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Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
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Trump admin sends more agents to Minneapolis despite furor over woman’s killing
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January 11 05:00 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)—US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis,...
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
January 11 04:45 PM
St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
January 11 04:42 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica–An American sterile surgical technician is among two charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of am...
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Spices to the rescue
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Spices to the rescue
March 27, 2024
Spices to the rescue
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Instability plaguing agro sector
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Instability plaguing agro sector
March 20, 2024
Instability plaguing agro sector
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Banana Board of Jamaica, France’s CIRAD to treat with TR4 disease…test resistant bananas at JP Farms, Bodles
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Banana Board of Jamaica, France’s CIRAD to treat with TR4 disease…test resistant bananas at JP Farms, Bodles
Josimar Scott 
March 13, 2024
Banana Board of Jamaica, France’s CIRAD to treat with TR4 disease
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Tilapia hatchery upgrade to propel Jamaica back in export business
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Tilapia hatchery upgrade to propel Jamaica back in export business
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2024
Tilapia hatchery upgrade to propel Jamaica back in export business
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Hybrid cooperative system good for agriculture
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Hybrid cooperative system good for agriculture
February 28, 2024
Hybrid cooperative system
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SRC’s tissue culture magic: cloning plants for backyard farming
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SRC’s tissue culture magic: cloning plants for backyard farming
Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
February 21, 2024
SRC’s tissue culture magic: cloning
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Food bill dips
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Food bill dips
Exports rise as sugar continues to struggle
February 14, 2024
Food bill dips
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RADA app aims to make life easier for farmers
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RADA app aims to make life easier for farmers
Kellaray Miles | Reporter 
February 7, 2024
RADA app aims to make life easier
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Agro-Invest CEO bats for improved supply chains
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Agro-Invest CEO bats for improved supply chains
BY JOSIMAR SCOTT Senior reporter josimars@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 31, 2024
Agro-Invest CEO bats for improved supply chains
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Agro parks: Done right, they can still transform the economy
Agriculture
Agro parks: Done right, they can still transform the economy
January 24, 2024
Agro parks: Done right, they can still transform the economy
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Hydroponics for resilient farming
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Hydroponics for resilient farming
Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
April 4, 2023
WHILE traditional farmers are crying in the drought, hydroponic farmers are unmoved. Although the losses for farmers in the drought period have not ye...
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SO Love Songs
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SO Love Songs
February 11, 2023
The language of love can be translated in many ways. But the most universal? Music! As Valentine's Day nears, we thought we'd cut through the noise an...
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‘Unprecedented’
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‘Unprecedented’
November 15, 2022
MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Pearnel Charles Jr has loaded farmers for contributing to a sixth-consecutive quarter of growth in agricultural ...
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Timely price cut for fertilisers
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Timely price cut for fertilisers
November 15, 2022
CONSEQUENT on Newport-Fersan (Jamaica) Limited's announcement last week of price cuts on a number of fertilisers, Minister of Agriculture and Fisherie...
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Urgent action needed to curb fertiliser crisis
Agriculture, Business, CBR
Urgent action needed to curb fertiliser crisis
November 15, 2022
A study looking into current volatility in the fertilisers market and its impact on agricultural production was issued on November 14, 2022 by the Wor...
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Initiative launched to address cadmium levels in cocoa
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Initiative launched to address cadmium levels in cocoa
November 8, 2022
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) launched the project 'Improving cap...
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Farmers crucial to agricultural solutions to climate change
Agriculture, Business, CBR
Farmers crucial to agricultural solutions to climate change
November 1, 2022
San Jose , Costa Rica (IICA) — As human beings, we cannot do without agriculture, the main source of food. Food is a basic human right, but its produc...
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IP benefits of NFTs to creators?
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IP benefits of NFTs to creators?
August 23, 2022
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been growing in popularity over the past few years. However, not many people quite understand how an NFT works. Non-fu...
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Agricultural lands leased to young farmers
Agriculture, Career & Education, CBR
Agricultural lands leased to young farmers
August 13, 2022
Thirty young farmers are the newest selectees for agricultural land leases across the country's agro parks and production zones. This has been done un...
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PHOTO: Farm tour
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PHOTO: Farm tour
August 6, 2022
Jamaica Producers Farms General Manager Mario Figueroa (right) shows Agriculture Minister Pearnel Charles Jnr freshly reaped bunches of JP bananas dur...
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Exotic animals a hit at Denbigh
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Exotic animals a hit at Denbigh
August 2, 2022
DENBIGH, Clarendon — A mobile petting zoo was a big hit with patrons at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show. While only the brave pette...
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Reconstructing an economy
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Reconstructing an economy
July 5, 2022
Nigel Leavy, president of the Plantain Gardens Farmers Co-operative (PGFC) in eastern St Thomas, says that the members are doing their part to reinven...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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January 12, 2026
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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