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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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SIZZLER!
Football, ...
SIZZLER!
JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
italy
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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❮ ❯

Vendor

Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
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Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
December 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The iconic Holland Bamboo, in St Elizabeth, once a lush covering of bamboo trees which intersect over the road, now shows signs of...
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Vendor fined over $20k for possession of ganja and cigarettes
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Vendor fined over $20k for possession of ganja and cigarettes
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A vendor has been fined after pleading guilty to possession of ganja, dealing in ganja, and possession of uncustomed goods when he...
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UPDATE: Vendor fatally shot in Old Harbour identified
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UPDATE: Vendor fatally shot in Old Harbour identified
June 12, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — The police have confirmed the identity of a vendor who was shot in Old Harbour Thursday morning. He is 45-year-old Orville “Bl...
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WATCH: Vendors welcome renovated Papine market
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WATCH: Vendors welcome renovated Papine market
April 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Vendors who conduct business at the Papine market in St Andrew now have access to a clean environment following its renovation. The...
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Section of Ocho Rios Market destroyed by fire
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Section of Ocho Rios Market destroyed by fire
Akera Davis Observer Writer 
March 16, 2025
A section of the Ocho Rios Market was destroyed by fire on Sunday. Councillor of the Exchange Divison Ian Isaac said some 10 vendors were affected. “T...
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Clarendon vendor charged with ammunition possession at airport
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Clarendon vendor charged with ammunition possession at airport
November 24, 2024
A 54-year-old vendor from Rocky Point, Clarendon, has been charged with unauthorised possession of ammunition following an incident at Norman Manley I...
Telegram
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Vendor in viral video expected to go to trial on November 27
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Vendor in viral video expected to go to trial on November 27
October 23, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The vendor who was captured on video urinating in a bottle in the vicinity of the Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay had her bai...
Telegram
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WATCH: Bathrooms at Ocho Rios Market refurbished
September 30, 2024
ST ANN, Jamaica -- Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, officially opened newly refurbished male and female bathr...
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Vendor in viral video pleads not guilty to breaching public health law
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Vendor in viral video pleads not guilty to breaching public health law
September 25, 2024
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A vendor facing charges of breaching sections of the Public Health (Food Handling) Regulations after she was caught on video urina...
Telegram
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Eyewitness recalls screaming, cries for help after deadly market truck crash
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Eyewitness recalls screaming, cries for help after deadly market truck crash
Kimberley Peddie 
January 26, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – A ‘Good Samaritan’ who witnessed Friday morning’s accident in Darliston, Westmoreland that left one market vendor dead and six...
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One dead, several injured after market truck goes over precipice in Westmoreland
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One dead, several injured after market truck goes over precipice in Westmoreland
Kimberley Peddie 
January 26, 2024
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – At least one person is dead and several others hospitalised after a truck transporting market vendors and their goods plunged ...
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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28, 2025
Missions of mercy
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SIZZLER!
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SIZZLER!
JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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