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‘A terrible tragedy’
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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:20 AM
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27 12:18 AM
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27 12:16 AM
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27 12:14 AM
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
Football, ...
COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27 12:12 AM
Coley returns to national programme
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
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Rainforest Salmon & Ackee Quiche
November 27 12:10 AM
Perfect for: Brunch, potluck, light lunch. “This isn’t your quick-fix meal — but when I want to slow down and create something special, this quiche is...
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:05 AM
COP30 a mixed bag, says Samuda
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
UWI professor warns that traumatised teachers and students will need urgent intervention
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 27 12:04 AM
Classroom crisis in early childhood sector
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Funeral service for Allan ‘Skill’ Cole to be held Saturday at National Arena
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Funeral service for Allan ‘Skill’ Cole to be held Saturday at National Arena
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
October 9, 2025
Being the son of the legendary Allan “Skill” Cole, David Cole has countless recollections of their time together. None stands out more than a culinary...
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Trump and Musk sit side-by-side, months after messy split
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Trump and Musk sit side-by-side, months after messy split
September 21, 2025
GLENDALE, United States (AFP) -- Donald Trump sat side-by-side with billionaire Elon Musk, a once trusted advisor with whom the US president had a spe...
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Trump to lead tributes at memorial for conservative leader Kirk
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Trump to lead tributes at memorial for conservative leader Kirk
September 21, 2025
GLENDALE, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump will lead tributes to Charlie Kirk on Sunday at a huge stadium gathering to honor the young...
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WATCH: Scores gather for boxing legend Mike McCallum’s send-off
August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Scores of mourners gathered Saturday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kingston to bid farewell to late Jamaican boxing legend Mik...
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Thousands honour Ozzy Osbourne at UK hometown funeral procession
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Thousands honour Ozzy Osbourne at UK hometown funeral procession
July 30, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP)—Thousands lined the streets of UK city Birmingham on Wednesday to pay an emotional farewell to hometown hero Ozzy Osb...
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Family and football unite to bid Diogo Jota farewell
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Family and football unite to bid Diogo Jota farewell
July 5, 2025
GONDOMAR, Portugal (AFP) -- Liverpool and Portugal forward Diogo Jota and his brother were laid to rest on Saturday in their hometown, just days after...
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WATCH: Gia Griniell’s funeral underway
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WATCH: Gia Griniell’s funeral underway
July 3, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Grieving family and friends are now gathering at the Goodness and Mercy Temple Apostolic Church in Mandeville to bid farewell to...
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Kelsey Ferrigon’s funeral underway
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Kelsey Ferrigon’s funeral underway
June 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Family and friends of Kelsey Ferrigon are now gathered at the Spanish Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church in St Catherine to bid...
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Kingston football coach charged in funeral scam
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Kingston football coach charged in funeral scam
May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 53-year-old football coach has been charged after allegedly pretending to be a funeral director and collecting money to carry ou...
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WATCH: Bolt dubbed ‘national hero’ by PM at father’s funeral
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WATCH: Bolt dubbed ‘national hero’ by PM at father’s funeral
May 4, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — While offering his own thanks for the contributions the late Wellesley Bolt, father of sprint sensation Usain Bolt, would have mad...
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WATCH: Funeral for Wellesley Bolt, father of Usain Bolt, now underway
May 4, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mourners gathered on Sunday at the Falmouth Seventh Day Adventist Church for the thanksgiving service honouring the life of Welles...
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Francis’s funeral to be grand farewell to ‘pope of the poor’
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Francis’s funeral to be grand farewell to ‘pope of the poor’
April 25, 2025
Vatican City, Holy See (AFP)—Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honoured Saturday with a funeral...
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Huge crowds pack Vatican ahead of Pope’s funeral
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Huge crowds pack Vatican ahead of Pope’s funeral
April 25, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of people flocked to the Vatican Friday for a last glimpse of Pope Francis's open coffin, as world l...
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Vatican, Rome in lockdown mode for Francis’s funeral
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Vatican, Rome in lockdown mode for Francis’s funeral
April 23, 2025
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP)— With royals, presidents and hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful heading to Rome following Pope Francis's death, I...
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The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis’s funeral
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The world leaders set to attend Pope Francis’s funeral
April 22, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Numerous world leaders have announced they will travel to Rome for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, which is expected to draw...
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Balla G disappointed he will miss mom Phyliss Mitchell’s funeral
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Balla G disappointed he will miss mom Phyliss Mitchell’s funeral
March 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaca - Dancehall producer-turned-artiste Steve 'Balla G' Mitchell is devastated that he will miss the funeral service for his mother, form...
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Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral
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Jimmy Carter briefly unites US as presidents attend funeral
January 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Jimmy Carter brought a fleeting moment of national unity to a divided America Thursday as all five living US presid...
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Funeral underway for Robert Russell
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Funeral underway for Robert Russell
January 8, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica— Business and political leaders have gathered at the Montego Bay Convention Centre for the funeral of Robert “Ducksie” Russell. Russ...
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39 bell tolls begin final national sendoff for Jimmy Carter
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39 bell tolls begin final national sendoff for Jimmy Carter
January 4, 2025
PLAINS, United States (AFP)— Mourners began paying their respects to Jimmy Carter on Saturday, as a carefully choreographed six-day farewell for Ameri...
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PHOTOS: Memorial service for Kingsley Cooper underway
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PHOTOS: Memorial service for Kingsley Cooper underway
July 15, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- A memorial service for late Pulse Investments boss Kingsley Cooper is now underway at the University Chapel on The University of ...
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Funeral for athletics analyst Hubert Lawrence underway
May 4, 2024
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – The funeral service for internationally recognised track and field analyst Hubert Lawrence is now underway at the St Jago Cath...
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‘A terrible tragedy’
Highway crash leaves 5 dead, 15 injured
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November 27, 2025
‘A terrible tragedy’
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
November 27, 2025
DBJ offers $10-b lifeline for Melissa-hit businesses
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Party with a purpose
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Party with a purpose
Romeich Major’s Build Back Jamaica Street Dance gets heavy support
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Party with a purpose
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Rapid home solution
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Rapid home solution
NHT outlines plan to deliver modular solutions sooner
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
November 27, 2025
Rapid home solution
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COLEY COMMITS
Football, ...
COLEY COMMITS
Former national assistant coach returns to national programme
Andre Lowe | Sports Content Manager 
November 27, 2025
Coley returns to national programme
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