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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
December 16 10:59 AM
ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16 10:26 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
December 16 10:18 AM
Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
December 16 08:44 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
December 16 08:32 AM
PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
December 16 08:22 AM
TORONTO, Canada — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has expressed profound gratitude for the Canadian diaspora’s extraordinary leadership and genero...
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
December 16 08:07 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Tourism says it will launch the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), which aims to aid tourism w...
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Public health measures, Jamaicans’ response, blunt post-Melissa disease threat
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16 12:20 AM
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Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping
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Gunmen seize 315 in latest Nigerian mass school kidnapping
November 22, 2025
Lagos, Nigeria (AFP)—Gunmen have kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria, a Christian group sa...
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UWI students urge extension of hurricane fee waiver
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UWI students urge extension of hurricane fee waiver
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 17, 2025
While expressing gratitude for the institution’s ongoing response, students at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus say they are hoping some ...
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‘A complete mess’: UTech students frustrated with portal glitches
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‘A complete mess’: UTech students frustrated with portal glitches
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— University of Technology (UTech) students are growing increasingly frustrated with the institution’s online portal, which they say ...
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Students in distress encouraged to seek help
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Students in distress encouraged to seek help
October 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — School children who might be experiencing distress and suicidal feelings are being urged to seek help, as resource personnel are a...
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UWI Integration hosts King & Queen of Integration talent series
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UWI Integration hosts King & Queen of Integration talent series
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
October 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Integration Thursdays, the weekly lyme at the University of the West Indies (UWI), kicked off the new school year last Thursday, S...
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Parents must pay close attention to changes in children’s behaviour – NPSC
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Parents must pay close attention to changes in children’s behaviour – NPSC
September 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Parenting Support Commission (NPSC), Kaysia Kerr, is appealing to parents to pay clo...
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Most students involved in bus spill discharged from UHWI — Dr Bruce
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Most students involved in bus spill discharged from UHWI — Dr Bruce
September 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Most of the students who were injured when a bus overturned along the Dublin Castle main road in Gordon Town, St Andrew on Tuesday...
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Bus carrying students overturns in Dublin Castle
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Bus carrying students overturns in Dublin Castle
September 23, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica - A motor vehicle crash on the Dublin Castle Road in St Andrew on Tuesday, has  left several people, including school children and ...
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Students urged to know constitutional rights
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Students urged to know constitutional rights
September 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Upper sixth form student at deCarteret College, Brittany Bryan, is urging her peers across the island to become knowledgeable about ...
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Bellevue Hospital urges mental health to be part of back-to-school focus
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Bellevue Hospital urges mental health to be part of back-to-school focus
September 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As the new school year begins, Bellevue Hospital is calling for mental health to be treated as a national priority alongside acade...
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18 students receive scholarships
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18 students receive scholarships
September 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Eighteen outstanding secondary and tertiary students are starting the 2025/26 academic year with less financial worry, thanks to sch...
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CPFSA celebrates 182 PEP students in state care matriculating to high school
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CPFSA celebrates 182 PEP students in state care matriculating to high school
August 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) has honoured 182 students in state care who sat the 2025 Primary Exit Prof...
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‘Rural school buses will not fail under my watch’ — Vaz
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‘Rural school buses will not fail under my watch’ — Vaz
August 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says the Government’s Rural School Bus System will not fail under his watch. Vaz made the declaration...
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Jamalco commits $25 million for back-to-school assistance
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Jamalco commits $25 million for back-to-school assistance
July 31, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some 450 students across Clarendon and Manchester are set to benefit from Jamalco and Century Aluminum’s annual investment in educ...
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Therapeutic intervention for students in inner-city areas affected by crime
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Therapeutic intervention for students in inner-city areas affected by crime
July 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Students attending schools in inner-city communities affected by criminal activities are benefiting from therapeutic intervention,...
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Rotary Club of St Andrew North to invest $7.5m in St Jago High project
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Rotary Club of St Andrew North to invest $7.5m in St Jago High project
July 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Rotary Club of St Andrew North has announced a $7.5 million investment to rebuild the Performing Arts and Dance classroom at t...
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Schoolboy’s attack on woman accused of stabbing students caught on video
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Schoolboy’s attack on woman accused of stabbing students caught on video
June 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A tense exchange between a woman and students on a coaster bus reportedly culminated in several students being stabbed and the wom...
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Justice minister encourages students to embrace peaceful conflict resolution
June 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, is encouraging students to embrace peaceful conflict resolution as a means to settle disputes that ...
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Irwin High students rushed to hospital following stabbing incident
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Irwin High students rushed to hospital following stabbing incident
April 29, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Two male students of Irwin High School were reportedly rushed to the hospital after a stabbing incident at the institution earlier...
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60,000 Myanmar students must retake exams burned in quake blaze
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60,000 Myanmar students must retake exams burned in quake blaze
April 22, 2025
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — More than 60,000 Myanmar students must retake university entrance exams after their answer papers were incinerated in a blaze ...
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Guyanese students affected by dispute involving UK-based educational institutions
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Guyanese students affected by dispute involving UK-based educational institutions
March 18, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) says it is seeking to transfer Guyanese students to other universities in the ...
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More than 12,000 students benefit from restorative justice training
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More than 12,000 students benefit from restorative justice training
February 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — More than 12,000 students have benefitted from training in restorative justice practices under an initial two-year memorandum of u...
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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