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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027
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Gang-plagued Haiti sets election dates for 2027
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti will hold elections in July and October next year, authorities said, in what would mark the first polls in the cri...
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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Ministry mourns Jamaican farm worker killed in Ontario, Canada
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has expressed condolences following the death of Rajay Baker, a Jamaican participant in...
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) are urging countries acros...
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
October 29 08:10 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
BY BILLEANE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsb@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 29 07:46 AM
Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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PNPYO demands full accounting of post-Melissa spending
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People’s National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is calling on the Government to publish a comprehensive account of expendit...
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Ackelia Smith into second final at Commonwealth Games
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Ackelia Smith into second final at Commonwealth Games
July 31, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Fresh from winning her first medal at the senior level, Ackelia Smith has set her sights on a second after she qualified for the fin...
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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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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
June 27, 2024
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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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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IAJ says 91.1% of Hurricane Melissa claims settled, $59.4 billion paid out
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) says it has settled 91.1 per cent of insurance claims reported across specified categor...
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Vaz warns JPS that it is on a tight deadline to lower electricity costs
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Warning that the "clock is ticking", Energy Minister Daryl Vaz on Tuesday urged the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to finalise its decision on t...
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