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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
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Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
Kelsey Thomas, Online coordinator, thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 06:24 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A Westmoreland family still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Melissa are appealing to the public for assistance to save t...
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Health personnel in St Elizabeth continue campaign to prevent spread of mosquito-borne diseases
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Health personnel in St Elizabeth continue campaign to prevent spread of mosquito-borne diseases
January 9 05:55 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Health personnel at the St Elizabeth Health Department are on top of efforts to prevent the spread of dengue and other mosquit...
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Petrojam offers fuel lifeline to Savanna-la-Mar field hospital
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Petrojam offers fuel lifeline to Savanna-la-Mar field hospital
January 9 05:50 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica —  Petrojam has pumped over 20,000 litres of fuel to generate electricity for the Savanna-la-Mar field hospital in Westmoreland ...
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Maureen Webber appointed ECJ commissioner
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Maureen Webber appointed ECJ commissioner
January 9 05:42 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Maureen Webber has been appointed as Nominated Commissioner on the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ). Her appointment, which b...
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$231-m Troy bridge to be completed by year-end, says Minister Morgan
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$231-m Troy bridge to be completed by year-end, says Minister Morgan
October 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Construction of the $231 million Troy Bridge in Trelawny is on schedule for completion by December 2025, according to Minister wit...
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Falmouth man missing; family hoping for the best
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Falmouth man missing; family hoping for the best
October 6, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Seventy-seven-year-old Hampden Estate distillery worker Dennis Mahoney has mysteriously disappeared. He has not been seen since he...
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67-year-old man mowed down on North Coast Highway
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67-year-old man mowed down on North Coast Highway
September 30, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica  — The Trelawny police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a pedestrian who was mowed down by a motorcar as he at...
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‘Bravo!’: Jamaican farmer paying it forward as business flourishes in US
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‘Bravo!’: Jamaican farmer paying it forward as business flourishes in US
Kelsey Thomas, Online coordinator, thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 23, 2025
When Dr Bravo Brown first put seed to soil on a modest half-acre plot, he had no idea how far it would grow. Today, that humble beginning has expanded...
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Man found dead on Tharpe Street, Falmouth
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Man found dead on Tharpe Street, Falmouth
September 19, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Trelawny police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered early Friday morning ...
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Farmer charged for stabbing woman
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Farmer charged for stabbing woman
September 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 27-year-old farmer from Falmouth, Trelawny, identified as Neil Ferril, has been charged with wounding with intent following a st...
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Construction worker slapped with gun-related charges
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Construction worker slapped with gun-related charges
September 16, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A construction worker has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of ammunition following ...
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Commuters left stranded as oveturned tanker continues to block Trelawny roadway
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Commuters left stranded as oveturned tanker continues to block Trelawny roadway
September 12, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica- Commuters, including students and hotel workers, were left stranded late Friday after an overturned petrol tanker continued to bloc...
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Carey Park main road impassable due to overturned truck
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Carey Park main road impassable due to overturned truck
September 12, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The police are advising motorists that the Carey Park main road in Trelawny is impassable due to an overturned truck along the roa...
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Tova talks continuity in Trelawny Northern
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Tova talks continuity in Trelawny Northern
August 18, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton, is hoping to build on the work she has done within the ...
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Independent candidate to join Trelawny Southern race
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Independent candidate to join Trelawny Southern race
August 18, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — An independent candidate is set to be nominated Monday morning at the Electoral Office in Albert Town to contest the Trelawny Sout...
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Clark’s Town to be transformed into urban centre, says Holness
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Clark’s Town to be transformed into urban centre, says Holness
August 16, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica -- Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has promised a major commercial transformation for the rural c...
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Trelawny man charged with murder
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Trelawny man charged with murder
July 31, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A Trelawny man has been charged with murder following an incident in the Falmouth Gardens community in May. He is 37-year-old Kema...
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Ribbon cut for long-awaited start of US$1-billion Harmony Cove resort project
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Ribbon cut for long-awaited start of US$1-billion Harmony Cove resort project
July 22, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica— Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness this afternoon cut the ribbon for the start of the long-awaited US$1-billion Harmony Cove resort p...
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Trelawny records another road fatality
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Trelawny records another road fatality
July 14, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A male driver succumbed to injuries he sustained in a crash involving the car he was driving and a truck on the Duncans bypass sec...
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Police say Trelawny crash victims hailed from St Catherine
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Police say Trelawny crash victims hailed from St Catherine
July 6, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Police have confirmed that five people killed in a crash Sunday along the Salt Marsh main road in Trelawny were from Spanish Town ...
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Death toll rises to five people after Trelawny crash
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Death toll rises to five people after Trelawny crash
July 6, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica -- The death count from the crash involving a minivan that overturned on the Salt Marsh main road in Trelawny on Sunday morning has ...
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Two dead, nine injured in Trelawny crash
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Two dead, nine injured in Trelawny crash
July 6, 2025
TRELAWNY,Jamaica - Two people are dead and nine others injured after the minibus in which they were travelling overturned on the Salt Marsh main road ...
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Trelawny police probe second fatal stabbing in two weeks
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Trelawny police probe second fatal stabbing in two weeks
June 26, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are investigating a second fatal stabbing in the parish within two weeks, following the killing of a man in hi...
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Three alleged goat thieves arrested in Trelawny
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Three alleged goat thieves arrested in Trelawny
June 17, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica—Three men were taken into custody by members of the Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) in Trelawny following the seizure of a goat...
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Knife-wielding passenger in fatal taxi dispute now in police custody
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Knife-wielding passenger in fatal taxi dispute now in police custody
June 15, 2025
TRELAWNY, Falmouth — A man who fatally stabbed a taxi operator during a dispute and was subsequently beaten by angry onlookers on Friday night, is now...
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Holness urges Trelawny farmers to embrace yam farming for economic growth
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Holness urges Trelawny farmers to embrace yam farming for economic growth
June 8, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has encouraged farmers in Trelawny to capitalise on the opportunities in yam farming, positioning it...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
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Hurricane-stricken family appeals for help to save 13-y-o son who needs kidney transplant
Kelsey Thomas, Online coordinator, thomask@jamaicaobserver.com 
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A Westmoreland family still reeling from the effects of Hurricane Melissa are appealing to the public for assistance to save t...
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