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Gov’t allocates $100 million for Shettlewood–Anchovy road project
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Gov’t allocates $100 million for Shettlewood–Anchovy road project
January 7 06:54 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government has allocated $100 million under the GO Road Rehabilitation Programme for works on critical sections of the roadway...
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Dunbeholden FC hammer Treasure Beach 4-0 in JPL
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Dunbeholden FC hammer Treasure Beach 4-0 in JPL
January 7 06:49 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Dunbeholden FC hammered promoted Treasure Beach FC 4-0 in their rescheduled Jamaica Premier League (JPL) first round game play...
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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
January 7 05:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Di Cawna Library has opened its seventh community library in Cheshire Village, expanding access to books through an inclusive and ...
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
January 7 05:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has commended senior citizens who are embracing digital skills through the ...
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
January 7 05:18 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica – Retired educator and former principal of the Carron Hall High School in western St Mary, Dottlyn Norma Dawes has died. The announce...
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
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Michael Jackson’s kids poised to become Internet sensations
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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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The Last Song plays the same tune
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The Last Song plays the same tune
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fans disappointed at first Mary Poppins concert in 30 years
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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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Barrier-breaking jazz star Lena Horne dies at 92
May 10, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (AP) — Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive signature song Stormy Weather and for her triumph over...
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Reggae Inc staying on top of the music game
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Reggae Inc staying on top of the music game
May 10, 2010
With piracy taking big chunks of profits out of music sales and digital music sales figures going up, Levent Karahan, founder and CEO of Reggae Inc is...
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Shaggy helps to make wings with OPERATION: Angels Rise
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Shaggy helps to make wings with OPERATION: Angels Rise
May 10, 2010
Apart from singing musical hits and snagging Grammy Awards, international reggae artiste, Shaggy, still finds more time to help Jamaican children in n...
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