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US legislators criticise Trump admin for cancelling Caribbean immigration applications, citizenship ceremonies
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US legislators criticise Trump admin for cancelling Caribbean immigration applications, citizenship ceremonies
December 29 08:03 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — United States (US) legislators have condemned the Donald Trump administration for cancelling immigration application...
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US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
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US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP)—The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension but Kyiv is seeking a longe...
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran
December 29 07:21 AM
PALM BEACH, United States (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, with the US president pushing t...
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Little girl, big heart
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Little girl, big heart
6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
BY ROSALEE WOOD CONDELL Observer writer 
December 29 12:30 AM
N EGRIL, Westmoreland — The handwritten, 10-word note from six-year-old Kadeea Wilson to her mom said it all. She thought her family was having troubl...
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:28 AM
F orensic psychiatric expert Dr Myo Kyaw Oo, who has worked in Jamaica’s prisons for more than two decades, says the majority of convicts serving time...
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:26 AM
Roughly 18 months ago dancehall artiste Shawn Storm, who is also referred to as Sivva, knew not how long he would be languishing behind prison walls a...
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
December 29 12:26 AM
Top-flight defence attorney Peter Champagnie is urging the public to refrain from speculation and allow due process through the courts, after multiple...
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
December 29 12:24 AM
G ratitude, relief, and excitement rippled through In Town Supermarket in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, on December 18, as JN Money covered grocery bills ...
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Little girl, big heart
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Little girl, big heart
6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
BY ROSALEE WOOD CONDELL Observer writer 
December 29, 2025
N EGRIL, Westmoreland — The handwritten, 10-word note from six-year-old Kadeea Wilson to her mom said it all. She thought her family was having troubl...
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
F orensic psychiatric expert Dr Myo Kyaw Oo, who has worked in Jamaica’s prisons for more than two decades, says the majority of convicts serving time...
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
December 29, 2025
Top-flight defence attorney Peter Champagnie is urging the public to refrain from speculation and allow due process through the courts, after multiple...
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
December 29, 2025
G ratitude, relief, and excitement rippled through In Town Supermarket in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, on December 18, as JN Money covered grocery bills ...
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
December 29, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Families who have children with disabilities are being urged to end the practice of hiding them, as no one should feel ashamed...
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Melissa’s impact could have been worse
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Melissa’s impact could have been worse
Jamaica avoided wider economic blow as hurricane spared mining sector, says Green
Jamaica avoided wider economic blow as hurricane spared mining sector, says Green 
December 29, 2025
JAMAICA narrowly avoided a far wider economic setback from Hurricane Melissa as the Category 5 system spared the mining sector major damage, according...
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KSAMC CHRISTMAS TREAT
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KSAMC CHRISTMAS TREAT
December 29, 2025
Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby serves residents of the city’s homeless shelters during the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation’s (KSAMC) annu...
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Today’s Horoscope – December 29
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Today’s Horoscope – December 29
December 29, 2025
Happy Birthday For Monday, December 29, 2025 — It’s an excellent day for work- or play-related activities. We can harness today’s planetary power for ...
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Trelawny teacher holds fast to hope after Hurricane Melissa destroys home
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Trelawny teacher holds fast to hope after Hurricane Melissa destroys home
December 28, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Long before her home collapsed in the heavy winds of Hurricane Melissa on October 28, Trelawny teacher and businesswoman Joan Mont...
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Police seize illegal firearm in St Elizabeth operation
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Police seize illegal firearm in St Elizabeth operation
December 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth Police have recovered another prohibited weapon during an operation in the parish. According to the police, a tea...
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US medical team brings dental care and trauma support to Westmoreland
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US medical team brings dental care and trauma support to Westmoreland
Howard Campbell 
December 28, 2025
A team from Emirates Facial and Dental Implants Center in New York were at Little London Primary School in Westmoreland from December 17-20, treating ...
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Three former SSL directors slapped with multiple charges
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Three former SSL directors slapped with multiple charges
December 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Multiple charges have been laid against three former directors of the collapsed Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). The three are...
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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
December 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
December 28, 2025
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — For Bishop Maurice Clarke, Jamaica is not simply home — it is “my heartbeat.” And when Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of...
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WATCH: Car crashes into utility pole on St Thomas roadway, two hospitalised
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WATCH: Car crashes into utility pole on St Thomas roadway, two hospitalised
December 28, 2025
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – A driver and his passenger were rushed to hospital Sunday morning after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a utilit...
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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
TEN days after running around Auglo Senior Living Nursing Home in Black River, St Elizabeth, with staff, attending to 13 residents as Hurricane Meliss...
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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 — though incarcerated and largely unaffected by the devastation meted out by Hurricane Melissa — like other Jamaicans, are grappling with the ...
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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
As Hurricane Melissa meandered towards Jamaica in October, Bishop Devon Charles Brown and his ministerial team watched, prayed and planned for what th...
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A blow for funeral homes challenging JCF sudden death shift
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A blow for funeral homes challenging JCF sudden death shift
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28, 2025
AN Appeal Court panel recently overturned a 2018 decision by Supreme Court judge Justice Simone Wolfe-Reece that had paved the way for five funeral ho...
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Floyd Green’s heavy toll
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Floyd Green’s heavy toll
...but duty calls
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
HAVING weathered hurricanes Beryl and Melissa — back-to-back disasters just over a year apart — on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, Member of Parli...
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JSIF pushing for power in Catherine Hall
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JSIF pushing for power in Catherine Hall
Working towards January recertification of 800+ houses
December 28, 2025
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) is working towards a January deadline to make hundreds of houses in Catherine Hall, ...
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Container homes: Reckless shortcut or miracle cure?
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Container homes: Reckless shortcut or miracle cure?
BY DEAN JONES 
December 28, 2025
EVERY few years, Jamaica returns to the same uneasy conversation: Should container-built homes play a role in our housing future? The question resurfa...
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — United States (US) legislators have condemned the Donald Trump administration for cancelling immigration application...
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US offered Kyiv 15 years of security guarantees, Zelensky says
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP)—The US has offered Ukraine "solid" security guarantees for 15 years with a possibility of an extension but Kyiv is seeking a longe...
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran
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PALM BEACH, United States (AFP)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Donald Trump in Florida on Monday, with the US president pushing t...
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2025
Roughly 18 months ago dancehall artiste Shawn Storm, who is also referred to as Sivva, knew not how long he would be languishing behind prison walls a...
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Skeng delivers Christmas Eve scorcher at UBT&R’s Livewire
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It was a “Ratty Gang” Christmas inside Usain Bolt’s Tracks and Records (UBT&R) at Marketplace as dancehall artiste Skeng served up a solid performance...
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