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Nesta continues dancehall quest with Ride
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Nesta continues dancehall quest with Ride
January 10 04:58 PM
Guyanese singer Nesta, a many-time Calypso Queen in her country, continues the quest to make her name in dancehall music with Ride , a song produced b...
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JFB, health ministry reaffirm readiness for major earthquake
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JFB, health ministry reaffirm readiness for major earthquake
January 10 04:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness have reaffirmed their readiness to respond effectively in th...
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Venezuelan prisoners smile to hear of Maduro’s fall
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Venezuelan prisoners smile to hear of Maduro’s fall
January 10 03:44 PM
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AFP)—The prisoner's face lit up when his wife visited and told him that the man responsible for his detention was himself behind b...
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
January 10 03:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) is urging school administrators to involve students in the decision-making process ...
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
January 10 02:58 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica—A man and a woman are now in custody following the seizure of a firearm in Spicy Grove, Oracabessa in St Mary, on Saturday, January 1...
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Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
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Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
January 10 01:40 PM
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom -- Antoine Semenyo scored on his Manchester City debut as the Ghana forward's new side crushed Exeter 10-1 in the FA Cup th...
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
January 10 01:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has developed new numeracy and literacy standards as part of its efforts to improve the out...
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
January 10 01:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A policewoman is now receiving medical treatment at hospital after she was mowed down by a taxi operator on Friday afternoon at th...
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BPO sector to introduce measures to protect employees from COVID-19
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BPO sector to introduce measures to protect employees from COVID-19
March 23, 2020
The global services and business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are putting in place measures to protect their employees in light of the COVID-19...
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Savanna-la-Mar market reopens tomorrow
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Savanna-la-Mar market reopens tomorrow
March 23, 2020
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica— Chairman of the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation, Bertram Moore, says the Savanna-la-Mar market, which was closed at 2:00 pm ...
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Supreme Ventures gives $1 million to PATH
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Supreme Ventures gives $1 million to PATH
March 23, 2020
The Supreme Ventures Group has announced a $1-million donation towards the Government's PATH (Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education) p...
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PHOTO: SEALED WITH A KISS
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PHOTO: SEALED WITH A KISS
March 23, 2020
Andrew plants a welcome kiss on the forehead of his mother Gracia on her arrival in the island from Florida, United States, Saturday afternoon hours a...
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IOC admits postponing Olympics an option, but cancellation ‘not on agenda’
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IOC admits postponing Olympics an option, but cancellation ‘not on agenda’
March 23, 2020
Lausanne, Switzerland (AFP) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday that postponing the 2020 Olympics is one of its options as the ...
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Beach resort a ‘ghost town’ as Cyprus tourism hit by virus crisis
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Beach resort a ‘ghost town’ as Cyprus tourism hit by virus crisis
March 22, 2020
LARNACA, Cyprus (AFP) — On a Cyprus hotel reception desk, health questionnaires on the nevel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) sit mostly untouched near ...
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Operation attack COVID
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Operation attack COVID
Warrick Lattibeaudiere 
March 22, 2020
The offence and the defence WHEN World Wars I and II were fought in 1914-18 and 1939-45, respectively, who would have imagined Earth again being plung...
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Nurses president urges public to shun misinformation amid COVID-19 scare
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Nurses president urges public to shun misinformation amid COVID-19 scare
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Carmen Johnson, president of the Jamaica Nurses' Association (NAJ) is imploring Jamaicans to not discriminate against nurses durin...
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US athletics federation calls for Olympic postponement
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US athletics federation calls for Olympic postponement
March 22, 2020
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — United States athletics' governing body joined calls for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed yesterday, urging US Ol...
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Mavis Bank Coffee Factory implements measures
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Mavis Bank Coffee Factory implements measures
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Mavis Bank Coffee Factory (MBCF) says it has implemented a range of safety measures and modified protocols to combat the sprea...
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Companies hit pause button as coronavirus infects economy
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Companies hit pause button as coronavirus infects economy
March 22, 2020
PARIS, France (AFP) — Layoffs, cost cuts and scrapped dividends... companies scramble to adapt as the coronavirus emergency hits demand while draconia...
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Foreign minister cautions Jamaican travellers
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Foreign minister cautions Jamaican travellers
BY ALPHEA SAUNDERS Senior staff reporter saundersa@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2020
Foreign Affairs minister, Senator Kamina Johnson Smith is cautioning Jamaicans at home and in the Diaspora who coninue to travel internationally that ...
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VIDEO: A cry in Cornpiece for more food
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VIDEO: A cry in Cornpiece for more food
BY SHARLENE HENDRICKS Staff reporter hendrickss@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2020
One resident says packages cannot share for his family of seven There was relative calm at quarantined Cornpiece settlement in Hayes, Clarendon, on Fr...
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Another Negril hotel closes
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Another Negril hotel closes
Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
March 22, 2020
NEGRIL, Westmoreland — Jamaica's tourism sector continues to be hit hard with the continued closure of hotels due to the lack of forward bookings caus...
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Expect those labour changes – attorney
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Expect those labour changes – attorney
BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Senior staff reporter hibbertk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2020
PRINCIPAL consultant and attorney-at-law at Employment Matters Caribbean, Carla-Ann Harris Roper is asserting that the impact of the novel coronavirus...
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Does COVID-19 threaten the health of your Investments?
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Does COVID-19 threaten the health of your Investments?
Gary Peart 
March 22, 2020
Fears are running high due to the rising COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected that this will continue to have an impact on the mindset of investors, and ...
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Market vendors want longer opening hours
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Market vendors want longer opening hours
March 22, 2020
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Scores of market vendors who ply their wares at the St James Municipal Corporation-run Charles Gordon Market in Montego Bay have c...
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Petroleum retailers taking a hard hit
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Petroleum retailers taking a hard hit
March 22, 2020
The petroleum retail trade is already experiencing a significant fall-off in business due to COVID-19, as the number of motorists filling up at the pu...
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Coping with stress amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Coping with stress amid COVID-19 pandemic
March 22, 2020
IT is normal to feel sad, stressed, confused, scared, or angry during a crisis, especially now while the world is trying feverishly to contain the spr...
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NY Attorney General calls for halt on in-person immigration proceedings for Caribbean nationals
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NY Attorney General calls for halt on in-person immigration proceedings for Caribbean nationals
March 22, 2020
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has called on US Attorney General William Barr, as well as members of New York...
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Barbados records increase in COVID-19 cases
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Barbados records increase in COVID-19 cases
March 22, 2020
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Barbados became the second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country on Saturday to announce a significant increase in the nu...
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Just keep moving: Single leg V-up
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Just keep moving: Single leg V-up
March 22, 2020
WITH more people less physically active and staying home as the world tries to contain the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, it is especi...
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