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Three taken into custody in relation to SSL fraud probe
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Three taken into custody in relation to SSL fraud probe
December 27 03:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three individuals have been taken into police custody following a coordinated early-morning operation by multiple law enforcement ...
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Man slapped with multiple charges including murder
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Man slapped with multiple charges including murder
December 27 02:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon, unauthorised possession of ammunition and makin...
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Jackson welcomes security operations in SSL fraud case
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Jackson welcomes security operations in SSL fraud case
December 27 12:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on National Security and Member of Parliament Fitz Jackson has welcomed the start of security operations link...
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Woman dies in motor vehicle crash in Trelawny
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Woman dies in motor vehicle crash in Trelawny
December 27 12:24 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A woman is now dead and a man nursing injuries following a motor vehicle collision along the One Mile main road in Falmouth Saturd...
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SLB to further enhance digital portal as part of ongoing transformation
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SLB to further enhance digital portal as part of ongoing transformation
December 27 12:19 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) is looking to further enhance its digital portal, a move that underscores the role of technology i...
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Man dies in motor vehicle crash in St James
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Man dies in motor vehicle crash in St James
December 27 10:39 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A man is now dead following a motor vehicle crash on the Rosemount roadway on Saturday morning. He has been identified as 46-year-...
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Former SSL executive in custody
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Former SSL executive in custody
December 27 10:22 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A former high-level executive of Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL) is in police custody as investigations continue into the mult...
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Ukraine anti-corruption agency tries to raid parliament
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Ukraine anti-corruption agency tries to raid parliament
December 27 09:44 AM
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine's anti-corruption agency said security services were preventing officers from raiding the parliament on Saturday, as inv...
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NSWMA to address collection backlog in Ewarton and Linstead
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NSWMA to address collection backlog in Ewarton and Linstead
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is apologising to residents of Linstead and Ewarton in St Catherine who have...
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Trinidad police to charge high school students for extortion
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Trinidad police to charge high school students for extortion
October 8, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Police are expected to lay charges against students of a secondary school here after a video surfaced showed them enga...
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Administering of HPV vaccine going smoothly — Tufton
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Administering of HPV vaccine going smoothly — Tufton
October 8, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton, says administering of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to grade-seven girls...
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No slackening for Zimbabwe series, assures Holder
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No slackening for Zimbabwe series, assures Holder
October 8, 2017
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — West Indies captain Jason Holder does not foresee any decrease in intensity from his side when they take on minnows Zimba...
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Brown Burke nomination ‘a great day in history’ says Phillips
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Brown Burke nomination ‘a great day in history’ says Phillips
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — People's National Party (PNP) leader Dr Peter Phillips a short while ago told comrades that the party is witnessing "a great day i...
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No PNP squabble in St Andrew South West, Phillips insists
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No PNP squabble in St Andrew South West, Phillips insists
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Leader of the Opposition Dr Peter Phillips today rubbished claims made by Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman Robert Montague of a...
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Venus heads back to Sydney after 20 years
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Venus heads back to Sydney after 20 years
October 8, 2017
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Evergreen Venus Williams will headline the Sydney International in January to kick off her 2018 season, returning to the tou...
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J’cans in Canada urged to strengthen ties with home
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J’cans in Canada urged to strengthen ties with home
October 8, 2017
TORONTO, Canada (JIS) — Wife of the Prime Minister, Juliet Holness, is urging members of the Jamaican diaspora in Canada to strengthen partnership wit...
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Gov’t taking strategic approach to improving road network, says Holness
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Gov’t taking strategic approach to improving road network, says Holness
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the Government is taking a strategic approach to improving Jamaica's road network. He po...
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Man caught smuggling cocaine from Jamaica gets 13-year prison sentence
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Man caught smuggling cocaine from Jamaica gets 13-year prison sentence
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man who tried to smuggle £300,000 worth of cocaine from Jamaica into Britain in tins of chocolate powder mix has been jailed for...
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Sumfest’s Russell gets CD for contribution to entertainment and tourism
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Sumfest’s Russell gets CD for contribution to entertainment and tourism
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Having contributed four decades of his life to entrepreneurship and development of the hospitality, tourism and entertainmen...
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PNP’s Alexis nominated in St Mary SE
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PNP’s Alexis nominated in St Mary SE
October 8, 2017
ST MARY, Jamaica — There is a traffic pile up outside the St Theresa Catholic Church nomination centre in Annotto Bay where People's National Party (P...
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Show JLP you are ‘stronger than money’, Phillips tells comrades
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Show JLP you are ‘stronger than money’, Phillips tells comrades
October 8, 2017
ST MARY, Jamaica — People's National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips a short while ago urged comrades gathered in Annotto Bay to run a clean ...
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Forex: J$129.06 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$129.06 to one US dollar
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Monday, October 9, ended trading at J$129.06 down by three cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign...
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O-Wrap: By-election candidates nominated… Man fatally shot during robbery… 15th named storm forms
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O-Wrap: By-election candidates nominated… Man fatally shot during robbery… 15th named storm forms
October 8, 2017
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today 1. Stop using Caymanas cane-field as roadway, police urge motorists The pol...
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JLP’s Dane Dennis nominated in St Andrew Southern
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JLP’s Dane Dennis nominated in St Andrew Southern
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker Dane Dennis was a short while ago nominated to represent the party in the St Andrew Southern ...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: In support of the HPV vaccine programme
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: In support of the HPV vaccine programme
October 8, 2017
Dear editor, I'm usually cautious about vaccines. They are developed mostly from biological compounds from killed or weakened viruses, and used to hel...
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Morning showers expected in eastern parishes
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Morning showers expected in eastern parishes
October 8, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica says showers across some eastern parishes are in the forecast for this morning as a tro...
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Phillips confident of PNP win in St Mary SE
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Phillips confident of PNP win in St Mary SE
October 8, 2017
ST MARY, Jamaica — People's National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips says he is confident that candidate for the St Mary South Eastern, Dr Sh...
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Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Ophelia forms in the Atlantic
October 8, 2017
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia formed in the Atlantic on Monday, swirling in the open sea and not yet representing a threat to la...
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Section of Bustamante Highway to be closed tomorrow
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Section of Bustamante Highway to be closed tomorrow
October 8, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that a section of the Bustamante Highway in Clarendon will be closed betwee...
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Trinidad prison officer shot dead by ex-prisoner
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Trinidad prison officer shot dead by ex-prisoner
October 8, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago police were searching for an un-named ex-prisoner who allegedly shot and killed a prison officer m...
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