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Denbigh day 1 attracts hundreds
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Denbigh day 1 attracts hundreds
Opportunity to showcase products excites St Mary family
Jason Cross | Reporter 
August 2, 2025
Day 1 of the 2025 Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon attracted hundreds of patrons and business operators, including one fami...
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‘We are elated!’
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‘We are elated!’
University student leaders welcome JUTC lifeline for campus transport
Jerome Williams Reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
The announcement by Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) that it will provide dedicated bus services to the campuses of The University of the West Ind...
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Jamaican American rapper Busta Rhymes etched into iconic Hollywood sidewalk
BY GORGETTE BECKFORD Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
Rapper Busta Rhymes’ name now decorates star number 2,818 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame following a ceremony held on Friday to honour the Class of 202...
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Don’t fall prey to capital online scam, police warn
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Don’t fall prey to capital online scam, police warn
August 2, 2025
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has reiterated its caution to the public to avoid a “sophisticated online scam” that is using “deepfake technolog...
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‘We’re stuck!’
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‘We’re stuck!’
Regional disconnect holding back Caribbean logistics, says Port Management chairman
Horace Hines freelancer hinodred1@gmail.com 
August 2, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Despite Jamaica’s advancements, Port Management Association Chairman Darwin Telemaque believes the region’s logistics sector r...
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JAAA targets relay teams’ World Champs qualification
Robert Baile 
August 2, 2025
With just over three weeks remaining before the cut-off date for qualification for the relay events at this year’s World Athletics Championships, ther...
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‘Not your achievement’
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‘Not your achievement’
PNP’s Morris tackles JLP on three claims in election booklet
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
People’s National Party (PNP) spokesman on housing and sustainable living Senator Floyd Morris is accusing the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of...
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Honouring Lucas
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Honouring Lucas
Family makes donation to school in son’s memory
August 2, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — In honour of the memory of their son, Lucas, parents Raymond “Ray” Therrien and Anne Chang presented $5 million to Mount Alver...
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US Trials: Christian Coleman into 100m final after alleged Sha’Carri Richardson assault
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US Trials: Christian Coleman into 100m final after alleged Sha’Carri Richardson assault
August 1, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) -- Christian Coleman booked his place in the final of the 100m at the US Track and Field Championships on Friday hours aft...
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WATCH: Man and child among those injured in Mandeville crash
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WATCH: Man and child among those injured in Mandeville crash
August 1, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Firefighters had to be called in to extricate a man who was pinned inside a car resulting from a two-vehicle crash on Ward Avenue...
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WATCH: Denbigh 2025 celebrates farmers’ resilience and innovation in agriculture
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WATCH: Denbigh 2025 celebrates farmers’ resilience and innovation in agriculture
August 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Daron Grant, says this year’s Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial ...
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Caribbean Investment Forum 2025 hailed as major success
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Damie Sinanan, Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency, has hailed the recently concluded Caribbean Investme...
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Jamaica will not relent in pursuit of reparations –  Grange
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Jamaica will not relent in pursuit of reparations – Grange
August 1, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - Jamaica will not relent in its pursuit of reparations for the injustices of slavery, says Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertai...
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WATCH: Minister Dana Morris Dixon encourages youth to explore agriculture at Denbigh 2025
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WATCH: Minister Dana Morris Dixon encourages youth to explore agriculture at Denbigh 2025
August 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Education, Skills, Youth & Information, Senator Dana Morris Dixon was among the many attendees at the 71st staging of ...
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Page 2 takes its last lap at the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix Padd0.0ock Club exP.Perience watch party held on July 27, presented by Heineken and th...
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Denbigh day 1 attracts hundreds
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Denbigh day 1 attracts hundreds
Opportunity to showcase products excites St Mary family
Jason Cross | Reporter 
August 2, 2025
Day 1 of the 2025 Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon attracted hundreds of patrons and business operators, including one fami...
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Denbigh delights
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Denbigh delights
Hundreds enjoy Day 1 of annual 3-day show
August 2, 2025
Zaiheim Lewis pets this rabbit at the F&D Farm Supplies booth on Day 1 of the 71st Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendo...
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‘We are elated!’
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‘We are elated!’
University student leaders welcome JUTC lifeline for campus transport
Jerome Williams Reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
The announcement by Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) that it will provide dedicated bus services to the campuses of The University of the West Ind...
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Don’t fall prey to capital online scam, police warn
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Don’t fall prey to capital online scam, police warn
August 2, 2025
The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has reiterated its caution to the public to avoid a “sophisticated online scam” that is using “deepfake technolog...
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‘We’re stuck!’
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‘We’re stuck!’
Regional disconnect holding back Caribbean logistics, says Port Management chairman
Horace Hines freelancer hinodred1@gmail.com 
August 2, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Despite Jamaica’s advancements, Port Management Association Chairman Darwin Telemaque believes the region’s logistics sector r...
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JAAA targets relay teams’ World Champs qualification
Robert Baile 
August 2, 2025
With just over three weeks remaining before the cut-off date for qualification for the relay events at this year’s World Athletics Championships, ther...
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Pack Plays outpaces rivals in BGLC feature
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Pack Plays outpaces rivals in BGLC feature
Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
The four-year-old American-bred dark bay/brown colt Pack Plays once again showcased his exceptional speed and dominance, outpacing his rivals with eas...
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Tribute to iconic horse trainer Enos Brown
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Tribute to iconic horse trainer Enos Brown
August 2, 2025
The Jamaican racing community is mourning the loss of Enos Lloyd Brown, a man whose quiet strength and legacy have left an indelible mark on the sport...
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Frazsiers Whip, Cavalier on brink of JWPL final
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Frazsiers Whip, Cavalier on brink of JWPL final
Paul A Reid 
August 2, 2025
D efending champions Frazsiers Whip FC and Cavalier FC will take big leads into the second leg semi-finals of the Jamaica Women’s Premier League again...
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Linguist appears unstoppable in Jamaica Oaks Classic
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Linguist appears unstoppable in Jamaica Oaks Classic
Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 2, 2025
The excitement is building as the Jamaica Oaks Classic, one of the most prestigious racing events of the season, is set to take this afternoon at Caym...
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St Catherine man dies after motor vehicle plunges into Rio Cobre
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica—A 58-year-old man died on Wednesday after his vehicle plunged into the Rio Cobre at a section of the Bog Walk Gorge. He has been...
July 30, 2025
Jamaica booth pulls over 750,000 visitors at World Expo in Japan
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OSAKA, Japan – Jamaica’s star quality is currently on display in Japan as the country’s booth continues to be a source of interest and excitement at t...
July 31, 2025
Delta flight DL1800 from Montego Bay to Atlanta cancelled
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MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica - MBJ Airports Limited (MBJ), the operator of Sangster International Airport, advises that Delta flight DL1800 from Montego Bay t...
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‘We got justice’
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US Trials: Christian Coleman into 100m final after alleged Sha’Carri Richardson assault
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Ex-US airman who killed wife and 2 children executed in Florida
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Businesses slapped with $20 million in fines for illegally collecting GCT – TAJ
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July 31, 2025
JLP kicks off campaign
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THE ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) significantly stepped up its bid for a third term on Wednesday by blanketing the country with a list of what it ...
July 31, 2025
Richardson, Lyles ease through 100m heats at US trials
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EUGENE, United States (AFP) — Reigning 100m world champions Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles cruised through their opening heats at the United Stat...
July 31, 2025
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