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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
December 30 05:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A $250,000 Christmas donation from NCB Foundation’s Grant a Wish initiative is helping to strengthen  hurricane relief efforts led...
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30 05:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
December 30 05:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is appealing to parents and guardians to discourage children from making prank calls to emergency ser...
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
December 30 04:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) said on Monday it is in initial discussions to divest the loan portfolio and selected assets of its...
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
December 30 04:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man suspected of involvement in a robbery in the St Ann Police Division was apprehended on Tuesday during an intelligence-led op...
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Fitz-Henley pays tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver
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Fitz-Henley pays tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver
December 30 04:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, has paid tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver. O...
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CASE rape suspect killed in police operation
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CASE rape suspect killed in police operation
December 30 04:26 PM
PORTLAND, Jamaica — A man who was being sought by police in connection with a reported sexual assault at the College of Agriculture, Science and Educa...
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Observer Online’s top social media personalities of 2025
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Observer Online’s top social media personalities of 2025
December 30 04:20 PM
In 2025, social media continued to shape conversations across Jamaica, launch trends and transform ordinary people into digital powerhouses. From come...
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Father disarms son, hands over homemade gun to police
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Father disarms son, hands over homemade gun to police
August 1, 2018
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A homemade shotgun was turned over to the police following a dispute between a father and his son in Old Harbour yesterday. Th...
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Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s first post-Mugabe election
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Mnangagwa wins Zimbabwe’s first post-Mugabe election
August 1, 2018
Harare, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, narrowly won the country's landmark election, results ...
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FIFA reduces ban on former CFU president
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FIFA reduces ban on former CFU president
August 1, 2018
ZURICH, Switzerland (CMC) — FIFA's Appeal Committee has reduced the ban on former Caribbean Football Union (CFU) president Gordon Derrick from six yea...
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JCF, JDF to protect disposal sites island wide – McKenzie
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JCF, JDF to protect disposal sites island wide – McKenzie
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Local Government Minister, Desmond McKenzie says members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Jamaica Defence Force (JD...
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Ackera Gowie wins Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2018
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Ackera Gowie wins Miss Jamaica Festival Queen 2018
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackera Gowie, who represented St Mary, is the new Miss Jamaica Festival Queen. She was crowned Wednesday night in a grand coronati...
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Young Jamaicans doing well on JISCO Alpart course
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Young Jamaicans doing well on JISCO Alpart course
August 1, 2018
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Fifty two Jamaican university graduates in engineering who were sent to China in March by JISCO Alpart for a one-year course h...
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Turtle killers arrested — NEPA
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Turtle killers arrested — NEPA
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Men observed on a video killing a turtle in Nine Miles Bull Bay in St Andrew on June 6, have been arrested and charged for breache...
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Increase in gas prices driven by external forces — PetroJam
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Increase in gas prices driven by external forces — PetroJam
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The State-owned oil refinery PetroJam is seeking to reassure Jamaicans that an increase in fuel prices is unrelated to matters in ...
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Govt invites public input on NIDS regulations
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Govt invites public input on NIDS regulations
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Government is inviting public comment on the regulations being developed for the National Identification and Registration Ac...
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Utility companies claim theft costing millions annually
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Utility companies claim theft costing millions annually
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) says utility companies claim to be losing millions of dollars due to theft of service and...
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Signed letter from applicant required in third-party passport applications – PICA
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Signed letter from applicant required in third-party passport applications – PICA
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) says it will now require people submitting applications on behalf of an ap...
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Gas price increases impacting public transport, says PNP
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Gas price increases impacting public transport, says PNP
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- The Opposition Shadow Minister of Transport and Works, Mikael Phillips, says public transport is heading into a state of crisis a...
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Junction Road to be opened on August 4 – 6 — NWA
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Junction Road to be opened on August 4 – 6 — NWA
August 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) says that the section of the Junction Road in St Mary, which has been closed to facilitate ongoing...
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Williams, Russell power West Indies over Bangladesh
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Williams, Russell power West Indies over Bangladesh
July 31, 2018
BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis (AFP) — Kesrick Williams' career-best bowling figures and a hurricane batting cameo by Andre Russell highlighted an ...
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Prayer for the day
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Prayer for the day
July 31, 2018
O almighty and most merciful God, I give You thanks with all the powers of my soul for this and all other mercies, graces, and blessings bestowed on m...
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy, hazy conditions expected today
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy, hazy conditions expected today
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica is reporting that this morning should be partly cloudy with hazy conditions islandwide...
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Cuba tourism declines but shows signs of recovery
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Cuba tourism declines but shows signs of recovery
July 31, 2018
HAVANA, Cuba (CMC) — Tourism officials says the tourism industry shows signs of recovery although the country closed the first semester with 152,354 f...
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More traffic diversions along Constant Spring Road
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More traffic diversions along Constant Spring Road
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) says that as road works continue along Constant Spring Road, St Andrew, it is set to begin install...
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Fishing village of Hopewell, Hanover goes legal, says JPS
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Fishing village of Hopewell, Hanover goes legal, says JPS
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) says that the fishing village of Hopewell in Hanover is the newest community to legalise its elec...
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New leadership at UWI Mona Campus starting today
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New leadership at UWI Mona Campus starting today
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As of today, August 1, The University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona will have Professor Dale Webber as its new Campus Principal an...
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St Catherine man gets life for quadruple murder in Linstead
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St Catherine man gets life for quadruple murder in Linstead
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A vendor of Gillette Street, Linstead in St Catherine, 37-year-old Simeon Miller, was last Friday sentenced in the Home Circuit Co...
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Repair work to affect water supply in St Catherine, Kingston tomorrow
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Repair work to affect water supply in St Catherine, Kingston tomorrow
July 31, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) is advising that it will be necessary to shut down the Well E facility situated in St Catherin...
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A $250,000 Christmas donation from NCB Foundation’s Grant a Wish initiative is helping to strengthen  hurricane relief efforts led...
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is appealing to parents and guardians to discourage children from making prank calls to emergency ser...
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) said on Monday it is in initial discussions to divest the loan portfolio and selected assets of its...
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
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