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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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O-Wrap: Lottery scam suspects arrested… Marley albums for time capsule… Aretha Franklin seriously ill
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O-Wrap: Lottery scam suspects arrested… Marley albums for time capsule… Aretha Franklin seriously ill
August 12, 2018
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today: 1. 3 lottery scam suspects arrested in St James Three men, including one w...
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Infrastructure upgrading continues in Mount Salem ZOSO
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Infrastructure upgrading continues in Mount Salem ZOSO
August 12, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Work continues in the Mount Salem Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) in St James to improve community infrastructure and the ...
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Forex: J$136.55 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$136.55 to one US dollar
August 12, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Monday, August 13 ended trading at J$136.55 up by 12 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign excha...
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Several projects ongoing in Denham Town ZOSO
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Several projects ongoing in Denham Town ZOSO
August 12, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Several projects are currently in progress or scheduled for action in the Denham Town Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO), in ...
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Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more — research
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Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more — research
August 12, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure ... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analysing gene...
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Regional nurses agree to review of exams managed by CXC
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Regional nurses agree to review of exams managed by CXC
August 12, 2018
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Regional Nursing Body (RNB) has agreed to a recommendation from Jamaica for a review to be conducted of the Regional Ex...
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Aretha Franklin said to be seriously ill
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Aretha Franklin said to be seriously ill
August 12, 2018
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer. Speaking on the condition of anonymity the...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: How you dress changes with the seasons… except here in Jamaica
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: How you dress changes with the seasons… except here in Jamaica
August 12, 2018
The Editor, In a country whose temperatures fluctuate between hot and hotter it's surprising that it was only on Friday August 10, 2018 that Prime Min...
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White man charged with fatally shooting black man in Florida
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White man charged with fatally shooting black man in Florida
August 12, 2018
FORT LAUDERDALE, United States (AP) — Prosecutors charged a white man with manslaughter Monday in the death of an unarmed black man whose videotaped s...
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Hope partners with JCF to provide opportunities for unattached youth
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Hope partners with JCF to provide opportunities for unattached youth
August 12, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Participants in the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme will be interning with the Jamaica Cons...
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
August 12, 2018
O divine saviour! I thank thee for having perpetuated thy humble, obedient, self-sacrificing and recollected silence of Nazareth in the tabernacle. Ho...
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Bartlett preparing craft traders for changing market
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Bartlett preparing craft traders for changing market
August 12, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett has called on craft traders and producers in the resort city of Montego Bay to put themselves...
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Grange congratulates Jamaica NACAC Team
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Grange congratulates Jamaica NACAC Team
August 12, 2018
Kingston, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange has congratulated the Jamaica team to the North American Centr...
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St Vincent PM wants Japan to have strategic development plans for the C’bean
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St Vincent PM wants Japan to have strategic development plans for the C’bean
August 12, 2018
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves today called on Japan to establish a strategic relations...
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Banned Smith retakes top spot in ICC rankings
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Banned Smith retakes top spot in ICC rankings
August 12, 2018
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Banned Australian batsman Steve Smith reclaimed top spot in the ICC Test batting rankings from India's Virat Kohli...
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Weather forecast: Morning showers expected across eastern parishes; partly cloudy elsewhere
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Weather forecast: Morning showers expected across eastern parishes; partly cloudy elsewhere
August 12, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica is reporting that morning showers are expected across eastern parishes, while elsewher...
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Flash flood warning issued for eastern parishes, St Andrew
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Flash flood warning issued for eastern parishes, St Andrew
August 11, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meterological (Met) Service of Jamaica has issued a Flash Flood Watch for low-lying and flood-prone areas of St Mary, Portland...
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Thomas, Brathwaite hurt TKR as Patriots win
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Thomas, Brathwaite hurt TKR as Patriots win
August 11, 2018
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Twenty20 World Cup star Carlos Brathwaite shone with both bat and ball as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots inflicted reigni...
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Weather forecast: Morning showers across sections of northern parishes, partly cloudy elsewhere
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Weather forecast: Morning showers across sections of northern parishes, partly cloudy elsewhere
August 11, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Meteorological (Met) Service says morning showers should be expected across sections of northern parishes today. It should be ...
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Police seize revolver, ammunition during St Catherine raid
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Police seize revolver, ammunition during St Catherine raid
August 11, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The police are reporting the seizure yesterday of a .38 revolver and several live cartridges. The revolver and the bullets were se...
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UPDATE: 62-y-o woman dies in Spur Tree accident
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UPDATE: 62-y-o woman dies in Spur Tree accident
August 11, 2018
MANDEVILLE, Manchester- Sixty-two-year-old, Paulette Mullings, of a 2 East Greater Portmore address, died as a result of injuries received in a motor ...
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Man stabbed to death by woman over clothes line row
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Man stabbed to death by woman over clothes line row
August 11, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Reports have been coming in to OBSERVER ONLINE that a man said to be in his early 20's was stabbed and killed by a young woman in ...
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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