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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
January 14 03:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
January 14 02:09 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14 01:59 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
January 14 01:49 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
January 14 01:09 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
January 14 12:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Education Officer Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle says the country's 1,010 schools have reopened following the passage of Hurricane M...
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
January 14 12:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of stealing a gas cylinder had his bail extended when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tues...
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
January 14 12:06 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Wednesday it was suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, includi...
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Tokyo 2025: Levell leads qualifiers for men’s 200m semis
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Tokyo 2025: Levell leads qualifiers for men’s 200m semis
September 17, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Jamaica's Bryan Levell threw down the gauntlet after he ran a stunning 19.84 seconds (-0.1m/s) to lead the qualifying for the semi-fina...
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Tokyo 2025: Lyles back on the track as Kerr eyes second world 1,500m title
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Tokyo 2025: Lyles back on the track as Kerr eyes second world 1,500m title
September 15, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Noah Lyles will seek to rebound from defeat in the 100 metres by safely negotiating the heats of the 200m on day five of the worl...
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Big PBs for Levell and Moore in 200m
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Big PBs for Levell and Moore in 200m
August 12, 2025
National champions Bryan Levell and Ashanti Moore both ran big personal best times as they won their respective 200m races at Tuesday’s Istvan Gyulai ...
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Lyles edges Bednarek in 200m at US championships
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Lyles edges Bednarek in 200m at US championships
August 3, 2025
EUGENE, United States (AFP) — World champion Noah Lyles stormed to victory in the 200m at the US Track and Field Championships in Oregon on Sunday, co...
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Moore gets World Champs qualifying mark with PB in 200m
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Moore gets World Champs qualifying mark with PB in 200m
July 23, 2025
Jamaica’s Ashanti Moore is heading to the Tokyo World Championships this September after a blistering personal best of 22.40 seconds during her 200m r...
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National Trials 2025: Bryan Levell retains 200m title
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National Trials 2025: Bryan Levell retains 200m title
June 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic Games semi-finalist Bryan Levell retained his men’s 200m title on Sunday’s final day of the Jamaica Athletics Administrati...
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Racers Grand Prix: Levell sends warning with big 200m win
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Racers Grand Prix: Levell sends warning with big 200m win
June 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- National champion Bryan Levell sent a warning after he ran a wind-aided 19.79 seconds (2.5m/s) to win the men’s 200m at Saturday’...
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Racers Grand Prix: Shericka Jackson wins 200m in season’s best
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Racers Grand Prix: Shericka Jackson wins 200m in season’s best
June 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- World Champion Shericka Jackson continued her build up to the Jamaican national championships as she ran a season’s best 22.53 se...
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#Champs2025: Upsets in boys’ 200m finals
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#Champs2025: Upsets in boys’ 200m finals
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There were at least two upsets in the three boys’ 200m finals at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships as...
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#Champs2025: Hydel’s Daley stands out with 200m gold as girls deliver sprint doubles
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#Champs2025: Hydel’s Daley stands out with 200m gold as girls deliver sprint doubles
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three female 100m champions completed sprint doubles on Saturday’s final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics C...
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Shanoya Douglas wins bronze in 200m at World U-20 Champs
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Shanoya Douglas wins bronze in 200m at World U-20 Champs
August 30, 2024
LIMA, Peru— Shanoya Douglas placed third in the women’s 200m, running 23.10 seconds (0.0m/s) on Friday at the World Athletics Under- 20 Championships ...
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Shanoya Douglas through to 200m final
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Shanoya Douglas through to 200m final
August 29, 2024
LIMA, Peru— Shanoya Douglas will carry the Jamaican flag in the final of the women’s 200m on Friday after placing second in her semi-final race in 23....
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Tebogo retrains sights after historic Olympic 200m triumph
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Tebogo retrains sights after historic Olympic 200m triumph
August 21, 2024
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AFP)— Letsile Tebogo, having basked in the "insane" celebrations in Botswana after he returned to show off the 200m gold won at...
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#ParisOlympics: ‘My Olympic dream has been shattered’ says Jackson
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#ParisOlympics: ‘My Olympic dream has been shattered’ says Jackson
August 9, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson lamented the unexpected and disappointing end to her 2024 Paris Olympics campaign in a heartfelt message...
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Tebogo upsets Lyles to become first African to win Olympic 200m
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Tebogo upsets Lyles to become first African to win Olympic 200m
August 8, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Botswana's Letsile Tebogo became the first African to win the Olympic 200 metres on Thursday as he upstaged Noah Lyles' plans f...
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American Gabby Thomas wins Olympic 200m gold
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American Gabby Thomas wins Olympic 200m gold
August 6, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— American Gabby Thomas stormed to a brilliant victory in the women's Olympic 200m in Paris on Tuesday to clinch the first major ti...
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#ParisOlympics: Bryan Levell advances from repechage to 200m semis
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#ParisOlympics: Bryan Levell advances from repechage to 200m semis
August 6, 2024
National champion Bryan Levell took full advantage of a second chance as he qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 200m at the Olympic Games, adva...
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#NationalTrials: Bryan Levell wins 200m title
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#NationalTrials: Bryan Levell wins 200m title
June 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Bryan Levell completed four days of top quality sprinting after he ran a personal best 19.97 seconds (1.3m/s) to win the men’s 20...
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#NationalTrials: Shericka Jackson completes sprint double
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#NationalTrials: Shericka Jackson completes sprint double
June 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Shericka Jackson completed her third straight Jamaican national women sprint double after taking the 200m in a season’s best 22.2...
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Richardson’s Olympic double hopes dashed as Thomas wins 200m at US trials
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Richardson’s Olympic double hopes dashed as Thomas wins 200m at US trials
June 29, 2024
EUGENE, United States (AFP) --Sha'Carri Richardson's dreams of an Olympic sprint double ended in disappointment after she could only finish fourth in ...
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Shericka Jackson features in Paris Olympics campaign for Omega watches
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Shericka Jackson features in Paris Olympics campaign for Omega watches
June 19, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson has joined some of the world’s leading athletes in a Paris Olympics advertising campaign for Omega watch...
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Shericka Jackson rebounds to win in Stockholm
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Shericka Jackson rebounds to win in Stockholm
June 2, 2024
Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson rebounded from Thursday’s fifth place finish in Oslo to run a season’s best 22.69 seconds (-2.0m/s) to win the women’s 200m...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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