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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
December 28 11:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
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US lawmakers condemn Trump plan targeting Caribbean immigrant families
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US lawmakers condemn Trump plan targeting Caribbean immigrant families
December 28 11:35 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Immigration leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives in the United States have condemned President Donald ...
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
December 28 10:50 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — For Bishop Maurice Clarke, Jamaica is not simply home — it is “my heartbeat.” And when Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of...
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WATCH: Car crashes into utility pole on St Thomas roadway, two hospitalised
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December 28 09:27 AM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – A driver and his passenger were rushed to hospital Sunday morning after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a utilit...
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St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
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Jackson returned as JKA president
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Jackson returned as JKA president
January 20, 2011
The Jamaica Karting Association (JKA) returned Andrew Jackson as president at the club's recent annual general meeting held at the offices of Stewart'...
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Riding a bobsled — breathtaking!
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Riding a bobsled — breathtaking!
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January 20, 2011
The bobsled has etched an indelible mark in the minds of Jamaicans, spurred by the memorable exploits of the island's historic 1988 Olympic bobsled te...
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Pedestrians still top death count
January 20, 2011
ROAD DEATH CLOCK THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 13 DEATHS Pedestrians continue to lead traffic fatalities, accounting for seven of the 13 traffic deaths s...
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Gas price climb continues
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Gas price climb continues
January 20, 2011
Petrojam increased ex-refinery gas prices on octane 87 and 90 marginally this week, tacking on 51 cents per litre on the fuel types. However, diesel c...
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25 used car dealers drop out of market
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25 used car dealers drop out of market
January 20, 2011
As automobile sales contract, president of the Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association (JUCDA), Lynvalle Hamilton says that 25 dealers have dropped out o...
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Improved Freelander hits local market this week
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Improved Freelander hits local market this week
January 20, 2011
The Freelander 2, one of the world's best-selling premier midsized SUVs is set to take local motorists by storm with ATL Britannia's launch of the red...
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Gas prices up, again
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Gas prices up, again
January 13, 2011
Ex-refinery gasoline prices yesterday shot up $1.53 per litre for both 87 and 90 octane and $1.80 per litre for diesel. This follows a marginal decrea...
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A nut can beat high gas prices
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January 13, 2011
Gas prices are again on the rise. As world oil prices increase in response to global economic recovery and other factors, we can expect gas prices to ...
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King Midas stages GranTurismo 5 challenge
January 13, 2011
EXHAUST specialists King Midas Mufflers will be staging the first in a unique event for racing lovers — a Gran Turismo 5 (GT5) competition. “Race on t...
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NRSC calls for improved emergency response for road crash victims
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NRSC calls for improved emergency response for road crash victims
January 13, 2011
Police increases vigilance in Clarendon, St Elizabeth and Westmoreland The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) is lamenting the shortage of ambulances...
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MINI at Dakar
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MINI at Dakar
January 13, 2011
A MINI Countryman takes flight during stage five at the Dakar rally. The gruelling 13-stage rally is currently underway in South America finishing on ...
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Road Safety Council wants better emergency response to crashes
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Road Safety Council wants better emergency response to crashes
January 12, 2011
THE National Road Safety Council (NRSC) says it will this year intensify its lobby for policy and practices to improve and streamline an emergency res...
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Pedestrian deaths start the year
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Pedestrian deaths start the year
January 6, 2011
AS the first week in 2011 draws to a close, pedestrians are again at the forefront of traffic fatalities. Last year pedestrians topped the fatality li...
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China traffic deaths higher than police say
January 6, 2011
BEIJING, China (AP) — Traffic deaths in China are far higher than what police have been reporting, a new study says, in a significant finding for the ...
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NRSC pushing for amended Road Traffic Act this year
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NRSC pushing for amended Road Traffic Act this year
January 6, 2011
Ban on cellphone use while driving, seizure of uninsured vehicles proposed Vice chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr Lucien Jones, ...
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Ity & Fancy Cat serious about road safety
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Ity & Fancy Cat serious about road safety
January 6, 2011
They are better known for poking fun at personalities but now popular comedians Ian "Ity" Ellis and Alton "Fancy Cat" Hardware have joined the Nationa...
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Ford gains ground on Toyota in consumer survey
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January 6, 2011
DETROIT, US (AP) — Ford Motor Company has gained ground on rival Toyota Motor Corporation in the perceptions of car owners, according to a survey by C...
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Pot-hole economics 101
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Pot-hole economics 101
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January 6, 2011
While we tend to think of a pothole as an unsightly, uncomfortable nuisance that we hate to fall into, all contact with potholes, no matter how small,...
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Gas prices drop 25 cents per litre
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Gas prices drop 25 cents per litre
January 6, 2011
PETROJAM has announced a reduction in ex-refinery petrol prices, effective yesterday, recording the first drop in gasoline prices in three weeks. Both...
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JGRA boss sees $120/litre gas price
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JGRA boss sees $120/litre gas price
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December 30, 2010
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Gasoline Retailers Association (JGRA), Trevor Heaven, has projected that motorists will have to fork out close to $120 to pur...
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What’s behind the high import duty on cars
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December 30, 2010
SUCCESSIVE administrations have traditionally seen motor cars as 'luxury' items and therefore taxation policies by both sides of the political divide ...
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Pedestrians top 2010 traffic fatality
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Pedestrians top 2010 traffic fatality
December 30, 2010
• NRSC to target group in road safety measures next year PEDESTRIANS, at 37 per cent, is the highest category of road users killed in motor vehicle cr...
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