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Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship express ‘grave concern’ about police killings
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Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship express ‘grave concern’ about police killings
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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Morgan urges police to stay focused amid ‘campaign’ to undermine 2025 murder reduction gains
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Morgan urges police to stay focused amid ‘campaign’ to undermine 2025 murder reduction gains
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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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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Alleged gangster ‘Bingie’ shot dead in Red Hills police operation
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Alleged gangster ‘Bingie’ shot dead in Red Hills police operation
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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Escapee shot and killed by police in St Ann
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Escapee shot and killed by police in St Ann
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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Indecom investigating five deaths in four police shootings on June 19
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Indecom investigating five deaths in four police shootings on June 19
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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Man fatally shot by police in Manchester, residents angry
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Man fatally shot by police in Manchester, residents angry
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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UPDATE: Police say lawmen acted professionally in Grants Pen killing, road now clear
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UPDATE: Police say lawmen acted professionally in Grants Pen killing, road now clear
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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WATCH: Fiery protest in Grants Pen after man killed by police
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WATCH: Fiery protest in Grants Pen after man killed by police
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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Another man killed in police operation in St Andrew
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Another man killed in police operation in St Andrew
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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‘Cookie’ fatally shot by police in St Elizabeth
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‘Cookie’ fatally shot by police in St Elizabeth
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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Regional Security System assisting in probe into fatal Guyana police shootings
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Regional Security System assisting in probe into fatal Guyana police shootings
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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Three men killed during Westmoreland police operation
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Three men killed during Westmoreland police operation
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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Residents block Wait-a- Bit roadway in protest over fatal police shooting
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Residents block Wait-a- Bit roadway in protest over fatal police shooting
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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Suspected carjacker killed by police in shootout
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Suspected carjacker killed by police in shootout
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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Cops kill alleged gang member, seize submachine gun
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Cops kill alleged gang member, seize submachine gun
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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Alleged robbers killed in St James
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Alleged robbers killed in St James
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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Man shot dead during armed confrontation with police in Kingston 13
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Man shot dead during armed confrontation with police in Kingston 13
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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Manchester man fatally shot during police operation
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Manchester man fatally shot during police operation
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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48-hour curfew in Iterboreale as tensions rise following police killing
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48-hour curfew in Iterboreale as tensions rise following police killing
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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Residents call for Indecom after police killing at Determine candlelight vigil
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Residents call for Indecom after police killing at Determine candlelight vigil
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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Regional body backs Jamaica’s top cop amid concerns over police killings
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Regional body backs Jamaica’s top cop amid concerns over police killings
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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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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