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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank announced a plan Wednesday that aims to improve secure water access for a billion people within the n...
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April 15 10:52 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States (US) military said on Wednesday that it successfully stopped nine vessels from sailing out of Irania...
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April 15 10:23 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is taking place ...
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April 15 09:48 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—The finance ministers of 11 countries including Britain and Japan called Wednesday for "coordinated emergency support" to...
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April 15 09:37 AM
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the United St...
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April 15 08:30 AM
Dancehall legend Vybz Kartel made a surprise appearance at Cardi B's Lil Miss Drama Tour stop in Florida, thrilling the sold-out crowd at the Amerant ...
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April 15 07:51 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Insurance Association of Jamaica (IAJ) will host its Business Conference on April 20–21, 2026. The conference, being under the...
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April 15 07:41 AM
After two postponements, Rebel Salute makes its South Florida debut on April 19 at Miramar Regional Park in Miramar, South Florida. Maxi Priest, Mykal...
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March 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Excelsior High’s Jaeden Campbell ran a meet record and personal best 50.87 seconds to win the boys Class 2 400m hurdles on Friday ...
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March 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hydel High School’s Nastassia Fletcher ran a world under-20 leading and personal best 56.70 seconds to win the girls’ open 400m hu...
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March 28, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Hydel High’s Zavien Bernard won her second gold medal in as many days after she produced a final round personal best 12.65m (-0.7m...
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March 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Immaculate Conception’s Zoelle Jamel and Vere Technical’s Ramona Freemantle took gold and silver respectively in the girls javelin...
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March 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Kingston College’s Jason Pitter clocked a stunning 45.76 seconds to smash Christopher Taylor’s boys Class 2 400m record as he bro...
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March 27, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Kelly-Ann Carr of Edwin Allen upgraded her bronze from last year to gold when she ran a personal best 52.20 seconds to win the Cl...
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March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Immaculate Conception’s Sanique Watt won the Class 3 girls high jump gold medal after she cleared 1.71m on Thursday’s third day of...
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March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Munro College’s Brandon Lawrence will be hoping to finish on the podium in the boys Class 2 shot put after finishing in fifth plac...
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March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Excelsior High’s Riquelme Reid’s dream of a Class 1 sprint double ended Thursday after he pulled up in the first round of the 200m...
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March 24, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Mohamed Salah is to leave Liverpool at the end of this season, the Premier League champions announced Tuesday ending a...
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March 11, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) president Keith Wellington says proceeds from ticket sales at the ISSA Grace...
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July 4, 2025
Corey Bennett has joined Duane Johnson's coaching staff at Jamaica College and will lead the school's sprints programme. Johnson, a successful middle ...
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May 13, 2025
The Jamaica Observer has been reliably informed that Richard Smith has been appointed as the new head coach of ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ Athletics Champ...
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April 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – It was a measure of redemption for Jamal Stephenson of Calabar High as he won the boys' 100m at the Grand Slam Track in 10.70 into...
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March 31, 2025
Calabar High School's head coach, Corey Bennett has expressed uncertainty about his future at the institution after the expiration of his three-year c...
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March 30, 2025
Edwin Allen High’s heptathlete Ishna James was being held overnight at a medical facility in Kingston after she collapsed while competing in an 800m a...
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March 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Cornwall College’s Mar-Lando Farquharson threw a massive personal best 19.04m in Friday’s preliminaries to lead the qualifying for...
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March 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Edwin Allen High’s Tashana Godfrey, last year’s Class Four 70m hurdles champion, is on the hunt for back-to-back gold medals after...
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March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Despite some setbacks in the defence of their titles, defending champions Kingston College and Edwin Allen High were the leaders a...
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March 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica College’s Kai Kelly broke the boys Class Three 100m record with a sumptuous 10.60 seconds (0.0m/s) on Wednesday’s second d...
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March 26, 2025
The opening day of the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships on Tuesday saw an unusually high number of false starts, raising concerns among ath...
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April 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The World Bank announced a plan Wednesday that aims to improve secure water access for a billion people within the n...
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April 15, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States (US) military said on Wednesday that it successfully stopped nine vessels from sailing out of Irania...
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April 15, 2026
SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) — The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development is taking place ...
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April 15, 2026
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—The finance ministers of 11 countries including Britain and Japan called Wednesday for "coordinated emergency support" to...
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April 15, 2026
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)—Iran's military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the United St...
