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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:20 AM
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27 12:18 AM
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27 12:16 AM
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:14 AM
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
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COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27 12:12 AM
Coley returns to national programme
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
November 27 12:10 AM
Perfect for: Brunch, potluck, light lunch. “This isn’t your quick-fix meal — but when I want to slow down and create something special, this quiche is...
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:05 AM
COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
UWI professor warns that traumatised teachers and students will need urgent intervention
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:04 AM
Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Greenwood ‘paid dearly’ for sex assault allegations, says De Zerbi
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Greenwood ‘paid dearly’ for sex assault allegations, says De Zerbi
November 24, 2025
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) — Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi says Mason Greenwood "paid dearly" after being accused of sexual assault, as the forward pr...
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Italy to toughen rape law to include non-consensual sex
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Italy to toughen rape law to include non-consensual sex
November 19, 2025
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italian Members of Parliament voted Wednesday to broaden the definition of sexual violence to include non-consensual acts, in a ra...
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US to carry out third execution this week
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US to carry out third execution this week
October 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A Mississippi man convicted of rape and murder is to be put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday, the third exe...
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WATCH: Anger over rape of schoolgirl lingers in St Catherine community
September 30, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Anger still lingers among members of a St Catherine school community days after the rape of one of their own, a seven-year-old...
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Taxi operator charged with rape
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Taxi operator charged with rape
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 28-year-old taxi operator has been charged with rape following an incident in St Thomas on Tuesday, March 11. He has been identi...
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US fugitive who faked own death convicted of rape
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US fugitive who faked own death convicted of rape
August 14, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) - A United States (US) man who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to evade justice has been convicted of rape f...
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Jamaican ‘Top Boy’ actor charged with rape
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Jamaican ‘Top Boy’ actor charged with rape
July 25, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom — Spanish Town-born  Top Boy  actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape and sexual assault, according to international medi...
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Shannon Sharpe, ex-girlfriend settle US$50 million sexual assault lawsuit
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Shannon Sharpe, ex-girlfriend settle US$50 million sexual assault lawsuit
July 18, 2025
NFL Hall of Famer turned popular commentator Shannon Sharpe and an ex-girlfriend who accused him of rape have settled the $50 million lawsuit that was...
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Sex crimes police hunt for perverted cabbie’s alleged accomplice
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Sex crimes police hunt for perverted cabbie’s alleged accomplice
Suspect known only as 'Shawn' or 'King'
July 18, 2025
Sex crimes detectives are searching for a man they believe was a key accomplice in the sexual assault and trafficking of two teenage girls for years b...
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Rape suspect handed over to police by community members
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Rape suspect handed over to police by community members
July 4, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A 31-year-old man has been charged with rape and other offences after he was caught and handed over to cops by fellow communit...
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92-y-o jailed in UK for 1967 murder and rape
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92-y-o jailed in UK for 1967 murder and rape
July 1, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A 92-year-old man was on Tuesday told he would die in prison after he was jailed for a 1967 rape and murder, in what is...
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Tensions flare among jurors in Weinstein sex crimes retrial
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Tensions flare among jurors in Weinstein sex crimes retrial
June 9, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Fresh strains emerged Monday among jurors in the sex crimes retrial of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, rai...
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Jury begins to consider Harvey Weinstein verdict
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Jury begins to consider Harvey Weinstein verdict
June 5, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) - Jurors began deliberating their verdict in Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault retrial Thursday...
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Clarendon police renew call for public support in locating robbery, rape suspect
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Clarendon police renew call for public support in locating robbery, rape suspect
May 29, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The Clarendon police are renewing their call for the public’s support in locating a man accused of committing a series of robberi...
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Police seek help identifying robbery, rape suspect
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Police seek help identifying robbery, rape suspect
May 22, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Clarendon police are calling on residents to help identify a man accused of multiple robberies and rapes in the parish. The suspe...
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Education Ministry outraged at the rape and murder of 9 y.o. Kelsey Ferrigon
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Education Ministry outraged at the rape and murder of 9 y.o. Kelsey Ferrigon
May 10, 2025
The Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information says it’s “outraged and deeply saddened”, by the brutal rape and murder of nine year-old Kels...
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HTCC condemns savage murder of Kelsey Ferrigon
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HTCC condemns savage murder of Kelsey Ferrigon
May 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lobby group Hear The Children’s Cry (HTCC) is condemning the brutal rape and murder of nine-year-old Kelsey Ferrigon on Friday May...
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Pope Leo never covered up sexual abuse claims while in Peru – Bishop
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Pope Leo never covered up sexual abuse claims while in Peru – Bishop
May 9, 2025
CHICLAYO, Peru (AFP)— Pope Leo XIV's successor as bishop of Chiclayo in northern Peru on Friday rejected allegations that the new pontiff ever covered...
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Haitian charged in alleged abduction, rape, ransom in St James
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Haitian charged in alleged abduction, rape, ransom in St James
May 8, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A Haitian man has been slapped with charges of rape, forcible abduction, grievous sexual assault, and assault occasioning actual b...
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Bajan ex-deputy speaker found not guilty of rape
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Bajan ex-deputy speaker found not guilty of rape
May 8, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC)— The former deputy speaker of the Barbados Parliament, Neil Rowe, was on Wednesday found not guilty of raping a woman at hi...
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Motown legend Smokey Robinson, 85, sued for sexual assault
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Motown legend Smokey Robinson, 85, sued for sexual assault
May 6, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- Motown legend Smokey Robinson is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit from four former housekeepers who allege the...
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Kingston phone technician charged with rape
April 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica –A 27-year-old phone technician has been charged with rape and forcible abduction following an incident at his residence in Kington ...
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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
November 27, 2025
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27, 2025
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
Football, ...
COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27, 2025
Coley returns to national programme
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