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Jamaicans urged to find time to look after their health
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Jamaicans urged to find time to look after their health
April 1 05:42 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Executive Director of the Heart Foundation of Jamaica (HFJ), Deborah Chen, has appealed to Jamaicans to take proactive steps to prot...
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Forex: $158.87 to one US dollar
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Forex: $158.87 to one US dollar
April 1 04:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, April 1, ended trading at $158.87, up by 29 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s ...
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FBI visits Cuba to probe US speedboat shoot-out
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FBI visits Cuba to probe US speedboat shoot-out
April 1 04:33 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP)—An FBI team was in Cuba to investigate a deadly February shoot-out between the Cuban coast guard and a US-registered speedboat, a U...
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Flow engages, uplifts and invests in women and girls
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Flow engages, uplifts and invests in women and girls
April 1 04:00 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Telecommunications provider Flow recently donated $250,000 to the HerFlow Foundation, an organisation that champions menstrual hea...
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Second suspect charged for sanitation worker’s murder
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Second suspect charged for sanitation worker’s murder
April 1 03:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A second man has been charged in connection with the murder of 29-year-old Sequan Grant, a sanitation worker of Ponsetta Avenue, K...
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US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodriguez
US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodriguez
April 1 03:42 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—The United States on Wednesday lifted sanctions against Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez, who took power ...
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Jamaica College clarifies ‘misleading’ media account of reported school assault
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Jamaica College clarifies ‘misleading’ media account of reported school assault
April 1 03:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Following reports that a student at Jamaica College was assaulted by peers on the school compound last week, the institution’s boa...
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Jamaica Employers’ Federation announces newly elected executive leadership team
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Jamaica Employers’ Federation announces newly elected executive leadership team
April 1 02:56 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) has announced its newly elected executive officers, with Wayne Chen returning as president...
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Supervisor’s behaviour sabotages employees’
March 27, 2010
I work at a non-profit organisation that pays well, but I steadily am becoming more miserable. There are four of us in our department, but we each hav...
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Teen follows career dream with Sandals
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Teen follows career dream with Sandals
March 27, 2010
SANDALS Montego Bay's recent Hospitality Training Programme graduate Deidre-Ann Osbourne is head over heels for the resort. As a student at Herbert Mo...
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Ex-felon suffers the penalty 20 years later
March 27, 2010
Twenty years ago, I was convicted of trafficking. I served four and a half years in prison and tried re-entering society as a law-abiding, tax-paying ...
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Canadians impressed with Jamaica’s practical nurses
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Canadians impressed with Jamaica’s practical nurses
March 20, 2010
Career & Education A hundred and ninety-five Jamaican practical nursing students, the first to be trained outside of Canada and accepted for that coun...
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MultiCare Foundation, Citibank bring financial education to youths
March 20, 2010
Career & Education EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness has given his stamp of approval to the MultiCare Foundation and Citibank initiative to bring fina...
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American Int’l School completes upgrading work
March 20, 2010
THE American International School of Kingston (AISK) has completed major expansion and upgrading work on its College Green Avenue facilities, includin...
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Freeloading brother works full-time
March 20, 2010
I am 67 years old and work part-time. My 60-year-old brother works full-time, makes US$27,000 a year and lives with my husband and me. My 70-year-old ...
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J’can family in Toronto supports Jamaica College
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J’can family in Toronto supports Jamaica College
March 20, 2010
THE family of the late Jamaican-Canadian businessman, Leslie Ameen Josephs, is to offer an annual scholarship to his alma mater, Jamaica College. The ...
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JIS to join schools in celebrating Career Day
March 20, 2010
THE Jamaica Information Service (JIS), in keeping with its corporate social responsibility, will be visiting a number of schools islandwide to partici...
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Book glee
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Book glee
March 20, 2010
Trench Town Primary School students (from left) Moesha Thompson, Tequila Hinds and Shaquor Martin look delighted as they go through one of the books f...
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Deaf IT whiz
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 20, 2010
Kemar Groves and his work with computers THROUGH hard work and dedication, members of Jamaica's deaf population are making their mark, particularly in...
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The clueless young professional
Wayne Powell 
March 20, 2010
Career & Education MEET "Daemon", 20, who just graduated from university with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. His career ambition is to one...
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92-year-old man nabbed for killing endangered tigers
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92-year-old man nabbed for killing endangered tigers
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March 20, 2010
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) —Indonesian conservationists said on Friday that they had caught red-handed a 92-year-old man who had admitted to killing doz...
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Interactive learning centre opens at UWI
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Interactive learning centre opens at UWI
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Career & Education writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 20, 2010
Career & Education THE University of the West Indies (UWI) Geology Museum Interactive Learning Centre opened its doors on March 11, as part of the ins...
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Employee outlook could shift during economic recovery
March 20, 2010
OFFICE attitudes could be changing as the job market begins to recover from the economic downturn. As the market improves, employees will most likely ...
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Working naked
BY HENRY LEWIS 
March 20, 2010
BUSINESS leaders today agree that their employees are their most valuable corporate asset, but many are finding it increasingly difficult to retain an...
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Windward Road Primary gets 500 chairs
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Windward Road Primary gets 500 chairs
March 13, 2010
Noel Pennant (left), vice-principal of Windward Road Primary and Junior High School, receives the first of 500 chairs from Frank Jackson (third left),...
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Boys’ Town youths on course to boxing career
March 13, 2010
FIGHTING in school is usually ample reason for suspension or expulsion, but not at Boys' Town in Trench Town, where fighting forms a part of the daily...
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Bonuses pay off
March 13, 2010
WHEN it comes to rewarding employees, money is the answer. Money remains the top incentive when wanting to give workers credit for their hard work. Fo...
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Haitian children lament being out of school
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Haitian children lament being out of school
March 13, 2010
STANLEY Licet, 14, is among the hundreds of thousands of Haitian children now out of school at the mercy of the streets, following the January 12 eart...
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GSAT Centre promises good results
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GSAT Centre promises good results
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Career & Education staff reporter ?matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 13, 2010
PARENTS interested in having their children perform well in the annual Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) may not need to look further than the GSAT Ce...
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250 students participate in round two of Mathematical Olympiad
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250 students participate in round two of Mathematical Olympiad
BY COREY ROBINSON Observer staff reporter 
March 13, 2010
THE University of the West Indies' (UWI's) Assembly Hall was abuzz with activity two Saturdays ago as 250 students from across the island gathered to ...
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