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JPS reports 50,000 affected by squall across St Andrew and neighbouring parishes
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JPS reports 50,000 affected by squall across St Andrew and neighbouring parishes
June 16 02:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service says 50,000 or about seven per cent of its customers have been affected by outages caused by a Squall Lin...
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Dominica vows to dismantle illegal gun-running syndicate
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Dominica vows to dismantle illegal gun-running syndicate
June 16 02:29 PM
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominican law enforcement authorities on Monday vowed to dismantle a gun-running syndicate after the police said that nearly ...
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Judge extends pause on Trump bid to block Harvard foreign students
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Judge extends pause on Trump bid to block Harvard foreign students
June 16 02:12 PM
Boston, United States (AFP)-A judge on Monday extended a restraining order pausing Donald Trump's ban on Harvard bringing in and hosting foreign stude...
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Allison Mais appointed chief operating officer of VM Investments, VM Wealth
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Allison Mais appointed chief operating officer of VM Investments, VM Wealth
June 16 01:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Allison Mais has been appointed the chief operating officer (COO) of VM Investments Limited (VMIL) and VM Wealth Management Limite...
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More than $18b in outstanding taxes collected in Special Arrears Settlement Programme
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More than $18b in outstanding taxes collected in Special Arrears Settlement Programme
June 16 12:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government’s Special Arrears Settlement Programme, administered by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), which ended May 31, 2025,...
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WATCH: PNP’s Gordon promises improved access to healthcare, endorses Cuban doctors
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WATCH: PNP’s Gordon promises improved access to healthcare, endorses Cuban doctors
June 16 12:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) aspirant for St Andrew East Central, Dennis Gordon, on Sunday pledged improved access to healthcare ...
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Kelly KK not bothered by ‘3 Sum’ controversy
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Kelly KK not bothered by ‘3 Sum’ controversy
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
June 16 10:08 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dancehall newcomer Kelly KK says she is not bothered by the online controversy surrounding her latest song, 3 Sum, a collaboration...
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17-year-old wins backgammon fundraising tournament
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17-year-old wins backgammon fundraising tournament
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
June 16 09:53 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Seventeen-year-old John Issa emerged a winner in the Eighth Annual Backgammon Fundraising Tournament, which took place over three ...
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Deadliest air disasters in the 21st century
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Deadliest air disasters in the 21st century
June 12, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — A London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed on Thursday in India, with 242 people on board, and police said there "appears to...
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Woman who lost leg during election motorcade gets prosthetic
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Woman who lost leg during election motorcade gets prosthetic
June 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dalvarine Bruce, the woman who lost her leg on the campaign trail last year has received a prosthetic leg. “Mrs Dalvarine’s life c...
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Families of Dominican nightclub victims to receive ‘emergency’ payments
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Families of Dominican nightclub victims to receive ‘emergency’ payments
June 2, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Dominicans who lost family members in the April nightclub disaster that claimed 234 lives will receive "emer...
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Bee alert: US police issue warning after 250 million insects escape
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Bee alert: US police issue warning after 250 million insects escape
May 30, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A truck crash that set 250 million bees free has sparked warnings in the western United States (US), with police te...
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Over 120 dead in Dominican Republic nightclub disaster
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Over 120 dead in Dominican Republic nightclub disaster
April 9, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Rescue workers raced Wednesday to find any remaining survivors under the rubble of a Dominican Republic nigh...
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‘Miracle’ as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche
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‘Miracle’ as man survives seven hours under Norway avalanche
March 19, 2025
OSLO, Norway (AFP) — A tourist buried by an avalanche in northern Norway was pulled out alive in a "miracle" rescue on Wednesday, after spending seven...
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One dead, three injured in St Mary crash
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One dead, three injured in St Mary crash
March 17, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — A man was killed in a three-vehicle collision on the Tower Isle main road in St Mary early Monday morning. The accident left three ...
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Woman dies in St James crash
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Woman dies in St James crash
March 9, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A woman succumbed to injuries she sustained during a motor vehicle crash on the Lilliput main road in St James early Sunday mornin...
