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July 11 04:46 PM
As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its 64th year of Independence in August, local streetwear brand Jamroc Dept is marking the occasion with a limited-ed...
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July 11 04:32 PM
The Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited (MBCF) has announced that it has successfully achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) Manufacturing Edition 9 Recertifi...
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July 11 03:13 PM
Outward migration contributed to Jamaica’s population growing by a negligible 600 people in 2025 to 2,764,200, with the United States of America (USA)...
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July 11 03:10 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — England and Norway were preparing to lock horns in a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final battle of elite strikers ...
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July 11 02:10 PM
The inaugural Elegance: The Ballroom Experience is attracting strong international support, with members of the Jamaican Diaspora travelling from acro...
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July 11 01:57 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The United States (US) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it has signed a landmark Memorandum of Cooperation...
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July 11 01:47 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — The death toll in Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes last month has topped 4,300, a top lawmaker said Saturday. Natio...
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July 11 01:44 PM
The leadership of the Integrity Commission (IC) has indicated that it is still concerned about the safety of its staff. “Employee safety and physical ...
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July 1, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — TikTok settled a lawsuit with a teenager just weeks before the company was set to go to trial in a second landma...
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June 24, 2026
Sydney, Australia (AFP) — Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday i...
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June 15, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — While welcoming recent comments by Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton indicating that Jamaica is exploring restrictions on chil...
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June 11, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Housing Trust (NHT) is urging members of the public to remain vigilant and exercise caution as it has taken note of f...
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June 1, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Several social media companies agreed to pay about $27 million to a Kentucky school district as part of a settlem...
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May 12, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump went on an extraordinary social media spree into the early hours of Tuesda...
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April 30, 2026
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) – Grenada’s main opposition, the New National Party (NNP), on Wednesday said it has “serious concerns” following the govern...
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April 18, 2026
The English Premier League is warning social media users that there is no room for racism, noting that it has a team of experts dedicated to monitorin...
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April 17, 2026
The Southern Regional Health Authority is dismissing as “false” social media reports that only one of the six operating theatres at the Mandeville Reg...
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April 9, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The United States (US) Embassy in Jamaica is reminding visa applicants that omitting their social media information from their appli...
Columns
April 5, 2026
Has the measure of happiness evolved? It is a question I have found myself reflecting on more and more. For many Jamaicans who grew up in rural commun...
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March 30, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram is testing a pay tier that offers features including letting subscribers discreetly view "Story" posts ...
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March 25, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—A California jury on Wednesday found Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman through the addictive design o...
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March 11, 2026
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico is considering implementing an Australia-style social media restriction for minors, Public Education Secretary Mari...
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March 8, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An American cardinal close to Pope Leo XIV has described a White House video montage mixing Hollywood film clips wit...
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March 2, 2026
As young people continue to be exposed to the rapid advancements of social media and artificial intelligence (AI), actress Phylicia Rashad told Obser...
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February 26, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Instagram will begin notifying parents when their teenage children repeatedly search for content related to suici...
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February 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday rejected the notion that users could be clinically addicted to social media...
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February 9, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A landmark social media trial began in earnest on Monday that could establish a legal precedent on whether Meta or ...
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January 27, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Video sharing app TikTok has made an eleventh-hour deal to avoid a landmark United States (US) trial accusing it, a...
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January 24, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday vowed to speed up the legislative process for a social media ban on under-15s, with...
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January 1, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — France will make a fresh attempt to protect children from excessive screen time, proposing a ban on social media access for chil...
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July 11, 2026
As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its 64th year of Independence in August, local streetwear brand Jamroc Dept is marking the occasion with a limited-ed...
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July 11, 2026
The Mavis Bank Coffee Factory Limited (MBCF) has announced that it has successfully achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) Manufacturing Edition 9 Recertifi...
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July 11, 2026
Outward migration contributed to Jamaica’s population growing by a negligible 600 people in 2025 to 2,764,200, with the United States of America (USA)...
Football, ...
July 11, 2026
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — England and Norway were preparing to lock horns in a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final battle of elite strikers ...
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July 11, 2026
The inaugural Elegance: The Ballroom Experience is attracting strong international support, with members of the Jamaican Diaspora travelling from acro...
