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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by United States (US) Pre...
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
December 17 04:29 PM
PARIS, France (AFP)—The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tourn...
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Grace and Scotiabank sign $1.8 billion deal
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Grace and Scotiabank sign $1.8 billion deal
January 28, 2010
Douglas Orane, Chairman and CEO GraceKennedy, Simon Roberts, CEO Hardware and Lumber limited, and Bruce Bowen, President and CEO of Scotiabank, in dee...
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The changing face of the World Bank in the Caribbean and Latin America — Part 1
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The changing face of the World Bank in the Caribbean and Latin America — Part 1
BY AL EDWARDS 
January 28, 2010
OVER the last forty years the World Bank in this hemisphere has become synonymous with a multilateral agency that bails outs beleaguered third- world ...
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Real estate sector could benefit from JDX
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Real estate sector could benefit from JDX
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 28, 2010
Real Estate Outlook 2010 THE real estate market could rebound this year following a decline in interest rates resulting in an improvement in buyer res...
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JDX participation a ‘remarkable achievement’ but Wynter mum on govt loan
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JDX participation a ‘remarkable achievement’ but Wynter mum on govt loan
Alicia Roache roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 28, 2010
Governor of the Bank of Jamaica, Brian Wynter, yesterday lauded the financial sector's response to the Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) as a 'remarkable ac...
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Agriculture Ministry and World Bank to assess coffee industry
January 28, 2010
JAMAICA's coffee farmers are now one step closer to effective crop insurance coverage, based on an agreement signed this week by Agriculture Minister ...
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Futures and options could boost capital markets
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 21, 2010
Futures and options will make good additions to the trading platform of capital markets, argues Charlie Rubin, a consultant on international securitie...
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Credit rating bureau needed quickly –Wynter
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 21, 2010
GOVERNOR of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) Brian Wynter says the establishment of a local credit rating bureau will have a greater effect on bank solvency ...
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Jazz fest expected to net US$3 million
January 21, 2010
As Western Jamaica makes preparations for the upcoming 2010 Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, the local economy is projected to earn around US$3 millio...
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Caribbean Region, News
The JDX is an offer we can’t refuse
BY KEITH COLLISTER 
January 21, 2010
The proposed Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) is really "an offer we can't refuse" in that the Jamaican government requires that the exchange succeed as a ...
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Our staff is MegaMart’s most important asset — Azan
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Our staff is MegaMart’s most important asset — Azan
BY AL EDWARDS 
January 21, 2010
SPEAKING at a special commemorative event held at the Hilton Hotel on Tuesday night to acknowledge long-serving employees of retail chain MegaMart, th...
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Jamaica debt exchange could spur the economy
BY AL EDWARDS 
January 14, 2010
THE recently announced Jamaica debt exchange offer which sees 350 instruments reduced to just 24 offering an interest rate of 12.25 per cent may -- al...
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Report says Caribbean insurance sector underdeveloped
January 14, 2010
A recently published Caribbean Insurance Report 2010 has described the region as "something of a backwater" as far as the market for insurance goes. T...
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New board of Air Jamaica announced
January 14, 2010
Consequent on the expiration of the term of the previous Board, Minister of Finance & the Public Service, Audley Shaw, has appointed a new 5-member Bo...
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Trinidad & Tobago plants its flag in corporate Jamaica
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Trinidad & Tobago plants its flag in corporate Jamaica
BY AL EDWARDS 
January 14, 2010
OVER the last decade and a half, a number of leading Jamaican businesses have been snapped up by Trinidadian companies as a result of their ineffectiv...
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Caribbean Region, News
Car payment delinquencies on the rise
Alicia Roache roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 14, 2010
The massive job losses and fallout from the collapse of the alternative investment schemes still account for many Jamaicans not being able to pay thei...
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Casserly strives for greater efficiencies at ACS e-Services
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Casserly strives for greater efficiencies at ACS e-Services
BY AL EDWARDS 
January 13, 2010
Managing director of business process outsourcing company Affiliated Computers Services (ACS) e-Services Patrick Casserly, is making a concerted effor...
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Jamaica debt exchange offer launched
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Jamaica debt exchange offer launched
BY KEITH COLLISTER 
January 12, 2010
FINANCE Minister Audley Shaw launched the Government of Jamaica's long awaited Debt Exchange offer yesterday morning at the Bank of Jamaica auditorium...
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Newspaper industry suffering from market failure
December 3, 2009
The newspaper industry is suffering "market failure" and the US Government will need to help preserve serious journalism essential to democracy, an in...
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Chris Williams hails his public service to Jamaica
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November 26, 2009
BY AL EDWARDS THE managing director of NCB Capital Markets Christopher Williams took the opportunity earlier this week to laud Grace Kennedy's Chief O...
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