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Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
December 24 04:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, December 24, ended trading at $159.90, up 14 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s...
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Beyond the Classroom: Community clean-up project brings hope and healing to Logwood, Black River
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Beyond the Classroom: Community clean-up project brings hope and healing to Logwood, Black River
December 24 04:07 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Residents of Logwood in Black River, St Elizabeth, joined volunteers on the weekend in a community clean-up effort aimed at cl...
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Police urge motorists to exercise vigilance in management and safekeeping of vehicles
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Police urge motorists to exercise vigilance in management and safekeeping of vehicles
December 24 03:11 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists are being urged to exercise heightened vigilance in the management and safekeeping of their vehicles. This urging comes ...
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Shoppers urged to exercise caution for a safer Christmas season
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Shoppers urged to exercise caution for a safer Christmas season
December 24 02:00 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Members of the public are being urged to limit the amount of cash carried, plan shopping activities carefully, and take proactive m...
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Milton Blake joins forces with Luciano for ‘It nuh Over Yet’
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Milton Blake joins forces with Luciano for ‘It nuh Over Yet’
December 24 12:57 PM
Roots singers Milton Blake and Luciano were friends for over 20 years before they recorded a song together. That first collaboration was done in 2016,...
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Southern California braces for devastating Christmas storm
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Southern California braces for devastating Christmas storm
December 24 12:56 PM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst...
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Manchester police push safety reassurance amid four murders in 48 hours
December 24 12:25 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police in Manchester have moved to reassure the public that the parish is safe to conduct business amid four murders in Mandevil...
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
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TAJ implements special relief measure for taxpayers impacted by Melissa
December 24 11:24 AM
  KINGSTON, Jamaica —In a bid to help those affected by Hurricane Melissa, Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) has announced it will temporarily relax th...
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Rado, producer of Mavado’s Gal Over Gun, shot
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Rado, producer of Mavado’s Gal Over Gun, shot
May 14, 2010
EVERTON Minott, the producer of the popular Mavado song, Gal Over Gun, has become the third person in the entertainment industry to be shot in the sam...
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Women take the spotlight at Jazz Week
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Women take the spotlight at Jazz Week
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 13, 2010
A strong line-up of women will take the spotlight on the 20th staging of the annual Jamaica Ocho Rios International Jazz Festival. Dubbed Jazz Week, t...
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Eminem, Jay-Z teaming up for September shows
AP 
May 13, 2010
DETROIT (AP) -- What could be better than New York's own Jay-Z playing the first concert at the new Yankee Stadium? How about fellow rap superstar Emi...
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Marriott premieres Over the Years for icons over 70
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Marriott premieres Over the Years for icons over 70
May 13, 2010
The May 20 premiere of Louis Marriott's updated 1980s one-man show Over The Years will be dedicated to Jamaican cultural icons over the age of 70. He ...
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Western Consciousness preview party tonight at Bamboozia Café
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Western Consciousness preview party tonight at Bamboozia Café
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 13, 2010
Almost a week ahead of its 22nd anniversary, fans of Western Consciousness from the Corporate Area will get a sneak preview free of cost tonight at Ba...
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Cobra discharged from hospital
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Cobra discharged from hospital
May 13, 2010
DANCEHALL deejay Mad Cobra, who was last Tuesday evening shot and injured in Portmore, St Catherine has been discharged from hospital. Cobra, whose re...
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The Last Song plays the same tune
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The Last Song plays the same tune
AP 
May 13, 2010
Have you heard the one about the two photogenic kids who meet cute in a Southern beach town, overcome differences in class and temperament and fall ma...
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Singer Bobby Melody dies from cancer
May 13, 2010
Singer Bobby Melody, who was most famous for the song, Jah Bring I Joy, produced by Joe Gibbs, reportedly died recently in the UK. Melody, who worked ...
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Michael Jackson’s kids poised to become Internet sensations
AFP 
May 13, 2010
LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2010 (AFP) - After being fiercely shielded from the spotlight for years by their late father, Michael Jackson's children are now ...
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Digicel Rising Stars — from Cavan to Brown Shuga
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Digicel Rising Stars — from Cavan to Brown Shuga
May 13, 2010
WHEN Digicel Rising Stars began searching for talent in 2004, not many people realised then just how big the show would be six completed seasons later...
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Film industry shows decline
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Film industry shows decline
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer writer 
May 12, 2010
Less money spent on marketing and promoting film industry, says JTI EMPLOYMENT from creative industry projects within film, TV, photography, radio and...
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Taylor Swift to receive award at Songwriters Hall of Fame
May 11, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (AP) -- She's only 20, but Taylor Swift is getting in the hall of fame. The country starlet will receive the Hal David Starlight Award a...
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Appleton May Daze — ‘ghetto fab’ and scripted for a movie
May 11, 2010
Appleton May Daze got off to a start that seemed scripted for a movie. Last Friday night well over 1200 patrons flocked the Ranny Williams Entertainme...
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Pioneering studio engineer Sid Bucknor dies in England
May 11, 2010
The Jamaican music industry has lost another pioneer with the passing of veteran studio engineer Sid Bucknor, who died of cancer at the St Charles Hos...
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Obama salutes late Lena Horne
AFP 
May 11, 2010
NEW YORK, May 10, 2010 (AFP) - Legendary US jazz singer and actress, the late Lena Horne, who broke down barriers for black performers in the 1940s an...
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Entertainment fraternity concerned
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Entertainment fraternity concerned
May 11, 2010
— rumours of Oneil's death, insensitivity reportedly adding to their pain Entertainers and others close to Voicemail singer, Oneil Edwards, say that w...
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Merritone celebrates diamond jubilee anniversary
May 11, 2010
Jamaica's oldest sound system, Merritone Music is this year celebrating both their diamond jubilee anniversary and the 20th staging of their Family Re...
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Cobra shot; Oneil still critical
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Cobra shot; Oneil still critical
May 11, 2010
Reports are that deejay Ewart Brown, more popularly known as Mad Cobra, was last evening admitted to the Spanish Town hospital suffering from gun shot...
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Jah Cure goes techno with Never Say Never
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Jah Cure goes techno with Never Say Never
May 11, 2010
Producer, Rick Warren, has remixed Jah Cure's recent hit, Never Say Never, with a Techno flavour. The reggae version of the song was released in Febru...
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Happenings May 12
May 11, 2010
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12 Live Jammin @ Christpher's Jazz Cafe, New Kingston Time: 7:00 pm THURSDAY, MAY 13 Jagra Karaoke @ Elevation Bar and Lounge, Hellshir...
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Yellowman, Toots, Gregory Isaacs bring reggae magic to Disney classics
May 11, 2010
It's been called "the magic of Disney meets the magical isle of Jamaica", as reggae acts Yellowman, Toots, Gregory Isaacs, Toots, Ziggy Marley, Sly an...
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Fans disappointed at first Mary Poppins concert in 30 years
AFP 
May 10, 2010
LONDON, May 10, 2010 (AFP) — Disappointed fans and critics yesterday slammed the first concert in Britain for 30 years by Julie Andrews, saying she ha...
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Beyond the Classroom: Community clean-up project brings hope and healing to Logwood, Black River
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