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Resilient teen refuses to let doctor’s prognosis define his life
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jahmar James’ world was shaken when doctors delivered a devastating prognosis: He would not live beyond his early 20s. The predicti...
Delivering devastating news to patients
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Delivering devastating news to patients
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
WHEN doctors deliver life-altering news to patients, such as a timeline within which they might die, psychiatrist Dr Saphire Longmore says it is criti...
Sun, Jamaican food and sprint
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Sun, Jamaican food and sprint
Athletes enjoying local vibes at Grand Slam Track
BY RACHID PARCHMENT Digital sports coordinator parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
Warm weather, warm people, party vibes, and good food? Although Grand Slam Track (GST) is in Jamaica for its first stop, which means serious business ...
Sean Paul set to blaze on UK Tour
Entertainment, Music
Sean Paul set to blaze on UK Tour
...hits the road with Ashanti; Fat Joe to make special appearance
April 6, 2025
Global dancehall superstar Sean Paul is turning up the heat this season with his highly anticipated ‘Bring It’ UK Tour, kick-starting in Belfast on Ap...
‘Gated’ communities
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‘Gated’ communities
Residents say barricades, though inconvenient, contribute to decrease in crime
BY DANA MALCOLM Observer online reporter malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
IN some of Kingston’s more gritty communities, barriers stretching across roads is not new. The practice had its early beginnings in the late 1970s wh...
Fairmont Estates not scrapped, says developer
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Fairmont Estates not scrapped, says developer
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Executive editor, regional correspondents network clarkec@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
DEVELOPERS of Fairmont Estates, expected to be a swanky, gated community in Irwin, St James, have rubbished claims that the project has been scrapped....
A GRAND SLAM!
Athletics, Sports
A GRAND SLAM!
Salwa Eid Naser shows class as four champions crowned on Day Two
BY ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
Day Two of Grand Slam Track brought high energy and world-beating performances and, on an evening when the first four champions were crowned and hande...
Psychiatrist points to link between childhood trauma and serious health issues
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Psychiatrist points to link between childhood trauma and serious health issues
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
WITH research linking childhood trauma to five of the 10 leading causes of death globally, head of community health and psychiatry at The University o...
Torrential rains kill some 30 people in DR Congo capital
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Torrential rains kill some 30 people in DR Congo capital
April 6, 2025
Kinshasa, DR Congo (AFP)—Heavy downpours in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, Kinshasa have left around 30 people dead while wreaking havoc ...
Grand Slam Track: Jones wins 100m hurdles, Williams second
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Grand Slam Track: Jones wins 100m hurdles, Williams second
April 5, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Jamaica’s double World Champion Danielle Williams started her pursuit of the US$100,000 prize money at the Grand Slam Track meet ...
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April 5, 2025
Brand Jamaica was championed at the National Indoor Sports Centre Thursday evening at the opening of Expo Jamaica 2025. Under the theme ‘Global Partne...
Death date
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Death date
Resilient teen refuses to let doctor’s prognosis define his life
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD Jahmar James’ world was shaken when doctors delivered a devastating prognosis: He would not live beyond his early 20s. The predicti...
Delivering devastating news to patients
News
Delivering devastating news to patients
By Tamoy Ashman Sunday Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
WHEN doctors deliver life-altering news to patients, such as a timeline within which they might die, psychiatrist Dr Saphire Longmore says it is criti...
Sun, Jamaican food and sprint
News
Sun, Jamaican food and sprint
Athletes enjoying local vibes at Grand Slam Track
BY RACHID PARCHMENT Digital sports coordinator parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
Warm weather, warm people, party vibes, and good food? Although Grand Slam Track (GST) is in Jamaica for its first stop, which means serious business ...
‘Gated’ communities
News
‘Gated’ communities
Residents say barricades, though inconvenient, contribute to decrease in crime
BY DANA MALCOLM Observer online reporter malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
IN some of Kingston’s more gritty communities, barriers stretching across roads is not new. The practice had its early beginnings in the late 1970s wh...
Fairmont Estates not scrapped, says developer
News
Fairmont Estates not scrapped, says developer
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Executive editor, regional correspondents network clarkec@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
DEVELOPERS of Fairmont Estates, expected to be a swanky, gated community in Irwin, St James, have rubbished claims that the project has been scrapped....
A GRAND SLAM!
Athletics, Sports
A GRAND SLAM!
Salwa Eid Naser shows class as four champions crowned on Day Two
BY ANDRE LOWE Sports content manager lowea@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
Day Two of Grand Slam Track brought high energy and world-beating performances and, on an evening when the first four champions were crowned and hande...
Seville introspective after first Grand Slam Track outing
Athletics, Sports
Seville introspective after first Grand Slam Track outing
BY RACHID PARCHMENT Digital sports coordinator parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
It might not have been the start to the season he wanted, but 100m sprinter Oblique Seville can now assess how much more work is needed if he is to ge...
Roshawn Clarke remains upbeat
Athletics, Sports
Roshawn Clarke remains upbeat
Rachid Parchment 
April 6, 2025
Although a second-place finish in the men’s 400m hurdles (long hurdles category) is not what Jamaica’s Roshawn Clarke would’ve hoped for at Grand Slam...
MBU seek revenge against Dunbeholden in JPL
Football, National Premier League, Sports
MBU seek revenge against Dunbeholden in JPL
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2025
CATHERINE HALL, St James — Montego Bay United could return to second place in the points tables in the Jamaica Premier League today if they can avenge...
Chocomo favoured to win Linval McFarlane Trophy Feature
Horse Racing, Sports
Chocomo favoured to win Linval McFarlane Trophy Feature
April 6, 2025
The stage is set for an exciting clash at Caymanas Park today as the $1.25-million Linval McFarlane Trophy feature takes centre stage. Among the 12-ho...

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