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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 2 03:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— International reggae artiste Jimmy Cliff, who died last week, has returned to the Billboard Reggae Albums chart. The famed singer r...
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
December 2 03:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it continues to experience technical issues affecting the processing of same-day driver's lice...
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
December 2 02:03 PM
With Masicka and Tommy Lee Sparta having released “diss” tracks aimed at each other, dancehall’s “war season” has officially begun. In less than 24 ho...
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
December 2 01:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's utilities regulator said on Tuesday it would monitor temporary customer billing relief measures announced by major servi...
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
December 2 01:27 PM
PORTLAND, Jamaica — A district constable was summoned to the Portland Parish Court on November 26 to answer to charges surrounding a domestic assault ...
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10 ways to volunteer this Christmas to support Jamaicans impacted by Melissa
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10 ways to volunteer this Christmas to support Jamaicans impacted by Melissa
December 2 01:22 PM
As communities across Jamaica continue to pick up the pieces following Hurricane Melissa, the need to give back has never been greater, and what bette...
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield highway delayed
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Toll collection for May Pen to Williamsfield highway delayed
December 2 12:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Toll collection on the new Phase 1C segment of the PJ Patterson Highway from May Pen to Williamsfield, which was scheduled to comm...
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December 2, 2025
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
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Tokyo 2025: Jamaican men crash out of 4x100m
September 20, 2025
Jamaica’s men’s 4x100m team crashed out of contention at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships as they failed to complete the semi-finals on Saturda...
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
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Tokyo 2025: Seville, Thompson to lead Jamaicans in 4x100m heats
ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 20, 2025
TOKYO, Japan -- World Athletics Championships 100m gold medal winner Oblique Seville and silver medallist Kishane Thompson will lead Jamaica's team in...
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Tokyo 2025: Thompson, Seville advance to 100m final
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Tokyo 2025: Thompson, Seville advance to 100m final
September 14, 2025
Kishane Thompson will hope to improve on his Olympic Games silver medal while Oblique Seville will be hunting his first global individual podium finis...
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Tokyo 2025: Kishane Thompson leads Jamaican men into 100m semi-finals
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Tokyo 2025: Kishane Thompson leads Jamaican men into 100m semi-finals
September 13, 2025
National champion and world leader Kishane Thompson led all three Jamaicans through to the semi-final of the men’s 100m after the first round of the W...
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Blake, Parchment compete at ISTAF Berlin
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Blake, Parchment compete at ISTAF Berlin
PAUL A REID Observer writer, reidp@jamaicaobsever.com 
July 27, 2025
Ackeem Blake and Hansle Parchment will be two of four Jamaicans seeking victories during Sunday’s ISTAF Berlin- A world Athletics Continental Tour-Sil...
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National Trials 2025: Kishane Thompson runs PB to retain 100m title
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National Trials 2025: Kishane Thompson runs PB to retain 100m title
June 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson ran a lifetime best and world leading 9.75 seconds (0.8m/s) to retain his men’s 100m titl...
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Bednarek wins Short Sprint title, Seville third at Grand Slam Track in Kingston
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Bednarek wins Short Sprint title, Seville third at Grand Slam Track in Kingston
April 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s Oblique Seville pocketed US$30,000 (J$4.7m) after finishing third overall in the Men’s Short Sprint while Ackeem Blake ...
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
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Blake, Gayle win Diamond League titles
September 13, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackeem Blake and Tajay Gayle were winners on Friday’s opening day of the Diamond League final at Allianz Memorial Van Damme at the...
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica fail to advance in men’ 4x100m relay
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica fail to advance in men’ 4x100m relay
August 8, 2024
Jamaica will not be represented in the men’s 4x100m relay final at the Olympic Games for the first time in 20 years after failing to negotiate the pre...
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
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#ParisOlympics: All three Jamaican men advance to 100m semis
August 3, 2024
All three Jamaicans in the men’s 100m gained automatic qualification to Sunday’s semi-finals on Saturday at the Olympic Games in Paris. Oblique Sevill...
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Yohan Blake excited by 100m Paris showdown, backs Jamaicans
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Yohan Blake excited by 100m Paris showdown, backs Jamaicans
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
July 13, 2024
Jamaican sprinting icon Yohan Blake says that while he is rooting for his countrymen to deliver the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games, he is expect...
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Ackeem Blake edged in men’s 100m in Miramar
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Ackeem Blake edged in men’s 100m in Miramar
April 6, 2024
Jamaica’s World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Ackeem Blake was just beaten on the line in the men’s 100m at the Miramar Invitational in Florida...
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
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Jimmy Cliff’s Best of Jimmy Cliff returns to Billboard
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— International reggae artiste Jimmy Cliff, who died last week, has returned to the Billboard Reggae Albums chart. The famed singer r...
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
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Same day processing of driver’s licence on hold says TAJ
December 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) says it continues to experience technical issues affecting the processing of same-day driver's lice...
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
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It’s time! Masicka, Tommy Lee kick off dancehall’s ‘war season’ with potent diss tracks
December 2, 2025
With Masicka and Tommy Lee Sparta having released “diss” tracks aimed at each other, dancehall’s “war season” has officially begun. In less than 24 ho...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
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OUR to monitor utility billing relief after the hurricane
December 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica's utilities regulator said on Tuesday it would monitor temporary customer billing relief measures announced by major servi...
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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District constable charged with assault of woman and baby
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PORTLAND, Jamaica — A district constable was summoned to the Portland Parish Court on November 26 to answer to charges surrounding a domestic assault ...
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