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GraceKennedy eyes full control of Tastee Cheese producer
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GraceKennedy eyes full control of Tastee Cheese producer
December 19 09:28 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — GraceKennedy has agreed to buy out the shareholding of New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group in Dairy Industries (Jamaica) Ltd...
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Three family members hacked to death in Rocky Point, relative in custody
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Three family members hacked to death in Rocky Point, relative in custody
December 19 09:20 AM
CLARENDON, Jamaica —Three persons were hacked to death in a reported dispute among family members in the Frazersfield area of Rocky Point in Clarendon...
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Eastern Hanover residents welcome hurricane relief donations from BGLC
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Eastern Hanover residents welcome hurricane relief donations from BGLC
December 19 08:19 AM
Residents in the eastern Hanover communities of Jericho, Retrieve, and Morris have welcomed recent hurricane relief donations of tarpaulins, tents, ma...
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UN declares famine over in Gaza, says ‘situation remains critical’
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UN declares famine over in Gaza, says ‘situation remains critical’
December 19 07:50 AM
GAZA, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — A famine declared in Gaza in August is now over thanks to improved access for humanitarian aid, the United Natio...
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JPS programme puts end to stolen electricity in Riverton Meadows
Jason Cross | Reporter 
December 19 12:20 AM
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Full payment for beneficiaries, with top-up from UNICEF before Christmas
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 19 12:18 AM
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Daybreak’s @10
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Decade-marking, brunch-chic edition to supporting hurricane relief
Kevin Jackson 
December 19 12:16 AM
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COMPANIES TIGHTEN BELTS
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Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19 12:14 AM
Bonus payouts narrow in post-Melissa economy
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Australia mining company sorry for losing radioactive device
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January 29, 2023
PERTH, Australia (AP) — A mining corporation on Sunday apologised for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometre (870-mile) stretch of...
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‘Avatar 2’ tops box office for 7th weekend
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‘Avatar 2’ tops box office for 7th weekend
January 29, 2023
“Avatar: The Way of Water” claimed the Number 1 spot on the domestic box office charts for the seventh weekend in a row with an additional $15.7 milli...
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Elon Musk’s mysterious ways on display in Tesla tweet trial
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January 29, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s enigmatic personality and unconventional tactics are emerging as key exhibits in a trial revolving around one of his ...
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Senate approves traffic ticket reprieve Bill
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Senate approves traffic ticket reprieve Bill
ALPHEA SUMNER Senior staff reporter saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 29, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Upper House on Friday passed the Road Traffic (Reprieve and Nullification of Prescribed Notices) Act, 2023, after intense deba...
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Protester killed in Peru’s capital, rising crisis toll to 58
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January 29, 2023
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A protester has been killed in Lima during brutal clashes between police and demonstrators demanding the resignation of President Di...
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Peru’s protest ‘deactivators’ run toward tear gas to stop it
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January 29, 2023
LIMA, Peru (AP) — When police fire tear gas at protesters demanding the resignation of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, most run away. A few, though,...
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WATCH: Manchester police engaged in divine worship amid crime wave
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January 29, 2023
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are congregated at the Faith Claim Ministries in Greenvale, Mandeville in an effort to seek divine intervention for the d...
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Novak Djokovic claims 10th Australian Open title, 22nd Slam
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January 29, 2023
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic climbed into the Rod Laver Arena stands to celebrate his 10th Australian Open championship and record-tying...
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Tobacco restrictions to be enforced in BVI
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January 29, 2023
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands (CMC) – The British Virgin Islands’ government is planning to implement restrictions on the smoking of tobacco product...
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US marks 20th anniversary of PEPFAR aid to the Caribbean
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January 29, 2023
WASHINGTON (CMC) – The United States on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for the Car...
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Gayle looking forward to return of Waterhouse faithful at Drewsland
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Gayle looking forward to return of Waterhouse faithful at Drewsland
January 29, 2023
After going nearly three years without seeing a ball kicked in competitive action at their Drewsland home-base, Waterhouse fans are expected to fill t...
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Caricom condemns killing of police officers in Haiti
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Caricom condemns killing of police officers in Haiti
January 29, 2023
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The Caribbean Community (Caricom) says it is deeply concerned that the contrasting incidents involving the Haitian National ...
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Passenger bus in Pakistan crashes, catches fire killing 40
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Passenger bus in Pakistan crashes, catches fire killing 40
January 29, 2023
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A passenger bus crashed into a pillar and fell off a bridge, catching fire and killing 40 people in southern Pakistan on Sunda...
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Turkey issues travel warning to Europe following protests
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January 29, 2023
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey issued a travel warning late Saturday for its citizens living in or planning on going to European countries, citing Islamophobi...
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Israeli police seal off home of Jerusalem synagogue attacker
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Israeli police seal off home of Jerusalem synagogue attacker
January 29, 2023
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police on Sunday sealed up the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian attacker who killed seven people and wounded three outsid...
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Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
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Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain
January 29, 2023
KALYNIVSKE, Ukraine (AP) — When night falls in Tatiana Trofimenko’s village in southern Ukraine, she pours sunflower oil that aid groups gave her into...
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SCARRED BY SEXUAL ACTS
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January 29, 2023
GETTING to age 20, for some, is often marked with celebration, but for one particular young woman it has been a journey fraught with bumps and even pi...
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Honour for St Thomas champion Suzette Thomas
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Honour for St Thomas champion Suzette Thomas
January 29, 2023
Honour and pride are two words that can be used to sum up Suzette Thomas's mood after her most recent feat. Hailing from Soho District, St Thomas, the...
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Actions of habitual runaway teen a huge stress on family
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Actions of habitual runaway teen a huge stress on family
January 29, 2023
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The family of 14-year-old Tijourn Wilson is asking for the public's assistance in locating the young girl whom they say runs a...
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‘Good Times’ with John Amos
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January 29, 2023
JOHN Amos says opportunities in film and television for black actors, writers, and production crew are far greater now than the 1970s, when his career...
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Hard life in Cornpiece Settlement for Barbara Thompson
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January 29, 2023
ASHAMED of her deplorable living conditions, 52-year-old Barbara Thompson is crying out for help. Thompson, her 13-year-old daughter, another of her d...
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Madge Sinclair rooted in film
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Madge Sinclair rooted in film
January 29, 2023
FOR two weeks in early 1977, Jamaicans rushed home and tuned into the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation ( JBC ) to watch Roots , a powerful mini-series...
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