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Joshua Brown and Gabrielle Wright are Mr and Miss Preston (UWI) 2026
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Four males and six females, all residents from the AZ Preston Hall at the University of the West Indies (UWI), recently competed for the titles of Mr ...
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Tru-Juice FC climb to top of Zone A with 4-0 win over JDF
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Tru-Juice Football Club (FC) moved to the top of Zone A in the Jamaica Football Championships over the weekend, after a 4-0 vi...
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Shernette Crichton makes history as Half Moon’s first female managing director
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Shernette Crichton makes history as Half Moon’s first female managing director
April 2 11:06 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican hotelier Shernette Crichton has made history at the renowned Half Moon Resort, becoming the property’s first female manag...
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Tru-Juice FC climb to top of Zone A with 4-0 win over JDF
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Tru-Juice FC climb to top of Zone A with 4-0 win over JDF
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Tru-Juice Football Club (FC) moved to the top of Zone A in the Jamaica Football Championships over the weekend, after a 4-0 vi...
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MILAN, Italty (AFP) — The head of Italy's football federation (FIGC) resigned on Thursday, falling on his sword after the men's national team failed t...
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Tony Roy revives ‘Flying Machine’ with reggae flavour
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Tony Roy revives ‘Flying Machine’ with reggae flavour
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Singer Tony Roy, who had considerable success in 2025 with a cover of Lobo’s  I’d Love You to Want Me , has followed up with a reggae spin on  Flying ...
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Badbreed releases EP after international record deal
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Badbreed releases EP after international record deal
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Fast-rising dancehall artiste Badbreed is currently enjoying a career boost via a major record deal with a United States (US) based record label, Guan...
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Jamaica economy contracts 7.1 per cent in fourth quarter after hurricane impact
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Jamaica economy contracts 7.1 per cent in fourth quarter after hurricane impact
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 2 08:48 AM
Jamaica’s economy contracted 7.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, official data showed on Monday, as Hurricane Melissa disrupted activity acros...
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 rattled Trinidad on Tuesday but there were no immediate reports of injuries or d...
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Senate so far split neatly along party lines on impeachment
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WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday's virtually certain votes to acquit Pr...
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BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of confirmed deaths from China's coronavirus outbreak rose to at least 490, after authorities in Hubei province repo...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) organisers of Expo Jamaica are urging exhibitors who have not yet regis...
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— The police have arrested 32-year-old Dwayne McKity following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition on Hudson Street, Savanna-...
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House to pass supplementary estimates, ZOSO extensions today
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – The House of Representatives resumes today at 2:00 pm with highlights including passage of the second supplementary estimates for ...
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Fatal drive-by shooting near Ackee Walk, St Andrew
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ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Police investigators are now at a crime scene on Molynes Road in the vicinity of Queensborugh in Kingston where a drive- by shoot...
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Forex: J$141.53 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, February 4 ended trading at J$141.53 up by 68 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily exchange t...
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BEIJING, China (AP) — Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border wi...
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Central Village operation nets cocaine, ganja, gun
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— Four men were arrested on Sunday following a joint police/military operation in Central Village, St Catherine. According to the...
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St James man charged for scamming
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ST JAMES, Jamaica— Twenty-five-year-old Okeno Forbes was arrested and charged with possession of identity information following an operation at his ho...
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House Speaker says he had no plan to ‘cover up’ CMU report
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pearnel Charles, today refuted suggestions that he misled the House in a bid to delay tab...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is working with a pharmaceutical company to develop a treatment for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, us...
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Ruddy Spencer heading to Germany after quitting as MP
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon South East, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Rudyard 'Ruddy' Spencer, is headed to the Jam...
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Trini Government allows for sex registry to be made public
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago government Monday said that perpetrators of sexual crimes will face the “full brunt of novel l...
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China opens virus hospital, market plunges as toll grows
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BEIJING, China (AP) — China opened a new hospital built in 10 days, infused cash into tumbling financial markets and further restricted people's movem...
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Gov’t to implement national action plan for the elimination of child labour
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security Zavia Mayne, says that the ministry intends to implement a nationa...
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UK and EU clash over trade with 11 months to make a deal
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Britain and the European Union set out clashing opening gambits Monday on striking a trade deal, making it clear that ea...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A gas station attendant was killed on the job a few minutes ago by one of two men who rode up on a bike on the busy Constant Sprin...
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TODSS says taxi operators feeling threatened
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Transport Operators Development Sustainable Services (TODSS), the group which represents taxi and minibus operators, is warning it...
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ST ANN, Jamaica — The body of an elderly man, suspected to be the victim of a hit and run, was found on the North-South Highway in St Ann yesterday, t...
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