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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
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Man fatally shot during confrontation with Annotto Bay police, firearm seized
December 16 10:59 AM
ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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December 16 10:26 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The BBC said Tuesday it would fight a $10 billion lawsuit brought by United States (US) President Donald Trump against ...
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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PARIS, France (AFP) — Reigning European champions Paris Saint-Germain were ordered Tuesday by a Paris court to pay their former star Kylian Mbappe aro...
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Tourism minister hails Canadian diaspora as CA$3 million raised for hurricane recovery
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December 16 08:22 AM
TORONTO, Canada — Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has expressed profound gratitude for the Canadian diaspora’s extraordinary leadership and genero...
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
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Ministry to launch THARP to assist tourism workers impacted by Hurricane Melissa
December 16 08:07 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Tourism says it will launch the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), which aims to aid tourism w...
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Public health measures, Jamaicans’ response, blunt post-Melissa disease threat
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16 12:20 AM
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WATCH: Chinese nationals strike at children’s hospital construction site
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WATCH: Chinese nationals strike at children’s hospital construction site
September 17, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A number of Chinese nationals employed at the construction site of a Child and Adolescent Hospital in Montego Bay are on strike. h...
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JTA Action Committee agrees to pause pending industrial action
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JTA Action Committee agrees to pause pending industrial action
August 29, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Mark Malabver asked the association's Action Committee to place a pause on any i...
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‘Normality not guaranteed’  – JTA
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‘Normality not guaranteed’ – JTA
Teachers restive days before school reopening, elections
August 27, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) has given the Ministry of Finance until Friday to present an improved wage offer or ‘normal...
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JCSA demands  immediate payment of new salaries for fire brigade drivers,  mechanics
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JCSA demands immediate payment of new salaries for fire brigade drivers, mechanics
August 20, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) has given notice of imminent industrial action to be staged unless the Jamaica Fire B...
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JCTC rejects finance minister claims on 7.5 per cent pay increase
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JCTC rejects finance minister claims on 7.5 per cent pay increase
August 19, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) has pushed back against statements made by Minister of Finance and the Public Ser...
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Opposition concerned about reports of low wages in SPARK programme
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Opposition concerned about reports of low wages in SPARK programme
May 9, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is raising serious concerns following reports from the Incorporated Masterbuilders As...
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WATCH: MP Robinson warns of potential industrial action by restless public sector unions
March 24, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Julian Robinson, the People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Andrew South Eastern, is sounding the alarm on...
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Placard-bearing municipal workers strike in Manchester over wages
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Placard-bearing municipal workers strike in Manchester over wages
December 20, 2024
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Placard-bearing municipal workers including janitors, street sweepers, parking attendants and market staff staged a protest in f...
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T&T Gov’t says 12 per cent wage offer to port workers illegal
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T&T Gov’t says 12 per cent wage offer to port workers illegal
November 15, 2024
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) -The Trinidad and Tobago government Friday said a 12 per cent wage increase promised to workers at the port of Port of S...
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JCSA demands immediate action on wage agreement implementation as members grow restive
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JCSA demands immediate action on wage agreement implementation as members grow restive
October 30, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) is calling on the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to promptly issue the ci...
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ST MARY, Jamaica — Police say one man was fatally shot during an incident along the Annotto Bay Main Road on Monday. Reports indicate that police pers...
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
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Herbert Morrison wins fourth game in ISSA U19 basketball
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Leaders Herbert Morrison Technical won their fourth straight game in the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Rural A...
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Final four to face off in Manning Cup semis
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Thirty-nine teams started in quest of lifting the Inter Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Wata Manning Cup, now it's down to just four as Ja...
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BBC to fight Trump’s $10 bn defamation lawsuit
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PSG ordered to pay 60 million euros to Kylian Mbappe in wage dispute
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