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Adoption bottleneck
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Adoption bottleneck
CaPRI exposes institutional weaknesses in Jamaica’s system
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
February 8 12:20 AM
Adoption bottleneck
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Chasing sunshine and freedom
Jamaican returns home after 60 years in England
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:18 AM
Chasing sunshine and freedom
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
MIGUEL A THOMAS Managing editor thomasm@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:16 AM
Bryce-Davis delivers magical moments in music
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Light at last!
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Light at last!
St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:14 AM
Light at last!
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Football lawyer Werners calls out JFF over registration delays
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Lawyer blasts JFF over player registration delays
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
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Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture S/S 2026 in Look 31
February 8 12:10 AM
Romae Gordon for Chanel Couture
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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‘We will remember The Boogieman’
Veteran broadcaster Barrington ‘Barry G’ Gordon remembered for his voice, spirit, and impact
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:07 AM
‘We will remember The Boogieman’
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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Jamaica’s offshore oil question
What the evidence shows — and why it’s back on the agenda
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8 12:06 AM
Jamaica’s offshore oil question
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American dies after falling from hotel balcony in Trinidad
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago police are investigating the death of a 36-year-old United States citizen who is reported to have ...
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Pfizer, Tris Pharma settle for $41.5 million in Texas ADHD drug case
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Pfizer, Tris Pharma settle for $41.5 million in Texas ADHD drug case
November 19, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Texas's top prosecutor on Wednesday announced the state had reached a $41.5 million settlement with US drugmakers Pfizer...
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From Porus to Dallas: Dr Cemorne Baugh’s journey of family, faith and fortitude
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From Porus to Dallas: Dr Cemorne Baugh’s journey of family, faith and fortitude
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
October 7, 2025
Hailing from the small community of Porus in Manchester, Jamaica, Dr Cemorne Baugh (née Davis) has risen above challenges and carved out an extraordin...
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Texas House passes bill to curb mailed-in abortion pills
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Texas House passes bill to curb mailed-in abortion pills
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TEXAS, United States (AFP) — Texas lawmakers have advanced a bill allowing people to sue those who mail abortion-inducing pills into the conservative-...
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Texas adopts electoral map aimed at preserving Trump’s Congress grip
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HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — The governor of Texas said Saturday he will sign into law an electoral map aimed at carving out five new Republican-lea...
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Jamaican college student, best friend killed by alleged drunk driver in US
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Jamaican college student, best friend killed by alleged drunk driver in US
August 5, 2025
A Jamaican family is now mourning the tragic loss of their son, who was killed alongside his best friend in a fiery car crash after an alleged drunk d...
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Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered
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Texas flood toll passes 100 as more bodies recovered
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Hunt, United States (AFP)-The death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas rose to more than 100 on Monday, as rescuers continued their grim search ...
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Desperate search for missing girls as nearly 80 dead in Texas floods
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Desperate search for missing girls as nearly 80 dead in Texas floods
July 6, 2025
HUNT, United States (AFP) -- Rescuers in Texas raced against time Sunday to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash flo...
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Pope sends condolences to victims of Texas floods
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VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo on Sunday sent condolences to the families of devastating floods in Texas which have left at least 50 people d...
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Texas flood toll rises to 24 as rescuers search for missing children
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KERRVILLE, United States (AFP) — Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday...
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Texas flood death toll reaches 13, another 20 missing from summer camp
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Texas flood death toll reaches 13, another 20 missing from summer camp
July 4, 2025
TEXAS, United States (AFP) — At least 13 people were dead after flash flooding hit south-central Texas early Friday, officials said, with more than 20...
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Several dead and missing in Texas floods
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Several dead and missing in Texas floods
July 4, 2025
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — Multiple people have been killed in "devastating floods" in south-central Texas, local authorities said Friday, with ch...
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Texas child dies in measles outbreak, first US fatality in years
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Texas child dies in measles outbreak, first US fatality in years
February 26, 2025
Houston, United States (AFP) —A child in Texas has died from measles, marking the first fatality in an outbreak that has infected more than 130 people...
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New York doctor hit with hefty fine over abortion pill — report
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February 14, 2025
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — A New York doctor was fined US$100,000 on Thursday by a Texas judge for remotely prescribing abortion pills to a patien...
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New York doctor sued for mailing abortion pills to Texas woman
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New York doctor sued for mailing abortion pills to Texas woman
December 13, 2024
HOUSTON, United States (AFP)— The Republican attorney general of Texas has filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a wo...
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Hurricane Beryl hammers Texas coast with flooding, winds
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Hurricane Beryl hammers Texas coast with flooding, winds
July 8, 2024
HOUSTON, United States (AFP)— Hurricane Beryl made landfall Monday in the southern US state of Texas, killing at least two people and causing millions...
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Light at last!
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St Elizabeth community celebrates return of power after 3 months in darkness
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February 8, 2026
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