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Legend beer makes its debut in 2026 Carnival Road March
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Legend beer makes its debut in 2026 Carnival Road March
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 14 07:51 AM
Locally manufactured Legend Beer, which was introduced to the Jamaican public late last year, made its debut in this year’s Carnival Road March. The b...
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Corinaldi Avenue hunt for fourth straight VMF U-13 title
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Corinaldi Avenue hunt for fourth straight VMF U-13 title
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14 07:39 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Corinaldi Avenue Primary will start their hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight St James Football Association/Victoria Mutual ...
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French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
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French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
April 14 07:11 AM
PARIS, France (AFP) — France's interior minister is seeking to block United States (US) rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Mars...
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Can it get any worse?
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Can it get any worse?
PAC to resume review of AG’s report on UHWI today; health ministry also under scrutiny
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
April 14 12:20 AM
Can it get any worse?
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‘Stop the profiling!’
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Justice minister tells JPs to help disrupt gangs and provide more support to vulnerable communities
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
April 14 12:18 AM
‘Stop the profiling!’
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Winning OlympiX ways at Campari Xodus Carnival
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Winning OlympiX ways at Campari Xodus Carnival
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14 12:16 AM
Winning OlympiX
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Boyz’s World Cup exit no surprise
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Boyz’s World Cup exit no surprise
Former national footballer ‘Zun’ Clarke says Jamaica built a side, not a team
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14 12:14 AM
Boyz’s World Cup exit no surprise
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‘I CAN DO IT’
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‘I CAN DO IT’
Miguel Coley confident about reported imminent return to Reggae Boyz technical staff
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14 12:12 AM
Coley relishing expected return to Reggae Boyz technical staff
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JCF says ‘restriction’ on firearms at entertainment venues to be introduced soon
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JCF says ‘restriction’ on firearms at entertainment venues to be introduced soon
April 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has announced that a restriction on firearms at entertainment venues will soon be implemented...
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‘Deeply traumatic!’: Injured bystander in carnival shooting speaks out
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‘Deeply traumatic!’: Injured bystander in carnival shooting speaks out
April 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A visitor from the United States who was injured during a shooting at the Big Wall Revolution event on Sunday has issued a stateme...
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Bystander in carnival shooting facing possible permanent injury — relative
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Bystander in carnival shooting facing possible permanent injury — relative
April 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A close relative of the bystander who was shot and injured during Sunday night's shooting at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Cent...
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UPDATE: Podcaster Jaii Frais among 3 shot at carnival party, producer Jahvy in custody
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UPDATE: Podcaster Jaii Frais among 3 shot at carnival party, producer Jahvy in custody
April 13, 2026
Popular podcaster Jhaedee "Jaii Frais" Richards is now in hospital under police guard after a shooting incident that left three people injured after c...
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Big Wall organisers apologise after two shot and injured at carnival party
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Big Wall organisers apologise after two shot and injured at carnival party
April 13, 2026
Organisers of the Big Wall Carnival event have issued a statement expressing deep concern after a shooting incident left two people injured during fes...
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
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Hezron scales up ‘Save the Children’ tour to combat rising violence
March 22, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae artiste Hezron Clarke is set to expand his “Save the Children” school tour islandwide, as he champions the mission of placi...
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Medical officer flags violence as preventable strain on Westmoreland health system
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Medical officer flags violence as preventable strain on Westmoreland health system
March 19, 2026
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Medical Officer of Health for Westmoreland, Dr Marcia Graham, has voiced concern over the escalating impact of violence on the...
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Education minister, MP visit Ocho Rios High after student’s death
March 5, 2026
ST ANN, Jamaica — Education Minister Senator Dana Morris-Dixon has arrived in Ocho Rios, St Ann, where she is expected to visit the school of a studen...
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Suspect in Harbour View double murder killed in police confrontation
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Suspect in Harbour View double murder killed in police confrontation
February 13, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A suspect in Wednesday's Bayshore Park double murder was shot and killed during a confrontation with police in Harbour View, Kings...