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Motorcyclist dies after getting entangled in utility wires, falling off bike
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Motorcyclist dies after getting entangled in utility wires, falling off bike
February 22, 2025
ST JAMES Jamaica – Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a motorcyclist who died from injuries he suffered after falling...
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Police Commissioner Kevin Blake involved in car accident
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Police Commissioner Kevin Blake involved in car accident
February 2, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica - Commissioner of Police Dr Kevin Blake and his team members were involved in a motor vehicle collision on Sunday. The accident happen...
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Six killed in traffic crashes Saturday to Sunday, fatalities stand at 30 – ITA
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Six killed in traffic crashes Saturday to Sunday, fatalities stand at 30 – ITA
January 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Six people were killed in traffic crashes between Saturday and Sunday, pushing the death toll on the nation’s roads to 30 since th...
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Man killed in suspected hit-and-run in Mandeville
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Man killed in suspected hit-and-run in Mandeville
December 19, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Police are now on the scene of a suspected hit-and-run on Manchester Road in Mandeville. Preliminary reports are that about 4:40 ...
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At least 9 killed in Dominican Republic after truck crashes into bar
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At least 9 killed in Dominican Republic after truck crashes into bar
September 1, 2024
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — At least nine people were killed Sunday in the Dominican Republic after a cargo truck crashed into a bar on ...
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One dead, six missing after storm sinks superyacht off Sicily
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One dead, six missing after storm sinks superyacht off Sicily
August 19, 2024
ROME, Italy (AFP) — One person was killed and rescuers were searching for six others missing after a luxury superyacht sank off the coast of Italy's S...
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WATCH: Several rushed to hospital following two-vehicle collision in St Ann
August 15, 2024
ST ANN, Jamaica — Several individuals have been rushed to hospital following a crash at the Mammee Bay entrance to the Edward Seaga Highway, in St Ann...
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12-y-o Florida girl hospitalised after mom accidentally runs her over
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12-y-o Florida girl hospitalised after mom accidentally runs her over
August 13, 2024
FLORIDA, United States - A 12-year-old girl is reportedly nursing critical injuries after she was accidentally struck by her mother following a school...
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Motor vehicle accident claims senior citizen in St Mary
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Motor vehicle accident claims senior citizen in St Mary
June 29, 2024
ST MARY, Jamaica — A motor vehicle accident along the Belfield main road in St Mary has left a senior citizen dead and five other persons nursing inju...
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Road crashes driving up insurance premiums
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Road crashes driving up insurance premiums
Kelsey Thomas, Observer Online reporter, thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 9, 2024
With Jamaica recording 175 fatalities from 151 fatal collisions since the start of this year, the Jamaica Observer Online, in association with a numbe...
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Burchell’s comments on Tufton getting hospital bed were disgraceful, vulgar — G2K
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Burchell’s comments on Tufton getting hospital bed were disgraceful, vulgar — G2K
June 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) young professional arm, Generation 2000 (G2K) is refuting the suggestion by a People’s National P...
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WATCH: PNP’s Burchell criticises ‘special treatment’ for Tufton after bike accident
June 2, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Pointing out that Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton got a hospital bed immediately after he injured his wrist in a bicycle a...
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Father, son perish in Portland crash
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Father, son perish in Portland crash
April 2, 2024
PORTLAND, Jamaica - A six-year-old boy and his 53-year-old father died as a result of injuries they sustained in a two-vehicle crash along the Fairy H...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service says 50,000 or about seven per cent of its customers have been affected by outages caused by a Squall Lin...
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Dominica vows to dismantle illegal gun-running syndicate
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ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominican law enforcement authorities on Monday vowed to dismantle a gun-running syndicate after the police said that nearly ...
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Allison Mais appointed chief operating officer of VM Investments, VM Wealth
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Allison Mais appointed chief operating officer of VM Investments, VM Wealth
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Allison Mais has been appointed the chief operating officer (COO) of VM Investments Limited (VMIL) and VM Wealth Management Limite...
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More than $18b in outstanding taxes collected in Special Arrears Settlement Programme
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government’s Special Arrears Settlement Programme, administered by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), which ended May 31, 2025,...
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