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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
November 6 07:47 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Public Health Department is encouraging Jamaicans to get the influenza (flu) vaccine, which is currently avai...
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
November 6 07:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Leader of Government Business Phillip Paulwell has agreed to meet with Government representatives on Monday, following ...
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
November 6 06:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican recording artiste Chizz Chizem is drawing on painful childhood memories and her personal experiences as a single mother t...
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
November 6 06:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Market prices held mostly steady this week at the Coronation Market with some produce recording slight increases despite the recen...
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
November 6 05:46 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Pipeline installation works have commenced in Negril, Westmoreland, under the Western Water Resilience Improvement Project as ...
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Forex: $159.28 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.28 to one US dollar
November 6 05:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, November 6, ended trading at $159.28, down from $159.52, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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Vybz Kartel earns first certification in Canada with ‘Fever’ hitting double platinum
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Vybz Kartel earns first certification in Canada with ‘Fever’ hitting double platinum
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
November 6 04:57 PM
Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel earned his very first certification in Canada, thanks to his 2016 hit single Fever . Fever was certified double platinum...
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Bustamante Hospital for Children celebrates 63 years of service
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Bustamante Hospital for Children celebrates 63 years of service
November 6 04:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Bustamante Hospital for Children (BHC), Jamaica’s specialist paediatric hospital, celebrated 63 years of service on Friday, paying...
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Ghanaian teen fatally shot on way to school in Bronx
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Ghanaian teen fatally shot on way to school in Bronx
October 30, 2026
The West African community in Bronx, New York, has been plunged into mourning after a teenage boy from Ghana was fatally shot Thursday morning while o...
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Alleged serial thief fatally shot by police in St Elizabeth, firearm seized
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Alleged serial thief fatally shot by police in St Elizabeth, firearm seized
September 27, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica— A man who police say was before the courts for several cases of larceny and break-ins plaguing south St Elizabeth was fatally s...
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Police report threats against West Kingston cops after alleged gang leader’s death
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Police report threats against West Kingston cops after alleged gang leader’s death
September 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Members of the One A Way gang in Denham Town, West Kingston, have reportedly issued threats against several cops stationed in the ...
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Indecom notes spike in multiple-fatality shootings by security forces
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Indecom notes spike in multiple-fatality shootings by security forces
September 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) says it is monitoring an increase in multiple-fatality shootings involving m...
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Alleged Ambrook Lane gangster killed, firearm seized in police operation
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Alleged Ambrook Lane gangster killed, firearm seized in police operation
August 21, 2026
A man was shot dead and an illegal firearm seized during a police confrontation at Robert Close in Kingston 10 on Friday morning. The dead man has bee...
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One of St Elizabeth most wanted cut down by cops
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One of St Elizabeth most wanted cut down by cops
August 18, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—Anward Hinds, otherwise called ‘Kirkie,’ one of Jamaica's most wanted men was reportedly fatally shot in a confrontation with th...
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Man killed, gun seized in St Andrew shootout
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Man killed, gun seized in St Andrew shootout
August 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—A man was shot dead and an illegal firearm seized during an alleged police shootout in Olympic Gardens, St Andrew, on Thursday morni...
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UPDATE: Three fatally shot by police in Mandeville shootout identified, two firearms seized
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UPDATE: Three fatally shot by police in Mandeville shootout identified, two firearms seized
July 26, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Police have identified the woman and two men who were fatally shot during an alleged shootout on Caledonia Road in Mandeville Sat...
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Residents protest after fatal police shooting in Jones Town
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Residents protest after fatal police shooting in Jones Town
June 8, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Jones Town in Kingston have expressed outrage over the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old man by police during an operat...
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Three shot, one fatally during police confrontation in Trelawny
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Three shot, one fatally during police confrontation in Trelawny
May 17, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica—Three men were shot, one fatally, during an alleged confrontation with police in Hague, Trelawny on Saturday night. Reports are that...
