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Police suspect domestic dispute in Westmoreland murder
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Police suspect domestic dispute in Westmoreland murder
May 21 10:17 AM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — An interpersonal dispute may be behind the gruesome killing of a man in Retreat, Westmoreland on Wednesday, according to polic...
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924 containerised housing units in Jamaica
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924 containerised housing units in Jamaica
May 21 10:10 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Approximately 924 containerised housing units are on the island as the Government presses ahead with its temporary housing relief ...
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WATCH: Overturned trailer truck causing traffic delays in Central Village
Renae Osbouurne, Observer staff reporter, osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 21 10:04 AM
A 40-foot trailer truck overturned along the main road in Central Village, St Catherine on Thursday morning after the vehicle reportedly developed mec...
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Newell wants clarity on oil exploration in Jamaica’s waters
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Newell wants clarity on oil exploration in Jamaica’s waters
May 21 07:50 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the Government increasingly optimistic that oil will be found in Jamaica’s waters in commercial quantities, Opposition Spokes...
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Education ministry monitoring students following motor vehicle accident
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Education ministry monitoring students following motor vehicle accident
May 21 07:45 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education says it is closely monitoring the condition of students involved in Wednesday morning’s crash in Clarend...
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Cavalier stun MBU to advance to fourth consecutive JPL final
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Cavalier stun MBU to advance to fourth consecutive JPL final
May 21 07:30 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Defending champions Cavalier are through to the final of the Jamaica Premier League for the fourth consecutive year after overturn...
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First Ebola case confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province
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First Ebola case confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province
May 21 07:14 AM
BUKAVU, DR Congo (AFP) — A first Ebola case has been confirmed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, in an area under the...
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Zero bureaucracy
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Zero bureaucracy
Digital revolution to make doing business in Jamaica a seamless process
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
May 21 12:20 AM
Zero bureaucracy
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August 2025

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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Police suspect domestic dispute in Westmoreland murder
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Police suspect domestic dispute in Westmoreland murder
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — An interpersonal dispute may be behind the gruesome killing of a man in Retreat, Westmoreland on Wednesday, according to polic...
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924 containerised housing units in Jamaica
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924 containerised housing units in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Approximately 924 containerised housing units are on the island as the Government presses ahead with its temporary housing relief ...
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WATCH: Overturned trailer truck causing traffic delays in Central Village
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May 21, 2026
A 40-foot trailer truck overturned along the main road in Central Village, St Catherine on Thursday morning after the vehicle reportedly developed mec...
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Newell wants clarity on oil exploration in Jamaica’s waters
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Newell wants clarity on oil exploration in Jamaica’s waters
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the Government increasingly optimistic that oil will be found in Jamaica’s waters in commercial quantities, Opposition Spokes...
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Education ministry monitoring students following motor vehicle accident
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Education ministry monitoring students following motor vehicle accident
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education says it is closely monitoring the condition of students involved in Wednesday morning’s crash in Clarend...
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