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Jahmarie Nolan’s late hat- trick carries Jamaica to 9-0 win over Cayman in U20 qualifiers
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Jahmarie Nolan’s late hat- trick carries Jamaica to 9-0 win over Cayman in U20 qualifiers
February 27 09:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jahmarie Nolan came off the bench to score a sublime second-half hat-trick to lead Jamaica to a 9-0 beating of the Cayman Islands in...
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Five charged in major anti-lottery scam operations in Manchester
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Five charged in major anti-lottery scam operations in Manchester
February 27 09:03 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica—Five people have been charged with breaches of the Law Reform (Fraudulent Conversion Special Provisions) and the Dangerous Drugs A...
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Mount Pleasant to face LA Galaxy in Concacaf Champions League
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Mount Pleasant to face LA Galaxy in Concacaf Champions League
February 27 08:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Caribbean Cup champions Mount Pleasant FA are set to face US Major League Soccer (MLS) team LA Galaxy in the Round of 16 in the 2026...
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Sagicor X Fund delivers historic year, surpassing billion-dollar profit mark
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Sagicor X Fund delivers historic year, surpassing billion-dollar profit mark
February 27 08:02 PM
KINGSTON Jamaica —Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited closed the 2025 financial year with a landmark performance, achieving record profitability of $1....
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Stunning revelation in Qahal Yahweh trial
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Stunning revelation in Qahal Yahweh trial
February 27 07:56 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica —The ongoing trial of members of the Qahal Yahweh religious sect in the St James Parish Court had a stunning revelation on Friday, a...
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‘Doubt the doubt’: Phylicia Rashad urges Jamaican women and girls to push forward
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‘Doubt the doubt’: Phylicia Rashad urges Jamaican women and girls to push forward
DANA MALCOLM Observer Online reporter  jol.malcolmd@gmail.com 
February 27 07:47 PM
Celebrated actress Phylicia Rashad has urged Jamaican women to pursue their ambitions without fear, telling them that, “There's no challenge that's gr...
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Wholesale changes for U20 Reggae Boyz against Cayman at Concacaf qualifiers
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Wholesale changes for U20 Reggae Boyz against Cayman at Concacaf qualifiers
February 27 07:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaican coaching staff at the CONCACAF U-20 Qualifiers - Round 1 in Curacao has made wholesale changes to the starting team to ...
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African and Caribbean literary voices to take centre stage at Jamaica Book Festival’s literary exchange
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African and Caribbean literary voices to take centre stage at Jamaica Book Festival’s literary exchange
February 27 06:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Book Festival’s inaugural Africa Caribbean Literary Exchange will culminate on Saturday February 28 with a dynamic fes...
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Jesse Royal joins lineup for Essential Notes seminar at UWI
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Jesse Royal joins lineup for Essential Notes seminar at UWI
February 18, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Two-time Grammy-nominated reggae superstar Jesse Royal will be among the panelists for Essential Notes–The Seminar, a free educatio...
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
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‘9 to 5 no longer enough’: Seiveright urges UWI students to embrace AI
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Delano Seiveright, is urging young Jamaicans to move beyon...
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UWI rises in global rankings
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UWI rises in global rankings
February 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) has risen to the top three per cent of universities worldwide, according to the latest Tim...
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Photos: Sterling Asset blends academia and finance at UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle
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Photos: Sterling Asset blends academia and finance at UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle
January 27, 2026
Sterling Asset Management’s UWI Professor & Senior Staff Mingle, held on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at the University of the West Indies’ Regional H...
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UWI confers honorary doctorate posthumously upon late Don Wehby
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UWI confers honorary doctorate posthumously upon late Don Wehby
January 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) posthumously conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) upon the late Honourab...
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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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Mount Pleasant to face LA Galaxy in Concacaf Champions League
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Sagicor X Fund delivers historic year, surpassing billion-dollar profit mark
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Sagicor X Fund delivers historic year, surpassing billion-dollar profit mark
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KINGSTON Jamaica —Sagicor Real Estate X Fund Limited closed the 2025 financial year with a landmark performance, achieving record profitability of $1....
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Stunning revelation in Qahal Yahweh trial
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