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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
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Johan-Ramaldo Smythe showed that he is ready for all comers this season by smashing the Class One 100m record at the Purewater/RDanny Williams/JC Deve...
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Trump admin sends more agents to Minneapolis despite furor over woman’s killing
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Trump admin sends more agents to Minneapolis despite furor over woman’s killing
January 11 05:00 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)—US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis,...
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
January 11 04:45 PM
St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
January 11 04:42 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica–An American sterile surgical technician is among two charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of am...
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
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UN Security Council renews Haiti mission amid spiralling crisis
July 15, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the UN’s political mission in Haiti until the ...
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WATCH: ‘Highly irresponsible’
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WATCH: ‘Highly irresponsible’
Chang says politicians who trivialise violence not fit for power
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 14, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica – Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) General Secretary Dr Horace Chang says any politician who suggests a trivialisation of violence is un...
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WATCH: Police meet with Manchester politicians for violence-free election campaign
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WATCH: Police meet with Manchester politicians for violence-free election campaign
July 11, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Against the backdrop of Saturday’s political standoff over the placing of flags in the Manchester North East community of Fine Gr...
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UN warns spreading gang violence poses major risk to Haiti and wider Caribbean
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UN warns spreading gang violence poses major risk to Haiti and wider Caribbean
July 11, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — A new human rights report Friday warned that escalating gang violence outside the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has cla...
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‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
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‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
July 7, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chair, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has made it clear that while international momentum to suppo...
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Gangs now control 90% of Haitian capital — UN
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Gangs now control 90% of Haitian capital — UN
July 2, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Armed gangs have tightened their grip on Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, United Nations (UN) officials warned We...
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Schoolboy’s attack on woman accused of stabbing students caught on video
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Schoolboy’s attack on woman accused of stabbing students caught on video
June 25, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A tense exchange between a woman and students on a coaster bus reportedly culminated in several students being stabbed and the wom...
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Haiti’s gangs better armed and more ruthless — UN
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Haiti’s gangs better armed and more ruthless — UN
June 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Powerful gangs that control much of Haiti are increasingly ruthless and better armed despite a weapons embargo, ...
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Manhunt on for suspects in policeman’s death
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Manhunt on for suspects in policeman’s death
June 17, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A manhunt is currently underway for suspects in the shooting death of a policeman on Barnett Street in Montego Bay Monday evening....
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Vendor fatally shot in Old Harbour
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Vendor fatally shot in Old Harbour
June 12, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A vendor was shot and killed in Old Harbour, St Catherine on Thursday. The incident happened sometime in the morning, reported...
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122 million forcibly displaced worldwide ‘untenably high’ — UN
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122 million forcibly displaced worldwide ‘untenably high’ — UN
June 12, 2025
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record peak but remains "un...
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Police investigating fatal shooting incident caught on camera
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Police investigating fatal shooting incident caught on camera
May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are now investigating a fatal shooting incident reportedly involving neighbours in Papine, St Andrew. The deceased has ...
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Woman accused of stabbing granddaughter granted $250,000 bail
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Woman accused of stabbing granddaughter granted $250,000 bail
May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 60-year-old vendor was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 with one or two sureties when she appeared in the Kingston and St And...
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Chang condemns recent violence against women, girls as ‘stain on our national character’
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Chang condemns recent violence against women, girls as ‘stain on our national character’
May 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr Horace Chang says the recent acts of violence committed against women ...
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Man fatally stabs alleged attacker in Manchester
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Man fatally stabs alleged attacker in Manchester
May 16, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man was fatally stabbed in Whitby near Mile Gully in Manchester after he reportedly attacked another man with a knife on Thurs...
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Doctors Without Borders warns last of trauma hospitals in Haiti nears its limit
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Doctors Without Borders warns last of trauma hospitals in Haiti nears its limit
May 7, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Haiti is warning that “extremely high levels of violence” in the capital, Port-au-Prince, may ...
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13 gangs targeted under second iteration of ‘Operation Storm’
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13 gangs targeted under second iteration of ‘Operation Storm’
May 3, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The St James police have listed thirteen gangs which they will be prioritising under a second iteration of the “Operation Storm” i...
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Crime and violence stifling Latin America and Caribbean, says World Bank
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Crime and violence stifling Latin America and Caribbean, says World Bank
April 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)— A new report by the World Bank says organised crime and violence have become a central obstacle to development in Lat...
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’, UN warns
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’, UN warns
April 21, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a "point of no return" leading to ...
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Trelawny man charged with murder in throat-slicing incident
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Trelawny man charged with murder in throat-slicing incident
April 20, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A man who is accused of slicing the throat of another man at a business establishment in Trelawny on Thursday, April 17 has been c...
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‘Rum Cream’ charged with chopping death of pastor
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‘Rum Cream’ charged with chopping death of pastor
April 20, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — A 47-year-old painter of Gayle Spring in St Mary has been charged with murder following the chopping death of a pastor-farmer in th...
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IACHR concerned about the escalation of violence and humanitarian crisis in Haiti
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IACHR concerned about the escalation of violence and humanitarian crisis in Haiti
April 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) –  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) says it is deeply concerned over the escalation of violence a...
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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
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Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
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Johan-Ramaldo Smythe showed that he is ready for all comers this season by smashing the Class One 100m record at the Purewater/RDanny Williams/JC Deve...
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