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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
December 16 10:59 AM
ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16 10:26 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
December 16 10:18 AM
Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
December 16 08:44 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
December 16 08:32 AM
PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
December 16 08:22 AM
TORONTO, Canada — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has expressed profound gratitude for the Canadian diaspora’s extraordinary leadership and genero...
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
December 16 08:07 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Tourism says it will launch the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), which aims to aid tourism w...
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Beating the odds
Public health measures, Jamaicans’ response, blunt post-Melissa disease threat
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16 12:20 AM
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
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Hero who disarmed Bondi beach shooter identified as fruit vendor
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australians are hailing a "hero" whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker during the c...
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
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11 killed in mass shooting on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Towels, bags and baby strollers littered Sydney's Bondi Beach Sunday -- the harrowing aftermath of the country's worst mass ...
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
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Commissioner Blake calls for clarity after murder of four-year-old Shannon Gordon
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake is calling for renewed moral clarity and collective resolve following the murder of four-year-o...
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
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Suspect in central Kingston drive-by killed; victim succumbs to injuries — police
October 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One of the main suspects in last Tuesday’s mass shooting in central Kingston has been shot and killed by the police. He has been i...
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
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Four killed, at least 20 injured in shooting at South Carolina bar
October 12, 2025
Four people were reportedly shot and killed, and at least another 20 were injured during a mass shooting at  Willie's Bar and Grill in South Carolina ...
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Police kill two in operations linked to Commodore mass shooting
October 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two men were fatally shot in St Catherine on Thursday during alleged confrontations with police investigating Sunday’s quintup...
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WATCH: Children, teenagers among 6 shot in central Kingston drive-by
October 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six people, including two nine-year-old children and two teenagers, were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting in central Kingst...
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
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$2-million reward for information on Commodore shooting
October 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The government has announced a two-million-dollar reward for information surrounding Sunday’s fatal shooting in the community of Co...
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
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PNP’s Jackson condemns Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica —Opposition Spokesperson on National Security, Fitz Jackson has condemned the deadly mass shooting in Commodore district of Lins...
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
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4-y-o among five killed by gunmen ‘posing as police’ in Linstead
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A quiet Sunday evening in the community of Commodore in Linstead was shattered by gunfire when armed men, posing as police, at...
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
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Five killed in Linstead mass shooting
October 6, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – Five people are dead following a mass shooting in Linstead, St Catherine late Sunday. It is understood that a child was among ...
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
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One dead, several injured after shooting, fire at US Mormon church
September 28, 2025
GRAND BLANC, United States (AFP) -- One person was killed and several others injured Sunday after a shooter targeted a Mormon church in the US state o...
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
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One year after Cherry Tree Lane killings, police ‘remain committed to justice’
August 8, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica— Police say they remain committed to securing justice for the victims of the Cherry Tree Lane mass shooting and their families as t...
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
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New York shooter apparently targeted NFL over brain injury, says mayor
July 29, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The gunman who killed four people and then committed suicide in a New York (NY) skyscraper was targeting the National ...
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
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Three killed, several others injured in mass shootings in Turks and Caicos
July 28, 2025
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands, (CMC) – Police in Turks and Caicos Islands say Haitian gangs are behind the first known mass shooting in this...
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Honduras boosts security after US warning of ‘mass shooting threat’
May 7, 2025
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP)— Honduran authorities stepped up security Wednesday around a school, the presidential palace and other sites in the capita...
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
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Two dead in Florida university mass shooting – police
April 17, 2025
MIAMI, United States (AFP)— A mass shooting at a university in Florida left two people dead, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday, identi...
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
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Singing Melody ‘heartbroken’ after losing son in St Andrew mass shooting
CLAUDE MILLS, Observer Online writer 
November 4, 2024
When Singing Melody got the call that his son, 34 year-old businessman Kemar Hardweare had been shot and killed in a drive-by shooting, the incident b...
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WATCH: SOE declared in Rockfort a ‘PR exercise’, says Golding
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has described the state of public emergency (SOE) declared in Rockfort,...
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
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SOE declared in east Kingston after mass shooting at Rockfort football game
October 25, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A state of public emergency (SOE) has been declared in Rockfort and its surrounding areas within the Kingston East Division. This ...
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WATCH: Suspect in Rockfort shooting killed by police
October 22, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— At least one person who was allegedly involved in Monday evening’s fatal shooting in Rockfort, Kingston, has been shot and killed b...
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5 killed in Rockfort mass shooting
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5 killed in Rockfort mass shooting
October 21, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Five persons were shot and killed at a football match held in the community of Rockfort in east Kingston on Monday evening. The Co...
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
December 16, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
December 16, 2025
Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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