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10 ways to spend Christmas Eve
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10 ways to spend Christmas Eve
December 22 05:05 PM
Despite the challenges this year, Christmas in Jamaica is a season that remains beautiful and bright. And almost as important as Christmas Day, are ou...
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
December 22 03:58 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) says it is reminding justices of the peace and specifically members of the ass...
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
December 22 03:13 PM
Jamaicans dominated the 2025 Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards with 12 nationals from the island among honourees named by culinary authority Best Dress...
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
December 22 03:06 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oi...
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
December 22 02:56 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A final-year University of Technology (UTech) nursing student from western Jamaica was awarded a US$1,000 scholarship from the Jam...
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
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Last of kidnapped Nigerian pupils handed over, government says
December 22 02:30 PM
MINNA, Nigeria (AFP) — Some 130 Nigerian Catholic school pupils were handed over to state authorities on Monday, a day after the government said it ha...
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Jamaica leveraging international partnerships in rebuilding effort
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Jamaica leveraging international partnerships in rebuilding effort
December 22 02:20 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Water, Environment and Climate Change, Matthew Samuda,  says Jamaica is leveraging its international partnerships and ...
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Dizneyland fun day to bring Christmas cheer to St Ann
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Dizneyland fun day to bring Christmas cheer to St Ann
December 22 01:12 PM
Acknowledging that the Christmas season should prioritise wholesome family fun, Dizneyland Kids and Teen Festival promoter Streets Entertainment says ...
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Jamaican digital services firms get a boost from UK-funded London trade mission
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Jamaican digital services firms get a boost from UK-funded London trade mission
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican digital services companies are reporting strong early commercial opportunities following their recent participation in a ...
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Ja-Cirt analysts win top honours at ‘SheSecures’ cybersecurity competition
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Ja-Cirt analysts win top honours at ‘SheSecures’ cybersecurity competition
December 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Monique Satchwell and Rheana Hagigal are more than just work colleagues. Both young women, Tier Two National Security Operations ...
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Selfie-based age checks boom as gov’ts push for online controls
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Selfie-based age checks boom as gov’ts push for online controls
November 29, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector of...
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IICA director general-elect to prioritise research and new technologies in agriculture
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IICA director general-elect to prioritise research and new technologies in agriculture
November 5, 2025
BRASILIA, Brazil — Newly elected Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Muhammad Ibrahim, says for th...
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Meta to cut 600 jobs in artificial intelligence — reports
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Meta to cut 600 jobs in artificial intelligence — reports
October 22, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Facebook owner Meta is cutting 600 jobs in its artificial intelligence (AI) division in a move intended to streamline ...
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Apple, Google face tougher UK regulation of mobile platforms
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Apple, Google face tougher UK regulation of mobile platforms
October 22, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's competition watchdog said Wednesday that Apple and Google would face tougher regulation of services on their ...
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Jamaica hosts historic CARLA conference
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Jamaica hosts historic CARLA conference
October 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica made history last week as it became the first Caribbean nation to host the Latin America High Performance Computing Confer...
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ResolveIT becomes first Jamaican ICT firm to earn triple Microsoft Solutions Partner status
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ResolveIT becomes first Jamaican ICT firm to earn triple Microsoft Solutions Partner status
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — ResolveIT Limited, a Jamaican-owned information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider with more than 20 years of ...
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Flow signs MoU for ICT Teacher of the Year award with gov’t support
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Flow signs MoU for ICT Teacher of the Year award with gov’t support
September 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Flow Foundation has received support from the Ministry of Education, Youth, Skills and Information for the 2026 launch of thei...
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Spotify moves to tackle AI abuse with transparency measures
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Spotify moves to tackle AI abuse with transparency measures
September 25, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Spotify on Thursday unveiled several measures to encourage artists and publishers to be more transparent about their u...
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Taxi operator charged with child trafficking
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Taxi operator charged with child trafficking
September 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A taxi operator has been charged with the trafficking of a 16-year-old girl. He is 35-year-old Andre Catnott, of Longwall, Stony H...
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EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media
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EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media
September 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — European Union (EU) chief Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday threw her support behind growing calls to ban social...
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Apple unveils iPhone 17 Air amid AI race and tariff pressures
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Apple unveils iPhone 17 Air amid AI race and tariff pressures
September 9, 2025
San Francisco, United States (AFP)-Apple unveiled its iPhone 17 lineup on Tuesday, featuring its thinnest smartphone ever, as the tech giant works to ...
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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
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YouTube turns to AI to spot children posing as adults
August 14, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - YouTube has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out when users are children pretending to be adu...
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UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
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UK starts online checks to stop children accessing harmful content
July 25, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — New United Kingdom (UK) age verification measures to prevent children accessing harmful online content came into force ...
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Irish watchdog threatens X over adult content controls
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Irish watchdog threatens X over adult content controls
July 24, 2025
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland's media watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union (EU), has warned Elon Musk's social network X that it must en...
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JCF being positioned as technology leader in the region – PM
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JCF being positioned as technology leader in the region – PM
June 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - With significant investments in technology and innovation, the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is being positioned to become a te...
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Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale by 90 days
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Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale by 90 days
June 19, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday he had given social media platform TikTok another 90 days to find a non-Ch...
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
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Meta offered US$100m in bonuses to poach OpenAI employees — CEO
June 18, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Meta offered US$100 million in bonuses to OpenAI employees in an unsuccessful bid to poach the ChatGPT maker's talent ...
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Google rejects app store age verification for online content
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Google rejects app store age verification for online content
June 13, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — American tech heavyweight Google on Friday reiterated its opposition to verifying the age of a device's user through the app sto...
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WATCH: JCF receives $650 million high-tech upgrade
May 31, 2025
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has received a $650-million infusion of high-tech equipment, that will significantly boost the speed, coordinatio...
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
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Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly — Mark Zuckerberg
May 28, 2025
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen...
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Despite the challenges this year, Christmas in Jamaica is a season that remains beautiful and bright. And almost as important as Christmas Day, are ou...
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LMAJ urges members to follow law amid JP arrest
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The Lay Magistrates Association of Jamaica (LMAJ) says it is reminding justices of the peace and specifically members of the ass...
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
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Jamaicans dominate Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards
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Jamaicans dominated the 2025 Caribbean Culinary Impact Awards with 12 nationals from the island among honourees named by culinary authority Best Dress...
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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Russia pledges ‘full support’ for Venezuela against US ‘hostilities’
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Russia on Monday expressed "full support" for Venezuela as the South American country confronts a blockade of sanctioned oi...
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
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UTech student from western Jamaica awarded nursing scholarship
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A final-year University of Technology (UTech) nursing student from western Jamaica was awarded a US$1,000 scholarship from the Jam...
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