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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
January 25 10:43 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica along with members of the Ghana Army Engineer Reconstruc...
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
January 25 10:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 22-year-old bus conductor has been charged by police after allegedly injuring another man with a screwdriver. Charged with wound...
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
January 25 10:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some travellers will experience flight disruptions at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston as a result of th...
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
January 25 09:41 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Over 600,000 customers in the United States (US) were without power early Sunday as a massive winter storm surged fr...
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
January 25 07:37 AM
Jamaica’s Shaquena Foote ran a fast 51.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 400m on Saturday’s second day of the Dr Martin Luther King Jnr Invita...
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Is fat on the way to becoming extinct?
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Is fat on the way to becoming extinct?
GLP-1 medications for weight loss soaring
Dr Chris Tufton 
January 25 07:22 AM
Over the past few weeks, my algorithm, like many others, has been filled with clips of Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams speaking openly about GLP-1 m...
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Fraud bombshell
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‘Missing’ medical doctor, two others charged
January 25 12:20 AM
Fraud
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Touts multiply
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Touts multiply
Bath Fountain Hotel’s 2021-22 annual report warned that informal guides could destroy its positive image
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 25 12:18 AM
Touts multiply
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
December 14, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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$5.7 million in ganja seized in St Thomas, two in custody
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$5.7 million in ganja seized in St Thomas, two in custody
September 23, 2025
ST THOMAS, Jamaica — Two men have been arrested in connection with the seizure of more than 1,900 pounds of ganja valued at $5.7 million during an ope...
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Three arrested, 1,800 pounds of ganja seized in Kingston
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Three arrested, 1,800 pounds of ganja seized in Kingston
August 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Three men have been arrested in connection with the seizure of over 1,800 pounds of ganja on Spanish Town Road in Kingston on Frid...
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Three charged in $9 million ganja seizure
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Three charged in $9 million ganja seizure
July 22, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — Three men have been arrested and charged following the seizure of more than 3,000 pounds of ganja in Toms River at the border of St...
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Over 4,000 pounds of ganja seized in St Thomas, one man in custody
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Over 4,000 pounds of ganja seized in St Thomas, one man in custody
June 16, 2025
ST THOMAS, Jamaica—A man believed to be a Bahamian national was taken into custody following the seizure of 4,000 pounds of ganja valued at more than ...
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Major marijuana bust in Trinidad
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Major marijuana bust in Trinidad
April 4, 2025
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)— The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Friday said that it had seized more than TT$136 million worth of marijuan...
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Two Nicaraguans, a Jamaican arrested after seizure of 1,400 pounds of ganja in Westmoreland
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Two Nicaraguans, a Jamaican arrested after seizure of 1,400 pounds of ganja in Westmoreland
April 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Two Nicaraguans and a Jamaican have been arrested after they were found with over 1,400 pounds of ganja and a fishing vessel off th...
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District constable granted bail after being caught with ganja at Horizon Remand Centre
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District constable granted bail after being caught with ganja at Horizon Remand Centre
March 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A district constable, who was reportedly caught with ganja at the Horizon Adult Remand Centre on Spanish Town Road, was granted ba...
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Two arrested in St Elizabeth after ganja find
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Two arrested in St Elizabeth after ganja find
February 2, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Two St Elizabeth men have been arrested after being held with 60 pounds of ganja over the weekend. Charged with possession of ...
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Five arrested in 1,800-pound ganja bust
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Five arrested in 1,800-pound ganja bust
December 22, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Five men were arrested following a drug bust at South Bowden Wharf in Port Morant, St Thomas, on Thursday. The Jamaica Constabular...
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900 pounds of ganja; cash, seized in St Andrew
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900 pounds of ganja; cash, seized in St Andrew
December 2, 2024
ST ANDREW, Jamaica - Investigators attached to the St Andrew South Police Division seized approximately 902 pounds of vegetable matter resembling ganj...
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Man in custody following ammo, ganja seizure in St Elizabeth
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Man in custody following ammo, ganja seizure in St Elizabeth
August 12, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica— Police are reporting the seizure of a quantity of ammunition and marijuana during an operation on Friday. A police source said ...
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
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Ghanaian minister, reconstruction team arrive in Jamaica
January 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Samuel Ablakwa, has arrived in Jamaica along with members of the Ghana Army Engineer Reconstruc...
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
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Bus conductor charged after allegedly stabbing man with screwdriver
January 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 22-year-old bus conductor has been charged by police after allegedly injuring another man with a screwdriver. Charged with wound...
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
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Winter storm disrupts flights at NMIA
January 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Some travellers will experience flight disruptions at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston as a result of th...
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
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Over 600,000 US customers lose power amid winter storm — tracking site
January 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Over 600,000 customers in the United States (US) were without power early Sunday as a massive winter storm surged fr...
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
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Shaquena Foote second in 400m at New Mexico meet
January 25, 2026
Jamaica’s Shaquena Foote ran a fast 51.54 seconds to place second in the women’s 400m on Saturday’s second day of the Dr Martin Luther King Jnr Invita...
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