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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
April 4 12:30 AM
Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
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Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming
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Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming
BY EVERARD OWEN 
April 4 12:28 AM
Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming
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IT IS FINISHED!
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IT IS FINISHED!
April 4 12:26 AM
IT IS FINISHED!
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Eclipse reopening signals Jamaica’s bold pivot to luxury tourism, says Bartlett
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Eclipse reopening signals Jamaica’s bold pivot to luxury tourism, says Bartlett
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
April 4 12:26 AM
Eclipse reopening signals Jamaica’s bold pivot to luxury tourism, says Bartlett
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US-based Mwata Modola eyes Ja market with Garrison
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US-based Mwata Modola eyes Ja market with Garrison
BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE 
April 4 12:26 AM
US-based Mwata Modola eyes Ja market with
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800 workers back on the job as Bahia Principe, Runaway Bay reopens
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800 workers back on the job as Bahia Principe, Runaway Bay reopens
April 4 12:24 AM
800 workers back on the job as Bahia Principe, Runaway Bay reopens
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Libra-Don pleased with response to debut EP Unstoppable
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Libra-Don pleased with response to debut EP Unstoppable
April 4 12:24 AM
Libra-Don pleased with response to debut EP
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Traffic relief expected after JPS turns on lights
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Traffic relief expected after JPS turns on lights
April 4 12:22 AM
Traffic relief expected after JPS turns on lights
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Some Jamaicans now have up to March 24 to enter
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Some Jamaicans now have up to March 24 to enter
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — In a Disaster Risk Management (Amendment) Order, 2020 posted to his social media last night, Prime Minister Andrew Holness amended...
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Caymanas Park closes indefinitely
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Caymanas Park closes indefinitely
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Supreme Ventures Racing & Entertainment Limited (SVREL) says that effective yesterday at midnight, the operations at Caymanas Park...
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Sandals, Beaches resorts closing temporarily
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Sandals, Beaches resorts closing temporarily
March 22, 2020
Gordon “Butch” Stewart yesterday advised that all Sandals and Beaches Resorts are being closed for the period March 30 to May 15, 2020 in a move to sa...
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Replace PATH food distribution with increased payments to parents —  Bunting
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Replace PATH food distribution with increased payments to parents — Bunting
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People's National Party (PNP) Spokesman on Education, Peter Bunting, is imploring the Ministry of Education to discontinue deliver...
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Pollard points to opportunity in COVID-19-forced break
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Pollard points to opportunity in COVID-19-forced break
March 22, 2020
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — West Indies white-ball captain, Kieron Pollard says players should use the break from competition, prompted by the nov...
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No health care workers tested positive for COVID-19, says Tufton
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No health care workers tested positive for COVID-19, says Tufton
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has denied reports that health care workers have tested positive for COVID-1...
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COVID-19 jobs: Medical technologist
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COVID-19 jobs: Medical technologist
March 22, 2020
Medical technologists, also known as clinical laboratory technologists, perform and analyse the results of complex scientific tests on blood and bodil...
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COVID-19 and heart disease: A perspective for cardiac patients in Jamaica
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COVID-19 and heart disease: A perspective for cardiac patients in Jamaica
DR ERNEST MADU AND DR PAUL EDWARDS 
March 22, 2020
In December of 2019, doctors in China started to notice the emergence of a new disease. The patients had flu-like symptoms and severe lung infection. ...
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UK to cover 80 per cent of wages of virus-hit workers: finance minister
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UK to cover 80 per cent of wages of virus-hit workers: finance minister
March 22, 2020
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The British Government on Friday said it would help cover the wages of people hit by the coronavirus outbreak as it tig...
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Surviving tax season in Jamaica amid the COVID-19 pandemic
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Surviving tax season in Jamaica amid the COVID-19 pandemic
BY DIONNIE HEADLEY 
March 22, 2020
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease pandemic has come at a time when millions of people around the world are looking to finalise their financial ...
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PRISONERS A FRET!
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PRISONERS A FRET!
BY SHARLENE HENDRICKS Staff reporter hendrickss@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2020
It is a scary atmosphere in here right now, says inmate at St Catherine facility regarding COVID-19 Crammed inside a prison cell is the last place one...
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How COVID-19 affects Jamaica’s labour laws
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How COVID-19 affects Jamaica’s labour laws
BY KIMBERLEY HIBBERT Senior staff reporter hibbertk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2020
THE labour force is feeling the implications of quarantine measures outlined by the Government in an effort to stave off the spread of the novel coron...
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VPA concerned about domestic violence, public aggression during COVID-19 lockdown
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VPA concerned about domestic violence, public aggression during COVID-19 lockdown
March 22, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is encouraging Jamaicans to remain calm, educate themselves about the coronavirus and how t...
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Digicel joins forces with health ministry in COVID-19 fight
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Digicel joins forces with health ministry in COVID-19 fight
March 22, 2020
Digicel customers are now able to receive timely, accurate text message updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation as a result of a public educat...
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World champion Hamilton self-isolating as precaution
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World champion Hamilton self-isolating as precaution
March 22, 2020
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Six-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton says he is self-isolating, but will not get tested for coronavirus as othe...
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A COVID-19 patient’s plight
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A COVID-19 patient’s plight
March 22, 2020
Woman not happy with how local health officials handled her case A young woman who was last Friday listed among the three new patients who had tested ...
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Hi-Lo offering discounts to health-care workers, senior citizens
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Hi-Lo offering discounts to health-care workers, senior citizens
March 21, 2020
GraceKennedy on Thursday announced that its supermarket chain, Hi-Lo Food Stores, is implementing special measures for two groups particularly impacte...
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Paris police detain two over face mask hoarding
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Paris police detain two over face mask hoarding
March 21, 2020
PARIS, France (AFP) — Paris police have detained two people on suspicion of hoarding face masks in defiance of a government decree ordering such produ...
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‘Selfie app’ to keep track of quarantined Poles
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‘Selfie app’ to keep track of quarantined Poles
March 21, 2020
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Poland yesterday launched a smartphone app allowing people under a mandatory 14-day quarantine for coronavirus to send selfies ...
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Over 140 Cuban medical professionals arrive in Jamaica
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Over 140 Cuban medical professionals arrive in Jamaica
March 21, 2020
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One hundred and forty Cuban medical professionals arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston today to help in ...
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Revivalists feel left out of COVID-19 activities
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Revivalists feel left out of COVID-19 activities
March 21, 2020
The Spiritual Christian Revivalists Council of Churches (SCRCC) has criticised the Government for excluding the denomination from participating in the...
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Quarantine quagmire
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Quarantine quagmire
BY KIMONE FRANCIS Senior staff reporter francisk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 21, 2020
Daughter of COVID-19 death victim points to tracing system weakness The eldest daughter of the 79-year-old Clarendon man who died after testing positi...
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Port Antonio Hospital gets two electronic beds; 10 more coming
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