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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
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African group tells Warmington to apologise and undergo self-repair
October 5 12:30 AM
THE Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) has pointedly told Government Member of Parliament Everald Warmington that he has a “misinformed understanding” of h...
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Diaspora leaders reject claim of no complaints over slow pace of hurricane aid
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:29 AM
NEW YORK, United States — Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade She...
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Designing Resilience
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Designing Resilience
October 5 12:28 AM
“WHO knew that within a few weeks of Design Week Ja 2025, held under the theme ‘Creative Resilience’, Jamaica would be confronted with the devastating...
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Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
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Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
BY BRIAN PITTER Observer writer pitterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:26 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Sandals Foundation Island Challenge Jamaica has reached its £100,000 fund-raising target, paving the way for the purchase of ...
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Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
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Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
…proposes Caribbean Tourism Agricultural Logistics Centre
Mark Dennis 
October 5 12:24 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Warning that the region is losing billions of dollars in potential earnings by failing to adequately connect its farmers and ...
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Caribbean trade chief paints grim outlook for region’s food exports
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Caribbean trade chief paints grim outlook for region’s food exports
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:22 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Caribbean Export Development Agency Chief Executive Officer Damine Sinanan has warned that Caribbean countries will have to p...
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From State care to the classroom
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From State care to the classroom
Christopher Dawes turns pain into purpose; rewrites his future through education
October 5 12:20 AM
FOR Christopher Dawes, navigating the challenges of growing up in State care could have easily defined his future. Instead, he allowed the circumstanc...
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JSIF marks 30 years; vows to deepen impact on community development
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JSIF marks 30 years; vows to deepen impact on community development
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5 12:20 AM
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Three decades after it was established to help tackle poverty and social deprivation in vulnerable communities across the cou...
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JTA president-elect, colleague in stable condition after Trelawny crash
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JTA president-elect, colleague in stable condition after Trelawny crash
October 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – President-elect of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Dr Maureen Mullings-Nelson and another teacher were on Friday morning ...
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Displaced Cooper’s Pen residents receive humanitarian grants
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Displaced Cooper’s Pen residents receive humanitarian grants
September 20, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has begun providing relocation assistance to vulnerable residents displaced during the eviction exercise at Cooper’...
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10 things only a Westwood High girl would know
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10 things only a Westwood High girl would know
September 18, 2026
Westwood High School is known for producing talented, well-educated and poised young ladies. The institution, which has been in existence for more tha...
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JDA hosts Link-Up Festival in Trelawny
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JDA hosts Link-Up Festival in Trelawny
August 29, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Falmouth Square in Trelawny came alive recently as the Jamaica Draughts Association (JDA) hosted its Link-Up Festival. The event, ...
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WATCH: PM says he has no power to keep Cooper’s Pen residents on land
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WATCH: PM says he has no power to keep Cooper’s Pen residents on land
August 28, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica – Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness told residents of Cooper’s Pen in Trelawny, whose houses were demolished earlier this month, that...
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Man killed in three-vehicle crash in Trelawny
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Man killed in three-vehicle crash in Trelawny
August 26, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — One man has died from injuries sustained in a three-vehicle crash involving a truck, a minibus and a motorcar on the section of th...
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Trelawny man slapped with multiple gun-related charges
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Trelawny man slapped with multiple gun-related charges
August 20, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica—A Trelawny taxi operator has been slapped with several charges following a robbery incident in Wakefield, Trelawny on July 23. He ha...
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Police release identities of two killed in Trelawny crash
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Police release identities of two killed in Trelawny crash
August 18, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica—The police have released the identities of the two people who were pronounced dead following a crash involving a motor car and a tru...
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Gov’t senator accuses PNP of hypocritical rhetoric in debate over land and housing challenges
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Gov’t senator accuses PNP of hypocritical rhetoric in debate over land and housing challenges
August 18, 2026
Government senator Marlon Morgan says "sober, cerebral and non-partisan conversation" is required concerning how to treat with land and housing challe...
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One dead, another injured in Trelawny crash
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One dead, another injured in Trelawny crash
August 17, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — One individual is dead and another injured following a motor vehicle crash involving  a truck and a Suzuki Grand Vitara on the Bra...
