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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
January 14 03:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
January 14 02:09 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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January 14 01:59 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
January 14 01:49 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
January 14 01:09 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
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All schools have reopened — Education Ministry
January 14 12:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Education Officer Terry-Ann Thomas-Gayle says the country's 1,010 schools have reopened following the passage of Hurricane M...
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
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Bail extended for man accused of stealing gas cylinder
January 14 12:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of stealing a gas cylinder had his bail extended when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on Tues...
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
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Jamaica among 75 countries hit with suspension of US immigrant visa processing
January 14 12:06 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) said Wednesday it was suspending the processing of immigrant visas from 75 countries, includi...
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WATCH: Edwin Allen High mourns 14-y-o student killed in crash
December 1, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Students at Edwin Allen High School gathered quietly in their quadrangle on Monday, their faces heavy with grief as they mourned ...
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St Peter and Paul storm to lead at Prep Schools Champs
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St Peter and Paul storm to lead at Prep Schools Champs
June 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Entering the final day of the Jamaica Independent School Association (JISA) Preparatory Schools Athletics Championship at the Nati...
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16-year-old St Hugh’s High student missing
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16-year-old St Hugh’s High student missing
May 17, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- A high alert has been activated for 16-year-old Shaniqua Smith of a Red Hills Road address who has been missing since Friday, May 1...
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Anchovy High student dies during sporting event
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Anchovy High student dies during sporting event
April 4, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Observer Online understands that an Anchovy High School student died after participating in a sporting activity Friday morning. In...
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Student dies in St Elizabeth bike crash
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Student dies in St Elizabeth bike crash
March 23, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A female pillion died as a result of injuries she sustained in a crash in Black River, St Elizabeth on Saturday night. Police ...
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Bahamian student dies after collapsing in physical education class
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Bahamian student dies after collapsing in physical education class
January 15, 2025
NASSAU, The Bahamas (CMC) — The Catholic Board of Education (CBE) has confirmed that a ninth-grade student at Aquinas College in The Bahamas has died ...
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Student charged after double murder in Kingston
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Student charged after double murder in Kingston
November 12, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- An 18-year-old student was on Monday charged for a double murder which occurred at the intersection of North and Orange streets i...
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Campion mourns loss of second form student in goalpost mishap
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Campion mourns loss of second form student in goalpost mishap
October 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The school fraternity of Campion College has been plunged into mourning following a freak accident Tuesday which claimed the life ...
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Case dismissed against Irwin High student charged with murder of schoolmate
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Case dismissed against Irwin High student charged with murder of schoolmate
September 16, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The St James Family Court has decided to drop charges against the 14-year-old Irwin High School student accused of fatally stabbin...
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Construction worker charged with sexual abuse of 13-y-o student
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Construction worker charged with sexual abuse of 13-y-o student
August 26, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 19-year-old construction worker has been charged after being accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student. The accused has b...
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Lecturer charged with sexually assaulting 18-y-o student
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Lecturer charged with sexually assaulting 18-y-o student
August 12, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— A lecturer was charged following the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old female student at her home in West Kingston. The inci...
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Teacher and student fight at Belmont Academy in Westmoreland
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Teacher and student fight at Belmont Academy in Westmoreland
February 5, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – There was a physical altercation between a teacher and a male student at the Belmont Academy in Westmoreland last week. A vide...
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Thompson, Clayton to open season at JAAA Fuller-Anderson meet on Saturday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic and World Championship silver medallist Kishane Thompson, Bryan Levell and relay silver medallists Tia Clayton and Joneill...
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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JPS meets with St Elizabeth councillors
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Councillors in St Elizabeth are now locked in a closed-door meeting with the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) as they pres...
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
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CTOC inspector on cocaine rap granted $2.5m bail
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The inspector charged with offences relating to a January 8 drug bust reportedly told lawmen not to search his vehicle because the...
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
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Auditor General’s UHWI findings confirm ministerial oversight failure — Dr Dawes
January 14, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dr Alfred Dawes says the Auditor General’s report which flagged the University Hospital of the West Indies for contract procuremen...
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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Police seize gun in Manchester
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting that a firearm was seized in the Belretiro district on Wednesday morning. Head of the Manches...
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