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Aston Villa beat Forest for seventh straight win ahead of PSG trip
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Aston Villa beat Forest for seventh straight win ahead of PSG trip
April 5 02:36 PM
Birmingham, United Kingdom (AFP)—Aston Villa climbed into the Premier League's top six as early goals from Morgan Rogers and Donyell Malen secured a 2...
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Dr Dawes urges the public not to consume chicken products from washed-up container
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Dr Dawes urges the public not to consume chicken products from washed-up container
April 5 02:17 PM
Kingston, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Health and Wellness Dr Alfred Dawes has expressed concerns following videos circulating on social media sh...
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World Food Programme responding to the needs of Haitians
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World Food Programme responding to the needs of Haitians
April 5 01:43 PM
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is responding to the needs of the people in Haiti following attacks earlier this week in...
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Bleachers free before 5:30 pm at Grand Slam Track Meet
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Bleachers free before 5:30 pm at Grand Slam Track Meet
April 5 01:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The organisers of Grand Slam Track have announced that patrons will be able to access bleachers section on Saturday at the National...
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Chang urges security forces to find perpetrators of Hart Street gun attack
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Chang urges security forces to find perpetrators of Hart Street gun attack
April 5 12:08 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang has urged the police to expend every effort to find and bring to justice the perpetr...
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‘Skills, grit and readiness will define your Future’— Senator Seiveright to Calabar students
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‘Skills, grit and readiness will define your Future’— Senator Seiveright to Calabar students
April 5 11:27 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —“Stay ready, so when your time comes, you don’t miss it,” said Government Senator Delano Seiveright in a Friday morning address to ...
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Four killed in early morning St Mary crash
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Four killed in early morning St Mary crash
April 5 11:20 AM
St Mary, Jamaica—Four people have reportedly died in an early morning crash on the Rio Nuevo main road in St Mary. The deceased individuals are said t...
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Second victim dies from Hart Street gun attack
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Second victim dies from Hart Street gun attack
April 5 10:34 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A second man has died following Friday evening's drive-by shooting on Hart Street in Montego Bay. He has been identified as 27-yea...
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HEART students to represent JA at international robotics contest
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HEART students to represent JA at international robotics contest
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
January 18, 2024
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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Law students, teacher want Barnetts punished
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Law students, teacher want Barnetts punished
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
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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Health experts condemn stoning of vector control workers in Portland
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Health experts condemn stoning of vector control workers in Portland
BY EVERARD OWEN Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
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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Residents commended as dengue cases down in St Ann
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Residents commended as dengue cases down in St Ann
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
January 13, 2024
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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‘Aunty Del’ shining at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort
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‘Aunty Del’ shining at Sandals Ochi Beach Resort
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 Fisherman’s Beach gets clean up from Sandals
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St Ann Fisherman’s Beach gets clean up from Sandals
January 4, 2024
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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Highgate gets netball court
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Highgate gets netball court
Ingrid Henry 
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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Police to implement traffic changes in Port Antonio for holidays
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Police to implement traffic changes in Port Antonio for holidays
Everard Owen 
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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‘I don’t loud up my thing’
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‘I don’t loud up my thing’
BY INGRID HENRY Observer writer 
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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Mosquito misery in St Ann
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Mosquito misery in St Ann
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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Weir says farewell
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Weir says farewell
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
December 14, 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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St Ann preps for festive season
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St Ann preps for festive season
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
December 13, 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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United Friends of Highgate honours community stalwarts
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United Friends of Highgate honours community stalwarts
Ingrid Henry 
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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Principal blasts State agencies as little ‘Sunshine’ laid to rest
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Principal blasts State agencies as little ‘Sunshine’ laid to rest
Everard Owen 
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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Sandals celebrates National ParentMonth with Ocho Rios High
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Sandals celebrates National ParentMonth with Ocho Rios High
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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Sandals spreading love at Exchange All-Age
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Sandals spreading love at Exchange All-Age
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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I need revenge, says Crawford
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I need revenge, says Crawford
Everard Owen 
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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Haitians on the run
BY EVERARD OWEN Observer writer 
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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‘Farming is not for the weak’
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‘Farming is not for the weak’
BY ASHAGAYE MULLINGS Observer writer 
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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Goat farmer caught off guard by rain
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Goat farmer caught off guard by rain
BY EVERARD OWEN Observer writer 
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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Comrades deliver show of force in St Ann
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Comrades deliver show of force in St Ann
BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
November 20, 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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Man accused of stabbing ex-lover 30 times returns to court December
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Man accused of stabbing ex-lover 30 times returns to court December
Ingrid Henry 
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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