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Reports are emerging that thieves have made off with an undetermined amount of money believed to be in the millions, from an automated banking machine...
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Detectives in Manchester and St Elizabeth are following a sequence of the events linking Saturday’s fiery crash on the Williamsf...
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Medellín inspires Jakal’s latest music and ambitions
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a suspected hit-and-run on the Spur Tree main road in Manchester Sunday. Poli...
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3.9 magnitude earthquake felt in parts of Jamaica
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale was felt in sections of Jamaica on Sunday morning, according to the Earthqua...
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Man stabbed to death in St Elizabeth
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A man was stabbed to death in Union near Balaclava in St Elizabeth on Sunday. Police named him as Tajay Atkinson, 22, a reside...
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Smith wins jumps double at national championships
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Smith wins jumps double at national championships
June 20, 2026
Ackelia Smith achieved a rare double after she added the women’s triple jump to her long jump title on Saturday’s third day of the JAAA national champ...
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
September 16, 2025
Two-time silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts and Ackelia Smith are both through to the final of the women’s triple jump after the qualification round Tu...
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
September 13, 2025
Jamaican national champion Ackelia Smith failed to get past the first round of the women’s long jump on the opening day of the World Athletics Champio...
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
June 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic Games and World Championships finalist Ackelia Smith retained her women’s long jump title after she produced a wind-aided ...
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 12, 2025
Shanieka Ricketts will be going after back-to-back Diamond League wins when she lines up in the women’s triple jump on Thursday’s second day of the Os...
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
Jackson, Williams among Jamaican stars in action at Florida meet
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5, 2025
Rohan Watson, Rusheen McDonald and long jumper Ackelia Smith were the Jamaican winners at Saturday’s Miramar Invitational meet, a World Athletics Cont...
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
August 6, 2024
Ackelia Smith qualified for her second final at the Olympics as she advanced in the women’s long jump with 6.59m (-0.3m/s) in the prelims on Tuesday m...
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Shanieka Ricketts won a  silver medal after she jumped a season’s best 14.87m (-0.7m/s) for second in the women’s triple jump at th...
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
July 29, 2024
Ackelia Smith says she has grown enormously as an athlete and a person as she prepares for her first Olympics. The 22-year old jumper is one of only t...
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackelia Smith won her second national women’s long jump title after her lone legal mark, 6.53m (0.9m/s) on Thursday’s opening day ...
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