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...
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...
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...
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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Alicia Keys pregnant; to marry Swizz Beatz
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Alicia Keys pregnant; to marry Swizz Beatz
AFP 
May 28, 2010
LOS ANGELES, May 28, 2010 (AFP) - Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys is engaged to be married and expecting a baby with music producer partner Swizz Beatz,...
Padlocks on the City
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Padlocks on the City
May 27, 2010
JUST randomly pick any day of the week and there is a night-time entertainment package in city Kingston tailored for it. However, since the announceme...
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JAVAA and the Jamaica Music Hall of Fame — the facts
May 27, 2010
IN his regular column of the Sunday Observer of March 7, 2010, popular entertainment journalist Clyde McKenzie, published an article entitled 'Quest f...
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Putumayo emerges as top brand of worldbeat music
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 27, 2010
In less than 20 years, the New York-based label Putumayo, with CD distribution in more than 100 countries, has established itself as the top brand whe...
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Lady Saw teams with Michael Franti on Shake It
Kevin Jackson 
May 27, 2010
Catch Di Riddim LADY Saw is hoping to capture mainstream attention once more with her guest shot on Michael Franti and Spearhead's latest single, Shak...
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POSTPONED
May 27, 2010
JCDC Regional Festival of Foods THE Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) wishes to advise the public that the Regional Festival of Foods - E...
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Success is getting in the way of new Maxwell CD
May 27, 2010
NEW YORK - The plan was for Maxwell to release the second album in his BLACKsummers'night trilogy this summer. But success is getting in the way. The ...
University Singers Concert Season Postponed
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University Singers Concert Season Postponed
May 26, 2010
Due to the prevailing security and civil situation affecting the Corporate Area and sections of St Catherine, along with the imposition of a Limited S...
Rock bands play to full house at Red Bones
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Rock bands play to full house at Red Bones
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer writer 
May 26, 2010
GUITAR harmonies zig-zagged at the speed of rock music during the concert, Love+Lazers earlier this month. The concert featured unsigned rock bands wh...
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Entertainers mourn as Voicemail’s Oneil dies
BY YASMINE PERU 
May 26, 2010
The entertainment fraternity is in mourning over the passing of Oneil Edwards, a member of the dancehall trio, Voicemail. Oneil, who was shot on May 9...
Calabash 2010 is on and the poets are coming
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Calabash 2010 is on and the poets are coming
May 26, 2010
The publication of So Much Things To Say reminds fans that Calabash is the gathering place each year for some of the best poets writing today. This ye...
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Singer Kelis and rapper Nas finalise divorce in LA
AP 
May 25, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nas and Kelis' marriage is officially over. Court filings show a judge on Friday dissolved the union between singer Kelis Rogers an...
Putumayo to release Bob Marley tribute CD
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Putumayo to release Bob Marley tribute CD
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 25, 2010
"My music will go on forever. Maybe it's a fool say that, but when me know facts me can say facts. My music will go on forever." — Bob Marley IT'S ama...
Gospel artistes endorse project to inspire students
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Gospel artistes endorse project to inspire students
By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston 
May 25, 2010
I Can! is the message that gospel artistes including Goddy Goddy, Prodigal Son, Teena Tamara, Ryan Mark, Kevin Downswell, DJ Nicholas and radio host N...
Miss Global
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Miss Global
May 25, 2010
Contestants vying for the crown, Miss Global, had a fun day at Dolphin Cove last Saturday. Seen here with the girls are Marilyn Burrowes director and ...
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Powerful women and men concerts raise $25 million
May 25, 2010
SINCE its inception in 2000, the Powerful Women & Men Perform for Charity series of concerts has raised over $25 million to aid abandoned children or ...
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Reggae changed my life for the better says Jah Sun
By Cecelia Campbell-Livingston 
May 25, 2010
JASON Andrew McCommas aka Jah Sun has wholeheartedly embrace Reggae music. Fusing the sounds of hip-hop, reggae and world music with conscious and upl...

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