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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
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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
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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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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BEIJING, China — Brussels hit back Monday at China slapping duties of up to 42.7 per cent on some dairy products from the European Union (EU), calling...
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Shein under EU pressure over childlike sex dolls
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Greenpeace says clothes sold by Shein break EU chemicals rules
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EU court rules dogs are same as baggage for airline liability
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Hundreds of young people benefit from BRIDGE project
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EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children
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EU chief backs calls to keep children off social media
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Trump threatens EU tariffs for ‘unfair’ Google ruling
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)-US President Donald Trump lashed out at the European Union Friday for slapping Google with an "unfair" $3.47 billion a...
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Apple to lower iPhone 12 radio power across EU
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EU, US strike ‘biggest-ever’ trade deal
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TURNBERRY, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United States and European Union on Sunday clinched what President Donald Trump described as the "biggest-ever" ...
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Seaforth High School wins top prize in EU/USF ICT Club Video Competition
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Seaforth High School has claimed first place in the European Union (EU) and Universal Service Fund (USF) ICT Club Video Competitio...
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EU blindsided by latest Trump tariff ultimatum
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Throughout the week leading up to US President Donald Trump's 30 per cent tariff threat on the EU, European officials and di...
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Johnson Smith welcomes EU Parliament’s decision to remove Jamaica from high-risk list
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -The Government of Jamaica has officially welcomed the European Parliament’s decision to remove the country from the European Union’...
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EU deepens strategic partnership with Caribbean Investment Forum
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Trump threatens 50% tariff on EU from June 1
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EU signs Euro 9 million agreement with Haiti
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The European Union is providing Haiti with a financing grant of Euro 9 million (One Euro=US$1.29 cents) for improving th...
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Caribbean countries participating in a five-day disaster preparedness project
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Vance lands in Greenland as anger mounts over Trump takeover bid
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March 28, 2025
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Fi We Children Foundation launches youth in reproductive justice project
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Fi We Children Foundation launches youth in reproductive justice project
March 17, 2025
KINGSTON, JamaicaFi — We Children Foundation, a youth-led non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to advancing social justice for Jamaican child...
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Six civil society organisations awarded grants under EU-CVSS partnership
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March 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Six civil society organisations have been awarded microgrants under a European Union (EU)-funded initiative aimed at strengthening ...
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EU partners with IDB to scale up digital innovation in Belize
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BELMOPAN, Belize, (CMC)– The European Union (EU) is providing a US$2 million grant funding to scale up the “Digital Innovation to Boost Economic Devel...
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EU dismisses Trump’s Greenland threat as ‘wild hypothetical stuff’
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BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP)— The European Union (EU) on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump's claim to Greenland as "wild hypothetical stuff", while confirmi...
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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
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
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December 28, 2025
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
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