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Julian Robinson appointed head coach of Calabar athletics
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Julian Robinson appointed head coach of Calabar athletics
May 28, 2025
Veteran throws coach Julian Robinson has replaced Corey Bennett as head of Calabar High School's athletics programme. The school had been assessing it...
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Dennis Chung leaving JFF, heading to FID
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Dennis Chung leaving JFF, heading to FID
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dennis Chung is leaving his general secretary post at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to take up an appointment with the Fin...
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Global Jamaica Diaspora Council s call for public Sex Offender Registry
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Global Jamaica Diaspora Council s call for public Sex Offender Registry
May 28, 2025
Peter Gracey, Global Jamaica Diaspora Council Representative for the Southeastern United States, has ed forces with the Female Development World O...
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Even more evil to the elderly
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Even more evil to the elderly
Seniors meeting hell, some of it criminal, with developers, lawyers, strata corporations, committee hears
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
More claims of the horrors endured by elderly Jamaicans — ranging from being turned out of their homes to being preyed on by developers who resort to ...
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NWC eyeing Mona Reservoir, Hermitage Dam expansion
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NWC eyeing Mona Reservoir, Hermitage Dam expansion
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
WITH population spikes and weather patterns putting pressure on key catchment facilities serving the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA), the National Wa...
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Elephant Man upbeat as Kat Deluna collab makes Rolling Stone list
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Elephant Man upbeat as Kat Deluna collab makes Rolling Stone list
Spragga Benz and several dancehall-driven hits also make the cut
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer writer [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
O n Sunday when dancehall artiste Elephant Man learnt that Whine Up , a 2007 collaboration that he was featured on with American singer Kat Deluna, ma...
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Cheque fraud surge
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Cheque fraud surge
Criminals go old school as banks close fraud loopholes; BOJ warns of AI threat
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
CHEQUE fraud is making a striking comeback in Jamaica, surging to its highest level in five years as banks close loopholes on card fraud and ramp up d...
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‘MATURITY AND BELIEF’
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‘MATURITY AND BELIEF’
McClaren full of praise as Boyz beat Trinidad and Tobago in Unity Cup
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
D espite the Reggae Boyz needing a stoppage time penalty to beat Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, Head Coach Steve McClaren says he was very impressed ...
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Julian Robinson appointed head coach of Calabar athletics
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Julian Robinson appointed head coach of Calabar athletics
May 28, 2025
Veteran throws coach Julian Robinson has replaced Corey Bennett as head of Calabar High School's athletics programme. The school had been assessing it...
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Trench Town man fined for malicious destruction of property
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Trench Town man fined for malicious destruction of property
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Trench Town man has been fined $50,000 after pleading guilty to two counts of malicious destruction of property in connection wi...
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Dennis Chung leaving JFF, heading to FID
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Dennis Chung leaving JFF, heading to FID
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dennis Chung is leaving his general secretary post at the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) to take up an appointment with the Fin...
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Grange chides Golding for ‘no class’ comment towards Dr Charles
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Grange chides Golding for ‘no class’ comment towards Dr Charles
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Gender Minister Olivia Grange is chastising Opposition Leader and People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding for his com...
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Forex: $160.04 to one US dollar
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Forex: $160.04 to one US dollar
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Wednesday, May 28 ended trading at $160.04 up by 21 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s daily exchange trad...
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Cambridge, John Rollins and Farm Primary win U-13 cricket competition
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Cambridge, John Rollins and Farm Primary win U-13 cricket competition
May 28, 2025
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Cambridge Primary, John Rollins Success Primary and Farm Primary were winners in the Johns Hall Primary/Jerry Reid Under 13 cricke...
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Page 2 raises yet another toast to the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. The glitzy cocktail reception held at Devo...
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Agriculture Minister touts ‘360 approach’ in fight against praedial larceny
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Agriculture Minister touts ‘360 approach’ in fight against praedial larceny
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Floyd Green says the Government has taken a “360 approach” to fight praedial larcen...
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Negril public beach park to be developed this year
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Negril public beach park to be developed this year
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Work will commence this year on the development of the Negril Public Beach Park in Westmoreland, says Minister without Portfolio i...
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Police constable charged with 2024 assault of a man — Indecom
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Police constable charged with 2024 assault of a man — Indecom
May 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) constable has been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm contrary to...