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WATCH: 20 families homeless after early morning demolition in Trelawny
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WATCH: 20 families homeless after early morning demolition in Trelawny
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
August 11, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Some 20 families in Coopers Pen, Trelawny, have been left homeless after a demolition team reportedly tore down about 20 housing u...
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Police discourage roadblocks in Troy
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Police discourage roadblocks in Troy
July 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica  —  Commanding Officer for the Trelawny Division, Superintendent Velonique Campbell, is imploring residents of Troy in the parish to...
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CPFSA expresses horror over brutal killing of 10-y-o girl in Trelawny
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CPFSA expresses horror over brutal killing of 10-y-o girl in Trelawny
July 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Child Protection and Family Services Agency (CPFSA) says it is horrified and deeply saddened by the tragic murder of 10-year-o...
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UPDATE: Police identify child killed gruesomely in Trelawny
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UPDATE: Police identify child killed gruesomely in Trelawny
July 22, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The schoolgirl whose partially nude body was found with her throat slashed on a dirt track in bushes in Tyre district near Troy, T...
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Child’s body found in Trelawny; two injured by irate residents in mob attack
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Child’s body found in Trelawny; two injured by irate residents in mob attack
July 21, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Police are now on a scene where the body of a child was found with her throat slashed in Tyre district near Troy in south Trelawny...
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Police report significant reduction in praedial larceny in Trelawny
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Police report significant reduction in praedial larceny in Trelawny
July 14, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Area One Agricultural Protection Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) is reporting a significant reduction in praedi...
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Fire engulfs businesses, house in Falmouth
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Fire engulfs businesses, house in Falmouth
June 30, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade are battling a major blaze that has engulfed a bar, a nightclub and a clothing and fabric stor...
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Two of three SPARK road projects in Northern Trelawny almost complete
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Two of three SPARK road projects in Northern Trelawny almost complete
June 25, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica—Two of the three road rehabilitation projects being undertaken in Northern Trelawny under the Government’s Shared Prosperity through...
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UPDATE: Three men killed in Trelawny crash identified
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UPDATE: Three men killed in Trelawny crash identified
June 18, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The three men who died as a result of injuries they sustained in a three-vehicle crash on the Braco main road in Trelawny on Wedne...
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Two dead, several injured in Trelawny three-vehicle crash
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Two dead, several injured in Trelawny three-vehicle crash
June 18, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Two men are dead and several others are in hospital, one reportedly in critical condition, following a three-vehicle crash in the ...
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Michael Lee-Chin presented with key to Falmouth
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Michael Lee-Chin presented with key to Falmouth
June 17, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica  — Mayor of Falmouth C Junior Gager on Wednesday presented a key to the town to Michael Lee-Chin, chairman of National Commercial Ba...
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Trelawny motorcyclist dies in Manchester crash
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Trelawny motorcyclist dies in Manchester crash
May 17, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A motorcyclist succumbed to injuries he sustained following a two-vehicle crash on the Sedburgh main road near Christiana in Man...
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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
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GET SLAVERY HISTORY RIGHT
African group tells Warmington to apologise and undergo self-repair
October 5, 2026
THE Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) has pointedly told Government Member of Parliament Everald Warmington that he has a “misinformed understanding” of h...
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Diaspora leaders reject claim of no complaints over slow pace of hurricane aid
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5, 2026
NEW YORK, United States — Diaspora leaders here have rubbished a claim by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade She...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Designing Resilience
Lifestyle, ...
Designing Resilience
October 5, 2026
“WHO knew that within a few weeks of Design Week Ja 2025, held under the theme ‘Creative Resilience’, Jamaica would be confronted with the devastating...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
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Sandals Island Challenge hits £100,000 fund-raising target
BY BRIAN PITTER Observer writer pitterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 5, 2026
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — The Sandals Foundation Island Challenge Jamaica has reached its £100,000 fund-raising target, paving the way for the purchase of ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
News
Bartlett moves to plug tourism import leak
…proposes Caribbean Tourism Agricultural Logistics Centre
Mark Dennis 
October 5, 2026
CORAL SPRING, Trelawny — Warning that the region is losing billions of dollars in potential earnings by failing to adequately connect its farmers and ...
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