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Filtered Feelings: The cost of comparing our lives
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Filtered Feelings: The cost of comparing our lives
BY DR CHRIS TUFTON 
April 5 06:51 AM
Has the measure of happiness evolved? It is a question I have found myself reflecting on more and more. For many Jamaicans who grew up in rural commun...
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No crime, no resign
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No crime, no resign
Defiant MP, JACDEN boss Dennis Gordon fires back in UHWI tax probe
Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:20 AM
No crime, no resign
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Alliance over isolation
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Alliance over isolation
Patterson advocates collective strength as global order frays
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:18 AM
Alliance over isolation
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Sumptuous sacred music feast
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Sumptuous sacred music feast
April 5 12:16 AM
Sumptuous sacred music feast
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More singles, fewer children
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More singles, fewer children
Survey of living conditions finds more Jamaican adults residing alone
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:14 AM
More singles, fewer children
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TAKING CHARGE
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TAKING CHARGE
Jamaica surge forward with 20 medals on Carifta Day 1
Rachid Parchment | Sports Writer | parchmentr@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:12 AM
Jamaica off to flyer on Carifta Day 1
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Saved behind bars
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Saved behind bars
Prison Bible study sessions rival that of local churches; more than 60 inmates baptise each year, says chaplain
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:10 AM
Saved behind bars
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Fitch revises Jamaica’s outlook to stable, affirms B+ rating
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Fitch revises Jamaica’s outlook to stable, affirms B+ rating
April 10, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Fitch Rating Agency, today, revised Jamaica's outlook to 'stable' from 'positive', while affirming its Long-Term Foreign-Currency I...
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Sagicor Investments reduces online trading fees amidst COVID-19 outbreak
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Sagicor Investments reduces online trading fees amidst COVID-19 outbreak
April 10, 2020
Sagicor Investments has reduced its online trading fee to 0.5 per cent for clients having an online trading account with the Jamaica Stock Exchange (J...
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Jail time unlikely for those who fail to report
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Jail time unlikely for those who fail to report
April 10, 2020
SINCE Prime Minister Andrew Holness's warning that thousands of people who have failed to report to the health ministry after arriving in the island o...
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COVID-19 death toll tops 100,000 worldwide
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COVID-19 death toll tops 100,000 worldwide
April 10, 2020
PARIS, France (AFP)— The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 100,859 on Friday, according to a tally compiled b...
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Boris Johnson out of intensive care
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Boris Johnson out of intensive care
April 10, 2020
LONDON, England (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved out of intensive care Thursday at the London hospital where he is being treated ...
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Calm amidst COVID
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Calm amidst COVID
Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 10, 2020
Cement Company pushing to keep its 500 employees on the job while keeping them safe as pandemic rages Caribbean Cement Company is striving to ensure t...
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Uncertainty fuels finger-pointing in Portland
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Uncertainty fuels finger-pointing in Portland
BY KIMONE FRANCIS Senior staff reporter francisk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 10, 2020
Residents call on Gov't to identify communities with COVID-19 CONFUSION rippled through Portland on Tuesday following a disclosure by the Ministry of ...
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6,500 applications submitted soon after CARE programme launched
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6,500 applications submitted soon after CARE programme launched
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Finance and Public Service, Dr Nigel Clarke says as of 9:45 this morning, 6500 applications were completed and confirm...
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Jamaica developing protocols to reopen borders
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Jamaica developing protocols to reopen borders
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 9, 2020
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness indicated yesterday that Jamaicans who are stranded overseas could be allowed to return home, but under strict condition...
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KSAMC urged to slash market fees amid COVID-19 crisis
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KSAMC urged to slash market fees amid COVID-19 crisis
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minority leader in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Council (KSAMC), Councillor Andrew Swaby, is urging the council to immedia...
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World faces ‘worst economic fallout since Great Depression’ —IMF chief
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World faces ‘worst economic fallout since Great Depression’ —IMF chief
April 9, 2020
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The global coronavirus pandemic is causing an economic crisis unlike any in the past century and will require a mass...
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Boris Johnson’s health ‘continues to improve’ —Downing Street
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Boris Johnson’s health ‘continues to improve’ —Downing Street
April 9, 2020
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's health "continues to improve" on his fourth day in intensive care battling coron...
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TikTok pledges US$250m for COVID-19 relief
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TikTok pledges US$250m for COVID-19 relief
April 9, 2020
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)— TikTok, the fast-growing mobile video app, pledged Thursday to contribute US$250 million to coronavirus relief effort...
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PPV, commercial carrier applications to be done online as of April 15 – Transport Authority
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PPV, commercial carrier applications to be done online as of April 15 – Transport Authority
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Transport Authority says beginning April 15, all public passenger vehicle (PPV) road licence and commercial carriers' applicat...
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Jamaica receives shipment of medical equipment and supplies – enough for three months
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Jamaica receives shipment of medical equipment and supplies – enough for three months
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The Government has received the first shipment of some $1 billion worth of medical equipment and supplies that have been procured t...
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Hope for Jamaican athletes in hunt for overseas scholarships
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Hope for Jamaican athletes in hunt for overseas scholarships
April 9, 2020
Jamaican high school athletes, with the potential to be offered scholarships to American universities and colleges, could be breathing a collective si...
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Pandemic no ‘blank cheque’ to flout human rights — UN
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Pandemic no ‘blank cheque’ to flout human rights — UN
April 9, 2020
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The coronavirus crisis is not a "blank cheque" to flout civil liberties, the UN human rights commissioner warned on Thursd...
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Ban on bars extended
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Ban on bars extended
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — While accepting that bar owners and their employees are hurting from the lock down of places of entertainment, Prime Minister Andr...
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Fewer trauma cases at hospitals in western Jamaica
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Fewer trauma cases at hospitals in western Jamaica
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
April 9, 2020
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Western Regional Health Authority Errol Greene says there has been a noticeable reduction...
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Some want restrictions lifted
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Some want restrictions lifted
April 9, 2020
Governments eye exit strategies even as virus deaths mount NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Even as coronavirus deaths continue to mount across Europe a...
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J Wray & Nephew donates 2,000 food packages to Cornpiece Clarendon
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J Wray & Nephew donates 2,000 food packages to Cornpiece Clarendon
April 9, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica— J Wray and Nephew today handed over 2000 food packages to residents of the Cornpiece community in Clarendon. The community of Cornp...
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Hard times ahead
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Hard times ahead
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 9, 2020
Sprinter Calvert-Powell says financial situation growing dire as athletics grinds to halt Having not had a sponsor since 2016, Jamaican sprinter Schil...
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Has the measure of happiness evolved? It is a question I have found myself reflecting on more and more. For many Jamaicans who grew up in rural commun...
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