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Police cut down contract killer in St Catherine
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Police cut down contract killer in St Catherine
January 18, 2024
A known contract killer was among two men who were fatally shot during a gun battle with the Counter Terrorism and Organised Crime Investigations Bran...
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Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association expresses discomfort at the delayed overtime wage negotiations
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Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association expresses discomfort at the delayed overtime wage negotiations
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Medical Doctors’ Association (JMDA) is expressing discomfort at what it describes as the lengthy delay in negotiations...
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UPDATE: One of the two suspects in teen’s murder now in police custody
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UPDATE: One of the two suspects in teen’s murder now in police custody
January 18, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - The swift action of the Westmoreland police has led to the apprehension of one the suspects in the brutal murder of 19-year-ol...
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Teenage boy chopped to death in Westmoreland
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Teenage boy chopped to death in Westmoreland
January 18, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - A teenager was chopped to death in Top Road, Little London Westmoreland following an altercation with two men while visiting h...
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211 tickets issued, 4 arrested in St Elizabeth traffic operation
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211 tickets issued, 4 arrested in St Elizabeth traffic operation
January 18, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — An operation spanning across town centres in St Elizabeth on Thursday resulted in 211 motorists being ticketed and the recover...
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Newly commissioned St James JPs urged to aid in safeguarding nation’s well-being
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Newly commissioned St James JPs urged to aid in safeguarding nation’s well-being
January 18, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica - Justice Minister Delroy Chuck, has charged 28 newly appointed Justices of the Peace (JPs) for St James to play their part in ensur...
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Teen charged for illegal firearm, ammunition
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Teen charged for illegal firearm, ammunition
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A 19-year-old man was arrested and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition follow...
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Kingston men charged following ganja seizure in St Elizabeth
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Kingston men charged following ganja seizure in St Elizabeth
January 18, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - The St Elizabeth police have arrested and charged two men of Kingston addresses in connection to the seizure of 65 pounds of g...
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Forex: J$156.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$156.20 to one US dollar
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The US dollar on Thursday, January 18 ended trading at J$156.20 down by 8 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily exchange ...
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St James tyre repairman charged with murder
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St James tyre repairman charged with murder
January 18, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica - Thirty-one -year-old tyre repairman from St James was charged with murder following the death of a man at a football field in the ...
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Jolyan Silvera in custody in connection to wife’s murder
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Jolyan Silvera in custody in connection to wife’s murder
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former Member of Parliament (MP) Jolyan Silvera was reportedly taken into custody on Thursday, nearly a week after his wife, Melis...
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Ammunition seized in Kingston
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Ammunition seized in Kingston
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Lawmen assigned to the Duhaney Park police seized nineteen 9.62 cartridges at a premises on Riverside Drive in Kingston 20 on Thur...
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Senior citizen of Russia, Westmoreland to get new home under Gov’t’s Indigent Housing Programme
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Senior citizen of Russia, Westmoreland to get new home under Gov’t’s Indigent Housing Programme
January 18, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica - Ninety-five-year-old Alfonso Bruce, a resident of Russia in Westmoreland is set to benefit from the Government’s Indigent Housing ...
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Firearm, ammunition seized in Kingston
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Firearm, ammunition seized in Kingston
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The St Andrew Central police has taken one man into custody following the seizure of a firearm on Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, on We...
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The Style Issue, January 18, 2024
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The Style Issue, January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024
Saint International star Tami Williams appears online in the just-unveiled Ralph Lauren Pre-Spring 2024 collection's e-commerce luxury buys. Plus, ima...
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St Elizabeth man charged for breaches of the Law Reform Act
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St Elizabeth man charged for breaches of the Law Reform Act
January 18, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica - An eighteen-year-old man from St Elizabeth was charged with knowingly possessing identity information following an operation b...
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More public parks to be developed across the island – PM
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More public parks to be developed across the island – PM
January 18, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Government will be undertaking a programme for the establishment of parks across the island that will create space for recreat...
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PM: I get things done
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PM: I get things done
BY ALECIA SMITH Senior staff reporter smitha@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 18, 2024
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness, intimating that he is a leader who gets things done, said Wednesday's groundbreaking for a climate smart park in Portmo...
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Crown says teen sacrificed for sins of accused’s ex
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Crown says teen sacrificed for sins of accused’s ex
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
January 18, 2024
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The prosecution in the case against Gregory Roberts, who is being tried for murdering 15-year-old Shineka Gray in 2017, has su...
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KSAMC sets new rule for building inspections
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KSAMC sets new rule for building inspections
BY BALFORD HENRY Senior writer 
January 18, 2024
MAYOR of Kingston Councillor Delroy Williams says that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) will no longer allow single officers t...
