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MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)—US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis,...
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St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s airlift from the United Kingdom (UK) is set to expand next summer, with British Airways adding a fourth weekly flight be...
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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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August 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of the Kingston Eastern Division. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Friday, August 15 a...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A woman and her co-accused, charged with fleecing a man of $8.9 million in a bogus property deal, avoided prison time on Tuesday a...
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August 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Kingston man accused of possessing and dealing in cocaine was remanded in custody on Tuesday when he appeared in the Kingston an...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Kingston carpenter has been slapped with multiple charges in connection with the shooting death of a man earlier this month. For...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Executive Director of the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), Audley Gordon, is refuting reports that the Riverton ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lester Coke, the nephew of incarcerated Tivoli Gardens don Christopher “Dudus” Coke, was killed in a crash on Friday. Reports are ...
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July 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A man was shot dead by police after allegedly fatally stabbing his female cousin on Sunday in Rae Town, Kingston. The dead man has...
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MBJ Airports Shane Munroe has revealed that domestic flights between Montego Bay and Kingston are...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Firefighters are now working to contain a burning Fesco gas truck along Spanish Town Road in Kingston in the vicinity of the River...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 26-year-old man was remanded in custody when he appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court, accused of illegally us...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chinese-owned Whole-Hearted Car Service will be allowed to reopen with conditions including that employees be enrolled in the HEAR...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Transport Minister Daryl Vaz has confirmed reports that there was a bomb threat at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Nine .38 cartridges were seized by the St Andrew South police on Fitzgerald Avenue, Kingston 13, on Wednesday. Reports from the Hun...
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June 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who is accused of waylaying and robbing another man, while threatening to take him before a “don” on payday in April, was re...
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May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 60-year-old vendor was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 with one or two sureties when she appeared in the Kingston and St And...
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May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Kingston man accused of fleecing a businesswoman of more than $3 million was remanded in custody when he appeared in the Kingsto...
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May 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former pump attendant pleaded guilty to stealing over $243,000 from a customer’s debit card when she appeared in the Kingston an...
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May 24, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Nineteen people are homeless after a fire ravaged several dwellings in a tenement yard on Barbican Road in St Andrew on Saturday....
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May 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver who was arrested and charged in April in connection with the theft of fuel from the ...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Representatives at Tarrant Primary Schools say student and teacher safety has increased exponentially following a de-bushing proje...
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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January 12, 2026
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