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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
January 14 03:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
January 14 02:09 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14 01:59 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
January 14 01:49 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
January 14 01:09 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
January 14 12:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Education Officer Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle says the country's 1,010 schools have reopened following the passage of Hurricane M...
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
January 14 12:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of stealing a gas cylinder had his bail extended when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tues...
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
January 14 12:06 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Wednesday it was suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, includi...
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
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Guyanese man to be sentenced for murdering mother
December 5, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) - A Guyanese High Court judge has set January 6 next year as the date for sentencing Deonarine Dookhoo, a Guyanese man who w...
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72-year-old accused of torching daughter’s house in St James
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72-year-old accused of torching daughter’s house in St James
December 5, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A 72-year-old St James electrician is now at the centre of a fiery family saga in which he allegedly attempted to burn down his ch...
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Family scuffles bring relatives before court
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Family scuffles bring relatives before court
October 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Several matters were before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesday stemming from scuffles amongst families. In one ins...
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Family encouraged to attend restorative justice session in assault case
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Family encouraged to attend restorative justice session in assault case
October 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A family is to attend at least one restorative justice session after appearing in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tuesd...
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‘Bounce Out’ Family Funday expected to thrill
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‘Bounce Out’ Family Funday expected to thrill
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
July 23, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Families from all over the island are being encouraged to indulge in a day full of activities on Independence Day at the “Bounce O...
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‘She’s not the same baby’
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‘She’s not the same baby’
Family devastated after toddler suffers brain injury during hospital stay
Brittania Witter Observer Online Reporter witterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 21, 2025
They say there is no greater pain than losing a child, but what happens when you don’t lose your child entirely, but instead lose the joyful person th...
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High Court awards Bahamian family US$3.6m negligence payout
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High Court awards Bahamian family US$3.6m negligence payout
July 21, 2025
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — A high court has awarded US$3.6 million to the Bahamian family of a child following a botched delivery 12 years ago that left ...
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Family members, caregivers the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans – MLSS
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Family members, caregivers the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans – MLSS
May 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Family members and caregivers are the biggest abusers of elderly Jamaicans, according to the Ministry of Labour and Social Security ...
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Family members arrested for murder of Portland man
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Family members arrested for murder of Portland man
February 2, 2025
PORTLAND, Jamaica - A Portland man is dead after he was attacked by the family members of another man he had injured during an earlier altercation. Po...
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WATCH: Former Jessie Ripoll teacher disheartened by principal’s death
January 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former teacher of the Jessie Ripoll Primary School says she is disheartened by the death of Principal O’neil Stevens who she des...
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
January 14, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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