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Portland sales rep charged with gun-related offences
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Portland sales rep charged with gun-related offences
November 16, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica — Detectives from the Portland Police Division have charged a 32-year-old sales representative following an incident in Port Antonio...
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Carpenter charged after jewellery, cash reported stolen
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Carpenter charged after jewellery, cash reported stolen
November 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —A 23-year-old carpenter from Kingston has been charged with simple larceny in connection with a break-in and theft reported in Tava...
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William Knibb High considering shift system to resume classes after Hurricane Melissa
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William Knibb High considering shift system to resume classes after Hurricane Melissa
November 16, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — William Knibb Memorial High School is exploring the introduction of a shift system to resume teaching and learning after Hurric...
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Apprentice jockey charged after armed robbery of teen in Portmore
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Apprentice jockey charged after armed robbery of teen in Portmore
November 16, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 21-year-old apprentice jockey has been charged with multiple offences stemming from the armed robbery of a teenage girl in P...
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Lineworkers from Jamaica and abroad mobilise in Montego Bay to restore power – JPS
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Lineworkers from Jamaica and abroad mobilise in Montego Bay to restore power – JPS
November 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hundreds of lineworkers from Jamaica, the wider Caribbean, and North America are on the ground in Montego Bay, working intensively...
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Maduro says Caribbean peace threatened by joint military drills between Trinidad and US
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Maduro says Caribbean peace threatened by joint military drills between Trinidad and US
November 16, 2025
CARACAS, Venezuela (CMC) – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States coul...
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Discovery Bauxite supplying thousands with water during hurricane recovery
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Discovery Bauxite supplying thousands with water during hurricane recovery
November 16, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Discovery Bauxite is providing water to communities across St Ann and neighboring parishes, supplying thousands of gallons each day ...
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Barbados Light and Power assisting Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
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Barbados Light and Power assisting Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa
November 16, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The Barbados Light & Power Company (Light & Power) has answered the urgent call for assistance from the Jamaica Power Ser...
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Sinner caps eventful year with ATP Finals triumph over great rival Alcaraz
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Sinner caps eventful year with ATP Finals triumph over great rival Alcaraz
November 16, 2025
TURIN, Italy (AFP) -- Jannik Sinner ended a turbulent season in the best possible fashion on Sunday after seeing off Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, ...
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Portugal qualify for 2026 World Cup by thrashing Armenia
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Portugal qualify for 2026 World Cup by thrashing Armenia
November 16, 2025
PORTO, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal crushed Armenia 9-1 despite the absence of suspended talisman Cristiano Ronaldo on Sunday to clinch qualification fo...
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Portland sales rep charged with gun-related offences
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Portland sales rep charged with gun-related offences
November 16, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica — Detectives from the Portland Police Division have charged a 32-year-old sales representative following an incident in Port Antonio...
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Carpenter charged after jewellery, cash reported stolen
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Carpenter charged after jewellery, cash reported stolen
November 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —A 23-year-old carpenter from Kingston has been charged with simple larceny in connection with a break-in and theft reported in Tava...
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William Knibb High considering shift system to resume classes after Hurricane Melissa
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William Knibb High considering shift system to resume classes after Hurricane Melissa
November 16, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — William Knibb Memorial High School is exploring the introduction of a shift system to resume teaching and learning after Hurric...
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Apprentice jockey charged after armed robbery of teen in Portmore
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Apprentice jockey charged after armed robbery of teen in Portmore
November 16, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 21-year-old apprentice jockey has been charged with multiple offences stemming from the armed robbery of a teenage girl in P...
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J Wray & Nephew (JWN) Limited, a Campari Group Company, recently pledged $250 million to support communities in Jamaica devastated by Hurricane Meliss...
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Content residents despair as groundwater swallows homes
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 16, 2025
LIVING in Content, Manchester, Horace McFarlane is no stranger to flooding. But staring out at the zinc roof of his house in the distance — the only p...
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Trelawny bar altercation ends with fatal stabbing
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Trelawny bar altercation ends with fatal stabbing
November 16, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Police in Trelawny have launched an investigation into the fatal stabbing of a man in the parish early Sunday morning. The decease...
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Police Federation condemns slaying of cops
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Police Federation condemns slaying of cops
November 16, 2025
The Jamaica Police Federation has expressed shock, grief, and outrage at the murder of two policemen on Waltham Park Road in St Andrew last week. The ...
