with smuggling contraband into Annatto Bay lock-up
April 12 09:53 AM
ST MARY, Jamaica —  A 35 year-old groundsman was granted bail in the sum of $650,000 when he appeared in the St Mary parish court on April 7 after he ...
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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
April 12 09:47 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered a United States (US) naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to ...
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
April 12 08:07 AM
A heavy downpour threatened to put a damper on the hard fete agenda soca lovers had in mind for Rytz on Thursday, but by nightfall, the event had rewr...
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Mastering Difficult Conversations: Carolyn Rose Miller leads initiative to strengthen professional and personal relationships
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Mastering Difficult Conversations: Carolyn Rose Miller leads initiative to strengthen professional and personal relationships
April 12 07:37 AM
Communication expert Carolyn Rose Miller is taking proactive steps to address what she describes as a troubling pattern in professional and personal r...
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Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
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Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
NGO head, PAJ and others hold conflicting views on withholding names of accused
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:30 AM
Sex crime silence: Yes or no?
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Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
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Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12 12:28 AM
Coalition firm in rejection of close-in-age sex pass
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
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Food For The Poor secures release of 67-y-o St Catherine inmate
April 9, 2026
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 67-year-old man has regained his freedom after spending 10 months in the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre, thanks to t...
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Harvey Weinstein says prison is ‘hell’
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Harvey Weinstein says prison is ‘hell’
March 10, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Disgraced movie mogul and convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein says life in prison is "hell" in an interview where he ...
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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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Dancing for two on Road March
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Dancing for two on Road March
Carlysia Ramdeen 
April 12, 2026
The sun rose over Kingston like it knew this was no ordinary Sunday. It was Road March day—the grand finale of the 2026 carnival season—and from as ea...
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18 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland title
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18 finalists compete for Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland title
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 12, 2026
Hannah Sheree, pageant director for the Miss Universe Jamaica Westmoreland competition, says she is pleased with the lineup of 18 finalists who will b...
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Groundsman charged with smuggling contraband into Annatto Bay lock-up
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Groundsman charged with smuggling contraband into Annatto Bay lock-up
April 12, 2026
ST MARY, Jamaica —  A 35 year-old groundsman was granted bail in the sum of $650,000 when he appeared in the St Mary parish court on April 7 after he ...
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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
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Trump orders US naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered a United States (US) naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in response to ...
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
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Rytz soaked in pure Soca bliss
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A heavy downpour threatened to put a damper on the hard fete agenda soca lovers had in mind for Rytz on Thursday, but by nightfall, the event had rewr...
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