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Little girl, big heart
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Little girl, big heart
6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
Mark Dennis 
December 29 12:30 AM
Little girl, big heart
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:28 AM
Inside the criminal mind
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
December 29 12:26 AM
‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:26 AM
Itch Scratch
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
December 29 12:24 AM
JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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Skeng delivers Christmas Eve scorcher at UBT&R’s Livewire
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Skeng delivers Christmas Eve scorcher at UBT&R’s Livewire
Shereita Grizzle Online Coordinator grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:24 AM
Skeng delivers Christmas Eve
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
December 29 12:22 AM
Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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‘WE’RE GETTING THERE’
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‘WE’RE GETTING THERE’
Midfielder Magee believes Reggae Boyz’s style of play a work-in-progress
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:22 AM
Midfielder Magee believes Reggae Boyz’s style of play a work in progress
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General Elections: Voter turnout trending lower at 11am
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General Elections: Voter turnout trending lower at 11am
September 3, 2025
Jamaicans are showing early signs of lower participation in Wednesday’s General Election, with 14.8 per cent of voters casting ballots by 11:00 am, ac...
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Long line of voters at Negril community centre
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Long line of voters at Negril community centre
September 3, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Voters at the Negril Community Centre in Negril which is a polling division in the Westmoreland Western Constituency are compl...
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97 per cent of polling stations had everything required – CAFFE
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97 per cent of polling stations had everything required – CAFFE
September 3, 2025
Citizens Action for Free and Fair Election (CAFFE) says it has deployed 32 roving observers and 470 indoor observers for Wednesday's General Election....
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Slight hiccup at voting centre in St James Central
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Slight hiccup at voting centre in St James Central
September 3, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — An earlier hiccup at a polling centre inside St James Central appears to have been resolved, according to police called to the sce...
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PNP’s Donovan Mitchell confident he will get higher office
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PNP’s Donovan Mitchell confident he will get higher office
September 3, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for Manchester Central Donovan Mitchell says support from the party’s stronghold, Bellef...
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Patmore wasting his time in Trelawny Southern, says Falmouth mayor
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Patmore wasting his time in Trelawny Southern, says Falmouth mayor
September 3, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Voting has gathered momentum at polling stations across Trelawny Southern, where incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Pa...
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More challenges with EVIS as voting continues
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More challenges with EVIS as voting continues
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Incumbent Member of Parliament for Kingston Central, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Donovan Williams, is reporting problems with...
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WATCH: JLP candidate in Hanover Western says earlier voter intimidation issue resolved
September 3, 2025
HANOVER, Jamaica — Except for allegations of a brief incident of voter intimidation earlier in the day, voting is going fairly smoothly in Hanover Wes...
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WATCH: ‘I don’t feel pressured,’ says JLP’s Rhoda Crawford
September 3, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — An optimistic Rhoda Moy Crawford has predicted that there will be major upsets in Manchester Central even as she reiterated that...
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Voting day hiccups in Clarendon South Western
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Voting day hiccups in Clarendon South Western
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 3, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Voting at Scotts Pass Primary and Infant School in Clarendon South Western was not without hiccups, as an elderly man who turned ...
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WATCH: Holness bats for ‘brilliant’, ‘humble’ Fayval Williams
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WATCH: Holness bats for ‘brilliant’, ‘humble’ Fayval Williams
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Labour Party leader Dr Andrew Holness says St Andrew Eastern candidate Fayval Williams has been a very good minister of fi...
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Voters out early in Westmoreland Central
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Voters out early in Westmoreland Central
September 3, 2025
SAVANNA LA MAR, Westmoreland — Voters started queuing at polling stations as early as 6:50 am in Westmoreland Central which is being contested by Kath...
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93-y-o voter leaving it to God
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93-y-o voter leaving it to God
September 3, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Ninety-three-year-old Maud Brady, who says she has always exercised her franchise, is leaving it to God to decide who wins the...
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EVIS ‘glitches’ frustrate some early voters
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EVIS ‘glitches’ frustrate some early voters
September 3, 2025
Representatives of the People’s National Party (PNP) are voicing concerns that their voters are facing difficulties casting their ballots at Balcombe ...
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WATCH: Slow voting frustrates in St Andrew Eastern
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WATCH: Slow voting frustrates in St Andrew Eastern
Jerome Williams, Observer staff reporter 
September 3, 2025
Patricia Duncan Sutherland, People’s National Party candidate for St Andrew Eastern, expressed concern about the slow pace of voting in the constituen...
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No ID, but voting smooth for Bartlett
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No ID, but voting smooth for Bartlett
September 3, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Even though he did not have his voter’s ID, Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) incumbent candidate for St James East Central, Edmund Bartl...
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WATCH: ‘I do not listen to Don Anderson’s polls’ – Holness
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WATCH: ‘I do not listen to Don Anderson’s polls’ – Holness
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Dr Andrew Holness is not fazed by polls showing his party is trailing the People’s National Part...
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Steady voter traffic in St Andrew East Central
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Steady voter traffic in St Andrew East Central
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Voting has been steady throughout the morning in the St Andrew East Central constituency that is being contested by the People’s N...
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Electors push through physical challenges to vote
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Electors push through physical challenges to vote
September 3, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Physical challenges were no bother for 55-year-old Karen and 59-year-old Lesroy Coke, who turned out to vote at Holy Family Primar...
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Smooth voting process in St Catherine East Central
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Smooth voting process in St Catherine East Central
September 3, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — All has been well security-wise since voting opened at Christian Gardens Infant School, Portmore early Wednesday morning. That...
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James Robertson claims outsiders ‘infiltrating’ St Thomas
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James Robertson claims outsiders ‘infiltrating’ St Thomas
September 3, 2025
ST THOMAS, Jamaica — Despite claims that people from outside St Thomas have made their way to the parish and are upsetting residents, Jamaica Labour P...
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WATCH: Bunting anticipating high voter turnout, says JLP in trouble
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WATCH: Bunting anticipating high voter turnout, says JLP in trouble
September 3, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for Manchester Southern Peter Bunting says his anticipation of a high voter turnout sugg...
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Little girl, big heart
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Little girl, big heart
6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
Mark Dennis 
December 29, 2025
Little girl, big heart
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
Inside the criminal mind
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
December 29, 2025
‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
Itch Scratch
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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