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‘Mommy, is that Melissa coming back?’
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‘Mommy, is that Melissa coming back?’
Parent who refuses to ‘break’ says seven-year-old haunted by memories of hurricane
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 16, 2025
LYING on a mattress in front of what’s left of her Hurricane Melissa-battered home, Marvanine Anderson held her seven-year-old son, Khalique Campbell,...
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After the storm: Young Jordan’s diabetes struggle
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After the storm: Young Jordan’s diabetes struggle
November 16, 2025
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jordan retrieved the insulin from the igloo on the verandah of his home in Whitehouse, Westmoreland. He skilfully inserted the needl...
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Zulu Warrior spints home with URTAJ Trophy feature
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Zulu Warrior spints home with URTAJ Trophy feature
November 16, 2025
Zu lu Warrior demonstrated good versatility, effortlessly brushing aside rivals to win the $1.25-million StarGas United Racehorse Trainers Association...
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Carl Brown believes Boyz will give Jamaica ‘something to smile about’
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Carl Brown believes Boyz will give Jamaica ‘something to smile about’
November 16, 2025
Former Jamaica football coach Carl Brown is confident the Reggae Boyz will defeat Curacao on Tuesday to secure a second berth at the World Cup. The Gr...
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Kasey Palmer joins Reggae Boyz squad ahead of Curacao showdown
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Kasey Palmer joins Reggae Boyz squad ahead of Curacao showdown
November 16, 2025
Hull City midfielder Kasey Palmer could play a part in the Reggae Boyz' crucial Concacaf World Cup Qualifier against Curacao on Tuesday after joining ...
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Coaches battle emotional fallout as football gets set to return
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 16, 2025
WHILE pleased with the return of schoolboy football, Clarendon College Head Coach Devon Anderson and McGrath High Head Coach Jermaine Thomas are more ...
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Watson, DaCosta, Halledeen look to shine with Funcaandun and Dothraki on Jamaica Cup race day
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Watson, DaCosta, Halledeen look to shine with Funcaandun and Dothraki on Jamaica Cup race day
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
November 16, 2025
IT’S shaping up to be a big day for owner Carlton Watson, trainer Jason DaCosta, and jockey Robert Halledeen as they go for a strong double with forei...
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SPALDING, Clarendon — Brandon Maine, the taxi operator implicated in the murder of a St Catherine teacher and her teen daughter, reportedly confessed ...
November 15, 2025
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two cops were shot and killed on Waltham Park Road in St Andrew Thursday evening. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are n...
November 13, 2025
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JAMAICA Broilers Group (JBG) reported a $7.2-billion net loss for the year ended May 3, 2025 after accounting irregularities at its US operations forc...
November 14, 2025
Tiana Dinham selected as the 2026 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar
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Tiana Dinham selected as the 2026 Jamaica Rhodes Scholar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tiana Shante Dinham has been chosen to be the Jamaica Rhodes Scholar for 2026. She was selected from eight finalists following a m...
November 13, 2025
GEM sends $4.3 million worth in aid to Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa recovery
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GEM sends $4.3 million worth in aid to Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa recovery
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Global Empowerment Mission (GEM), working alongside the Building a Better Jamaica initiative and several partner organisations...
November 14, 2025
Cabbie wanted in killing of teacher and daughter found dead in suspected suicide
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November 14, 2025
Weathering Life’s Storms: A guide to financial resilience
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Weathering Life’s Storms: A guide to financial resilience
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In the rush to help neighbours and relatives after Hurricane Melissa, financial experts are urging Jamaicans to be careful not to give more than they ...
November 14, 2025
Two cops killed in Waltham Park shooting identified
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Authorities have identified two policemen shot and killed on Waltham Park Road in St Andrew Thursday evening. The deceased are Cha...
November 14, 2025
Teenager among three being sought in cops killing
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Teenager among three being sought in cops killing
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—A 17-year-old student is among three men who are being sought in connection with the killing of two policemen on Waltham Park Road i...
November 14, 2025
Suspect in murder of two cops surrenders to police
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Suspect in murder of two cops surrenders to police
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The main suspect in Thursday evening’s fatal shooting of two policemen along Waltham Park Road in St Andrew has surrendered to the...
November 14, 2025
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