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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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Sean Paul, Kingston empty-handed as Japanese wins reggae award again
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer reporter 
June 4, 2010
Jamaican affiliated artistes once again lost the Best Reggae Video category at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) Japan 2010. Entertainers Sean Kingston...
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Happenings June 5
June 4, 2010
SATURDAY, JUNE 5 Altitude, 10th Anniversary - The Fashion Gala @ Skyline Drive, St Andrew Featuring: ZJ LIquid, ZJ Chrome, DJ Nicco, Supa Hype 007 and...
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‘I Love Jamaica’ theme for Int’l Reggae Day 2010
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‘I Love Jamaica’ theme for Int’l Reggae Day 2010
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
June 4, 2010
Reggae Month for this year is behind us, but International Reggae Day (IRD) is approximately a month away. This year's observance of the annual First ...
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Female invasion at Heineken River Sundays
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Female invasion at Heineken River Sundays
June 4, 2010
Heineken River Sundays returns for the third time this Sunday June 6. The first staging of River Sundays on Easter Sunday at Grossman River in Brea's ...
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Haitian born pop star Katia Cadet for CFW Benefit
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Haitian born pop star Katia Cadet for CFW Benefit
June 3, 2010
Haitian born pop star and fashion icon, Katia Cadet, will be one of the featured performers on the Haiti Art and Fashion Benefit Night on Friday June ...
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ZJ Liquid releases Melodies
June 3, 2010
ZJ Liquid is just over a week away from releasing his latest rhythm project, the heavily acoustic Melodies, the follow-up to last summer's Maybach rhy...
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Art poisons tribal politics — Soyinka tells Calabash
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Art poisons tribal politics — Soyinka tells Calabash
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
June 3, 2010
THE arts can fillip the dismantling of the garrisons, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka told the Calabash Literary Festival following the killing of 73 citi...
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Styleweek aims to bring ‘cosmopolitan face’ to Kingston
June 3, 2010
THE civil unrest in Kingston over the last two weeks has delivered a blow to the island's already challenged image on the global scene. But while some...
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JAVAA Hall of Fame or Wall of Fame?
By Clyde McKenzie 
June 3, 2010
In an article in the Observer of May 28, 2010, I was taken to task for my "misrepresentations" regarding a Jamaican Music Hall of Fame. First of all l...
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Acclaimed soprano for Classics in June
June 3, 2010
THE sixth annual Classics in June, a charity fund-raising concert organised by the Soroptimist International Club of Jamaica (Kingston), takes place o...
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Climate champions to rock World Environment Day concert
June 3, 2010
ARTISTES from the Voices for Climate Change Project will perform at the World Environment Day concert put on by the National Environment and Planning ...
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First loser on The Anchor
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First loser on The Anchor
June 3, 2010
NOBODY likes to be a loser but Dale Harrison had no choice when the viewers voted that he should go home. The 36-year-old was not happy to leave the o...
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No US visa … but it’s a busy season for Beenie
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No US visa … but it’s a busy season for Beenie
BY YASMINE PERU 
June 3, 2010
Dancehall deejay Moses Davis, aka Beenie Man, refuses to sit and twiddle his thumbs while he plays the waiting game with the United States embassy, wh...
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Highway section to be named after Isaac Hayes
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Highway section to be named after Isaac Hayes
June 3, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Legendary soul musician Isaac Hayes may get a memorial stretch of highway in his home state of Tennessee. A measure to des...
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McCartney ‘nervous’ about White House tribute concert
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McCartney ‘nervous’ about White House tribute concert
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June 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) — After all those hits along the long and winding road to fame, you would think nothing would fluster Paul McCartney. Think again. Sir...
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Tito to present Jackson family tribute at St Kitts Music Festival
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Tito to present Jackson family tribute at St Kitts Music Festival
June 2, 2010
Basseterre, St Kitts — Jackson 5 Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Tito Jackson has joined the line-up of performers for the 14th Annual St Kitts Music Festiv...
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A winning smile
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A winning smile
June 2, 2010
23-year-old student Shereen Sterling walked away with the Miss Global crown. She also copped the prize for Most Talented. In winning the trophy Sheree...
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Football Extravaganza at UWI Mona Bowl
June 1, 2010
Amidst the frenzy of World Cup anticipation, Lawless Events has decided to bring some of the excitement closer to home with the event Football Extrava...
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All systems go as Tastee Talent Trail begins June 5
June 1, 2010
Having been postponed from its May 22 scheduled start in Portmore, it's all systems go for the first audition in the 2010 Tastee Talent Trail season. ...
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Funeral service for O’Neil Edwards Saturday
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Funeral service for O’Neil Edwards Saturday
June 1, 2010
Voicemail member, O'Neil Edwards, will be laid to rest on Saturday. The funeral service is scheduled for 10:00 am at the Church on the Rock, Clifton A...
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Ocho Rios Festival combines wine, fashion and jazz
June 1, 2010
The 20th staging of the Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival gets off the ground on Saturday, June 12, with a Jazz Wine and Fashion Show at t...
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Artistes union urges boycott of World Cup kick-off concert
AFP 
June 1, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, June 1, 2010 (AFP) — A South African artistes union Tuesday said it was mobilising a boycott of the FIFA World Cup kick-off concert to p...
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