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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
December 4 07:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, December 4, ended trading at $161.20, down by 6 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
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Sunshine Girls invited to World Netball Cup 2027
December 4 06:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica have been invited to compete at the Netball World Cup 2027 to be staged in Sydney, Australia, between August 25 to September...
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Westmoreland residents given until the end of December to vacate Petersfield High School shelter
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Westmoreland residents given until the end of December to vacate Petersfield High School shelter
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Despite residents of Petersfield who sought refuge at the Petersfield High School, claiming that they have nowhere to go and t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Former Trinidad footballer Shaka Hislop reveals he has prostate cancer
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Former Trinidad footballer Shaka Hislop has revealed that he is battling with prostate cancer. Hislop made the revelation in a video on his Instagram ...
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MICHIGAN, United States — Michigan police have charged a woman and her husband with murder after the discovery of her pregnant daughter’s body in the ...
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Jamaica-bound hurricane relief container robbed in Canada
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TORONTO, Canada — Canadian police are investigating what volunteers say is a heartbreaking robbery after thieves emptied out a container of donated it...
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CHICAGO, United States (AFP)—A son of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty Monday in Chicago to a narcotics traffic...
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Caracas, Venezuela (AFP)—Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters Monday of a US military depl...
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Brazilian teen killed after climbing into lion enclosure at zoo
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Asia floods death toll tops 1,100 as troops aid survivors
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PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — The toll in deadly flooding and landslides across parts of Asia climbed past 1,100 on Monday as hardest-hit Sri Lanka and In...
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Mikel Merino rescued Arsenal as the Premier League leaders battled to a 1-1 draw against 10-man Chelsea in a heavyweigh...
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Pope arrives in Lebanon with message of peace
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday with a message of peace for the crisis-hit nation, still reeling from a war between ...
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Hong Kong in mourning as fire death toll climbs to 146
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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Crowds of mourners gathered on Sunday across Hong Kong including thousands near the apartment blocks that were engulfed in fl...
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Trump ramps up Venezuela threats, warns airspace ‘closed’
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PALM BEACH, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his threats against Venezuela on Saturday, ominously warning that the c...
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Oscar-winning UK playwright Tom Stoppard dies aged 88
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LONDON, United States (AFP) — British playwright Tom Stoppard, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of the 1998 movie "Shakespeare In Love", has died a...
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Selfie-based age checks boom as gov’ts push for online controls
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — As governments crack down on online platforms from social networks to porn sites, business is booming for one sector of...
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‘Tormenting’: Relatives search through images of the dead after Hong Kong blaze
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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — It has been two days since Fung lost contact with his mother-in-law, when the Hong Kong housing estate where the elderly woma...
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Crowds, bargains greet US shoppers on ‘Black Friday’
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Spain detains rebel nuns over sale of Church cultural assets
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BRIVIESCA, Spain (AFP) — Two excommunicated Spanish nuns who have joined a sect were held for allegedly selling cultural assets belonging to the Catho...
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US National Guard shooting suspect to be charged with murder
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—An Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder, a US offic...
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France charges fourth suspected member of Louvre heist gang
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PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Friday charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month's spectacular jewel heist at t...
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Trump to suspend ‘third world’ migration after troop dies
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would suspend migration from what he called "third world countries", a d...
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US reviewing ‘every’ Green Card of some nationalities after capital attack
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The Trump administration announced Thursday that it would review every permanent residency status, known as Green Card...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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December 4, 2025
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2025
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, December 4, ended trading at $161.20, down by 6 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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