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UPDATE: Senior paralegal gunned down on Washington Boulevard
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - A senior paralegal was shot and killed in her car along Washington Boulevard in St Andrew on Thursday morning. The deceased has be...
January 18, 2024
Jolyan Silvera in custody in connection to wife’s murder
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Jolyan Silvera in custody in connection to wife’s murder
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Former Member of Parliament (MP) Jolyan Silvera was reportedly taken into custody on Thursday, nearly a week after his wife, Melis...
January 18, 2024
14-y-o abducted, raped by three men in St James
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14-y-o abducted, raped by three men in St James
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ST JAMES, Jamaica – A 14-year-old girl was reportedly abducted and raped by three men in St James on Tuesday. The men reportedly pulled the student in...
January 17, 2024
Man shot in face by alleged ‘coworkers’ in St James
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Man shot in face by alleged ‘coworkers’ in St James
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ST JAMES, Jamaica- A man narrowly escaped death on Tuesday after being shot in the face by his “coworkers” at Sunderland district in St James. The vic...
January 18, 2024
Crown says teen sacrificed for sins of accused’s ex
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Crown says teen sacrificed for sins of accused’s ex
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MONTEGO BAY, St James - The prosecution in the case against Gregory Roberts, who is being tried for murdering 15-year-old Shineka Gray in 2017, has su...
January 18, 2024
Woman arrested after over $20m worth of cocaine found in Lasco packages in suitcase
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Woman arrested after over $20m worth of cocaine found in Lasco packages in suitcase
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - A Jamaican woman was arrested at the Norman Manley International Airport on Wednesday following the seizure of 4.8 kilograms of co...
January 18, 2024
Vice President Harris says she’s ‘scared as heck’ that Donald Trump could win
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Vice President Harris says she’s ‘scared as heck’ that Donald Trump could win
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said she's "scared as heck" that Donald Trump could win another term as president as she pledged an agg...
January 17, 2024
Teenage boy chopped to death in Westmoreland
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Teenage boy chopped to death in Westmoreland
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - A teenager was chopped to death in Top Road, Little London Westmoreland following an altercation with two men while visiting h...
January 18, 2024
Cop nabbed with ganja on police station grounds fined
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Cop nabbed with ganja on police station grounds fined
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ST JAMES, Jamaica— A policeman who was allegedly caught with marijuana and weapons on the grounds of the Montego Bay Police Station was fined $27,000 ...
January 17, 2024
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Rhoden among four to win athlete of the week honours
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Rhoden among four to win athlete of the week honours
January 18, 2024
Four Jamaican student athletes, including Clemson University’s middle distance runner Tarees Rhoden and Liberty University’s Warren Barrett, were earl...
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FINAL DECISION NEARS
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FINAL DECISION NEARS
BY ROBERT BAILEY Staff reporter robertb@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 18, 2024
T he Jamaica Observer has been reliably told that former national player Sasher-Gaye Henry and Annette Daley are the two candidates shortlisted for th...
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‘I will remember this for the rest of my life’, says debutant Joseph
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‘I will remember this for the rest of my life’, says debutant Joseph
January 18, 2024
ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) - Debutant Shamar Joseph gave the West Indies some hope after taking two top-order wickets during Australia's reply to the v...
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Hockey president confident Jamaica will leave its mark at World Cup
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Hockey president confident Jamaica will leave its mark at World Cup
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January 18, 2024
Fabian Stewart, president of the Jamaica Hockey Federation, is certain that Jamaica's national men's hockey team will make a strong appearance at the ...
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Haye, Roye depart for Latin America Amateur Golf Champs
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Haye, Roye depart for Latin America Amateur Golf Champs
January 18, 2024
OSHAE Haye and Zandre Roye will represent Jamaica at the ninth Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC) from January 18 to 21, in Panama. This is the...
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Campbell confident PNP can win local, general elections
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Campbell confident PNP can win local, general elections
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December 21, 2023
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Woman killed after car crashes into parked truck, overturns on Mandela Highway
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December 16, 2023
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Elderly lady killed in Majestic Gardens fire
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December 11, 2023
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Rowdy Mona High students storm JC, hurl insults during wild Manning Cup celebration
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Rowdy Mona High students storm JC, hurl insults during wild Manning Cup celebration
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Resident recalls shock after Kingston building damaged in quake
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104-year-old Velma Stephens shares memories of marriages, children and overcoming adversities
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104-year-old Velma Stephens shares memories of marriages, children and overcoming adversities
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15-y-o accused of beating BB Coke student granted $300,000 bail
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15-y-o accused of beating BB Coke student granted $300,000 bail
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Sunshine Girl and family receive keys to new home after Rum Lane firebombing
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September 7, 2023
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