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Dominica Prime Minister reiterates call for Caribbean to be zone of peace
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Dominica Prime Minister reiterates call for Caribbean to be zone of peace
October 26 03:37 PM
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Sunday reiterated the need for the Caribbean to be a zone of peace, warnin...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Gov’t prioritising critical areas for swift water restoration following Hurricane Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Gov’t prioritising critical areas for swift water restoration following Hurricane Melissa
October 26 03:20 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change says it is working closely with several utility providers to ensure the swif...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Vaz cautions Jamaicans despite assurances from utility providers about state of readiness for Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Vaz cautions Jamaicans despite assurances from utility providers about state of readiness for Melissa
October 26 03:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, is putting Jamaicans on notice that despite the assurances given b...
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#EyeOnMelissa: WRHA urges families to collect discharged relatives as Melissa nears
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#EyeOnMelissa: WRHA urges families to collect discharged relatives as Melissa nears
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is appealing to families to promptly collect relatives who have been discharged from ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Montego Bay displays signs of normalcy as disaster looms
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#EyeOnMelissa: Montego Bay displays signs of normalcy as disaster looms
October 26 02:58 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Despite sporadic showers throughout the day on Sunday, Montego Bay continues to exhibit signs of normalcy. While a number of build...
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#EyeOnMelissa: MoBay mayor activates St James Emergency Operations Centre
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#EyeOnMelissa: MoBay mayor activates St James Emergency Operations Centre
October 26 02:51 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St James Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Vernon, has officially activated the p...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Sangster International Airport closes as hurricane nears
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#EyeOnMelissa: Sangster International Airport closes as hurricane nears
October 26 02:42 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Operations at the Sangster International Airport (SIA) in Montego Bay have been temporarily suspended as Hurricane Melissa approac...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Agriculture Ministry activates emergency protocols
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#EyeOnMelissa: Agriculture Ministry activates emergency protocols
October 26 02:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining has activated its emergency protocols and has convened its disaster management a...
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Tokyo 2025: Defending champion Holloway out of world 110m hurdles final
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Tokyo 2025: Defending champion Holloway out of world 110m hurdles final
September 16, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Grant Holloway's bid for a fourth consecutive world 110m hurdles title came crashing to a halt when he could only finish sixth in...
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Tokyo 2025: Duplantis retains world title with new pole vault record
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Tokyo 2025: Duplantis retains world title with new pole vault record
September 15, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Sweden's Armand “Mondo” Duplantis set a new world record of 6.30 metres as he sensationally defended his world pole vault title i...
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Qatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
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Qatar’s Barshim out of Tokyo worlds with foot injury
September 12, 2025
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Three-time former world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim announced his withdrawal on Friday's eve of the world championships in T...
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WATCH: Jamaicans arrive at Tokyo stadium ahead of World Championships
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WATCH: Jamaicans arrive at Tokyo stadium ahead of World Championships
September 10, 2025
TOKYO, Japan — Several members of the Jamaican delegation for the World Athletics Championships have arrived at the OI Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, for pr...
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Sweltering heat no worries for Jamaicans ahead of World Championships
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Sweltering heat no worries for Jamaicans ahead of World Championships
BY ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 10, 2025
Jamaica’s team manager at the World Athletics Championships, Ian Forbes, has downplayed concerns about soaring heat conditions in the host city, insis...
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WATCH: JAAA confirms Clayton’s withdrawal from World Championships due to injury
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WATCH: JAAA confirms Clayton’s withdrawal from World Championships due to injury
September 10, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ian Forbes, manager of team Jamaica at the 2025 Tokyo World Athletics Championships and first vice president of the Jamaica Athlet...
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Gabby Thomas to miss World Championships due to injury
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Gabby Thomas to miss World Championships due to injury
September 2, 2025
United States Olympic champion Gabby Thomas will reportedly miss the upcoming World Championships due to an Achilles tendon injury she has been battli...
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Only goal is to win, says ever-competitive veteran Fraser-Pryce
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Only goal is to win, says ever-competitive veteran Fraser-Pryce
August 21, 2025
Brussels, Belgium (AFP)-Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce may be at the back end of her illustrious career, but the Jamaican sprinter insists she still has her ...
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Kishane Thompson out of Lausanne meet with shin pain
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Kishane Thompson out of Lausanne meet with shin pain
August 18, 2025
PARIS, France (AFP) — Kishane Thompson, the fastest man in the 100 metre this year and a favourite for next month's world championships, will miss the...
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Dacres unperturbed
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Dacres unperturbed
August 15, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Despite winning discus gold at the NACAC Championship but failing to achieve the World Championship mark, Fedrick Dacres said he i...
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Rusheen McDonald misses World Champs qualifying mark…again
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Rusheen McDonald misses World Champs qualifying mark…again
August 12, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- National champion Rusheen McDonald is still short of the qualifying time for next month’s World Athletics Championships after he ...
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JAAA trials dates approved by World Athletics
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JAAA trials dates approved by World Athletics
June 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) announced on Friday that the dates set for the National Junior and Senior ...
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Fraser-Pryce to officially make season debut at Saturday’s Velocity Fest
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Fraser-Pryce to officially make season debut at Saturday’s Velocity Fest
April 18, 2025
Following her 100m sports day blowout run last week, sprinting legend Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will officially make her seasonal debut at the Velocity ...
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World 400m champion Antonio Watson to make seasonal debut
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World 400m champion Antonio Watson to make seasonal debut
February 6, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s 2023 400m World champion Antonio Watson will make his long-awaited seasonal debut at the Camperdown Classic on Saturday,...
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Kenya court finds two guilty of Olympian’s murder
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Kenya court finds two guilty of Olympian’s murder
October 28, 2024
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP)— Two Kenyan men were found guilty on Monday of murdering Ugandan Olympic distance runner Benjamin Kiplagat, found stabbed to deat...
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Demish Gaye wins back-to-back races in Europe
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Demish Gaye wins back-to-back races in Europe
September 1, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former national champion and World Championships finalist Demish Gaye won back-to-back men’s 400m races in Poland and Germany last...
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World Athletics launches new biennial championship
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World Athletics launches new biennial championship
June 3, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — World Athletics on Monday launched a new three-day global championship starting in 2026 in Budapest to attempt to ensure track a...
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Noah Lyles hoping to break National Stadium 100m record at Racers Grand Prix
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Noah Lyles hoping to break National Stadium 100m record at Racers Grand Prix
May 31, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Fans may see one of the fastest times on Jamaican soil on Saturday as six-time World Champion Noah Lyles says he’s looking to brea...
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit on Sunday reiterated the need for the Caribbean to be a zone of peace, warnin...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Gov’t prioritising critical areas for swift water restoration following Hurricane Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Gov’t prioritising critical areas for swift water restoration following Hurricane Melissa
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change says it is working closely with several utility providers to ensure the swif...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Vaz cautions Jamaicans despite assurances from utility providers about state of readiness for Melissa
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#EyeOnMelissa: Vaz cautions Jamaicans despite assurances from utility providers about state of readiness for Melissa
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, is putting Jamaicans on notice that despite the assurances given b...
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#EyeOnMelissa: WRHA urges families to collect discharged relatives as Melissa nears
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — The Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) is appealing to families to promptly collect relatives who have been discharged from ...
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#EyeOnMelissa: Montego Bay displays signs of normalcy as disaster looms
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Despite sporadic showers throughout the day on Sunday, Montego Bay continues to exhibit signs of normalcy. While a number of build...
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