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Bahamas beat Jamaica by 49 points in FIFA World Championships qualifying
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Bahamas beat Jamaica by 49 points in FIFA World Championships qualifying
July 3 10:00 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s bid to qualify for the FIFA World Championships took a big hit after they were beaten 123-74 by the Bahamas at the Sir K...
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Flow to host World Cup watch party at Kingston Kitchen this Saturday
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Flow to host World Cup watch party at Kingston Kitchen this Saturday
July 3 08:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Football fans attending Kingston Kitchen this Saturday will be able to watch the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 clash between France a...
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48-hour curfew has been extended in sections of Richmond, St Mary
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48-hour curfew has been extended in sections of Richmond, St Mary
July 3 08:07 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew that has been imposed in sections of Richmond, St Mary has been extended. The curfew will remain in effect until ...
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Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 after extra-time to reach World Cup last 16
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Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 after extra-time to reach World Cup last 16
July 3 08:03 PM
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Lionel Messi's Argentina beat rank outsiders Cape Verde 3-2 after extra-time in an epic contest to reach the World Cup la...
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England v Mexico World Cup game kickoff time unchanged
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England v Mexico World Cup game kickoff time unchanged
July 3 07:55 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — England's World Cup last-16 match against Mexico will kick off at its originally scheduled time on Sunday following...
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Swift and Kelce marry as global stars swarm ‘royal wedding’
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Swift and Kelce marry as global stars swarm ‘royal wedding’
July 3 07:44 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — United States (US) pop queen Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce officially married Friday at a lavish wedding that...
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Arizona toddler found alive in morgue hours after being declared dead
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Arizona toddler found alive in morgue hours after being declared dead
July 3 06:49 PM
An 18-month-old Arizona boy who was pronounced dead after a near-drowning was later found alive in a hospital morgue, nearly six hours after doctors d...
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WATCH: Sanmerna provides $2million assistance to high school-bound students
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WATCH: Sanmerna provides $2million assistance to high school-bound students
July 3 06:49 PM
The Sanmerna Foundation has awarded $2 million in scholarships and bursaries to more than 15 students from Balmagie and St Jude’s primary schools as t...
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JLP accuses Golding of making false claims during leadership debate
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JLP accuses Golding of making false claims during leadership debate
August 30, 2025
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has accused Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding of making several false claims du...
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‘Not true!’ Holness says he’s not the holder of 28 bank accounts, under no investigation
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‘Not true!’ Holness says he’s not the holder of 28 bank accounts, under no investigation
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 28, 2025
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has denied that he has 28 bank accounts as being peddled by operatives of the People's National Party (PNP) following th...
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Golding shows his ‘birth paper’ at election debate
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Golding shows his ‘birth paper’ at election debate
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 28, 2025
People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding's renounced British citizenship was one of the issues brought up at the leadership debate on Thur...
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Golding defends PNP’s proposed $3.5 million income tax threshold
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Golding defends PNP’s proposed $3.5 million income tax threshold
August 28, 2025
People's National Party (PNP) President, Opposition Leader Mark Golding has again defended the party's plan to increase the income tax threshold to $3...
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Holness denies that Gov’t attempting to undermine oversight bodies; Golding disagrees
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Holness denies that Gov’t attempting to undermine oversight bodies; Golding disagrees
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 28, 2025
The high stakes leadership debate between Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, and People’s National Party (PNP) Presi...
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PNP touts proposed agricultural fund, aims to reduce food importation by 25% in first term
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PNP touts proposed agricultural fund, aims to reduce food importation by 25% in first term
August 26, 2025
Peter Bunting has touted the People's National Party's proposed Agricultural Development Fund as a tool to inject new technology in local farming, if ...
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Morris Dixon: PNP took a ‘wrecking ball’ to Jamaica’s economy
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Morris Dixon: PNP took a ‘wrecking ball’ to Jamaica’s economy
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 26, 2025
Member of the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) election debate team, Dr Dana Morris Dixon says past People's National Party (PNP) administrations took a "...
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JLP and PNP trade verbal blows over Finsac and SSL at election debate
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JLP and PNP trade verbal blows over Finsac and SSL at election debate
August 26, 2025
Opposition Spokesman on Finance, the People's National Party's (PNP) Julian Robinson has promised to publish the Kroll forensic audit report into the ...
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Veteran interpreter claims she is being blacklisted by Jamaica Debates Commission
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Veteran interpreter claims she is being blacklisted by Jamaica Debates Commission
August 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s primary sign language interpreter, Antoinette Aiken, has made claims that she is being blacklisted by the Jamaica Debate...
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Samuda suggests PNP Gov’t would not roll back parliamentary salaries; Crawford delays response
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Samuda suggests PNP Gov’t would not roll back parliamentary salaries; Crawford delays response
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 24, 2025
Matthew Samuda suggested Saturday that the People’s National Party (PNP), if it forms the next government, would not roll back the parliamentary salar...
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Johnson Smith: PNP’s only path to power is to tarnish reputation of PM Holness
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Johnson Smith: PNP’s only path to power is to tarnish reputation of PM Holness
August 24, 2025
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Kamina Johnson Smith says the People’s National Party's (PNP) only path to power is by attempting to tarni...
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PNP, JLP attempt to woo Jamaicans with beach access promises at election debate
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PNP, JLP attempt to woo Jamaicans with beach access promises at election debate
August 24, 2025
The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has labeled as a “farce” the Opposition People's National Party’s promise of greater access to beaches for Jamai...
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JLP and PNP point fingers at each other over under-regulation of funeral home sector
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JLP and PNP point fingers at each other over under-regulation of funeral home sector
August 23, 2025
Member of the People's National Party (PNP) debate team, Raymond Pryce slammed the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) on Saturday over what he described as th...
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JLP and PNP clash on state of health sector at national debate
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JLP and PNP clash on state of health sector at national debate
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 23, 2025
The governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) clashed over the the state of the island's health sector at ...
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JLP would broaden SLB loan benefits to cover accommodation expenses
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JLP would broaden SLB loan benefits to cover accommodation expenses
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 23, 2025
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) plans to institute a Students' Loan Bureau (SLB) policy where the loan will also cover accommodation, books, laptops, f...
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PNP to scrap rural school bus system implemented by JLP in current form – Crawford
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PNP to scrap rural school bus system implemented by JLP in current form – Crawford
August 23, 2025
The first of three election debates kicked off Saturday night with the team representing the People’s National Party (PNP) responding to a question on...
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Bahamas beat Jamaica by 49 points in FIFA World Championships qualifying
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{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Flow to host World Cup watch party at Kingston Kitchen this Saturday
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48-hour curfew has been extended in sections of Richmond, St Mary
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew that has been imposed in sections of Richmond, St Mary has been extended. The curfew will remain in effect until ...
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{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
England v Mexico World Cup game kickoff time unchanged
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