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Nayoka Clunis wins sixth hammer throw national title
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Nayoka Clunis wins sixth hammer throw national title
June 21 02:01 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —   Nayoka Clunis claimed a sixth women’s hammer throw national title Sunday, topping the field at the JAAA National Championships a...
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Leading Cuba dissident denounces ‘violence’ during detention
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Leading Cuba dissident denounces ‘violence’ during detention
June 21 01:58 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — A leading Cuban dissident said Sunday he was detained by security police and roughed up for calling for anti-government protests ...
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Miss Universe Jamaica parish crownings set for Mandeville
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Miss Universe Jamaica parish crownings set for Mandeville
June 21 01:37 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — An evening of elegance, aspiration, and pageantry is set to unfold as the Miss Universe Jamaica (MUJ) Clarendon, Manchester & St...
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Brianna Lyston wins 100m in Holland
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Brianna Lyston wins 100m in Holland
June 21 01:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Brianna Lyston clocked  10.99 seconds (-0.6m/s) to win the women’s 100m at Sunday’s FannyBlankers-Koen (FBK) Games in Hen...
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Yamal scores on injury return as Spain thrash Saudi Arabia
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Yamal scores on injury return as Spain thrash Saudi Arabia
June 21 01:31 PM
ATLANTA, United States (AFP) — Lamine Yamal's return sparked Spain's World Cup into life as the European champions ran riot to beat Saudi Arabia 4-0 i...
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UWI mourns death of Emeritus Professor John Agard
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UWI mourns death of Emeritus Professor John Agard
June 21 12:23 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) –  The University of the West Indies (UWI) has joined the international community in mourning the passing of Emeritus Pr...
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PAHO member states agree on key decisions to strengthen Caribbean health
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PAHO member states agree on key decisions to strengthen Caribbean health
June 21 12:19 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says the 178th Session of its Executive Committee has concluded after fo...
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Dads celebrated at JCF Cadet Academy pre-Father’s Day event
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Dads celebrated at JCF Cadet Academy pre-Father’s Day event
June 21 11:50 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—  A sharp salute, though symbolic in nature, captured a moment of pride, unfiltered gratitude, genuine sincerity, and profound respe...
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Holness promises to move minimum wage to $18,500 in 2026
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Holness promises to move minimum wage to $18,500 in 2026
August 31, 2025
The national minimum wage will be doubled from $16,000 to $32,000 over next several years, if the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) returns to power after We...
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PM Holness reiterates that J’cans will sleep with their windows and doors open
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PM Holness reiterates that J’cans will sleep with their windows and doors open
August 31, 2025
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has vowed one day to fulfill the promise that Jamaicans will sleep with their windows...
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Golding targets undecided and Labourites
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Golding targets undecided and Labourites
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of the People's National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has appealed to the undecided and even members of the Jamaica Labour P...
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‘Every Labourite must vote before 12:59 pm,’ urges Montague while touting ‘1PM’ slogan
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‘Every Labourite must vote before 12:59 pm,’ urges Montague while touting ‘1PM’ slogan
August 31, 2025
Chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Robert Montague, has urged party supporters to vote before 12:59 pm on Wednesday, September 3. "Every Labo...
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‘The best poll is the poll on September 3,’ says Tufton
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‘The best poll is the poll on September 3,’ says Tufton
August 31, 2025
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Campaign Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Tufton has urged party workers and supporters to prepare for Wednesday's General...
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Dawes woos healthcare workers
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Dawes woos healthcare workers
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The People’s National Party’s (PNP) point man on health, Dr Alfred Dawes, has appealed to healthcare workers to put their confiden...
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Peter Phillips says PNP is united
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Peter Phillips says PNP is united
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Former President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Philips, one of the main speakers at the party’s mass rally in Sam...
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Robert Morgan takes jab at Damion Crawford: ‘Spanish Town vanish clown!’
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Robert Morgan takes jab at Damion Crawford: ‘Spanish Town vanish clown!’
August 31, 2025
Robert Morgan, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Clarendon North Central, used the opening of his presentation at the party's mass meeting ...
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Wheatley predicts Crawford, Pryce, and Dawes will be defeated in elections
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Wheatley predicts Crawford, Pryce, and Dawes will be defeated in elections
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy General Secretary, Dr Andrew Wheatley is predicting that several of the governing party's c...
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WATCH: Not just a pretty face
Nekeisha Burchell’s supporter says she will win by 3,000 votes
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Supporters of Nekeisha Burchell, the People's National Party’s (PNP) candidate for St James Southern, want to make it clear that s...
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‘Big Rob’ touts ‘performance after performance’ as MP for St Catherine South Eastern
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‘Big Rob’ touts ‘performance after performance’ as MP for St Catherine South Eastern
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica -- Robert 'Big Rob' Miller, the Jamaica Labour Party's candidate for St Catherine South Eastern, says the constituency has witne...
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WATCH: OAS election observers attend JLP mass rally
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WATCH: OAS election observers attend JLP mass rally
August 31, 2025
Election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS), who are in the island to monitor the September 3 General Election, attended the Jam...
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JLP mass meeting starts with Kukudoo leading off gospel segment
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JLP mass meeting starts with Kukudoo leading off gospel segment
Sugar Ray Thomas, Observer Online writer 
August 31, 2025
ST CATHERINE,Jamaica -- The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) mass meeting has kicked off at Old Harbour Road on Spanish Town, St Catherine, with its gospel ...
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‘No more stool man’
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‘No more stool man’
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — For Janete Mair, the choice is clear for Westmoreland Central’s next Member of Parliament (MP). She’s backing the People's Nationa...
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WATCH: High energy for final JLP mass rally in Spanish Town
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WATCH: High energy for final JLP mass rally in Spanish Town
August 31, 2025
It's almost 30 minutes before the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) kicks off its final mass rally in Spanish Town, St Catherine but already scores of party ...
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
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WATCH: Sam Sharpe Square ready for PNP’s last major rally
August 31, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Last Sunday, it was a sea of green, now Sam Sharpe Square in Montego Bay is orange. In about an hour from now the People's Nationa...
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Bartlett pledges to hammer out parking issues at hotels for ground transportation owners in third JLP term
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Bartlett pledges to hammer out parking issues at hotels for ground transportation owners in third JLP term
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
August 25, 2025
ST JAMES, St James —Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett has pledged that the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government, if returned to office after the Septe...
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Teen eager to vote for first time
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Teen eager to vote for first time
August 24, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica— For 19-year-old Ana-Kay Baker, September 3 can't come quickly enough because that is the day she will vote in an election for the v...
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WATCH: ‘I had to be here!’
August 24, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Rose Parkins, a Jamaican who lives in the United States, is determined to exercise her democratic right to vote on September 3. Or...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica —   Nayoka Clunis claimed a sixth women’s hammer throw national title Sunday, topping the field at the JAAA National Championships a...
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Leading Cuba dissident denounces ‘violence’ during detention
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Miss Universe Jamaica parish crownings set for Mandeville
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Jamaica’s Brianna Lyston clocked  10.99 seconds (-0.6m/s) to win the women’s 100m at Sunday’s FannyBlankers-Koen (FBK) Games in Hen...
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