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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield set for December 27, says TJH
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield set for December 27, says TJH
December 20 04:54 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — TransJamaican Highway Limited (TJH) says the tolling of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg is set to commence within a week’s time...
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UPDATE: Body retrieved after vehicle plunges into Black River
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UPDATE: Body retrieved after vehicle plunges into Black River
December 20 04:47 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force is reporting that the body of a man whose vehicle plunged into the Black River off the Lacovia Bridg...
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JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
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JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
December 20 04:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Cold Spring, Hanover, came alive with laughter, colour, and community spirit on Thursday, December 18, as the Jamaica Constabulary F...
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Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
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Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
December 20 04:18 PM
Dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz is getting ready to release his upcoming single High Flight which is creating a buzz in the streets. He leaked an audio...
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Ex-cop ‘Milla 9’ and co-defendant get life sentences for fatal US home invasion
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Ex-cop ‘Milla 9’ and co-defendant get life sentences for fatal US home invasion
December 20 04:13 PM
Former Jamaican cop and music producer Omar ‘Milla 9’ Miller is one of two Florida men who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of...
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St Catherine circuit court matters being heard in Kingston
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St Catherine circuit court matters being heard in Kingston
December 20 04:08 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Court Administration Division (CAD) has relocated all St Catherine circuit court matters to Kingston due to damage caused by Hur...
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Bridge of Compassion’s hurricane relief event set for Sunday
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Bridge of Compassion’s hurricane relief event set for Sunday
KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
December 20 03:57 PM
Bridge of Compassion, an organisation spearheaded by Cara Burke of Showtime Services, will stage fundraiser “Sip & Sing: Jamaica Relief Edition” this ...
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Five arrested as police seize three illegal guns, over 100 rounds
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Five arrested as police seize three illegal guns, over 100 rounds
December 20 03:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Five men have been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of three guns and more than 100 rounds of ammunition in separ...
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Holness promises to move minimum wage to $18,500 in 2026
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Holness promises to move minimum wage to $18,500 in 2026
August 31, 2025
The national minimum wage will be doubled from $16,000 to $32,000 over next several years, if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) returns to power after We...
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PM Holness reiterates that J’cans will sleep with their windows and doors open
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PM Holness reiterates that J’cans will sleep with their windows and doors open
August 31, 2025
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has vowed one day to fulfill the promise that Jamaicans will sleep with their windows...
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Golding targets undecided and Labourites
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Golding targets undecided and Labourites
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has appealed to the undecided and even members of the Jamaica Labour P...
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‘Every Labourite must vote before 12:59 pm,’ urges Montague while touting ‘1PM’ slogan
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‘Every Labourite must vote before 12:59 pm,’ urges Montague while touting ‘1PM’ slogan
August 31, 2025
Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Robert Montague, has urged party supporters to vote before 12:59 pm on Wednesday, September 3. "Every Labo...
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‘The best poll is the poll on September 3,’ says Tufton
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‘The best poll is the poll on September 3,’ says Tufton
August 31, 2025
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton has urged party workers and supporters to prepare for Wednesday's General...
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PNP promises efficient government if elected
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PNP promises efficient government if elected
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The man expected to take over the reins of the country's finances if the People's National Party (PNP) takes power later this week...
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Dawes woos healthcare workers
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Dawes woos healthcare workers
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) point man on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, has appealed to healthcare workers to put their confiden...
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Peter Phillips says PNP is united
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Peter Phillips says PNP is united
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Former President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Philips, one of the main speakers at the party’s mass rally in Sam...
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Robert Morgan takes jab at Damion Crawford: ‘Spanish Town vanish clown!’
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Robert Morgan takes jab at Damion Crawford: ‘Spanish Town vanish clown!’
August 31, 2025
Robert Morgan, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Clarendon North Central, used the opening of his presentation at the party's mass meeting ...
