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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has moved to summon University of the Hospital of the West Indies, (UHWI) CEO Fitzgerald Mitchell, former CEO Kevi...
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Amazon said Tuesday that it had signed a deal to buy the United States (US) telecoms satellite group Globalstar to expand its ow...
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The police are advising the motoring public that a section of the Whitehouse main road in Westmoreland is currently impassable...
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Express Fitness mourns death of beloved trainer
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BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
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The Express Fitness Limited family is mourning the death of Andro Henry, one of their team's more dedicated and beloved trainers. Henry died on Monday...
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SAN ISIDRO, Argentina (AFP) — A new trial over the death of football legend Diego Maradona began Tuesday in Argentina, 10 months after a scandal invol...
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Legend beer makes its debut in 2026 Carnival Road March
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Locally manufactured Legend Beer, which was introduced to the Jamaican public late last year, made its debut in this year’s Carnival Road March. The b...
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Corinaldi Avenue hunt for fourth straight VMF U-13 title
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PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14 07:39 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Corinaldi Avenue Primary will start their hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight St James Football Association/Victoria Mutual ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) has announced the transition into the enforcement phase of its signage com...
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — It was a rousing welcome for junior sprinter Shanoya Douglas at Holland High School in Trelawny on Monday morning following her im...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Celebrations are in full swing at Jamaica College and Edwin Allen High School following their respective wins at the ISSA/GraceKen...
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Scientists have managed to film a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females w...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — An alleged gunman is dead and his cronies are on the run following a reported confrontation with police in Spring Grove, Manches...
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Taxi operators who ply the Portmore to Spanish Town route on Thursday staged a protest along the Bernard Lodge main road, in t...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police say communities just south of Mandeville remain tense due to a ripple effect of gun violence stemming from the murder of ...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are now at a shooting scene in Land Settlement, Manchester where one man was shot dead and another injured at a bar on Sa...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defence attorney Christopher Townsend says recently convicted client Noel Maitland maintains his innocence and is invested in find...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The grieving mother of Donna-Lee Donaldson says she is satisfied with the life sentence handed down to Noel Maitland for her daugh...
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Whitehouse main road impassable due to crash
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The police are advising the motoring public that a section of the Whitehouse main road in Westmoreland is currently impassable...
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Express Fitness mourns death of beloved trainer
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Express Fitness mourns death of beloved trainer
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The Express Fitness Limited family is mourning the death of Andro Henry, one of their team's more dedicated and beloved trainers. Henry died on Monday...
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