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Some children forego toys for practical family gifts in ‘Shop with a Cop’ event
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December 24 12:20 AM
Young Santas
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
Gov’t boosts NSWMA fleet with 10 tipper trucks in effort to clear more debris
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:18 AM
Melissa’s mess shrinks
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‘Fun in the capital’
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I Love Soca to take over Heroes’ Circle on Boxing Day
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 24 12:16 AM
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:14 AM
BOJ warns recovery could stall
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
CWI director defends Windies head coach; cites issues with regional development
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:12 AM
CWI director defends West Indies head coach despite dismal record
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BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
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BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
December 24 12:11 AM
BOJ waives ACH charges after RTGS upgrade
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CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
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CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:10 AM
CAC 2000 exits retail storefronts in cost-cutting move
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BOJ: banks can weather Melissa and keep credit flowing
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BOJ: banks can weather Melissa and keep credit flowing
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:10 AM
BOJ: banks can weather Melissa and keep credit flowing
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Police identify body found on Manchester haul road
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Police identify body found on Manchester haul road
December 23, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man whose body was found with what appeared to be gunshot wounds on a haul road in Brokenhurst, Manchester, on Monday morning ...
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Body of woman found with knife embedded in the neck in Manchester
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Body of woman found with knife embedded in the neck in Manchester
October 14, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The body of a 54-year-old woman was found in the rural community of Shirehampton in north west Manchester on Tuesday morning wit...
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Father of slain teen Shantina Sergeant nabbed in Old Harbour, police say
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Father of slain teen Shantina Sergeant nabbed in Old Harbour, police say
October 11, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Lawrence Sergeant, the father of 13-year-old murder victim Shantina Sergeant, has been nabbed, according to the police. He was...
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Missing 29-year-old woman found dead in suitcase in Savanna-la-Mar
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Missing 29-year-old woman found dead in suitcase in Savanna-la-Mar
October 5, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The body of a woman was found in a suitcase Saturday in Savanna-la-Mar. It was reportedly found in a gully within the communit...
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WATCH: Body found at apartment complex on Hope Road
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The body of a man was found Wednesday morning at an apartment complex on Hope Road in St Andrew. The deceased has not yet been ide...
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17 bodies found in abandoned house in Mexico
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17 bodies found in abandoned house in Mexico
May 27, 2025
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Missing persons investigators found 17 bodies in an abandoned house in a central Mexican region plagued by criminal viole...
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Decomposed body found in Portmore, police unable to confirm identity
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Decomposed body found in Portmore, police unable to confirm identity
May 17, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The St Catherine South police say they cannot confirm that a body found in the division Saturday afternoon is that of missing ...
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WATCH: Man’s decomposed body found in Manchester
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WATCH: Man’s decomposed body found in Manchester
April 13, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 27-year-old man after his decomposed body was foun...
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Body of pregnant woman found in St Mary
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Body of pregnant woman found in St Mary
January 6, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — An unidentified female body was found along the Devon Pen main road in St Mary on Sunday. The body which was wrapped in a blue tarp...
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Remains found wrapped in carpet was a dog, police say
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Remains found wrapped in carpet was a dog, police say
December 4, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police have confirmed that what was earlier reported to be human remains wrapped in a carpet in Fairfield, Manchester is in fact...
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WATCH: Bloody night in Manchester
Bartender among three killed, body found wrapped in carpet
December 4, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— It was a bloody Tuesday night in Manchester where three people including an alleged gunman were killed and a body was found wrapp...
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Body of missing British woman found
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Body of missing British woman found
December 3, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - Detectives in Westmoreland have confirmed that human remains believed to be those of 64-year-old Dawn Rose Anderson, a natural...
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Police seek assistance to identify body found in east Kingston
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Police seek assistance to identify body found in east Kingston
November 19, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Elleston Road police are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the body of a man that was found on the Palisadoes main r...
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Body found in abandoned building in St Catherine
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Body found in abandoned building in St Catherine
November 16, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified man, whose body was found in an abandoned bu...
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UPDATE: Police seek help to identify body found on Lyndhurst Crescent
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UPDATE: Police seek help to identify body found on Lyndhurst Crescent
November 8, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Half- Way Tree police are seeking the public’s help to identify the body of a man that was found wrapped in a sheet on Lyndhur...
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Body found wrapped in sheet on Lyndhurst Crescent
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Body found wrapped in sheet on Lyndhurst Crescent
November 8, 2024
St Andrew, Jamaica— An unidentified body was found early Friday morning on the roadside wrapped in a sheet on Lyndhurst Crescent in St Andrew. A passe...
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Teenager’s body recovered from Rio Minho
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Teenager’s body recovered from Rio Minho
October 13, 2024
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The body of a teen who went missing on Saturday was recovered Sunday along a section of the Rio Minho in Clarendon. It is believe...
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Man charged with girlfriend’s murder
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Man charged with girlfriend’s murder
October 8, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The police have charged a man from Quarry district, St James with the murder of his girlfriend whose body was found on the Holland...
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Body found on Mammee Bay main road in St Ann
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Body found on Mammee Bay main road in St Ann
September 24, 2024
ST ANN, Jamaica — There was heavy pile-up of traffic along the Mammee Bay main road in St Ann on Tuesday morning following the discovery of a body by ...
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Body of man who washed away in gully found
September 11, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The body of the man who was swept away by flood waters on Tuesday has been found near Majesty Gardens in St Andrew. He was one of ...
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Man’s decomposing body found at home in St Mary
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Man’s decomposing body found at home in St Mary
August 5, 2024
ST MARY, Jamaica — The Highgate police are investigating the cause of death of a man whose decomposing body was found at his home in St Mary. Police r...
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Police say decomposed body found on Port Henderson Road not missing Arnett Gardens man
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Police say decomposed body found on Port Henderson Road not missing Arnett Gardens man
July 4, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The police are dismissing reports that a decomposed body found on Port Henderson Road Thursday morning is that of the man who ...
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Some children forego toys for practical family gifts in ‘Shop with a Cop’ event
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
December 24, 2025
Young Santas
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
Gov’t boosts NSWMA fleet with 10 tipper trucks in effort to clear more debris
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24, 2025
Melissa’s mess shrinks
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‘Fun in the capital’
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I Love Soca to take over Heroes’ Circle on Boxing Day
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 24, 2025
‘Fun in the capital’
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24, 2025
BOJ warns recovery could stall
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
Cricket, ...
‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
CWI director defends Windies head coach; cites issues with regional development
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24, 2025
CWI director defends West Indies head coach despite dismal record
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