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‘Save yourselves!’
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‘Save yourselves!’
PM directs gunmen to shun criminality, acknowledges major crime reduction
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 8 12:20 AM
‘Save yourselves!’
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
January 8 12:18 AM
Golding knocks muted
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Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
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Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
January 8 12:16 AM
Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
January 8 12:14 AM
US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
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‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
Jamaica in strong position to host World Athletics events following stadium upgrade — Coe
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 8 12:12 AM
Jamaica in strong position to host World Athletics events following stadium upgrade — Coe
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Tasty Bites @ Footeprints Hotel Negril
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Tasty Bites @ Footeprints Hotel Negril
January 8 12:10 AM
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Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
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Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
January 8 12:06 AM
Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
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Educators welcome PEP changes
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Educators welcome PEP changes
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
January 8 12:05 AM
Educators welcome PEP changes
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Happenings May 19
May 18, 2010
WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 Live Jammin @ Christpher's Jazz Cafe, New Kingston Time: 7:00 pm FRIDAY, MAY 21 Galidiez Fridaze Pool Party @ Tip Top Plaza, Linstea...
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Vanessa Williams headed to Desperate Housewives
May 18, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — Vanessa Williams is headed to Wisteria Lane next fall on Desperate Housewives. ABC network said Tuesday she'll play a "wicked new hous...
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Final set of 2010 festival queens selected
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Final set of 2010 festival queens selected
May 18, 2010
The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) selected the final set of parish festival queens who will go on to compete in the national coronati...
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From Switzerland to Jamaica, Ras Charmer hits the right note
May 18, 2010
Curt Chalmar Crutchley aka Ras Charmer is obviously doing something right. The singer, who recently signed to the Spanish Town-based, House of Hits re...
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Colin Porter Finally Exposed
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Colin Porter Finally Exposed
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer writer 
May 17, 2010
Jaded by elements of Jamaican art, Colin Porter, Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) technical services manger launched his first photogra...
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Ocho Rios readies for fourth annual seafood festival
May 17, 2010
There used to be a time when Ocho Rios, in terms of entertainment, was simply the forgotten town. And for good reason. It was the one resort town that...
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Excitement building for Mountain Dew Stunt Festival
May 17, 2010
With less than two weeks to go there is a steady buzz surrounding the annual family friendly show, Mountain Dew Stunt Festival, set to take place on L...
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First festival queen passes on
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First festival queen passes on
May 17, 2010
Former principal of GC Foster College, in St Catherine, and the first winner of the Miss Jamaica Festival Queen title, Lydia Malcolm, has died. Ms Mal...
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The Uprising Roots Band delivers Skyfiya video
May 17, 2010
Still riding on the increasing success and popularity of their two latest singles, Brightest Light and Skyfiya, the Uprising Roots Band last week prem...
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Whitney cancels re-scheduled Paris concert
AFP 
May 17, 2010
PARIS, May 17, 2010 (AFP) -- American pop diva Whitney Houston has cancelled a Paris concert that had been re-scheduled after she fell ill last month,...
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Stevie Face set to rock the Uprising Music Festival in England
May 17, 2010
Boot Camp recording artiste, Stevie Face, recently dropped a new single from his sophomore album, Tell It Like It Is. A cover of the 1989 Billboard hi...
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Bob Marley’s plaque on loan to the Smithsonian
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 16, 2010
THE Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has created an exhibition honouring musicians who performed at the ...
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Catch Di Riddim
Kevin Jackson 
May 16, 2010
Eminem's Not Afraid is the 16th song to debut at number one In the 52-year history of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, rapper Eminem not only earn...
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Haitian delegation heads to Jamaica for CFW benefit night
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Haitian delegation heads to Jamaica for CFW benefit night
May 16, 2010
A strong contingent of Haitian fashion designers, artists and industry experts will head to Jamaica next month for Caribbean Fashionweek 2010. Led by ...
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Iron Man 2 stays atop box office with $53M
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Iron Man 2 stays atop box office with $53M
AP 
May 16, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Steel bested bows and arrows at the movies this weekend, with Iron Man 2 fighting off the new release Robin Hood to stay at the top...
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Voicemail releases song for Oneil
May 16, 2010
One Life To Live, a song recorded by the group Voicemail six months ago as one of the first tracks for the new album Next Level, has been dedicated to...
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Muta recognised by Senegal; song on World Cup compilation
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Muta recognised by Senegal; song on World Cup compilation
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
May 15, 2010
Poet Mutabaruka is making his presence felt in some important quarters, but especially in Africa. For some time now, he has been working with the larg...
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Visa restrictions, shootings and the response of the music industry
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Visa restrictions, shootings and the response of the music industry
By Clyde McKenzie 
May 15, 2010
Jamaica was once the protector of the Cayman Islands which if we are to use a familiar metaphor would suggest this collection of islands is our child ...
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Guns out in the DANCEHALL
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Guns out in the DANCEHALL
May 15, 2010
It's all about the Intra, di Ruga, di Bereter, di Luga Di Brico, di Lauma, di Glack, di Wringer Di Astra wi mek yuh body colder than Nebraska Yuh diss...
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Lena Horne remembered
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Lena Horne remembered
AP 
May 15, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) -- Lena Horne, whose signature song was Stormy Weather, was remembered at her funeral on Friday as a shy girl from Brooklyn who fought r...
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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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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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‘Save yourselves!’
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
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January 8, 2026
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