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#Champs2026: Vere Tech’s Freemantle into girls Class 1 discus final
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#Champs2026: Vere Tech’s Freemantle into girls Class 1 discus final
March 24 06:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vere Technical’s Ramona Freemantle booked her spot in a second final on the first day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athl...
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Abortion pill prescriptions surge in US states with bans — study
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Abortion pill prescriptions surge in US states with bans — study
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WASHINGTON, United States  (AFP) — Women living in United States (US) states with abortion restrictions have shifted from travelling out of state to g...
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Rygin King faces ‘Tuff’ challenges with ICE
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Rygin King faces ‘Tuff’ challenges with ICE
Claude Mills 
March 24 06:20 PM
Sources close to dancehall artiste Rygin King have revealed that the  Tuff  singer was just "hours away" from his green card interview with the US Cit...
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
March 24 06:04 PM
Shena Carty, a Jamaican who is widely known for her charity work and advocacy, has died in a motorcycle crash in Winter Haven, Florida on Sunday. Unit...
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
March 24 05:54 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Calabar High’s Talshawn Edwards, Cornwall College’s Zhi-Hew Whitter and Kingston College’s Odane Noble all needed only one jump to...
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
March 24 05:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Annastacia Hall and Malya McLennon of Holmwood Technical led the qualifiers into the semi-finals of the girls Class 2 and 3 400m a...
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60-y-o accused of stabbing granddaughter admonished and discharged after mediation
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60-y-o accused of stabbing granddaughter admonished and discharged after mediation
March 24 05:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 60-year-old woman accused of stabbing her granddaughter during a confrontation in June 2024 was admonished and discharged on Tue...
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Man granted $100,000 bail on wounding with intent charge
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Man granted $100,000 bail on wounding with intent charge
March 24 05:19 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 30-year-old man was granted bail in the sum of $100,000 with one to two sureties when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew ...
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Shock after well-known Westmoreland businessman dies
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Shock after well-known Westmoreland businessman dies
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
March 6, 2026
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Shockwaves reverberated across the parish of Westmoreland on Friday following news of the suspected suicide of a well-k...
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17-y-o  implicated in St Mary businessman’s murder
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17-y-o implicated in St Mary businessman’s murder
February 21, 2026
ST MARY, Jamaica—A 17-year-old boy from Boscobel, St Mary, has been charged with conspiracy to rob and possession of criminal property in connection w...
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Kingston businessman charged with fraudulent conversion
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Kingston businessman charged with fraudulent conversion
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A businessman has been charged with fraudulent conversion following an investigation into payments made for the importation of a mot...
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Businessman charged with wounding with intent
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Businessman charged with wounding with intent
September 12, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica – A 33-year-old businessman has been charged with wounding with intent following an incident at a bar in his community on Sunday, June...
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Businessman charged with larceny of motor vehicle
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Businessman charged with larceny of motor vehicle
September 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Kingston businessman has been charged with larceny of motor vehicle and conspiracy to larceny of motor vehicle following an inci...
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Businessman accused of hitting man with board in market
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Businessman accused of hitting man with board in market
August 28, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A businessman who is accused of hitting another with a board in a market on Brigade Street in Black River, St Elizabeth on Wed...
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Trelawny licensed firearm holder charged after allegedly pointing gun at man
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Trelawny licensed firearm holder charged after allegedly pointing gun at man
June 21, 2025
FALMOUTH, Jamaica  –  A   58-year-old Trelawny businessman has been charged with assault at common law and using a firearm to commit a scheduled offen...
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Stop order made against businessman in alleged $96m POS scam
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Stop order made against businessman in alleged $96m POS scam
June 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jerhoden Hinds, the businessman accused of stealing over $96 million from a local bank by manipulating a point-of-sale (POS) machi...
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Curfew imposed in community following businessman’s death
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Curfew imposed in community following businessman’s death
April 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A curfew has been imposed in the Retreat community and surrounding areas in St Mary as police fear reprisals following the shootin...
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Businessman Samuel ‘Fraughty’ Dixon killed in St Mary
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Businessman Samuel ‘Fraughty’ Dixon killed in St Mary
March 24, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — The police are now investigating the shooting death of popular St Ann businessman Samuel “Fraughty” Dixon at his home in Tower Isle...
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Businessman charged with wounding with intent
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Businessman charged with wounding with intent
March 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A Kingston businessman has been charged with wounding with intent following an altercation in St Andrew earlier this month. Kevin ...
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Businessman charged in deadly St Andrew gun attack
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Businessman charged in deadly St Andrew gun attack
March 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Swift investigations by the St Andrew South police have resulted in a businessman being charged in connection with a deadly gun att...
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St Catherine businessman charged with assault
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St Catherine businessman charged with assault
December 29, 2024
Thirty-year-old Kevaugn Bailey, a business owner of Planters, Old Harbour in St Catherine, has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm follo...
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Businessman caught with illegal firearm in targeted operation
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Businessman caught with illegal firearm in targeted operation
December 14, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A businessman of Farewell Avenue in St Andrew was arrested after he was caught with an illegal firearm and ammunition during a tar...
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Businessman charged in chopping death of Westmoreland woman
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Businessman charged in chopping death of Westmoreland woman
November 7, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica - A businessman of Truro district in Frome, Westmoreland has been charged with murder in relation to the chopping death of a wom...
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Chinese supermarket operator beaten with hammer in Christiana
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Chinese supermarket operator beaten with hammer in Christiana
August 22, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A manhunt has been launched for a man said to be of unsound mind after he allegedly used a hammer to physically assault a Chines...
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Businessman Dean Shaw gunned down at Shortwood Plaza
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Businessman Dean Shaw gunned down at Shortwood Plaza
August 10, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Businessman Dean Shaw was shot dead at Shortwood Plaza in St Andrew on Saturday. Details surrounding the shooting are not yet avai...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vere Technical’s Ramona Freemantle booked her spot in a second final on the first day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athl...
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
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Shena Carty, a beloved champion for the needy, dies in Florida crash
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Shena Carty, a Jamaican who is widely known for her charity work and advocacy, has died in a motorcycle crash in Winter Haven, Florida on Sunday. Unit...
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