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WATCH: Police appeal for public assistance in nabbing cop killer
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WATCH: Police appeal for public assistance in nabbing cop killer
May 17 12:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Deputy Commissioner of Police with responsibility for the crime and security portfolio, Richard Stewart, is appealing to members of...
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Driver crashes car in bushes after failing to negotiate corner
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Driver crashes car in bushes after failing to negotiate corner
May 17 12:27 PM
A young driver seemed to have escaped serious injury when his 2011 Subaru Impreza motorcar ran off the road along Chesterfield Drive in Seaview Garden...
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
May 17 12:10 PM
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for more to be done at the primary health care level to tackle hypertension ...
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in  Big 12 Championships
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in Big 12 Championships
May 17 11:27 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Brandon Lloyd of Arizona State University was second in the men’s shot put at the Big12 Outdoor track and field championships at th...
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Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games
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Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games
May 17 11:19 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaican sprinters led by Oblique Seville in the men’s 100m, Ackera Nugent in the 100m hurdles and Antonio Watson in the men’s 200m...
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Treasure Beach seek history in JFC final
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Treasure Beach seek history in JFC final
May 17 11:01 AM
ST ANN, Jamaica -Treasure Beach will seek to create history by winning the Jamaica Football Championships a second time when they meet Spanish Town Po...
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KaleX upbeat, as Popcaan’s My Type is certified silver in the United Kingdom
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KaleX upbeat, as Popcaan’s My Type is certified silver in the United Kingdom
May 17 10:42 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -Eight years ago, when he built a beat intended to be used as a collaborative project featuring artistes from Belize, producer, beat...
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Patrols expanded along Cuyuni River after attacks on Guyana troops
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Patrols expanded along Cuyuni River after attacks on Guyana troops
May 17 10:32 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has stepped up its presence along the Cuyuni River with intensified patrols and measures to ...
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Man to stand trial in US$10,000 currency conversion scam
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Man to stand trial in US$10,000 currency conversion scam
May 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who faces multiple charges in connection with a US$10,000 currency conversion scam is scheduled to stand trial on June 11. R...
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Mom says Donna-Lee tried to dodge Maitland during visit to house
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Mom says Donna-Lee tried to dodge Maitland during visit to house
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jurors in the trial of police constable Noel Maitland were on Wednesday told by Sophia Lugg, who is the first witness to take the ...
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Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for man accused of brutal attack on cousin
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Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for man accused of brutal attack on cousin
May 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of brutally assaulting his female cousin was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation on Tuesday, after raising c...
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Man granted $1m bail in multi-million dollar NCB fraud case
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Man granted $1m bail in multi-million dollar NCB fraud case
May 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One of four men currently before the court in connection with a multi-million dollar fraud at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) h...
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Bahamas juror dismissed after crying over murdered 8-month-old
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Bahamas juror dismissed after crying over murdered 8-month-old
May 13, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Justice Nei Brathwaite dismissed a woman juror on Monday after she broke down in tears during the testimony of a pathologist a...
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Court awards US$25,000 to Bahamian woman after immigration row
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Court awards US$25,000 to Bahamian woman after immigration row
May 12, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) – The Bahamian Supreme Court has awarded US$25,000 to a woman born in The Bahamas to undocumented Haitian parents, after it ...
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Australian woman accused of killing in-laws with toxic mushroom lunch
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Australian woman accused of killing in-laws with toxic mushroom lunch
May 9, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — An Australian woman accused of triple murder sent her children to the movies before serving up a toxic mushroom lunch that k...
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WATCH: Legal fraternity march on King Street in recognition of Judiciary Day
May 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the legal fraternity on Wednesday morning marched in downtown Kingston as they sought to reaffirm their commitment to i...
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Man remanded, co-accused granted bail following brawl outside Kingston court
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Man remanded, co-accused granted bail following brawl outside Kingston court
May 7, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One man was remanded in custody, while another was granted bail in the sum of $150,000 for disorderly conduct, following an allege...
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TikToker ‘Candy’ cleared of assault charge after mediation
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TikToker ‘Candy’ cleared of assault charge after mediation
May 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — TikToker Kemar Jones, better known as "Candy", was cleared of his assault at common law charge when he appeared in the Kingston an...
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Top US court allows Trump’s ban on trans troops to take effect
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Top US court allows Trump’s ban on trans troops to take effect
May 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A divided US Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military personnel to take...
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Elderly man fined $5,000 for breaching curfew
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Elderly man fined $5,000 for breaching curfew
May 2, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An elderly man has been fined $5,000 or 10 days’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to breaching curfew orders. Clinton Robinson a...
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South African mother found guilty of selling young daughter
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South African mother found guilty of selling young daughter
May 2, 2025
SALDANHA, South Africa (AFP) — A South African court found a woman guilty Friday of trafficking her six-year-old daughter who has been missing for mor...
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Trans women banned from English women’s cricket
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Trans women banned from English women’s cricket
May 2, 2025
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Transgender women have been banned from playing in women's and girls' cricket in England and Wales after the governing ...
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Trump slams Harvard as funding fight heads to court
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Trump slams Harvard as funding fight heads to court
April 24, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an "Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution," as the prestigious ...
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Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating
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Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating
April 15, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death gave a chilling account of hearing Deane being beaten by inmates i...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new sex charges
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs pleads not guilty to new sex charges
April 14, 2025
New York, United States (AFP) —US music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to two new charges added to the criminal racketeering and s...
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Bail extended for man who failed to deliver vehicles
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Bail extended for man who failed to deliver vehicles
April 11, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An elderly man, who is currently before the court for failing to deliver vehicles despite collecting payments from two parties, ha...
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‘Don’t come back’, judge tells pair who had their matter resolved through mediation
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‘Don’t come back’, judge tells pair who had their matter resolved through mediation
April 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Presiding Judge Peter Wilson cautioned a man and a woman against returning to court after they resolved their issues through media...
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Man fined $2000 for carrying ratchet knife
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Man fined $2000 for carrying ratchet knife
April 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who was caught in possession of a ratchet knife was fined $2,000 on Tuesday after pleading guilty to carrying an offensive w...
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Man fined $4k for ‘birthday’ ganja
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Man fined $4k for ‘birthday’ ganja
April 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man was ordered to pay a fine of $4,000 or face 30 days in prison when he appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Cour...
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Warder vs warder at Kingston court
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Warder vs warder at Kingston court
April 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two correctional officers were present at the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday, however, one was in the prisoners' d...
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WATCH: Police appeal for public assistance in nabbing cop killer
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Deputy Commissioner of Police with responsibility for the crime and security portfolio, Richard Stewart, is appealing to members of...
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Driver crashes car in bushes after failing to negotiate corner
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Driver crashes car in bushes after failing to negotiate corner
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A young driver seemed to have escaped serious injury when his 2011 Subaru Impreza motorcar ran off the road along Chesterfield Drive in Seaview Garden...
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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PAHO wants more done to tackle hypertension in the Caribbean
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WASHINGTON (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has called for more to be done at the primary health care level to tackle hypertension ...
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in  Big 12 Championships
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Brandon Lloyd finish second in Big 12 Championships
May 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Brandon Lloyd of Arizona State University was second in the men’s shot put at the Big12 Outdoor track and field championships at th...
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Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games
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Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games
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KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaican sprinters led by Oblique Seville in the men’s 100m, Ackera Nugent in the 100m hurdles and Antonio Watson in the men’s 200m...
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