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Canadian poison seller pleads guilty to aiding suicides
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Canadian poison seller pleads guilty to aiding suicides
May 29 04:04 PM
NEWMARKET, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian man who sold packages of poison to distressed people in dozens of countries pleaded guilty on Friday to 14 cou...
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Barcelona sign winger Gordon from Newcastle
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Barcelona sign winger Gordon from Newcastle
May 29 03:53 PM
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) -- Barcelona confirmed the signing of Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United on Friday, for a fee that could rise to 80 million e...
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IMF, World Bank, IEA chiefs warn of summer fuel scarcity if Hormuz strait remains closed
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IMF, World Bank, IEA chiefs warn of summer fuel scarcity if Hormuz strait remains closed
May 29 03:39 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and International Energy Agency warned on Friday of the ri...
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Supreme Court rejects FLA application for disclosure of IC investigative report
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Supreme Court rejects FLA application for disclosure of IC investigative report
May 29 03:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Supreme Court has rejected an application by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) seeking access to an investigative report p...
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Conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025 — UN report
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Conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025 — UN report
May 29 03:02 PM
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) says nearly 10,000 cases of conflict-related sexual violence were documented worldwide in 2025, more th...
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Trump making ‘final determination’ on Iran deal
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Trump making ‘final determination’ on Iran deal
May 29 02:46 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said he was meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a ...
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Section of Lacovia to Holland Bamboo main road to close this weekend
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Section of Lacovia to Holland Bamboo main road to close this weekend
May 29 02:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that temporary traffic changes will be implemented along a major roadway in ...
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Westmoreland attorneys demand Gov’t prioritise restoration of parish court
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Westmoreland attorneys demand Gov’t prioritise restoration of parish court
May 29 01:15 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – Members of the legal fraternity in Westmoreland have expressed deep concern over reports that the Government is reconsidering ...
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Clarendon NW residents protest over bad roads
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Clarendon NW residents protest over bad roads
May 19, 2026
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Residents of Sunbury district near Spalding, Clarendon, have mounted a roadblock for a second consecutive day in protest over dep...
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JTA workers take industrial action in protest of pay issues — BITU
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JTA workers take industrial action in protest of pay issues — BITU
May 18, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Several workers employed to the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) and represented by the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU...
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Taxi association boss calls strike notice ‘premature’
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Taxi association boss calls strike notice ‘premature’
May 18, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the St James Taxi Association, Dion Chance, has knocked down news about a taxi strike proposed for Monday morning. "T...
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Woman dies after alleged police shooting at protest in Granville
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Woman dies after alleged police shooting at protest in Granville
May 17, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A woman who was shot earlier Sunday, allegedly by the police, has died. READ: Woman allegedly shot by police in Granville She has ...
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WATCH: Burnt Savannah residents say curfew preventing them from earning
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WATCH: Burnt Savannah residents say curfew preventing them from earning
May 17, 2026
BURNT SAVANNAH, Westmoreland — Residents and business operators in Burnt Savannah staged a protest on Friday, May 15, voicing frustration over a curfe...
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Granville residents protest alleged police killing of teenager
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Granville residents protest alleged police killing of teenager
May 11, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Several residents of Granville in St James have taken to the streets to protest the killing of a teenager, allegedly by the securi...
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National Lab workers call for director to step down amid ‘bullyism’
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National Lab workers call for director to step down amid ‘bullyism’
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 6, 2026
  Workers at the National Public Health Laboratory in Kingston staged a lengthy protest on Tuesday, accusing the Director of National Laboratory Servi...
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Sav to White House road cleared after early morning protest
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Sav to White House road cleared after early morning protest
April 20, 2026
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A section of the Savanna-la-Mar to White House route in Westmoreland, which was blocked by  protestors  earlier today, is now ...
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UWI management meets with employees over salary issues
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UWI management meets with employees over salary issues
April 16, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — After demonstrations at the campus gates on Monday and again on Wednesday, the management of the University of the West Indies (UW...
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Irate residents block Trelawny roadway in protest over lack of piped water
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Irate residents block Trelawny roadway in protest over lack of piped water
April 13, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Not even a persistent drizzle could cool tensions as scores of irate Salt Marsh residents mounted an early Monday morning roadbloc...
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Anti-Trump protests launch on ‘No Kings’ day in US
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Anti-Trump protests launch on ‘No Kings’ day in US
March 28, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Massive protests against President Donald Trump kicked off Saturday across the United States and beyond, as million...
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‘Say no to colonisers’: Jamaicans protest in support of Cuban Gov’t
March 17, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – More than 150 people marched around National Heroes Circle in Kingston on Tuesday to express their solidarity with the Cuban gover...
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Iranian students rally for second day as fears of war with US mount
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Iranian students rally for second day as fears of war with US mount
February 22, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP)—Iranian students gathered for fresh pro- and anti-government rallies Sunday commemorating those killed in recent protests, as fear...
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Fiery protest over deplorable Manchester road
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Fiery protest over deplorable Manchester road
February 2, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Frustrated taxi operators and residents used debris to block the Somerset main road in Manchester over deplorable road condition...
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A&E staff protest conditions at Cornwall Regional Hospital
January 16, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Staff members attached to the Accident and Emergency Department at the Cornwall Regional Hospital have staged a protest about the ...
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Trump vows ‘very strong action’ if Iran hangs protesters
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Trump vows ‘very strong action’ if Iran hangs protesters
January 13, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would react strongly if authorities in...
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CASE students protest security concerns following alleged rape
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CASE students protest security concerns following alleged rape
December 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Students at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) mounted a protest on the institution’s western campus on Tues...
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WATCH: Manchester residents call for answers in Jayden Smith’s disappearance
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WATCH: Manchester residents call for answers in Jayden Smith’s disappearance
October 24, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Scores of people mostly wearing black marched in Mandeville on Friday in protest demanding answers into the disappearance of Man...
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Protesters turn out for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies
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Protesters turn out for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies
October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) —Huge crowds are expected to hit the United States' (US) streets Saturday from New York to San Francisco to vent their...
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Thousands protest in London over Trump UK visit
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Thousands protest in London over Trump UK visit
September 17, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Armed with signs and shouting slogans, thousands of anti-Donald Trump protesters descended on central London on Wednesd...
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WATCH: Chinese nationals strike at children’s hospital construction site
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WATCH: Chinese nationals strike at children’s hospital construction site
September 17, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A number of Chinese nationals employed at the construction site of a Child and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay are on strike. h...
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Protesters refer to Trump as ‘Hitler of our time’ at DC restaurant
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Protesters refer to Trump as ‘Hitler of our time’ at DC restaurant
September 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States — United States (US) President Donald Trump was confronted by protesters at a Washington, DC restaurant in a brief but tense...
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Canadian poison seller pleads guilty to aiding suicides
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Barcelona sign winger Gordon from Newcastle
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Barcelona sign winger Gordon from Newcastle
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BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) -- Barcelona confirmed the signing of Anthony Gordon from Newcastle United on Friday, for a fee that could rise to 80 million e...
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IMF, World Bank, IEA chiefs warn of summer fuel scarcity if Hormuz strait remains closed
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and International Energy Agency warned on Friday of the ri...
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Supreme Court rejects FLA application for disclosure of IC investigative report
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Supreme Court rejects FLA application for disclosure of IC investigative report
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Supreme Court has rejected an application by the Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA) seeking access to an investigative report p...
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Conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025 — UN report
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Conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled in 2025 — UN report
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