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Westmoreland burn victim succumbs to injuries
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Westmoreland burn victim succumbs to injuries
March 6 10:58 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Observer Online  understands that Dacia Forrester, the woman who was set ablaze during a confrontation at a gas station in Whitho...
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Townsend Law Firm secures major win for Vybz Kartel in NY Supreme Court
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BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
March 6 10:20 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Townsend Law Firm, based in New York and headed by Kadian Townsend, Esq, secured a major win on Tuesday, March 3 for Vybz Kart...
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JUTC bus catches fire on Lady Musgrave
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JUTC bus catches fire on Lady Musgrave
March 6 09:39 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus caught fire along Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston at about 6:20 am on Friday. Observer O...
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‘Go home and play with your grandchildren’, Dawes tells McKenzie during Standing Finance Committee
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‘Go home and play with your grandchildren’, Dawes tells McKenzie during Standing Finance Committee
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6 09:31 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As the Standing Finance Committee continued its late-night examination of the Estimates of Expenditure ahead of next week’s Budget...
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NWU wins bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves
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NWU wins bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves
March 6 08:51 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Workers’ Union (NWU) says it has recently gained bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves for certain categories of work...
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Two men fatally shot by police in Manchester Highway chase
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Two men fatally shot by police in Manchester Highway chase
March 6 08:30 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are reporting that two men were fatally shot and a firearm seized during an alleged shootout and high speed chase on the ...
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Claims of lawless police killings ‘abominable’, says Chang
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Claims of lawless police killings ‘abominable’, says Chang
…Security minister doubles down in police shooting debate amid JFJ dispute
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6 08:25 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With criticism of police fatal shootings refusing to fade, National Security Minister Dr Horace Chang has renewed his pushback aga...
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Suriname moves into post-IMF monitoring phase ahead of oil boom
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Suriname moves into post-IMF monitoring phase ahead of oil boom
March 6 08:02 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Suriname is entering a post-programme monitoring phase with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as it prepares for a potentially...
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
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Jamaican fishermen jailed in Cayman for drug smuggling
December 14, 2025
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (CMC) —Two Jamaican fishermen caught with more than 167lbs of marijuana on a boat south of the Cayman Islands earlier this...
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Trump commutes sentence for disgraced ex-congressman George Santos
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Trump commutes sentence for disgraced ex-congressman George Santos
October 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—United States President Donald Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of disgraced former Republican lawmaker George Sa...
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Menendez brothers resentenced over parents’ murders, parole possible
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Menendez brothers resentenced over parents’ murders, parole possible
May 13, 2025
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lyle and Erik Menendez were resentenced Tuesday for the murder of their parents in 1989, with a term that now opens...
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Court denies senior police appeal against jail sentence
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Court denies senior police appeal against jail sentence
November 6, 2024
BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) Lawyers representing Police Inspector Christopher Martinez, who was sentenced to jail in September, say they intend to file an ...
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Westmoreland burn victim succumbs to injuries
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March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Observer Online  understands that Dacia Forrester, the woman who was set ablaze during a confrontation at a gas station in Whitho...
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Townsend Law Firm secures major win for Vybz Kartel in NY Supreme Court
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Townsend Law Firm secures major win for Vybz Kartel in NY Supreme Court
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Townsend Law Firm, based in New York and headed by Kadian Townsend, Esq, secured a major win on Tuesday, March 3 for Vybz Kart...
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JUTC bus catches fire on Lady Musgrave
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JUTC bus catches fire on Lady Musgrave
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus caught fire along Lady Musgrave Road in Kingston at about 6:20 am on Friday. Observer O...
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‘Go home and play with your grandchildren’, Dawes tells McKenzie during Standing Finance Committee
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‘Go home and play with your grandchildren’, Dawes tells McKenzie during Standing Finance Committee
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March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — As the Standing Finance Committee continued its late-night examination of the Estimates of Expenditure ahead of next week’s Budget...
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NWU wins bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves
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NWU wins bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Workers’ Union (NWU) says it has recently gained bargaining rights at Kingston Wharves for certain categories of work...
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