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Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
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GRIEF and anger were palpable in the Central Kingston community of Smith Lane on Saturday as it was confirmed that seven-year-old Keriecia Hutchinson ...
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Iconic dancehall trailblazer and deejay, Shabba Ranks, has filed a lawsuit against the publishing arm of Greensleeves Records, in a move to reclaim th...
Seville beaten in Ultimate 100m final
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Oblique Seville just failed to add the World Athletics Ultimate Championships title to his World Championships and Diamond League ...
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BREAKING ground Friday for the construction of 700 new homes at Greater Bernard Lodge in St Catherine, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness challenged loc...
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DECLARING that Jamaica is facing an “education emergency”, president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) La Sonja Harrison is urging the Govern...
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ST ANDREW, Jamaica — A person of interest who was being sought for the shooting of a recording artiste was arrested by the police in St Andrew on Frid...
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Iconic dancehall trailblazer and deejay, Shabba Ranks, has filed a lawsuit against the publishing arm of Greensleeves Records, in a move to reclaim th...
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FORT GEORGE, St Mary — Thirty-one-year-old Michael Baxter’s voice breaks as he describes the morning in August when his world changed. His mother, 51-...
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FROME Technical’s two-game winning start to the ISSA daCosta Cup football competition ended on Saturday after they were held to a 0-0 draw by Petersfi...

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