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• Mom challenges police version in shooting death of 4-year-old • Cops say they followed the rules of engagement
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‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
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‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
Hydropower innovation powering sections of St Elizabeth as 90% of customers now with electricity
January 2 12:18 AM
‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
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REWIND 2025 REWIND
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REWIND 2025 REWIND
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
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REWIND 2025 REWIND
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SHOWDOWN OVER KINGSTON’S SKYLINE
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SHOWDOWN OVER KINGSTON’S SKYLINE
NEPA halts seven major projects in 2025 crackdown
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 2 12:14 AM
Overbuilt Kingston
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THE NEXT WAVE
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THE NEXT WAVE
ASAJ eyes junior pool of talent for Los Angeles Olympics
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 2 12:12 AM
ASAJ looks to youth pool for LA 2028
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Legacy Isle bounces back with dominant win in ‘Chris’ Armond Memorial Sprint
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Legacy Isle bounces back with dominant win in ‘Chris’ Armond Memorial Sprint
Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 2 12:11 AM
Legacy Isle
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DaCosta secures fourth-consecutive trainers’ championship in thrilling finish
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DaCosta secures fourth-consecutive trainers’ championship in thrilling finish
Ruddy Allen Sports Writer ruddya@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 2 12:10 AM
DaCosta secures fourth-consecutive trainers’ championship in thrilling finish
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ATL Autobahn shines light on customers
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Youth minister condemns brutal killing of 14-y-o Trench Town girl
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Youth minister condemns brutal killing of 14-y-o Trench Town girl
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Floyd Green has expressed anger and outrage at the savage kill...
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Ministry of Education releases new grooming guidelines for public schools
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education has released new national grooming policy guidelines for public schools. The new guidelines dubbed, “Nat...
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GC Foster College, Sprintec Track Club sign MoU
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GC Foster College, Sprintec Track Club sign MoU
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Representatives of the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sport and Sprintec Track Club, which is based at the inst...
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Serena takes French Open catsuit ban in stride
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Serena Williams downplayed any idea of friction between herself and the French Tennis Federation Saturday after Roland...
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Chang urges Trench Town residents to cooperate with police investigating murder of 14-y-o girl
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Security Dr Horace Chang is appealing to residents of Trench Town in St Andrew to cooperate with the police investigat...
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Henry accuses PNP of attempting to delay Vernamfield project
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Mike Henry, has accused the Opposition People's National Par...
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Parents of 2-y-o girl found in bus park to face court
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — OBSERVER ONLINE was informed a short while ago that the police have made contact with relatives of a two-year-old girl who was fou...
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Weather forecast: Mainly sunny skies this morning
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica is reporting that partly cloudy conditions are expected across eastern parishes this m...
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US war hero and presidential candidate John McCain is dead
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Lord Jesus, may everything I do begin with you, continue with your help, and be done under your guidance. May my sharing in the mass free me from my s...
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Bedward Gardens residents receive titles
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Bedward Gardens residents receive titles
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ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Karl Samuda has urged residents of Bedward Garden...
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August 23, 2018
God, our father, you redeemed us and made us your children in Christ. Through him you have saved us from death and given us your divine life of grace....
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Opposition says Government’s exchange rate policy hurting
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Parliamentary Opposition today lashed out at the Holness administration and expressing major concerns over its adoption of a n...
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Veteran US senator McCain halts cancer treatment
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Veteran US senator and war hero John McCain — a towering figure in American politics for decades — has stopped treat...
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Girl, 2, found unsupervised in downtown Kingston
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a two-year-old girl who was found unsupervised in the rural bus park...
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WISYNCO says its new bottles use 50% less plastic
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Drink manufacturing company WISYNCO is announcing that its new production of WATA brand bottles will utilise 50 per cent less plas...
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PNP calls on NWC to resolve water crisis in St Elizabeth
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Amidst cries from the National Water Commission (NWC) that persistent illegal connections to its water supply network is wreak...
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Forex: J$137.90 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Friday, August 24 ended trading at J$137.90 down by six cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign ex...
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7.1-magnitude quake hits Peru-Brazil border
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LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Peru's border with Brazil on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but national authori...
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JBDC recognises Seaga for founding Things Jamaican
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August 23, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, was, on August 22, given a special award by the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC...
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Traffic diversion at Hagley Park/Waltham Park Road intersection this weekend
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August 23, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising the public that traffic will be diverted from a section of the Hagley Park Road/Waltha...
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Farmers to benefit from MoU between RADA and JAS — Hutchinson
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August 23, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Farmers are to benefit from a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed between the Rural Agricultural Development Auth...
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‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
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REWIND 2025 REWIND
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