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Wheatley predicts Crawford, Pryce, and Dawes will be defeated in elections
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Wheatley predicts Crawford, Pryce, and Dawes will be defeated in elections
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy General Secretary, Dr Andrew Wheatley is predicting that several of the governing party's c...
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Racing United and Chapelton Maroons win back-to-back games to start JPL
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Racing United and Chapelton Maroons win back-to-back games to start JPL
August 31, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Racing United and Chapelton Maroons made it two wins in a row after wins over former champions Waterhouse FC and Harbour View FC re...
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WATCH: Not just a pretty face
Nekeisha Burchell’s supporter says she will win by 3,000 votes
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Supporters of Nekeisha Burchell, the People's National Party’s (PNP) candidate for St James Southern, want to make it clear that s...
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‘Big Rob’ touts ‘performance after performance’ as MP for St Catherine South Eastern
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‘Big Rob’ touts ‘performance after performance’ as MP for St Catherine South Eastern
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Robert 'Big Rob' Miller, the Jamaica Labour Party's candidate for St Catherine South Eastern, says the constituency has witne...
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We will never surrender Jamaica to the PNP, declares McKenzie… again
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We will never surrender Jamaica to the PNP, declares McKenzie… again
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Desmond McKenzie says the Andrew Holness-led government has done "wonders" for Jamai...
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PNP has an appointment with a political ‘backsiding’ – Marlon Morgan
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PNP has an appointment with a political ‘backsiding’ – Marlon Morgan
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Member of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Communications Taskforce, Marlon Morgan, has declared that the Opposition People’s...
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WATCH: OAS election observers attend JLP mass rally
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WATCH: OAS election observers attend JLP mass rally
August 31, 2025
Election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS), who are in the island to monitor the September 3 General Election, attended the Jam...
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JLP mass meeting starts with Kukudoo leading off gospel segment
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JLP mass meeting starts with Kukudoo leading off gospel segment
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE,Jamaica -- The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass meeting has kicked off at Old Harbour Road on Spanish Town, St Catherine, with its gospel ...
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‘No more stool man’
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‘No more stool man’
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — For Janete Mair, the choice is clear for Westmoreland Central’s next Member of Parliament (MP). She’s backing the People's Nationa...
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WATCH: Portmore Mayor accuses JLP representatives of claiming work they did no initiate
August 31, 2025
PORTMORE, St. Catherine — Mayor of Portmore Leon Thomas has pushed back against what he describes as false claims of development work being done in th...
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WATCH: High energy for final JLP mass rally in Spanish Town
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WATCH: High energy for final JLP mass rally in Spanish Town
August 31, 2025
It's almost 30 minutes before the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) kicks off its final mass rally in Spanish Town, St Catherine but already scores of party ...
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Last Sunday, it was a sea of green, now Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay is orange. In about an hour from now the People's Nationa...
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WATCH: Comrades march into Sam Sharpe Square
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A large crowd of orange-clad comrades has marched into this parish’s historic Sam Sharpe Square for a People's National Party mass...
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield set for December 27, says TJH
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield set for December 27, says TJH
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — TransJamaican Highway Limited (TJH) says the tolling of the May Pen to Williamsfield leg is set to commence within a week’s time...
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UPDATE: Body retrieved after vehicle plunges into Black River
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UPDATE: Body retrieved after vehicle plunges into Black River
December 20, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force is reporting that the body of a man whose vehicle plunged into the Black River off the Lacovia Bridg...
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JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
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JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
December 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Cold Spring, Hanover, came alive with laughter, colour, and community spirit on Thursday, December 18, as the Jamaica Constabulary F...
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Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
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Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
December 20, 2025
Dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz is getting ready to release his upcoming single High Flight which is creating a buzz in the streets. He leaked an audio...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Ex-cop ‘Milla 9’ and co-defendant get life sentences for fatal US home invasion
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Ex-cop ‘Milla 9’ and co-defendant get life sentences for fatal US home invasion
December 20, 2025
Former Jamaican cop and music producer Omar ‘Milla 9’ Miller is one of two Florida men who were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of...
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