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6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
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Little girl, big heart
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:28 AM
Inside the criminal mind
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
December 29 12:26 AM
‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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Skeng delivers Christmas Eve scorcher at UBT&R’s Livewire
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
December 29 12:22 AM
Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Midfielder Magee believes Reggae Boyz’s style of play a work-in-progress
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:22 AM
Midfielder Magee believes Reggae Boyz’s style of play a work in progress
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Lethal virus hits Brazil’s last wild blue macaws featured in film ‘Rio’
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Lethal virus hits Brazil’s last wild blue macaws featured in film ‘Rio’
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The only wild specimens of a rare blue parrot, which had only recently been returned to its natural habitat in Brazil h...
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Hong Kong housing estate fire kills at least 36, 200-plus missing
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Hong Kong housing estate fire kills at least 36, 200-plus missing
November 26, 2025
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A huge fire that engulfed a Hong Kong residential estate has killed at least 36 people and left more than 200 unaccounted for...
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Fire engulfs Hong Kong residential blocks, killing at least 13
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Fire engulfs Hong Kong residential blocks, killing at least 13
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HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A huge fire ripped through several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, killing at least 13 peopl...
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Note discovered as T&T councillor and husband found dead at home
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad Police say they have recovered a handwritten note and a bottle of herbicide at the home of local government c...
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Gassan Azan Sr passes
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Gassan Azan Sr died Friday afternoon after a long illness. He was 86. The former manufacturer is the father of business mogul Gassan Azan Jr, the foun...
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Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach Wilson has died
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Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach Wilson has died
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Consul General to New York, Alsion Roach Wilson, who served in the post since 2019, has died. “I am deeply saddened to a...
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Owners of collapsed Dominican nightclub formally charged
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November 8, 2025
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Prosecutors in the Dominican Republic filed manslaughter and other charges Friday against the owners of a ni...
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Tornado kills five, injures more than 400 in Brazil
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BRASILIA, Brazil  (AFP) — A tornado killed at least five people and injured more than 400 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authoriti...
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11-year-old boy’s death under investigation in Manchester, suicide suspected
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are trying to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of an 11-year-old boy who was found dead at his family ho...
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Man shot dead in south Manchester
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The body of a man was found slumped with gunshot wounds inside a car in Pusey Hill, Manchester on Thursday. Police have yet to d...
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Man killed, two others arrested in alleged confrontation with Manchester police
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Man killed, two others arrested in alleged confrontation with Manchester police
November 6, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a man was killed and a firearm seized during an alleged confrontation on the Brontie mai...
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Autopsy reveals UWI student died by strangulation
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Autopsy reveals UWI student died by strangulation
November 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An investigation has been launched into the October 16 death of a University of the West Indies, Mona student following an autopsy...
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At least 9 dead after cargo plane crashes near Louisville airport
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The death toll from a UPS cargo plane crashing in Louisville has risen to nine with more fatalities feared, Kentucky's...
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74-year-old security guard dies after hit-and-run in St Ann
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74-year-old security guard dies after hit-and-run in St Ann
November 4, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica—A 74-year-old man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a suspected hit-and-run incident on Development Road, Ocho Rios, in St ...
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#MelissaAftermath: McKenzie confirms four deaths in St Elizabeth
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October 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, has confirmed that four people have died in St Elizabeth...
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UK actress Prunella Scales, TV’s Sybil Fawlty, dies at 93
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UK actress Prunella Scales, TV’s Sybil Fawlty, dies at 93
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) —Actress Prunella Scales, best known for her role as the long-suffering Sybil in the British TV comedy classic "Fawlty To...
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Gerry Murray, former KC and Real Mona footballer, laid to rest
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Gerry Murray, former KC and Real Mona footballer, laid to rest
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
October 28, 2025
Forever associated with the Mona community, it was fitting that Gerry Murray’s thanksgiving service took place there on October 18 at Church of the As...
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Pioneer of British Lovers Rock Reggae, Vivian Jones, passes at 68
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Pioneer of British Lovers Rock Reggae, Vivian Jones, passes at 68
October 27, 2025
Vivian Jones, a pioneer of British lovers rock reggae, died on October 27 at age 68. His death was confirmed through postings on social media and the ...
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#EyeOnMelissa:  Elderly Haitian dies after being hit by falling tree
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#EyeOnMelissa: Elderly Haitian dies after being hit by falling tree
October 23, 2025
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The death of an elderly man in the coastal town of Marigot in southern Haiti has been attributed to flooding stemming fro...
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Guyanese man dies following bee attack, another in critical condition
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Guyanese man dies following bee attack, another in critical condition
October 23, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – A 29-year-old Guyanese contractor died Wednesday after being attacked by a swarm of bees while working on a road contract. ...
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Uplift mourns death of sister
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Uplift mourns death of sister
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Online writer 
October 22, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- When his sister Judy Austin passed away last month, recording artiste Uplift was devastated. She was an inspiration and a motivatin...
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20-y-o charged with murder in Kingston
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20-y-o charged with murder in Kingston
October 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 20-year-old construction worker is facing multiple charges, including murder, after the shooting death of a kitchen assistant in...
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Little girl, big heart
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
Itch Scratch
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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