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Boys Club can cut into lead in St James Sandals Major League
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Boys Club can cut into lead in St James Sandals Major League
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 14 12:07 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Montego Bay Boys Club can cut the lead in Zone B of the St James Football Association/Sandals International Resorts Major League t...
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Producer Mario C bats for new reggae band Mesh Marina
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Producer Mario C bats for new reggae band Mesh Marina
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
March 14 11:41 AM
Prolific hit-making producer DJ Mario C, best known for producing hits like Tease Har by Anthony B, Breast Specialist by Vybz Kartel, Back it Up by Be...
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Trump urges world powers to secure Iran shipping lane
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Trump urges world powers to secure Iran shipping lane
March 14 11:24 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the w...
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On 83rd birthday anniversary, Jack Ruby remembered for contribution to reggae, community
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On 83rd birthday anniversary, Jack Ruby remembered for contribution to reggae, community
Julian Richardson 
March 14 11:22 AM
A visionary producer and sound system operator, Jack Ruby died nearly four decades ago but his influence on Jamaican music and culture remains profoun...
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Protesters ransack a Cuban communist party office
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Protesters ransack a Cuban communist party office
March 14 10:27 AM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—A small group of protesters angry over Cuba's persistent blackouts and food shortages vandalised a provincial office of the Cuban C...
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Democratic senators introduce war powers resolution to restrain Trump on Cuba
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Democratic senators introduce war powers resolution to restrain Trump on Cuba
March 14 09:57 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC)–Three United States senators on Friday introduced a war powers resolution in their bid to restrain US President Donald...
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Macron urges Israel to hold ‘direct talks’ with Lebanon
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Macron urges Israel to hold ‘direct talks’ with Lebanon
March 14 09:16 AM
PARIS, France (AFP)—French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said Lebanon was ready to engage in "direct talks" with Israel and offered to host ne...
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Israel presses strikes as Lebanon says 26 paramedics killed since war began
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Israel presses strikes as Lebanon says 26 paramedics killed since war began
March 14 09:10 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP)—Israel kept up strikes on Lebanon on Saturday as Beirut said 26 paramedics had been killed since the latest war erupted between ...
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20 years for Silvera
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20 years for Silvera
March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera has been sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in prison fo...
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Champagnie appeals for leniency in Silvera’s sentencing
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Champagnie appeals for leniency in Silvera’s sentencing
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defence attorney Peter Champagnie on Friday sought leniency for his client Jolyan Silvera during the former Member of Parliament’s...
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Silvera’s manslaughter plea accepted amid lack of evidence on shooting circumstances — ODPP
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Silvera’s manslaughter plea accepted amid lack of evidence on shooting circumstances — ODPP
…Prosecution outlines facts in Silvera case
February 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) says it had no evidence capable of establishing what occurred inside the ...
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Chief Justice Bryan Sykes accepts Jolyan Silvera’s guilty plea
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Chief Justice Bryan Sykes accepts Jolyan Silvera’s guilty plea
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 5, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Observer Online understands that Chief Justice Bryan Sykes has accepted Jolyan Silvera's guilty plea for manslaughter and using a ...
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Silvera seen smiling as prosecutors mull manslaughter plea
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Silvera seen smiling as prosecutors mull manslaughter plea
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2026
Former Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera was seen smiling Tuesday morning as he was being taken from a courtroom to a holding cell at the Supreme Co...
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Jolyan Silvera pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife’s death
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Jolyan Silvera pleads guilty to manslaughter in wife’s death
February 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2023 shooting d...
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UK aristocrat found guilty over baby daughter’s death
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UK aristocrat found guilty over baby daughter’s death
July 14, 2025
London, United Kingdom (AFP)-A jury on Monday found a British woman from an aristocratic family and her convicted rapist partner guilty of manslaughte...
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Court to hear application for acceptance of certain images in Mario Deane case
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Court to hear application for acceptance of certain images in Mario Deane case
May 6, 2025
WESTMORELAND, St James — A former senior investigator from the Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) is expected to continue with her tes...
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South African man charged with manslaughter
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November 30, 2024
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged a South African man with manslaughter following a bo...
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Trial for police charged with Mario Deane’s death postponed again
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Trial for police charged with Mario Deane’s death postponed again
November 11, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The trial for the three police personnel charged in connection with the beating death of St James resident Mario Deane in 2014 has...
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Boys Club can cut into lead in St James Sandals Major League
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Boys Club can cut into lead in St James Sandals Major League
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 14, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Montego Bay Boys Club can cut the lead in Zone B of the St James Football Association/Sandals International Resorts Major League t...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Producer Mario C bats for new reggae band Mesh Marina
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Producer Mario C bats for new reggae band Mesh Marina
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
March 14, 2026
Prolific hit-making producer DJ Mario C, best known for producing hits like Tease Har by Anthony B, Breast Specialist by Vybz Kartel, Back it Up by Be...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Trump urges world powers to secure Iran shipping lane
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Trump urges world powers to secure Iran shipping lane
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States (US) President Donald Trump urged other nations to help secure a vital shipping lane choked off by the w...
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On 83rd birthday anniversary, Jack Ruby remembered for contribution to reggae, community
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On 83rd birthday anniversary, Jack Ruby remembered for contribution to reggae, community
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March 14, 2026
A visionary producer and sound system operator, Jack Ruby died nearly four decades ago but his influence on Jamaican music and culture remains profoun...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Protesters ransack a Cuban communist party office
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HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—A small group of protesters angry over Cuba's persistent blackouts and food shortages vandalised a provincial office of the Cuban C...
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