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Soldier charged with firearm offences
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
December 30 07:03 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged after allegedly firing shots in a public place. Charged with possession...
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Psychologist outlines techniques to protect mental health post Melissa
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Psychologist outlines techniques to protect mental health post Melissa
December 30 06:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With many individuals dealing with emotional scars in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, licensed clinical psychologist and trauma spe...
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
December 30 06:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 30, ended trading at $159.83, down nine cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
December 30 05:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A $250,000 Christmas donation from NCB Foundation’s Grant a Wish initiative is helping to strengthen  hurricane relief efforts led...
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30 05:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
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Fire brigade urges parents to discourage children from making prank calls
December 30 05:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) is appealing to parents and guardians to discourage children from making prank calls to emergency ser...
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
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Supreme Ventures in talks to sell Evolve loan portfolio to Dolla Financial
December 30 04:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) said on Monday it is in initial discussions to divest the loan portfolio and selected assets of its...
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
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St Ann police apprehend robbery suspect
December 30 04:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man suspected of involvement in a robbery in the St Ann Police Division was apprehended on Tuesday during an intelligence-led op...
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Abka Fitz-Henley

Fitz-Henley pays tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver
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Fitz-Henley pays tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, has paid tribute to late journalist Donald Oliver. O...
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30-year low murder rate evidence of effective Gov’t policy and partnership with security forces — Fitz-Henley
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30-year low murder rate evidence of effective Gov’t policy and partnership with security forces — Fitz-Henley
December 18, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica— State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Abka Fitz-Henley says Jamaica being on track to record the lowest number of mur...
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Fitz-Henley and Tavares-Finson return to St Elizabeth with building supplies, urge multi-stakeholder effort
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Fitz-Henley and Tavares-Finson return to St Elizabeth with building supplies, urge multi-stakeholder effort
November 23, 2025
Government senators Abka Fitz-Henley and Christian Tavares-Finson say it is important that as many private stakeholders as possible contribute to effo...
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Fitz-Henley, Crawford, Dalrymple-Philibert deliver thousands of relief supplies to Trelawny
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Fitz-Henley, Crawford, Dalrymple-Philibert deliver thousands of relief supplies to Trelawny
November 14, 2025
TRELAWNY, Jamaica —Moved by scenes of devastation across sections of Trelawny which have been impacted by Hurricane Melissa, state ministers Abka Fitz...
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Clarification
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Clarification
August 18, 2025
The Jamaica Observer published an article on August 16, 2025 which suggested that Senator Abka Fitz-Henley had issued a statement to the media concern...
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Fitz-Henley rubbishes PNP claims that JLP is delaying plans for national debates
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Fitz-Henley rubbishes PNP claims that JLP is delaying plans for national debates
August 14, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Chairman for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Communication Taskforce, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has cited "miscommunication concernin...
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WATCH: Brown withdraws claim Gov’t indicated early shutdown of Parliament
July 5, 2025
Opposition Senator Lambert Brown has withdrawn what has emerged to be an inaccurate claim from the ranks of the People's National Party (PNP) that the...
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Fitz-Henley lauds decision not to renew JPS licence with existing terms
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Fitz-Henley lauds decision not to renew JPS licence with existing terms
July 4, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says Jamaicans may be confident that the Energy Minister Daryl Vaz and the Holness administrat...
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Bartlett, Paulwell deny suspension of parliament claim
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Bartlett, Paulwell deny suspension of parliament claim
June 29, 2025
Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Edmund Bartlett and his Opposition counterpart Phillip Paulwell have denied that the par...
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Fitz-Henley says Bunting should apologise for questioning JCF crime statistics
June 21, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley on Friday demanded that Opposition spokesman on national security Peter Bunting apologise for previously questioni...
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Swaby dismisses Fitz-Henley’s ‘caution’ as a ‘desperate search for relevance’
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Swaby dismisses Fitz-Henley’s ‘caution’ as a ‘desperate search for relevance’
…says KSAMC enjoys ‘excellent’ relationship with media
June 13, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, has strongly rejected recent statements by Senator Abka Fitz-Henley which cautioned him against a...
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Fitz-Henley says Robinson’s inaccurate statement on FirstRock confirms PNP cannot be trusted
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Fitz-Henley says Robinson’s inaccurate statement on FirstRock confirms PNP cannot be trusted
June 6, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says the recent inaccurate allegation made by the People's National Party's Julian Robinson over FirstRock Real Es...
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Fitz-Henley blasts PNP for mooting possibility of new taxes
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Fitz-Henley blasts PNP for mooting possibility of new taxes
March 24, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says there is a fundamental and demonstrable difference between the country's two major political parties concerni...
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Fitz-Henley says PNP and KSAMC caught engaging in organised criminality
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Fitz-Henley says PNP and KSAMC caught engaging in organised criminality
Gov't senator calls for Campbell's resignation as ECJ commissioner
January 31, 2025
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says the People's National Party (PNP) secretariat and the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) ha...
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Mayor Belnavis recovering from injuries
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Mayor Belnavis recovering from injuries
January 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The mayor of St Ann's Bay and Chairman of the St Ann Municipal Corporation, Michael Belnavis, is now recovering after being attack...
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Fitz-Henley accuses PNP of being willing to ‘destroy people’s reputation’ for power
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Fitz-Henley accuses PNP of being willing to ‘destroy people’s reputation’ for power
October 24, 2024
Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has accused the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) of being willing to “without credible basis trample and m...
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Fitz-Henley wants PNP campaign finance probe finding publicised
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Fitz-Henley wants PNP campaign finance probe finding publicised
October 12, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says it would be in good order for the findings of an eight-year anti-corruption investigation...
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Holness moves to sue PNP members for ‘false and defamatory statements’
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Holness moves to sue PNP members for ‘false and defamatory statements’
September 19, 2024
Prime Minister and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness has instructed his attorneys to initiate legal action against senior members of th...
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Fitz-Henley knocks PNP for ‘disingenuous criticism’ of NE St Ann by-election
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Fitz-Henley knocks PNP for ‘disingenuous criticism’ of NE St Ann by-election
September 5, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A senior member of the Jamaica Labour Party's Communication Taskforce, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, is rejecting as hypocritical and ...
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Minister Grange is recuperating well says Fitz-Henley
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Minister Grange is recuperating well says Fitz-Henley
August 17, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government spokesman Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, parliamentary secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, has confirmed that Min...
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PM’s comment on gangsters appropriate, Fitz-Henley tells JFJ
August 14, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Government Senator Abka Fitz-Henley says Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) should be careful that its comments do not appear to support c...
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Fitz-Henley dismisses Brown’s dual citizenship claim as ‘propaganda’
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Fitz-Henley dismisses Brown’s dual citizenship claim as ‘propaganda’
May 31, 2024
Senator Abka Fitz-Henley has dismissed as propaganda a claim by Opposition counterpart Lambert Brown that 30 per cent of Government lawmakers in the S...
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
December 30, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged after allegedly firing shots in a public place. Charged with possession...
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Psychologist outlines techniques to protect mental health post Melissa
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Psychologist outlines techniques to protect mental health post Melissa
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With many individuals dealing with emotional scars in the wake of Hurricane Melissa, licensed clinical psychologist and trauma spe...
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 30, ended trading at $159.83, down nine cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
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NCB Foundation spreads Christmas cheer, aids hurricane relief with Christine Haber Ministries
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A $250,000 Christmas donation from NCB Foundation’s Grant a Wish initiative is helping to strengthen  hurricane relief efforts led...
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...
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