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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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Number of UK children in poverty highest in 20 years
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London, United Kingdom (AFP) — The number of children living in poverty in the UK reached a new record, according to data published Thursday, as the g...
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Guyana signs MOU with UK company for new health record system
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with the United Kingdom-based RioMed Limited, to develop and implement t...
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T&T gov’t wants quick review of visa restrictions by United Kingdom
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday reiterated its ‘disappointment” at the decision of the United Kingdom to imp...
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Children get tooth brushing lessons as UK battles dental care crisis
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Children get tooth brushing lessons as UK battles dental care crisis
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - England on Friday launched a national campaign to teach children in schools and nurseries how to brush their teeth prop...
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France, UK propose one-month Ukraine truce: Macron to Le Figaro
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PARIS, France (AFP) - France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine "in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure" after crisis tal...
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Rape accused influencer Andrew Tate allowed to leave Romania for US
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Rape accused influencer Andrew Tate allowed to leave Romania for US
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) – Influencer Andrew Tate, facing charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania, left for the United States on Thursday, ai...
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Vybz Kartel to receive MOBO Impact Award
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February 17, 2025
Dancehall kingpin Vybz Kartel will receive the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Impact Award at the 2025 ceremony, which is scheduled to be held on Tuesda...
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Wayne Wonder receives plaque for going platinum in UK
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Singer Wayne Wonder recently received a plaque marking the platinum certification of his hit song, No Letting Go , in the United Kingdom. It was prese...
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UK ‘engaging’ with US on steel tariff detail
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain is "engaging" with the United States (US) on the details of President Donald Trump's steel tariffs, Prime Minis...
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British woman on cocaine rap to face the court on March 20
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Brandi James, the British woman who was charged after a substance believed to be cocaine was found in her luggage at the Sangster ...
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Canada attempting to coordinate with Mexico, EU and UK on response to US tariffs
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OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) - Canada is seeking to coordinate with the UK, EU and Mexico on US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs, Foreign Minister ...
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Elton John, Paul McCartney warn UK govt over AI copyright threat
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Elton John, Paul McCartney warn UK govt over AI copyright threat
January 26, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Two of Britain's leading music icons, Elton John and Paul McCartney, urged the UK government on Sunday to protect crea...
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UK companies to supply and install 55 bridges across Jamaica in multimillion-dollar deal
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UK companies to supply and install 55 bridges across Jamaica in multimillion-dollar deal
January 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica-The United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its commitment to Jamaica’s infrastructural development through a multimillion-dollar acceler...
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UK tabloids admit to hacking Prince Harry’s phone; to pay damages in lawsuit settlement
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UK tabloids admit to hacking Prince Harry’s phone; to pay damages in lawsuit settlement
January 22, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Prince Harry settled Wednesday his long-running lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloid publisher, which agreed to ...
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US, UK probing Space X explosion debris affecting Turks and Caicos
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January 19, 2025
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos - An active investigation is ongoing following the explosion of a Space X starship that impacted the Turks and Caicos ...
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UK gangsters using drones to deliver contraband to inmates
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UK gangsters using drones to deliver contraband to inmates
'Risk to UK's national security: watchdog
January 14, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The UK government and police have "given up" controlling airspace over two jails, allowing gangs to threaten national s...
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Caribbean nationals need ETA to now visit United Kingdom
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Caribbean nationals need ETA to now visit United Kingdom
January 8, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Caribbean nationals wishing to visit the United Kingdom (UK) will, from Wednesday, need to be in possession of that count...
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UK court hikes sentences of presumed youngest knife murderers
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UK court hikes sentences of presumed youngest knife murderers
December 19, 2024
London, United Kingdom (AFP) - A UK appeals court on Thursday increased the sentences of two boys believed to be Britain's youngest knife murderers. T...
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UK gov’t announces over JA$27-m in funding to support Jamaica’s marine conservation efforts
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UK gov’t announces over JA$27-m in funding to support Jamaica’s marine conservation efforts
December 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The United Kingdom has announced funding under the Sustainable Blue Economies Programme’s Blue Social Challenge Fund to help countr...
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UK, IDB strengthen partnership for development in the Caribbean
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UK, IDB strengthen partnership for development in the Caribbean
December 14, 2024
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on Friday said the United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its commitment to advanci...
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Man who attacked UK asylum hotel jailed for 9 years
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Man who attacked UK asylum hotel jailed for 9 years
December 12, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - A man who attacked a hotel housing asylum seekers during an August riot in northern England was Thursday jailed for nin...
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UK govt to build four new prisons to ease overcrowding
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UK govt to build four new prisons to ease overcrowding
December 11, 2024
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - The UK government announced plans on Wednesday to build four new prisons by 2031 to ease an overcrowding crisis, which ...
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
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December 28, 2025
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December 28, 2025
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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