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138 Student Living profit jumps 72% as UWI talks near end
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FTC says ride-hailing ban failed
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FTC says ride-hailing ban failed
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Andre Haughton among lecturers raised to professor rank at UWI
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Andre Haughton among lecturers raised to professor rank at UWI
November 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  The University of the West Indies (UWI) has elevated five of its lecturers across campuses to the rank of professor, including Ja...
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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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UWI Mona students plan sit-out over decision to resume classes less than a week after Hurricane Melissa
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UWI Mona students plan sit-out over decision to resume classes less than a week after Hurricane Melissa
November 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Students at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona campus, are set to stage a peaceful sit-out Monday, in protest of the un...
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Student found dead at UWI in suspected suicide
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Student found dead at UWI in suspected suicide
October 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A University of the West Indies (UWI) student was found dead by her room mate on Thursday in what is suspected to be a case of sui...
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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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West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists awards $10 million in scholarships to 42 students
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West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists awards $10 million in scholarships to 42 students
September 14, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Seventh-day Adventist Church demonstrated its commitment to holistic ministry when the West Jamaica Conference recently awarde...
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UWI Mona to launch cybersecurity major in September
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UWI Mona to launch cybersecurity major in September
July 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Mona campus is set to launch an undergraduate major in cybersecurity this September, a...
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
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UWI teachers to strike Monday
May 30, 2025
KINSGTON, Jamaica — The West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) says its members at The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona will be stri...
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Trinidad Gov’t and UWI on collision course regarding Debe campus
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Trinidad Gov’t and UWI on collision course regarding Debe campus
May 23, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago's government and the University of the West Indies (UWI) appear to be on a collision course regard...
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Flow inspires communication and marketing students at BrandCamp
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Flow inspires communication and marketing students at BrandCamp
May 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marketing strategy and creativity was on full display at BrandCamp last Wednesday as Flow’s Head of Marketing, Latoy Lawrence, too...
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It’s all systems go for D’Aftermas
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It’s all systems go for D’Aftermas
March 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Organisers of the highly-anticipated D’Aftermas are buzzing with excitement as another staging of the event draws closer. Slated ...
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
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UWI Research Day to feature groundbreaking prostate cancer research
March 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Innovatory prostate cancer research by a Jamaican scientist specifically focused on black men will take centre stage at the Univer...
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‘Caribbean culture is not a brand’ – Bogues challenges marketing of region’s soul
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‘Caribbean culture is not a brand’ – Bogues challenges marketing of region’s soul
February 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Declaring that "culture is not a brand", Professor Anthony Bogues, ASA Messer Professor of Humanities of African Studies at Brown ...
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UWI dismisses claims of gunpoint robbery at campus banks but increases security measures
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UWI dismisses claims of gunpoint robbery at campus banks but increases security measures
February 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Mona, says contrary to recent reports, there was no gun-related robbery at any campus...
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Matthew Hyde gets almost 14 years in prison for torturing girlfriend
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Matthew Hyde gets almost 14 years in prison for torturing girlfriend
December 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Hyde, the former University of the West Indies (UWI) student who held his girlfriend captive in a dor...
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‘I gave up on surviving’: Torture victim speaks as Matthew Hyde awaits sentencing
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‘I gave up on surviving’: Torture victim speaks as Matthew Hyde awaits sentencing
December 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — On December 17 Justice Carolyn Tie Powell is expected to return a sentence for Matthew Hyde, who in 2023 held captive and tortured...
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Holy Childhood High student wins UWI/UNICEF award for hair grooming study
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Holy Childhood High student wins UWI/UNICEF award for hair grooming study
December 6, 2024
The University of the West Indies (UWI) named Rayanna Williams, a student of Holy Childhood High School in Jamaica, the 2024 overall Outstanding Carib...
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UWI partners with Dutch university to enhance academic quality, research
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UWI partners with Dutch university to enhance academic quality, research
November 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The University of the West Indies (The UWI) says it has formalised a new global partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding (...
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Matthew Hyde sentencing delayed after power outages, travel mix-up
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Matthew Hyde sentencing delayed after power outages, travel mix-up
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 8, 2024
The sentencing of 21-year-old Matthew Hyde, the former University of the West Indies (UWI) student who held his girlfriend captive in a dorm room and ...
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UWI to host conference on national social justice disability
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UWI to host conference on national social justice disability
November 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) -- The University of the West Indies (The UWI) says it is collaborating with the Social Justice (SO-JUST) Project in Jamaica t...
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High hopes for Socaverse
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High hopes for Socaverse
KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
September 30, 2024
Kyle Chin, director of Socaverse organiser New Wave Entertainment, promises that the third staging of the event will supersede expectations. “This sta...
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UTech raises tuition by 3%; president laments ‘financial distress’ due to subvention cut
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UTech raises tuition by 3%; president laments ‘financial distress’ due to subvention cut
Clevena Brown Observer intern 
August 18, 2024
Lamenting that a $1 billion cut in Government subvention “has caused significant financial distress” to the tertiary institution, University of Techno...
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JPS increase defence
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Seeding the future
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Hezron happy with ‘Save The Children’ school tour
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Hezron happy with ‘Save The Children’ school tour
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SAGICOR MERGES CARIBBEAN UNITS INTO NEW US$6.9B ENTITY
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SAGICOR MERGES CARIBBEAN UNITS INTO NEW US$6.9B ENTITY
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December 17, 2025
Sagicor Group to merge with Barbadian affiliate
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