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UWI issues warning regarding fraudulent website
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UWI issues warning regarding fraudulent website
June 29 09:30 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is advising prospective students, partners and the public of the existence of an unauthori...
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Caribbean mourns soca icon Oscar B, voice behind ‘Soca Bogle’, dead at 57
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Caribbean mourns soca icon Oscar B, voice behind ‘Soca Bogle’, dead at 57
June 29 09:25 AM
The Caribbean music fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved entertainers. Celebrated Tobagonian soca icon Oscar B, born Oscar Denni...
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PAHO mobilises emergency health response following earthquakes in Venezuela
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PAHO mobilises emergency health response following earthquakes in Venezuela
June 29 08:23 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it has activated its emergency response mechanisms to support the h...
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Enzo Maresca unveiled as new Manchester City manager
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Enzo Maresca unveiled as new Manchester City manager
June 29 08:20 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Manchester City on Monday unveiled Italian Enzo Maresca as their new manager, taking over from Pep Guardiola. Maresca, 46...
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Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
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Venezuela search teams scramble as hope fades of finding quake survivors
June 29 07:11 AM
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AFP)—Hopes were fading Monday of finding survivors more than four days after powerful twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, as resi...
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Brazil, Germany eye World Cup last 16 as Netherlands face Morocco
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Brazil, Germany eye World Cup last 16 as Netherlands face Morocco
June 29 07:05 AM
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)—Brazil's quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages on Monday as Carlo Ancelotti's team fac...
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Ascot Primary principal apologises for any harm to students following ‘graduation apartheid’
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 29 12:30 AM
I’M SORRY
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More beds for Falmouth Hospital
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More beds for Falmouth Hospital
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
June 29 12:28 AM
More beds for Falmouth Hospital
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Prayer for the day
October 8, 2018
Make me deserving of the faith that I need to get near you. Forgive my shortage and light my way to the right path. Endow me with the gift of humility...
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Another tropical depression forms in the eastern Atlantic
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Another tropical depression forms in the eastern Atlantic
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Another tropical depression has formed in the eastern Atlantic and is expected to become a tropical storm by tonight. According to...
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Jamaica to face Bonaire Sunday in Concacaf Nations League
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Jamaica to face Bonaire Sunday in Concacaf Nations League
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica will play its next game in the Concacaf Nations League against Bonaire on Sunday, October 14 in Curacao at the Stadion Erg...
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Haiti quake toll rises to 15 — gov’t
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Haiti quake toll rises to 15 — gov’t
October 8, 2018
PORT DE PAIX, Haiti (AFP) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the northwest coast of Haiti at the weekend has killed at least 15 people, auth...
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Some JPS customers to see 0.5% increase in electricity bills
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Some JPS customers to see 0.5% increase in electricity bills
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Customers of Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) will see marginal movements in their electricity bills this month. Accor...
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UPDATE: Man charged with rape of Americans at St James resort
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UPDATE: Man charged with rape of Americans at St James resort
October 8, 2018
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Several criminal charges have been laid against an entertainment coordinator who is accused of raping two female guests at Riu Reg...
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Researchers identify erectile dysfunction gene
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Researchers identify erectile dysfunction gene
October 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is partially responsible for erectile dysfunction, a development ...
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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
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UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
October 8, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitude...
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O-Wrap: Fashion pioneer Ivy Ralph dies… Three cops accused of blackmail… Messado disbarred
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O-Wrap: Fashion pioneer Ivy Ralph dies… Three cops accused of blackmail… Messado disbarred
October 8, 2018
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today: 1. Jamaican fashion pioneer Ivy Ralph passes World renowned Jamaican fashi...
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JPS employee among four arrested in connection with fuel theft
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JPS employee among four arrested in connection with fuel theft
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaica Public Service (JPS) employee is among four individuals arrested on Sunday night in connection with the illegal removal ...
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Coffin with severed chicken head found outside T&T court building
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Coffin with severed chicken head found outside T&T court building
October 8, 2018
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Court and police investigators are reviewing CCTV footage in an effort to determine who placed the severed head of a c...
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21-y-o victim was not shot from behind, court hears in trial of Clarendon cop
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21-y-o victim was not shot from behind, court hears in trial of Clarendon cop
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The medical doctor who had performed the post mortem on the body of Robert Dawkins in January 2009, after he was allegedly shot de...
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Man allegedly kills brother in Manchester
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Man allegedly kills brother in Manchester
October 8, 2018
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester man is currently in police custody after allegedly killing his brother on the weekend. The deceased is identified a...
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Health Ministry administering HPV vaccine to second cohort of girls
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Health Ministry administering HPV vaccine to second cohort of girls
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The second cohort of grade-seven girls are now benefiting from the Ministry of Health's Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccination pr...
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PanJam announces acquisition of minority stake in Regus’ Caribbean Franchise Partner
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PanJam announces acquisition of minority stake in Regus’ Caribbean Franchise Partner
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — PanJam Investment Limited (PanJam) today announced that it has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Williams Offices (Caribbean) Limite...
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UPDATE: Haiti rattled by several aftershocks
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UPDATE: Haiti rattled by several aftershocks
October 8, 2018
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled Haiti during the early hours of Monday, less than 48 hours afte...
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Three St James cops accused of blackmailing men caught in ‘compromising position’
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Three St James cops accused of blackmailing men caught in ‘compromising position’
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three police officers in St James have been accused of attempting to blackmail two men who they reportedly caught in a “compromisi...
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Bullet from victim’s body missing, investigator says in trial of Clarendon cop
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Bullet from victim’s body missing, investigator says in trial of Clarendon cop
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A detective sergeant, who was the lead investigator in the killing of a man in May Pen, allegedly by Constable Collis "Chucky" Bro...
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ONLINE READERS’ COMMENT: Turks and Caicos needs real self-government
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ONLINE READERS’ COMMENT: Turks and Caicos needs real self-government
October 8, 2018
Dear Editor,   In the heyday of colonialism, Britain proudly declared that the sun would never set on its sprawling empire. Well, we all know how that...
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Jennifer Messado disbarred
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Jennifer Messado disbarred
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Embattled real estate attorney, Jennifer Messado, has been struck from the roll of practising attorneys in Jamaica. The decision w...
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TS Michael upgraded to hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
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TS Michael upgraded to hurricane in Gulf of Mexico
October 8, 2018
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tropical storm Michael strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Monday as it barrelled toward the US Gulf Coast packing max...
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Jamaican fashion pioneer Ivy Ralph passes
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Jamaican fashion pioneer Ivy Ralph passes
October 8, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World renowned Jamaican fashion designer Ivy Ralph passed away early this morning. She was 90 years old. Ralph, who was in Nuttall...
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UWI issues warning regarding fraudulent website
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The University of the West Indies (UWI) is advising prospective students, partners and the public of the existence of an unauthori...
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Caribbean mourns soca icon Oscar B, voice behind ‘Soca Bogle’, dead at 57
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Caribbean mourns soca icon Oscar B, voice behind ‘Soca Bogle’, dead at 57
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The Caribbean music fraternity is mourning the loss of one of its most beloved entertainers. Celebrated Tobagonian soca icon Oscar B, born Oscar Denni...
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