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RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann — In a first for the HEART/NSTA Trust, two of its students have been chosen to represent Jamaica at the WorldSkills Mobile Robotic...
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January 14, 2024
BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann — Like a number of other Jamaicans, two sixth form law students and one of their teachers, who on Friday gathered for a legal sum...
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January 14, 2024
PORT ANTONIO, Portland - Vector control workers in Portland were stoned twice in 2023 in the Belle Castle/Scott's Run area and in the community of Nor...
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OCHO RIOS, St Ann — There have been no recorded cases of dengue in the parish of St Ann since December of last year and the parish's medical officer o...
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January 13, 2024
DELORES "Aunty Del" Williams began her journey with Sandals as a housekeeping supervisor some 23 years ago. Passionately executing her job, she comple...
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ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann — The Fisherman's Beach in St Ann's Bay received a much-needed facelift when Sandals Earth Guardians and community volunteers fro...
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December 21, 2023
HIGHGATE, St Mary — Just in time for Christmas, a new netball court has been provided for residents of Highgate in St Mary. The unveiling was marked w...
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December 19, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — The traffic police in Port Antonio says it will implement traffic changes in the town starting on Wednesday, December 20 that...
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December 19, 2023
BELFIELD, St Mary — Councillor for St Mary's Belfield Division, Levan Freeman is confident that he will once again win the seat for the People's Natio...
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December 18, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Some residents of Buckfield in Ocho Rios, St Ann, are complaining that mosquitoes are making their lives miserable. Their annoyanc...
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December 15, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - After 16 years of servi ce as a local government representative, Councillor Lambert Weir (Claremont Division, People's National Pa...
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December 14, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - In preparation for the festive season and the anticipated influx of people to the major townships, the St Ann municipality has mad...
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December 12, 2023
HIGHGATE, St Mary — United Friends of Highgate has recognised the contributions of a number of community members along with an organisation that has c...
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December 8, 2023
COMFORT CASTLE, Portland — During a tearful funeral for eight-year-old Vinice "Sunshine" Burke, whose murder still remains a mystery, the principal of...
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December 7, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - In recognition of Parents Month, Sandals Ochi Beach Resort collaborated with Ocho Rios High School to honour parents of grade seve...
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December 5, 2023
ST ANN, Jamaica - Sandals Dunn's River and Sandals Royal Plantation recently joined forces to create an unforgettable day for the grades one and two s...
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December 4, 2023
BUFF BAY, Portland — Admitting that the April 2019 by-election beating from Ann-Marie Vaz stung him, Damion Crawford is confident that two of his Peop...
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 28, 2023
BACK STREET, Portland - About a dozen Haitians were believed to be still on the run on Tuesday, after landing in Back Street, Portland, sometime betwe...
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November 22, 2023
MORANT BAY, St Thomas — Most of Pauletta Welsh's crops died during the recent rains, and she has warned of the emotional toll the flooding has taken o...
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 21, 2023
STONY HILL, Portland — When torrential showers from a cyclone lashed goat farmer Ronald Oakley's Stony Hill neighbourhood in Portland late last week, ...
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November 21, 2023
BROWN'S TOWN, St Ann - The People's National Party (PNP) continued its broadside against the Government on Sunday night, during a presentation of the ...
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Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 16, 2023
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — Nalia Dennis will have to wait until next month for the continuation of the court case against an ex-lover who allegedly stabbe...
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