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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
December 4 09:40 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4 09:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4 08:55 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4 08:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4 07:41 PM
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
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St Elizabeth farmers plough on despite ‘slow pace of assistance’
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4 07:32 PM
Despite losing acres of crops to Hurricane Melissa, farmers in St Elizabeth say they are pushing ahead on their own, replanting their fields even as t...
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
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Strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four: US military
December 4 07:24 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—A strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed four people on Thursday, the US milit...
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
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Forex: $161.20 to one US dollar
December 4 07:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Thursday, December 4, ended trading at $161.20, down by 6 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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WATCH: Edwin Allen High mourns 14-y-o student killed in crash
December 1, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Students at Edwin Allen High School gathered quietly in their quadrangle on Monday, their faces heavy with grief as they mourned ...
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Vaz saddened by toll road crash
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Vaz saddened by toll road crash
November 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says he is saddened following the tragic motor vehicle crash on the Vineyard Town leg, of the East to...
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UPDATE: Five dead, 15 injured in toll road crash
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UPDATE: Five dead, 15 injured in toll road crash
November 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Five people have died, and another 15 received medical treatment following a crash on the PJ Patterson Highway on Wednesday aftern...
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Two feared dead in toll road crash
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Two feared dead in toll road crash
November 26, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — At least two people are feared dead following a crash on the PJ Patterson Highway on Wednesday afternoon. Police, firemen and ...
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Trelawny higgler dies after motorcycle crash
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Trelawny higgler dies after motorcycle crash
November 21, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A Trelawny higgler died after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a parked truck along a section of the North Coast Highway...
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Traffic pile-up on Kendal main road after crash
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Traffic pile-up on Kendal main road after crash
November 14, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Heavy traffic is now being experienced on the Kendal main road in Manchester following the collision of two heavy duty vehicles ...
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UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo planes after deadly crash
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UPS, FedEx ground MD-11 cargo planes after deadly crash
November 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States Freight carriers UPS and FedEx said they have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes, after one o...
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Engine fell off US cargo plane before deadly crash — officials
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Engine fell off US cargo plane before deadly crash — officials
November 5, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The death toll from a cargo plane crash in the southern United States (US) state of Kentucky rose to 11 on Wednesday...
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Taxi driver pinned in two-vehicle Mandeville crash extricated by firefighters
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Taxi driver pinned in two-vehicle Mandeville crash extricated by firefighters
October 26, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters had to be called in to get an occupant out of a Toyota Wish motor car following a two-vehicle crash on New Green Ro...
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Soldier hospitalised after being pinned under JDF unit in Mandeville crash
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Soldier hospitalised after being pinned under JDF unit in Mandeville crash
October 23, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been hospitalised after the unit he was driving crashed and overturned, reportedly pin...
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At least 15 dead in road accident in Brazil
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At least 15 dead in road accident in Brazil
October 18, 2025
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — At least 15 people died in a road accident when a bus driver going the wrong way lost control of the vehicle in northeast Br...
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UPDATE: Soldiers involved in Harbour Street crash in good health
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UPDATE: Soldiers involved in Harbour Street crash in good health
October 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The soldiers who were involved in Friday morning’s two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Harbour Street and Hanover Street ...
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Soldiers injured in Harbour Street crash
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Soldiers injured in Harbour Street crash
October 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — At least two military personnel were reportedly injured Friday morning in a crash on Harbour Street in downtown Kingston. Confirmi...
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WATCH: Two die in Manchester three-vehicle crash
October 11, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two people, a man and a woman, died as a result of injuries they sustained in a three-vehicle collision on the Winston Jones Hig...
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British teen dies in car crash 3 months after being freed from Dubai prison
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British teen dies in car crash 3 months after being freed from Dubai prison
October 4, 2025
A British teenager who was pardoned by the leader of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after he was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with...
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Two dead in early morning St Catherine crash
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Two dead in early morning St Catherine crash
October 4, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two people are now dead following an early Saturday morning collision along the Hellshire main road in St Catherine which also...
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WATCH: 29 Knox College students escape serious injuries in Manchester bus crash
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WATCH: 29 Knox College students escape serious injuries in Manchester bus crash
October 1, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Twenty-nine students of the Spalding-based Knox College escaped serious injuries after the Coaster bus they were travelling in ve...
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Cop dies three days after bike crash in St Elizabeth
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Cop dies three days after bike crash in St Elizabeth
September 29, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A police constable who sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle crash on the Lacovia main road in St Elizabeth on Friday has...
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Man hospitalised after slamming into truck on Spur Tree Hill
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Man hospitalised after slamming into truck on Spur Tree Hill
September 25, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A driver whose vehicle crashed into the back of a truck on Spur Tree Hill on Wednesday night has been hospitalised. Preliminary ...
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Two injured in Mandeville crash
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Two injured in Mandeville crash
September 25, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two people sustained injuries during a two-vehicle crash on the Winston Jones Highway near Marshall’s Pen in Mandeville Thursday...
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Petersfield Division councillor dies in car crash
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Petersfield Division councillor dies in car crash
September 17, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica —Councillor Patrick Forrester, (People's National Party, Petersfield Division) died in a motor vehicle crash in Westmoreland on ...
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St Catherine man dies in North Coast Highway crash
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St Catherine man dies in North Coast Highway crash
September 17, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A St Catherine motorist succumbed to injuries he sustained during a two-vehicle crash on the section of the North Coast Highway wh...
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Rough Treasure Football Showcase postponed due to impact of Hurricane Melissa
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December 4, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—The Rough Treasure Football Showcase, scheduled to take place at Treasure Beach and Munro College in St Elizabeth from December ...
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
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Reetu Gupta donates Ca$105,000 to support Jamaica’s hurricane relief and recovery efforts
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Reetu Gupta, chief executive officer (CEO) of The Gupta Group and CEO of the Gupta Family Foundation, has contributed over Ca$105,00...
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
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Former US President Bill Clinton in Jamaica
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former United States President Bill Clinton is currently in Jamaica. Observer Online understands that Clinton flew over the island...
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
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JFF announces coaches for age group teams
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Former Reggae Boyz captain Rudolph Austin has been promoted to head coach of the Jamaican national Under-20 men’s team, the Jamaica ...
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
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‘Rebel In Me’ connects Rising Star with reggae legend
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 4, 2025
Observer Online presents the fourth story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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