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Cops found not guilty in Shrewsbury fatal shooting
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Cops found not guilty in Shrewsbury fatal shooting
May 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two police constables charged with the fatal shooting of three men in Shrewsbury, Westmoreland, in 2013 were acquitted on three co...
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Claims of lawless police killings ‘abominable’, says Chang
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Claims of lawless police killings ‘abominable’, says Chang
…Security minister doubles down in police shooting debate amid JFJ dispute
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With criticism of police fatal shootings refusing to fade, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has renewed his pushback aga...
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Wanted man ‘Elf’ killed in alleged confrontation with police
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Wanted man ‘Elf’ killed in alleged confrontation with police
February 10, 2026
A wanted man was killed Tuesday morning during an alleged confrontation with the police in Land Lease, St Andrew. He has been identified as Effin Clar...
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‘Satan’ killed in Norwood
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‘Satan’ killed in Norwood
January 28, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A man identified only as ‘Satan’ was fatally shot during an incident with police Wednesday morning in Norwood, St James, according...
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‘Shots started to ring out’: Politician gives chilling account of triple fatal police shooting
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‘Shots started to ring out’: Politician gives chilling account of triple fatal police shooting
Senior gov’t official recalls witnessing killings from window in murder trial of six cops
DANA MALCOLM, Observer Online reporter, malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 20, 2026
A senior politician who lived close to the scene where three men were killed by police 13 years ago on Acadia Drive in St Andrew testified Tuesday tha...
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
AKERA DAVIS OBSERVER WRITER 
January 11, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica —Thirty-three year-old Kemar Brown, otherwise known as Mars, was shot and killed, whilst a woman was also shot and injured in Bristol ...
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Protesters, US law enforcement clash after immigration officer kills woman
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Protesters, US law enforcement clash after immigration officer kills woman
January 8, 2026
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)—The White House said Thursday that US law enforcement was under "organised attack" as protesters clashed with officer...
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12 killed by security forces since start of year—Indecom
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12 killed by security forces since start of year—Indecom
January 6, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) has reported that 12 people have been shot and killed by members of the...
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WATCH: Three alleged gunmen killed by police in Manchester
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WATCH: Three alleged gunmen killed by police in Manchester
January 5, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica—Three alleged gunmen were shot dead by the police during a reported confrontation in St Toolies near the Manchester/ Clarendon bor...
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UPDATE: Two of three men identified in Rose Heights fatal shooting
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UPDATE: Two of three men identified in Rose Heights fatal shooting
December 16, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Two of the three men who were killed Monday in an alleged confrontation with members of security forces in Rose Heights, St James ...
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Two men shot and killed in Burger Gully
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Two men shot and killed in Burger Gully
December 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Two men were reportedly shot and killed by the police on Thursday afternoon in Burger Gully community in St Andrew. The deceased men...
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WATCH: Gang violence linked to fatal shooting in Commodore—ACP Phillips
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WATCH: Gang violence linked to fatal shooting in Commodore—ACP Phillips
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica —Commanding officer for the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) area five, Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP) Christopher Phill...
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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
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Jamaicans encouraged to get Flu vaccine
November 6, 2026
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Westmoreland Public Health Department is encouraging Jamaicans to get the influenza (flu) vaccine, which is currently avai...
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
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Gov’t, Opposition agree to meet Monday after Parliament ruckus
November 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Leader of Government Business Phillip Paulwell has agreed to meet with Government representatives on Monday, following ...
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
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Chizz Chizem confronts absent fathers with ‘Donor’
November 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican recording artiste Chizz Chizem is drawing on painful childhood memories and her personal experiences as a single mother t...
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
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Market Bag: Bad Sekki takes on $1,500 ‘Run a Boat’ challenge
November 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Market prices held mostly steady this week at the Coronation Market with some produce recording slight increases despite the recen...
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
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Pipeline works commence in Negril
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Pipeline installation works have commenced in Negril, Westmoreland, under the Western Water Resilience Improvement Project as ...
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