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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...
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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...
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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...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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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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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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New FAO report warns of significant impacts on C’bean fisheries due to climate change
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New FAO report warns of significant impacts on C’bean fisheries due to climate change
July 24, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — A new research report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) cautions that climate change...
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Chang urges J’cans to join fight against human trafficking
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Chang urges J’cans to join fight against human trafficking
July 24, 2018
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Minister of National Security Dr Horace Chang is calling on Jamaicans to join the fight against Human Trafficking. The minister ma...
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eGov Jamaica testing electronic verification system for NIDS
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eGov Jamaica testing electronic verification system for NIDS
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Work is advanced in developing the technology architecture that will be utilised for the electronic verification of people u...
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Hermitage Dam water level falls to 42.5%
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Hermitage Dam water level falls to 42.5%
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Hermitage Dam is now at 42.5 per cent capacity, down from the 48.9 per cent that was reported by the National Water Commission...
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Top US diplomats probe latest health ‘attacks’ in Cuba visit
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Top US diplomats probe latest health ‘attacks’ in Cuba visit
July 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Recent mystery illnesses that have injured 26 US diplomatic personnel and their families in Cuba have prompted a sur...
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English court rules woman must stay in ‘loveless’ marriage
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English court rules woman must stay in ‘loveless’ marriage
July 24, 2018
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Lawyers called for urgent reform of England's divorce laws on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled a woman must rema...
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Venezuela to remove five zeroes from currency
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Venezuela to remove five zeroes from currency
July 24, 2018
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday announced the removal of five zeroes from the country's currency — two mor...
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Facebook hammered as user growth cools
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Facebook hammered as user growth cools
July 24, 2018
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook shares took a hit Wednesday after the world's biggest social network reported weaker-than-expected user ...
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UPDATE: Windies defeat Bangladesh to level series
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UPDATE: Windies defeat Bangladesh to level series
July 24, 2018
PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AFP) — The West Indies defeated Bangladesh by three runs to level their three-match one-day series at 1-1 here Wednesday. Shimron ...
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Lowering blood pressure helps prevent mental decline — study
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Lowering blood pressure helps prevent mental decline — study
July 24, 2018
CHICAGO, United States (AP) — Lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended not only helps prevent heart problems, it also cuts the risk of me...
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Motorcyclist dies in St Elizabeth crash
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Motorcyclist dies in St Elizabeth crash
July 24, 2018
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — An unidentified man died as a result of injuries he received in a motor vehicle crash on the Union main road in St Elizabeth o...
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Work to verify Cockpit Country boundary underway — Reid
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Work to verify Cockpit Country boundary underway — Reid
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Ruel Reid says the Forestry Department is undertaking work to verify the estimated b...
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O-Wrap: Hermitage Dam at 42.5%… Gov’t testing NIDS verification system… Explain the falling dollar, PNP insists
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O-Wrap: Hermitage Dam at 42.5%… Gov’t testing NIDS verification system… Explain the falling dollar, PNP insists
July 24, 2018
In case you missed it, here are the OBSERVER ONLINE'S top 10 story for today: 1. Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud accused awaits trial date A tr...
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Debt restructuring, imports driving cost of US dollar — Williams
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Debt restructuring, imports driving cost of US dollar — Williams
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams says the two main factors contributin...
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Gov’t providing $8.39b in high school budgetary support — Reid
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Gov’t providing $8.39b in high school budgetary support — Reid
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Government says it has earmarked $8.39 billion in budgetary support for high schools for the 2018/19 academic year. This repre...
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Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud accused awaits trial date
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Manchester Municipal Corporation fraud accused awaits trial date
July 24, 2018
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A trial date is expected to be set when the accused in the Manchester Municipal Corporation corruption case returns to court on ...
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Prayer for the Day
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Prayer for the Day
July 24, 2018
Let me pause as I begin this new day to give it to You, Lord. Before the tumult of activities breaks in; before breakfast plates crash through my stil...
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Heroes Park development will improve people’s lives, says UDC head
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Heroes Park development will improve people’s lives, says UDC head
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — General Manager at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) Dr Damian Graham is assuring citizens in and around National Hero...
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Gas prices down $0.28, diesel down $0.08
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Gas prices down $0.28, diesel down $0.08
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline and diesel, effective Thursday July 26, according to the lat...
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St James police list persons of interest
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St James police list persons of interest
July 24, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The St James Police have listed two men as 'persons of interest' who are being asked to contact detectives at the Montego Bay Poli...
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy morning.. afternoon rain in western parishes
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy morning.. afternoon rain in western parishes
July 24, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Partly cloudy conditions are expected this morning into the afternoon when isolated showers and thunderstorms are expected across ...
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B’dos PM to meet with Caricom Secretary General on CSME
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B’dos PM to meet with Caricom Secretary General on CSME
July 24, 2018
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Prime Minister Mia Mottley will continue to push for the implementation of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) l...
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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...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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