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STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2 07:00 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
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Belize announces resumption of shipments of goods to the United States
January 2 04:25 PM
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC)—The Belize Postal Service (BPS) on Friday announced the resumption of all outbound shipments to the United States, effective Ja...
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
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WATCH: Capleton, Jamal, Macka, Jah Bouks and others ignite Angola Festival
January 2 03:45 PM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – The 'Fireman' Capleton and ‘Dunce Man’ Jamal electrified fans at Old Pera in St Thomas to ring in the new year at the annual Ango...
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Curfew imposed in sections of St Mary to continue
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Curfew imposed in sections of St Mary to continue
May 9, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica — A curfew that has been in effect in sections of St Mary has been extended. The curfew began at 6:00 pm, Friday and will remain in e...
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Ex-US police officers acquitted in beating death of Black motorist
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Ex-US police officers acquitted in beating death of Black motorist
May 7, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— Three former Memphis police officers were found not guilty of all charges Wednesday in the beating death of a Black m...
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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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Kingston man accused of attempting robbery near St Mary supermarket
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Kingston man accused of attempting robbery near St Mary supermarket
May 3, 2025
ST MARY, Jamaica - A 27 y-o Kingston man was held on Friday by citizens and the police after he attempted a brazen robbery near the Giant supermarket ...
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Trelawny police theorise Tuesday night’s shooting of three men at bar was revenge for murder of ‘Stone’
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Trelawny police theorise Tuesday night’s shooting of three men at bar was revenge for murder of ‘Stone’
April 30, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police believe that the shooting of three men at a bar in Martha Brae on Tuesday night was a reprisal attack for the ...
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Holness says investment in national security continues to yield positive results
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Holness says investment in national security continues to yield positive results
April 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says the Government’s strategic investment in national security continues to yield positive result...
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Holness wears blue, pledges support for police amid JFJ protest
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Holness wears blue, pledges support for police amid JFJ protest
April 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Prime Minister Andrew Holness wore blue to support police on Tuesday as the Jamaica Constabulary Force staged its counter protest a...
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Cops charge man after gun attack at Kingston home
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Cops charge man after gun attack at Kingston home
April 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The police have charged a man in connection with a gun attack at a home on Raphael Road in Kingston 13 last month. The accused, 31-y...
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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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PNP condemns ‘excessive force’ used on 15-y-o boy by police
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PNP condemns ‘excessive force’ used on 15-y-o boy by police
April 24, 2025
The Opposition People’s National Party is expressing concern by what it describes as “aggression and excessive force” used against a 15-year-old male ...
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Mario Deane’s mom to take the stand Friday
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Mario Deane’s mom to take the stand Friday
April 23, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Mercia Fraser, the mother of Mario Deane, the construction worker who was fatally beaten while in police custody, is expected ...
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Police seize submachine gun in St Elizabeth morass
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Police seize submachine gun in St Elizabeth morass
April 23, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police in St Elizabeth are reporting that a submachine gun was seized on Wednesday morning during an operation in a morass in ...
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‘Painter’ turns himself in, slapped with murder charge
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‘Painter’ turns himself in, slapped with murder charge
April 17, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A 63-year-old painter has been charged with murder after turning himself in to police. Leon McKenzie, otherwise called “Painte...
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
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Police kill second member of 7s gang in two days
April 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have killed another member of the 7s gang in Red Hills, St Andrew. The deceased, identified as 24-year-old Kirk Holton,...
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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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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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Fitz Bailey appointed TCI police commissioner
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Fitz Bailey appointed TCI police commissioner
April 12, 2025
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos - Former Jamaica Constabulary Force top cop Fitz Bailey has been appointed commissioner of the Royal Turks and Caicos...
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Police seize over 1,000 rounds of ammunition in St Mary, no arrest made
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Police seize over 1,000 rounds of ammunition in St Mary, no arrest made
April 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Over 1,000 rounds of ammunition was found in an abandoned building in Devon Pen, St Mary during a police operation in the communit...
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JFJ concerned about increased use of masks in JCF, JDF operations
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JFJ concerned about increased use of masks in JCF, JDF operations
April 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is expressing concern over reports that police and soldiers have been observed wearing face masks and ...
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Police probing death of infant
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Police probing death of infant
April 2, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — The St Ann police are investigating the death of an infant. Observer Online  understands that the one-year-old girl was found unresp...
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Liguanea kidnapping rumours are false — police
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Liguanea kidnapping rumours are false — police
March 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have confirmed that messages circulating on social media detailing an alleged case of kidnapping in Liguanea, St Andrew...
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Trinidad police detain two, seize fake US currency
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Trinidad police detain two, seize fake US currency
March 26, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police in Trinidad on Wednesday said they had detained two suspects, including a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Def...
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
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