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Aubyn Henry appointed chief strategy and development officer at JTTA
April 1 12:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Aubyn Henry has concluded his tenure as chief commercial officer of Dunbeholden Football Club (FC) in the Jamaica Premier League (...
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Luscious Beauty Spa provides relaxation and rejuvenation in Spanish Town
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Luscious Beauty Spa provides relaxation and rejuvenation in Spanish Town
April 1 12:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — One local couple is revamping what relaxation looks like, incorporating an all-in concept that utilises technology and social well...
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Conjoined twin dies
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Conjoined twin dies
April 1 12:32 PM
Azora Elson, one of the Jamaican conjoined twins who was successfully separated in Saudi Arabia late last year, has died. Her death was confirmed by h...
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Young Jamaica calls for Dennis Gordon’s resignation over UHWI tax exemption findings
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Young Jamaica calls for Dennis Gordon’s resignation over UHWI tax exemption findings
April 1 12:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Young Jamaica has called for the immediate resignation of Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Dennis Gordon, citing his company’s...
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Xesus Johnston, former CEO of Supreme Ventures Gaming, has died
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Xesus Johnston, former CEO of Supreme Ventures Gaming, has died
April 1 12:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Xesus Johnston, the former chief executive officer of Supreme Ventures Gaming Limited, has died. Observer Online understands that ...
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Montego Bay United hold off Cavalier 3-1 in JPL third round
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Montego Bay United hold off Cavalier 3-1 in JPL third round
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 1 11:32 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Montego Bay United secured a crucial 3-1 victory over defending champions Cavalier SC in the third round of the Jamaica Premier Le...
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Duke Holness brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical expertise to MDS board
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Duke Holness brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical expertise to MDS board
April 1 10:58 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Medical Disposables & Supplies Limited (MDS) has announced the appointment of Duke Holness to its board of directors, effective Fe...
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Physical Education teacher to represent Jamaica at Mr Friendship International
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Physical Education teacher to represent Jamaica at Mr Friendship International
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 1 10:46 AM
Orlando Collin, a physical education teacher at the Papine High School in St Andrew, was recently selected as Jamaica’s representative for the Mr Frie...
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US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants
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US fires tear gas across Mexico border to stop migrants
January 2, 2019
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — US authorities fired tear gas into Mexico during the first hours of the new year to repel about 150 migrants who tried to breac...
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Amnesty International says time to make death penalty history in English-speaking C’bean
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Amnesty International says time to make death penalty history in English-speaking C’bean
January 2, 2019
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The London-based international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, says while it welcomes a “significant re...
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Small entrepreneurs in St Ann get help through gov’t programme
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Small entrepreneurs in St Ann get help through gov’t programme
January 2, 2019
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — The St Ann office of the Social Development Commission (SDC), in partnership with the St Ann Municipal Corporation, is givin...
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Gas prices down $2.35; diesel down $2.98
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Gas prices down $2.35; diesel down $2.98
January 2, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline and diesel, effective Thursday January 3, according to the l...
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Labour ministry to dispatch 206 farmworkers to Canada
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Labour ministry to dispatch 206 farmworkers to Canada
January 2, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Labour and Social Security says 206 farmworkers will soon leave the island to take up employment opportunities in ...
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Trump warns US Gov’t shutdown could last a ‘long time’
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Trump warns US Gov’t shutdown could last a ‘long time’
January 2, 2019
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump warned that the partial shutdown of the US Government, which entered its 12th day on Wednesda...
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Antigua and Barbuda to invest millions in state-owned Internet provider
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Antigua and Barbuda to invest millions in state-owned Internet provider
January 2, 2019
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda Government says the state-owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) will invest millions of d...
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JAS Corporate Area meeting tomorrow at Hope Gardens
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JAS Corporate Area meeting tomorrow at Hope Gardens
January 2, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is advising farmers that the Kingston and St Andrew Associated Branch Society meeting will ...
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Police impose curfew in St Catherine North
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Police impose curfew in St Catherine North
January 2, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — With the end of the state of emergency (SOE) in St Catherine North today, the police have imposed a curfew in sections of the divi...
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Canadian woman dies in St James crash
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Canadian woman dies in St James crash
January 2, 2019
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A Canadian woman has succumbed to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Kent Avenue, Barnett Street in St James on Mo...
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Holness, Phillips agree to meet Monday
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Holness, Phillips agree to meet Monday
January 2, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the Leader of the Opposition, Dr Peter Phillips, this afternoon held private discussions at Vale...
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Prayer for the day
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Prayer for the day
January 1, 2019
Lord, if what I seek be according to our will, then let it come to pass and let success attend the outcome. But if not, my God, let it not come to pas...
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Windies gain automatic qualification for T20 World Cup
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Windies gain automatic qualification for T20 World Cup
January 1, 2019
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC) — Reigning champions West Indies have qualified automatically for next year's T20 World Cup in Australia. The Caribb...
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NY governor grants Caribbean nationals clemency
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NY governor grants Caribbean nationals clemency
January 1, 2019
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has granted pardons to several Caribbean nationals, including five Jamaicans, convicted...
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Water lock-off in Jacks Hill, Hellshire
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Water lock-off in Jacks Hill, Hellshire
January 1, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The National Water Commission (NWC) says that the Jubba Spring pumping station in Rural St Andrew is out of operation due to mechan...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: This year let us refrain from negative practices which destroy the dignity of our country
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: This year let us refrain from negative practices which destroy the dignity of our country
January 1, 2019
Dear Editor, 2018 has been an extraordinary year, particularly for Jamaicans. The year will forever be remembered as the period in which tables starte...
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August Town man killed in year’s first reported murder
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August Town man killed in year’s first reported murder
January 1, 2019
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The country recorded its first reported murder for 2019 following the shooting death of a construction worker on Peyton Place, Au...
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Gov’t to increase distribution of environmentally-friendly bags
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Gov’t to increase distribution of environmentally-friendly bags
January 1, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, says the Government is looking to provi...
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Clergyman worried at proliferation of ‘money making’ churches in St Lucia
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Clergyman worried at proliferation of ‘money making’ churches in St Lucia
January 1, 2019
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — A senior official of the Methodist Church here has expressed concern at what he termed “money making” churches that have ap...
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UK police probe Manchester knifings as ‘terrorist’ attack
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UK police probe Manchester knifings as ‘terrorist’ attack
January 1, 2019
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British police probe into a triple stabbing at a Manchester railway station on New Year's Eve which injured three...
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18-y-o motorcyclist killed in Clarendon crash
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18-y-o motorcyclist killed in Clarendon crash
January 1, 2019
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The police are reporting that 18-year-old Andre Buchanan of Woodhall in Clarendon, died from injuries he sustained in a motor veh...
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PNP insists on full security presence after SoE
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PNP insists on full security presence after SoE
January 1, 2019
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) Shadow Minister of National Security, Fitz Jackson, says the nation “expects and deserves full a...
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Young Jamaica calls for Dennis Gordon’s resignation over UHWI tax exemption findings
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