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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
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Sin tax not enough to fight NCDs, warns public health specialist
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Dr Neville Graham pressing on with mobile clinics initiative
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Dr Neville Graham pressing on with mobile clinics initiative
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Dr Neville Graham, with his mobile clinics initiative, continues to serve the vulnerable months after Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, devastating secti...
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Miss Kitty opens up about recent health scare, asks fans for continued prayers as she recovers
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Miss Kitty opens up about recent health scare, asks fans for continued prayers as she recovers
April 3 09:29 PM
Media personality Khadine "Miss Kitty" Wilkinson has shared an emotional update with her social media followers about a recent health scare that saw h...
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Sad Easter as St Elizabeth family mourns drowning death of 9-y-o in tank
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Sad Easter as St Elizabeth family mourns drowning death of 9-y-o in tank
Police urge citizens to replace tank covering
April 3 09:09 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A St Elizabeth family’s Easter took a tragic turn when a nine-year-old boy, in attempting to retrieve a ball, fell into a tank...
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Pain at the pumps
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March surge drives fuel prices up 20 per cent
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KINGSTON, Jamaica --A burst of weekly increases in March pushed fuel prices in Jamaica up by as much as 20 per cent since the start of the year, as co...
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‘Victory’ Morgan earns baseball scholarship
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‘Victory’ Morgan earns baseball scholarship
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 3 05:51 PM
Memmalatel ‘Victory’ Morgan, the 18-year-old son of reggae artiste Mojo Morgan, has earned a scholarship to Bryant and Stratton College in Virginia Be...
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WATCH: Manchester woman killed, soldier turns himself in
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WATCH: Manchester woman killed, soldier turns himself in
April 3 05:43 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are at the scene of a homicide in Three Chains, Manchester where a soldier is accused of killing his female partner on Fr...
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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
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Jamaica to write to FIFA about ‘hand ball’ goal vs DR Congo in failed World Cup bid
April 3 03:46 PM
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) intends to protest the Reggae Boyz' loss to the Democratic Republic of Congo in their Inter-continental World Cu...
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Higgler, construction worker nabbed at NMIA with cocaine
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Higgler, construction worker nabbed at NMIA with cocaine
August 3, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man and a woman were nabbed with separate quantities of cocaine amounting to 4.1 pounds, following their arrival at the Norman M...
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy conditions across eastern parishes; mainly sunny elsewhere
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Weather forecast: Partly cloudy conditions across eastern parishes; mainly sunny elsewhere
August 3, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica is reporting that partly cloudy conditions are expected across eastern parishes this m...
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Unidentified man shot dead during alleged confrontation with police
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Unidentified man shot dead during alleged confrontation with police
August 3, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The constabulary's Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) has confirmed that an unidentified man was fatally shot by lawmen during a ...
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UPDATE – Venezuelan president says arrests made in attack
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UPDATE – Venezuelan president says arrests made in attack
August 3, 2018
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says authorities have captured some of those responsible for what he is calling an assass...
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Licensed firearm holder arrested after alleged assault
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Licensed firearm holder arrested after alleged assault
August 3, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A licensed firearm holder was taken into police custody after he allegedly assaulted another man with a firearm, along the busy th...
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CHTA, Tourism Cares deploy hurricane recovery resources to spur C’bean tourism
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CHTA, Tourism Cares deploy hurricane recovery resources to spur C’bean tourism
August 3, 2018
MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The Caribbean Tourism Recovery Fund, established by the non-profit organisation Tourism Cares, and the Caribbean Hotel an...
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PM says Jamaicans must focus more on the sciences, commerce and industry
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PM says Jamaicans must focus more on the sciences, commerce and industry
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — As the nation gears up to celebrate 56 years of Independence next Monday , Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called on Jamai...
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Kingston Western police list 5 wanted men
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Kingston Western police list 5 wanted men
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston Western police have listed five men as wanted for various crimes in the division and are asking them to turn themselv...
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Weinstein seeks to toss sex crimes case over ‘warm’ emails
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Weinstein seeks to toss sex crimes case over ‘warm’ emails
August 2, 2018
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Harvey Weinstein's defence lawyer today demanded that a New York court dismiss the sex crimes charges against him, exp...
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Forex: J$135.46 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$135.46 to one US dollar
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Friday, August 3 ended trading at J$135.46 down by 7 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign excha...
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Chaos on Hagley Park Road after fatal police shooting
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Chaos on Hagley Park Road after fatal police shooting
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chaos erupted in a section of Hagley Park Road in St Andrew this morning as residents of York Street protest against the fatal sho...
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Anti-money laundering safeguards developed under govt’s financial inclusion strategy — BoJ
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Anti-money laundering safeguards developed under govt’s financial inclusion strategy — BoJ
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) Governor, Brian Wynter, says proposed safeguards against money laundering and terrorism financing are ...
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Bartlett takes Jamaican culture to cruise passengers
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Bartlett takes Jamaican culture to cruise passengers
August 2, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says cruise ship passengers will be treated to a variety of cultural activities more frequently, ...
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Greek police minister quits over wildfires disaster
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Greek police minister quits over wildfires disaster
August 2, 2018
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greece's minister responsible for the police, Nikos Toskas, quit Friday after the deadliest wildfires in Greek history, Prime M...
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Transport Minister takes symbolic JUTC ride
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Transport Minister takes symbolic JUTC ride
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague will travel, for the first time in his capacity as minister, from Papine, St Andr...
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ECC receives US$83k grant to develop data system
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ECC receives US$83k grant to develop data system
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Early Childhood Commission (ECC) says it has received a US$83,000 grant from the Organisation of American States (OAS) to crea...
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Brazil’s Lula launches presidential candidacy from behind bars
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Brazil’s Lula launches presidential candidacy from behind bars
August 2, 2018
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Even behind bars, Brazil's Luiz  Inacio Lula da Silva will secure his leftist party's nomination Saturday and continue to ov...
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UPDATE: Massive traffic pile up on Washington Blvd, surrounding areas
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UPDATE: Massive traffic pile up on Washington Blvd, surrounding areas
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Following earlier reports that a section of the Washington Boulevard in St Andrew has been closed to vehicular traffic the OBSERVE...
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Prayer for the day
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All praise and glory are yours, Lord our God. For you have called us to serve you and one another in love. Bless our sick today so that they may bear ...
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UDC board orders audit of Dunn’s River Falls
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UDC board orders audit of Dunn’s River Falls
August 2, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Board of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has ordered a detailed examination into the operations of the St Ann Developm...
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Indian woman bites off chunk of husband’s penis
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Indian woman bites off chunk of husband’s penis
August 2, 2018
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — An Indian woman who bit off a chunk of her husband's penis when he caught her with another man has been charged with attempte...
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Tourism ministry gives $20m to local gastronomy industry
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Tourism ministry gives $20m to local gastronomy industry
August 2, 2018
 KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says his ministry is investing some $20 million towards the further development of the gastronom...
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A St Elizabeth family’s Easter took a tragic turn when a nine-year-old boy, in attempting to retrieve a ball, fell into a tank...
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