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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Long before her home collapsed in the heavy winds of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, Trelawny teacher and businesswoman Joan Mont...
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December 28 02:09 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth Police have recovered another prohibited weapon during an operation in the parish. According to the police, a tea...
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December 28 01:39 PM
A team from Emirates Facial and Dental Implants Center in New York were at Little London Primary School in Westmoreland from December 17-20, treating ...
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December 28 01:01 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Multiple charges have been laid against three former directors of the collapsed Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). The three are...
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December 28 11:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
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December 28 11:35 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Immigration leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives in the United States have condemned President Donald ...
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December 28 10:50 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — For Bishop Maurice Clarke, Jamaica is not simply home — it is “my heartbeat.” And when Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of...
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December 28 09:27 AM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – A driver and his passenger were rushed to hospital Sunday morning after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a utilit...
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October 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday a worldwide economic recovery is taking hold, open...
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October 4, 2017
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica (AFP) — A tropical storm sliding north along Central America today has unleashed heavy rains that have killed at least two people...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The upgraded and expanded Marcus Garvey Drive in St Andrew which was scheduled for completion in March of this year is to be offic...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard's operational capability has been strengthened with the acquisition of four boat...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Four students from the University of Technology (UTech) were awarded scholarships last week to study pharmaceutical technology in ...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Jamaica will join the international community in observing Cyber Security Awareness Month in October. The Cyber Incident Res...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Thursday, October 5, ended trading at J$129.34 down by 11 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign ...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Encouraged by findings from two-dimensional seismic surveys conducted off the country's south coast in the search for oil an...
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October 4, 2017
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP) — A trial period for the video assistant referee (VAR) system could be extended beyond next year's World Cup, football's l...
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October 4, 2017
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti that has helped maintain order through 13 years of political turmoil and catastrophe i...
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October 4, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazilian police today arrested the chairman of the country's Olympic Committee as part of a probe into alleged buying ...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Half Way Tree police have launched a major investigation into a case of robbery involving 15 people, 13 of whom were Chinese ...
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October 4, 2017
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October 4, 2017
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — The Las Vegas gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history also had scouted possible locatio...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to build a bypass in Montego Bay to ease the flow of traf...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The police have identified the man who was shot dead at a bar on Beechwood Avenue in St Andrew last night. Read: Man shot dead on B...
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October 4, 2017
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — A few shoppers seem overwhelmed by the low prices on offer at some stores in Kingston that are participating as Jamaica Observer ...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Data Protection Act was tabled in the House of Representatives on October 3 by Minister of Science, Energy and Technology (MSE...
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October 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Government has renewed Jamaica's policies with the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Co...
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October 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Organisation of American States (OAS) says it will collaborate with Amazon Web Services, a subsidiary of the US ...
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October 4, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, says the business environment in Jamaica has improved significantly, with investors now more...
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October 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook said today it was testing a new "button" to allow users to get more context about a news source, in the lat...
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December 28, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Long before her home collapsed in the heavy winds of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, Trelawny teacher and businesswoman Joan Mont...
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December 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth Police have recovered another prohibited weapon during an operation in the parish. According to the police, a tea...
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December 28, 2025
A team from Emirates Facial and Dental Implants Center in New York were at Little London Primary School in Westmoreland from December 17-20, treating ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Multiple charges have been laid against three former directors of the collapsed Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). The three are...
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December 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
