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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
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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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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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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
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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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PARIS, France (AFP) — From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in unchar...
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US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit
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May 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States (US) infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalis...
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SRC empowers over 300 Jamaicans through science-based skills training
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SRC empowers over 300 Jamaicans through science-based skills training
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May 15, 2025
More than 300 Jamaicans including youths, senior citizens, and inmates have benefited from hands-on training in food preservation, soap-making, and co...
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UK approves ‘landmark’ breast cancer drug
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A new drug that helps slow the spread of an incurable type of breast cancer has been approved for use in Britain's stat...
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Ammens booth provides unique science experience for patrons at Expo Jamaica
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April 9, 2025
KINGSTON Jamaica — Massy Distribution says the Ammens booth at the recently held Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association (JMEA) Expo was a res...
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PARIS, France (AFP) — The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground roughly 70 kilometres from a remote Antarctic island, potentially sparin...
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Extremely rare baby mammoth found in Siberia
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Dinosaur skeleton fetches US$6.4m in Paris sale
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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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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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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