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Global Jamaica Diaspora Council s call for public Sex Offender Registry
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Global Jamaica Diaspora Council s call for public Sex Offender Registry
May 28, 2025
Peter Gracey, Global Jamaica Diaspora Council Representative for the Southeastern United States, has ed forces with the Female Development World O...
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Rose Gardens cultivates unity through Project STAR-led vegetable garden project
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Rose Gardens cultivates unity through Project STAR-led vegetable garden project
May 28, 2025
In the Kingston Central community of Rose Gardens, a vibrant intergenerational initiative came to life on Labour Day, as Project STAR ed hands wit...
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Exchange United beat Dry Harbour to get into the semis
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Exchange United beat Dry Harbour to get into the semis
May 28, 2025
ST ANN, Jamaica — Defending champions Exchange United completed the semi-finals of the St Ann Football Association on Tuesday after beating winless Dr...
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Toothless Man Utd beaten in Malaysia friendly
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Toothless Man Utd beaten in Malaysia friendly
May 28, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Manchester United's dismal season suffered fresh embarrassment as they were beaten 1-0 by a Southeast Asian XI in swel...
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‘MATURITY AND BELIEF’
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McClaren full of praise as Boyz beat Trinidad and Tobago in Unity Cup
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
D espite the Reggae Boyz needing a stoppage time penalty to beat Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, Head Coach Steve McClaren says he was very impressed ...
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Triston McDonald off to NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp
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Triston McDonald off to NBA’s Basketball Without Borders camp
BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter [email protected] 
May 28, 2025
Seventeen-year-old rising star Triston McDonald says he’s hoping to make a good impression after being selected for the NBA’s Basketball Without Borde...
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Sammy positive ahead of England tour in spite of weather
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Sammy positive ahead of England tour in spite of weather
May 28, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, England (CMC) — West Indies Head Coach Daren Sammy remained upbeat despite poor weather disrupting his team’s preparations ahead of the fi...
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Mother of 4-y-o killed in Mandeville shooting charged
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — The mother of a four-year-old girl who was shot dead a week ago at their Mandeville home has been charged. Yanique Brown, a 38-y...
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Body believed to be that of missing 8-y-o found in car in Gregory Park
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Body believed to be that of missing 8-y-o found in car in Gregory Park
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica – A decomposing body found in a car in Gregory Park, St Catherine on Tuesday afternoon is believed to be that of missing eight-y...
May 27, 2025
Reggae Boyz edge Trinidad with last-gasp penalty in Unity Cup
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Reggae Boyz edge Trinidad with last-gasp penalty in Unity Cup
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica are through to the final of the Unity Cup in London after outscoring Caribbean neighbours Trinidad and Tobago 3-2 in the s...
May 27, 2025
Former JPL player Hugh Howell collapses during scrimmage, dies
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Former JPL player Hugh Howell collapses during scrimmage, dies
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Former Excelsior High, Waterhouse FC and Humble Lion footballer Hugh Howell collapsed and died while playing a game of scrimmage on Sunday. He was 39 ...
May 26, 2025
Police investigating fatal shooting incident caught on camera
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police are now investigating a fatal shooting incident reportedly involving neighbours in Papine, St Andrew. The deceased has ...
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THE brouhaha over the $31-million neurosurgical drill sold to the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) by Medical Technologies has mushroomed ...
May 27, 2025
Doreen Billings, founder of SunCity Radio, has died
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Doreen Billings, founder of SunCity Radio, has died
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Kingston, Jamaica – Doreen Billings, otherwise known as "Mama B", the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of SunCity Radio 104.9 FM, has died. B...
May 26, 2025
Pump attendant pleads guilty to stealing over $240,000 from customer’s debit card
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Pump attendant pleads guilty to stealing over $240,000 from customer’s debit card
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former pump attendant pleaded guilty to stealing over $243,000 from a customer’s debit card when she appeared in the Kingston an...
May 27, 2025
Saharan dust layer moves across Caribbean
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Saharan dust layer moves across Caribbean
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A wave of the Saharan dust is currently moving across the Caribbean and has triggered alerts across some islands. The desert sand travels via wind acr...
May 27, 2025
Battle of the neurosurgeons: UHWI backs Dr Carl Bruce following alleged ‘defamatory’ claims by Dr Roger Hunter
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Battle of the neurosurgeons: UHWI backs Dr Carl Bruce following alleged ‘defamatory’ claims by Dr Roger Hunter
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s a major twist in the ongoing saga involving two prominent neurosurgeons at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHW...
May 26, 2025
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