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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
December 17 05:04 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by United States (US) Pre...
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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PARIS, France (AFP)—The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tourn...
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Gas prices down $3.06, Diesel down $3.06
December 17 03:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...
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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
December 17 03:31 PM
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government on Wednesday said it is “actively engaged” in discussions with the United States authori...
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
December 17 01:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mayor of Kingston Andrew Swaby, is calling on the Government to engage in dialogue with municipal corporations regarding its propo...
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
December 17 01:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — GenXS Carnival has officially launched its fourth season under the theme “INFINITI”, which aims to focus on cultural expression an...
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Creary urges municipal police to do more about squatting in Pagee
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Creary urges municipal police to do more about squatting in Pagee
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 13, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary has called on St Mary's municipal police to do more to curb squatting in the Pagee area of th...
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Want to be    rich? Get into agri, says Green
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Want to be rich? Get into agri, says Green
November 12, 2023
BROWNS TOWN, St Ann— Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green is urging the nation's youth to get involved in agriculture if they wan...
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Blue Lagoon access case to continue in January
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Blue Lagoon access case to continue in January
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 7, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — A court case over access to the iconic Blue Lagoon will continue on January 29, 2024 after getting under way in the Portland ...
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SMO denies sick-out at Port Maria Hospital
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SMO denies sick-out at Port Maria Hospital
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 1, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Senior medical officer (SMO) at the Port Maria Hospital, Dr Sydney Powell has refuted reports that Wednesday's long wait for ser...
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Content residents still shaken from quake
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Content residents still shaken from quake
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 1, 2023
CONTENT, Portland — A look at the devastation to a 15-apartment house in their farming community has residents of Content in west Portland convinced t...
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Stakeholders welcome plans for Port Maria transport centre
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Stakeholders welcome plans for Port Maria transport centre
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Operators of public passenger vehicles have welcomed an announcement by Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Tran...
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Kimmarly Cobran is Port Maria junior mayor
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Kimmarly Cobran is Port Maria junior mayor
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - Seventeen-year-old Annotto Bay High School student Kimmarly Cobran has been elected junior mayor within the St Mary Municipal Co...
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Anxiety attacks at St Mary High
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Anxiety attacks at St Mary High
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 30, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - Some students of St Mary High School had to seek medical attention because of the terror felt during the 5.6-magnitude earthquak...
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‘Very scary moment’
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‘Very scary moment’
October 30, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Classes ended abruptly for some students of Buff Bay Primary in Portland on Monday after a section of the school was damaged ...
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Sandals Foundation increases reach for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Sandals Foundation increases reach for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 25, 2023
ST ANN, Jamaica - One hundred and forty women across the island are set to receive free mammograms this year as the Sandals Foundation continues its p...
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Good support for Portland Heroes’ Day parade
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Good support for Portland Heroes’ Day parade
October 18, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — A large group of Portlanders turned out in the melting sun Heroes' Day at the Port Antonio Square to support the annual Heroe...
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Sandals Dunn’s River hosts Air Canada Vacations 2023 GEM Awards
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Sandals Dunn’s River hosts Air Canada Vacations 2023 GEM Awards
October 18, 2023
ST ANN, Jamaica — The strong partnership between Sandals Resorts and Air Canada Vacations was on full display once again when Sandals Dunn's River in ...
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Fire hydrant plans hobbled by water shortage
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Fire hydrant plans hobbled by water shortage
BY ASHAGAYE MULLINGS Observer writer 
October 13, 2023
MORANT BAY, St Thomas — The fire department's plan to install four new hydrants in sections of St Thomas were on Thursday questioned by local authorit...
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Medical mission says fees are a turn-off
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Medical mission says fees are a turn-off
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 11, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - For more than 40 years the Jamaica Nurses' Association of Florida (JNAF) has been contributing to health care and welfare in rur...
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Ready for Dunn
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Ready for Dunn
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 4, 2023
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — In 2003 Lorane Ferguson failed in his bid to win St Mary South Eastern for the National Democratic Movement (NDM). Now the form...
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JTB, Sandals US radio remote a boost for local tourism
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JTB, Sandals US radio remote a boost for local tourism
October 1, 2023
ST ANN — Jamaica's tourism industry received a major boost recently as close to one million radio listeners tuned in to their favourite disc jockeys f...
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Still got it!
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Still got it!
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
September 29, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - As 78-year-old Eva Chattersingh admired the medals at the end of the bright blue ribbons hanging from neck, a broad grin covered...
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No more ‘Sunshine’
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No more ‘Sunshine’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 28, 2023
COMFORT CASTLE, Portland - Principal of Comfort Castle Primary and Infant School, Dalmain Moore has trouble sleeping. He keeps going over his last mom...
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Cultivating peace
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Cultivating peace
September 27, 2023
MAMMEE BAY, St Ann — Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School in Steer Town, St Ann, in partnership with Sandals Foundation, last Thursday hosted a memor...
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‘We are mourning with the mothers’
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‘We are mourning with the mothers’
September 26, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Several residents took to the streets of Discovery Bay on Sunday afternoon to register their grief and sorrow following the rape a...
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Fisherman charged with two of five murders of St Ann’s homeless
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Fisherman charged with two of five murders of St Ann’s homeless
Akera Davis Observer Writer 
September 20, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A fisherman was on Tuesday charged with two of five murders of homeless people in the Ocho Rios area since the start of the year. ...
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Health workers assigned to do fogging in Portland threatened
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Health workers assigned to do fogging in Portland threatened
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 19, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — After a team assigned to Belle Castle was forced to beat a hasty retreat recently, health officials in Portland are appealing...
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