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Gordon summoned!
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Gordon summoned!
MP to return before ethics committee as scrutiny deepens over accuracy of statements made in closed-door meeting
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
April 9 12:20 AM
Gordon summoned!
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‘JTA not making up stories’
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‘JTA not making up stories’
NPTAJ says it also heard reports of inappropriate behaviour from hurricane shelterees
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
April 9 12:18 AM
‘JTA not making up stories’
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Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
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Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
April 9 12:16 AM
Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
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Search intensifies for gunmen caught on video firing weapons in Jarrett Lane
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 9 12:14 AM
Manhunt!
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Blue dynasty
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Blue dynasty
JC head coach planning to retain Boys’ Champs title for years to come after 2026 triumph
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 9 12:12 AM
Johnson looking to build on Champs legacy at JC
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Cocktail Hour @ D’ New Nostalgia Restaurant Day Club
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Cocktail Hour @ D’ New Nostalgia Restaurant Day Club
April 9 12:10 AM
In a city that never runs short on vibe or style, D’ New Nostalgia Restaurant Day Club is carving out its own lane — one defined by elevated leisure, ...
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US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon
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US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon
April 9 12:08 AM
US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon
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Pick up the pace!
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MoBay business community concerned about delay in bypass project
April 9 12:07 AM
Pick up the pace!
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Maitland gets life sentence, 32 years before parole eligibility
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Maitland gets life sentence, 32 years before parole eligibility
March 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Constable Noel Maitland has been sentenced to life imprisonment in relation to the July 2022 disappearance of his 24-year-o...
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20 years for Silvera
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20 years for Silvera
March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera has been sentenced to 20 years and 10 months in prison fo...
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Champagnie appeals for leniency in Silvera’s sentencing
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Champagnie appeals for leniency in Silvera’s sentencing
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defence attorney Peter Champagnie on Friday sought leniency for his client Jolyan Silvera during the former Member of Parliament’s...
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Sentencing of taxi operator guilty of ruthless slaying delayed
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Sentencing of taxi operator guilty of ruthless slaying delayed
February 26, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— Kevon Lesley, the Manchester taxi operator who was found guilty of murder in relation to the barbaric killing of his spouse, Shad...
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Jolyan Silvera’s sentencing to be livestreamed, says Sykes
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Jolyan Silvera’s sentencing to be livestreamed, says Sykes
February 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The sentencing of former People’s National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament Jolyan Silvera will be livestreamed on March 6, Chief ...
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20-year sentence for US deputy who killed Black woman in her home
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20-year sentence for US deputy who killed Black woman in her home
January 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A former Illinois sheriff's deputy was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday for the fatal shooting of a Black...
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Prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentence for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
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Prosecutors seek lengthy prison sentence for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
October 3, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Prosecutors urged a federal judge Friday to sentence Sean "Diddy" Combs to more than a decade behind bars for his conv...
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentencing hearing underway
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentencing hearing underway
October 3, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)—Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was in court on Friday facing a potential sentence of more than a decade behind bars for ...
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Diddy pleads for judge’s mercy ahead of sentencing
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Diddy pleads for judge’s mercy ahead of sentencing
October 2, 2025
American rapper Sean Combs has reportedly written to the judge overseeing his trial, apologising for his actions and expressing that the “old” Diddy h...
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Husband feared Australia’s mushroom killer had poisoned him before
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Husband feared Australia’s mushroom killer had poisoned him before
August 8, 2025
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia's recently convicted mushroom murderer also tried to poison her husband with bolognese pasta and chicken korma cur...
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Man gets 92 years for drowning son in laundry detergent, attempting to kill wife
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Man gets 92 years for drowning son in laundry detergent, attempting to kill wife
July 6, 2025
LOUISANNA, United States — A Louisanna man who murdered his three-month-old son by sealing the child in a bucket of laundry detergent has been sentenc...
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Mario Deane Trial: Cop weeps after sentencing
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Mario Deane Trial: Cop weeps after sentencing
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
July 2, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Corporal Elaine Stewart, who will appeal the five-year sentence she was handed for her culpability in Mario Deane’s 2014 death...
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Cops in Mario Deane case escape prison time
July 1, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica—The three cops who were found guilty for the incident in which 31-year-old construction worker Mario Deane was fatally beaten wh...
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Sentencing hearing underway for three cops in Mario Deane case
July 1, 2025
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The sentencing hearing for the three cops found guilty for the incident in which 31-year-old construction worker Mario Deane w...
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Menendez brothers’ resentencing can go ahead—LA judge rules
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Menendez brothers’ resentencing can go ahead—LA judge rules
April 11, 2025
Los Angeles, United States (AFP)—Erik and Lyle Menendez can continue with their effort to get out of jail early, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday, dec...
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60-y-o man sentenced to 12 months in prison for less than 2 pounds of ganja
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60-y-o man sentenced to 12 months in prison for less than 2 pounds of ganja
February 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 60-year-old man who was found with one pound and 8.44 ounces of ganja at his Kingston home last June has been sentenced to 12 mo...
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Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case
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Judge to sentence Trump before inauguration in hush money case
January 4, 2025
NEW YORK, United States (AFP)— The New York judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case on Friday set sentencing for 10 days b...
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Danielle Rowe killer to spend at least 27 years in prison
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Danielle Rowe killer to spend at least 27 years in prison
December 20, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dental assistant Kayodi Satchell has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of eight-year-old Danielle Rowe. She will be ...
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Matthew Hyde gets almost 14 years in prison for torturing girlfriend
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Matthew Hyde gets almost 14 years in prison for torturing girlfriend
December 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Hyde, the former University of the West Indies (UWI) student who held his girlfriend captive in a dor...
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UWI torture victim to sue Matthew Hyde for ‘significant sum’
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UWI torture victim to sue Matthew Hyde for ‘significant sum’
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 22, 2024
A civil case is being brought against Matthew Hyde, even as defence attorneys petition to keep his prison time down to as low as three years in his cr...
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Security guard sentenced to 18 years in prison for Haile Clacken’s murder
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Security guard sentenced to 18 years in prison for Haile Clacken’s murder
October 30, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Shawn Cole, the security guard found guilty of the 2017 murder of 38-year-old Haile Clacken, has been sentenced to 18 years in...
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Trump seeks to delay sentencing for NY conviction until after election
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Trump seeks to delay sentencing for NY conviction until after election
August 15, 2024
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump's lawyers have requested that a judge push back the US presidential nominee's sentencing for covering up ...
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Gordon summoned!
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Gordon summoned!
MP to return before ethics committee as scrutiny deepens over accuracy of statements made in closed-door meeting
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
April 9, 2026
Gordon summoned!
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‘JTA not making up stories’
News
‘JTA not making up stories’
NPTAJ says it also heard reports of inappropriate behaviour from hurricane shelterees
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
April 9, 2026
‘JTA not making up stories’
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
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Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
April 9, 2026
Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance
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Manhunt!
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Manhunt!
Search intensifies for gunmen caught on video firing weapons in Jarrett Lane
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 9, 2026
Manhunt!
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Blue dynasty
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Blue dynasty
JC head coach planning to retain Boys’ Champs title for years to come after 2026 triumph
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 9, 2026
Johnson looking to build on Champs legacy at JC
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