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Cottage, Manchester placed under police-imposed curfew
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Cottage, Manchester placed under police-imposed curfew
February 6, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Cottage in Manchester. The curfew commenced at 7:15 pm on Friday, February 6, 2...
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Manchester
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Manchester
February 6, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Manchester, affecting several communities within the Mandeville policing area. ...
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St Elizabeth woman charged after allegedly assaulting student
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St Elizabeth woman charged after allegedly assaulting student
February 6, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police in St Elizabeth have charged a 45-year-old woman in connection with an alleged assault on a student in the parish. The ...
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Farmer charged after allegedly slapping teenage girl in St Elizabeth
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Farmer charged after allegedly slapping teenage girl in St Elizabeth
February 6, 2026
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police in St Elizabeth have charged a 28-year-old farmer following an alleged assault on a teenage girl in the parish. Charged...
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Manchester’s three gangs dormant, police say
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Manchester’s three gangs dormant, police say
January 23, 2026
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester are reporting significant progress in tackling gang violence with the sustained weakening of three criminal...
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Haiti crisis at breaking point as gangs tighten grip ahead of transition deadline
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Haiti crisis at breaking point as gangs tighten grip ahead of transition deadline
January 23, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz-Massieu, says Haiti has entered a “critical phase” in effort...
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Barbados AG urges more regional cooperation to deal with crime in the Caribbean
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Barbados AG urges more regional cooperation to deal with crime in the Caribbean
January 23, 2026
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados Attorney General, Dale Marshall, has called for regional cooperation to strengthen the criminal justice framewor...
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Freelance journalist shot and killed in Trinidad
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Freelance journalist shot and killed in Trinidad
January 23, 2026
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police are seeking to determine the motive regarding the murder of a freelance journalist who was shot and killed in t...
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Police commissioner urges focus on victims, not criminals, in national crime discourse
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Police commissioner urges focus on victims, not criminals, in national crime discourse
January 21, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake has called for a national shift in focus from "violent offenders" towards victims whose lives a...
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Haiti’s security forces target Barbecue’s ‘stronghold’ in operation
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Haiti’s security forces target Barbecue’s ‘stronghold’ in operation
January 16, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Haitian National Police (PNH) have confirmed that it carried out an operation on the “stronghold” of the reputed gan...
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St Vincent man killed weeks after death threats left on his social media
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St Vincent man killed weeks after death threats left on his social media
November 6, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent (CMC) — St Vincent police are investigating the murder of a young man who was shot and killed on Wednesday, five weeks after at ...
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Police kill two in operations linked to Commodore mass shooting
October 9, 2025
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Two men were fatally shot in St Catherine on Thursday during alleged confrontations with police investigating Sunday’s quintup...
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Chuck urges JPs to be ambassadors of peace
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Chuck urges JPs to be ambassadors of peace
October 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Delroy Chuck, is imploring the country’s Justices of the Peace (JPs) to be amb...
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Legend beer makes its debut in 2026 Carnival Road March
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Legend beer makes its debut in 2026 Carnival Road March
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 14, 2026
Locally manufactured Legend Beer, which was introduced to the Jamaican public late last year, made its debut in this year’s Carnival Road March. The b...
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Corinaldi Avenue hunt for fourth straight VMF U-13 title
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Corinaldi Avenue hunt for fourth straight VMF U-13 title
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 14, 2026
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Corinaldi Avenue Primary will start their hunt for an unprecedented fourth straight St James Football Association/Victoria Mutual ...
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French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
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French minister seeks ban of Kanye West concert in Marseille
April 14, 2026
PARIS, France (AFP) — France's interior minister is seeking to block United States (US) rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Mars...
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Can it get any worse?
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Can it get any worse?
PAC to resume review of AG’s report on UHWI today; health ministry also under scrutiny
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
April 14, 2026
Can it get any worse?
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‘Stop the profiling!’
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‘Stop the profiling!’
Justice minister tells JPs to help disrupt gangs and provide more support to vulnerable communities
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‘Stop the profiling!’
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