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Legal light at last!
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Legal light at last!
JPS programme puts end to stolen electricity in Riverton Meadows
Jason Cross | Reporter 
December 19 12:20 AM
Legal light at last!
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On the right PATH
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On the right PATH
Full payment for beneficiaries, with top-up from UNICEF before Christmas
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 19 12:18 AM
On the right PATH
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Daybreak’s @10
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Daybreak’s @10
Decade-marking, brunch-chic edition to supporting hurricane relief
Kevin Jackson 
December 19 12:16 AM
Daybreak’s @10
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
Bonuses feel the squeeze as posthurricane economic strain hits firms
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19 12:14 AM
Bonus payouts narrow in post-Melissa economy
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Nunes eyes 2026 redemption after missing out on trainers’ title
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Nunes eyes 2026 redemption after missing out on trainers’ title
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
December 19 12:12 AM
Nunes eyes 2026 redemption after missing out on trainers’ title
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TITANS COLLIDE!
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TITANS COLLIDE!
JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
December 19 12:12 AM
JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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Taking Christmas to the West
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Taking Christmas to the West
Cancelled Gov’t parties funding Xmas cheer in worst hurricane-hit areas
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19 12:11 AM
Taking Christmas to the West
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‘Warrior Chief’ reigns
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‘Warrior Chief’ reigns
Nelson edges Roman in photo finish Ahwhofah Trophy victory
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
December 19 12:11 AM
‘Warrior Chief’ reigns
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Mario Deane Trial

Cops in Mario Deane case escape prison time
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Cops in Mario Deane case escape prison time
July 1, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica—The three cops who were found guilty for the incident in which 31-year-old construction worker Mario Deane was fatally beaten wh...
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One of two defence lawyers completes summation in Mario Deane case
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One of two defence lawyers completes summation in Mario Deane case
May 19, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — One of two defence lawyers in the trial of the three cops charged in the 2014 fatal beating of Mario Deane while in police cus...
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to juror being ill
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to juror being ill
May 14, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The trial of the three cops charged in the incident in which construction worker Mario Deane was fatally beaten while in polic...
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Judge rules against admissibility of JCF policy document in Mario Deane case
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Judge rules against admissibility of JCF policy document in Mario Deane case
May 12, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The presiding judge in the trial of the three cops charged with the incident in which Mario Deane was fatally beaten while in ...
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Defence for cops charged in Mario Deane beating death rests case
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Defence for cops charged in Mario Deane beating death rests case
May 9, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica —The defence for three cops charged in the fatal beating of Mario Deane while in police custody has rested their case. The devel...
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Prosecution ends its case in Mario Deane trial
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Prosecution ends its case in Mario Deane trial
May 7, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Crown has ended its case in the trial of the three cops charged with the incident in which Mario Deane was fatally beaten ...
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DNA confirms Mario Deane’s blood in cell block and on cellmate’s clothing
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DNA confirms Mario Deane’s blood in cell block and on cellmate’s clothing
May 1, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — DNA results from tests conducted and analysed from blood samples taken from Mario Deane have pointed to Deane as the source of...
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Forensic scientist testifies about items received for analysis in Mario Deane case
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Forensic scientist testifies about items received for analysis in Mario Deane case
April 28, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A forensic scientist assigned to the Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine gave testimony in the Mario Deane case a...
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to lack of witnesses
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Mario Deane case adjourned due to lack of witnesses
April 25, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Mario Deane case, which is being heard in the Westmoreland Circuit Court, was adjourned early on Friday due to the Crown's...
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Mario Deane Trial: Witness identifies Deane from photo
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Mario Deane Trial: Witness identifies Deane from photo
April 16, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody in 2014 at the time of the deadly beating allegedly meted out to Mario Deane has identified Deane as ...
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Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating
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Witness who was on Mario Deane’s cell block in 2014 recounts beating
April 15, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death gave a chilling account of hearing Deane being beaten by inmates i...
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Man in custody during Mario Deane beating points out cops on trial as police who monitored cell block
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Man in custody during Mario Deane beating points out cops on trial as police who monitored cell block
April 14, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man who was in custody at the time of Mario Deane's death in 2014 pointed out the three cops charged with Dean's death as po...
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Trial of cops in Mario Deane case stood down
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Trial of cops in Mario Deane case stood down
April 9, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The case involving the three cops charged in connection with the 2014 death of Mario Deane while in police custody has been st...
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Mario Deane Trial:  Cop says he began to write up bail but crossed it out
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Mario Deane Trial: Cop says he began to write up bail but crossed it out
March 18, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A cop who was stationed at Barnett Street Police Station when Mario Deane was fatally beaten in the lockup testified, under cr...
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‘We have to finish a witness this week’, says judge in Mario Deane case
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‘We have to finish a witness this week’, says judge in Mario Deane case
March 13, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Supreme Court Judge Justice Courtney Daye, who is currently presiding over the case involving the three cops charged in connec...
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Trial of cops in Mario Deane case moves on, ill witness placed on sick leave
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Trial of cops in Mario Deane case moves on, ill witness placed on sick leave
March 12, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The prosecution in the Mario Deane case had to proceed without its second witness, who remains ill and has been placed on sick...
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Unwell witness forces adjournment of trial of three cops in Mario Deane case
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Unwell witness forces adjournment of trial of three cops in Mario Deane case
March 10, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The case against the three cops on trial for the beating death of Mario Deane in 2014 was adjourned early Monday due to the cr...
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On the right PATH
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Full payment for beneficiaries, with top-up from UNICEF before Christmas
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December 19, 2025
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Daybreak’s @10
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December 19, 2025
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
Bonuses feel the squeeze as posthurricane economic strain hits firms
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2025
Bonus payouts narrow in post-Melissa economy
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TITANS COLLIDE!
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TITANS COLLIDE!
JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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JC, XLCR mega clash in Manning Cup grand finale
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