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January 5, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship (LCF) is expressing grave concern at reports of fatal shootings by members of the security force...
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January 4, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Marlon Morgan has urged members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to remain focused, professional and mot...
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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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October 19, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica – An alleged gangster was shot dead during a police operation in Red Hills, St Andrew on Saturday morning. The deceased has been id...
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BY AKERA DAVIS Observer writer 
August 13, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — An inmate who escaped from the Ocho Rios Police Station was subsequently shot and killed after allegedly attacking a lawman. The inc...
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June 20, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Independent Commission of Investigations (Indecom) says it is investigating four separate fatal shootings by police on Thu...
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June 4, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation on Lucky Street, Knockpatrick in Manchester on Wednesday. R...
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May 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The lawmen involved in an early morning killing that sparked fiery protests in Grants Pen, St Andrew on Wednesday acted in accorda...
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May 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Irate residents of Grants Pen in St Andrew mounted a fiery protest in the community on Wednesday morning, blocking several roads ...
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May 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man was shot dead by police, and a firearm seized in Salisbury Plain district in St Andrew this morning. It was the third police...
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April 15, 2025
ST Elizabeth, Jamaica — One man was shot and killed during a police confrontation in St Elizabeth on Tuesday. Police say about 5:15 am, a team carried...
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April 13, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) – A team from the Regional Security System (RSS) has arrived in Guyana to assist local authorities in the investigations int...
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April 7, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Three men are dead following a police operation in Grange Hill, Westmoreland on Monday. Two weapons — a Taurus G pistol and a ...
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April 3, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica – Irate residents of Wait-a-Bit and surrounding areas, staged a protest on Thursday morning, blocking sections of the roadway follow...
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March 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— One man was killed and two arrested during an alleged shootout with police as lawmen confronted reported car thieves on Tuesday. Of...
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March 23, 2025
A man said to be a gang member was shot dead by police, and a submachine gun seized during an incident at Bolivar View in New Haven, St Andrew, on Sat...
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March 19, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica— Two men believed to be involved in the robbery of a supermarket in Montego Bay, St James Tuesday night, in which two cops where sho...
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March 15, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The police shot and killed an unidentified man during what they say is an armed confrontation on Galloway Road, Kingston 13 on Fr...
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February 26, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man was fatally shot by the police during an alleged confrontation in Mollison district, Christiana, Manchester on Wednesday. ...
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February 23, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica - A curfew has been imposed in Iterboreale, St Mary as tensions rise between residents and police following the killing of 28-year-ol...
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February 22, 2025
ST MARY , Jamaica - Residents are crying foul after a man was killed by the police during a candlelight ceremony of late reggae artiste Determine at h...
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February 22, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent and the Grenadines, — The Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations (CFPWA) has thrown its full support behind head of...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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January 12, 2026
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