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Cash assistance programme launched to support 50,000 Jamaicans post Melissa
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Cash assistance programme launched to support 50,000 Jamaicans post Melissa
December 23 04:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica –   The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), on Tuesday...
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Fisherman charged for Rocky Point triple murder
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 23 04:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 26-year-old fisherman, Daniel Henry has been charged with three counts of murder after allegedly using a machete to chop his mot...
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SERHA reports temporary delay in supplier payments due to banking issue
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SERHA reports temporary delay in supplier payments due to banking issue
December 23 03:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has advised that some suppliers will experience a delay in receiving payments tha...
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
December 23 03:23 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Jamaica’s swift repatriation of 25,000 tourists in just one week following Hurricane Melissa has demonstrated the island’s resilienc...
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
December 23 02:50 PM
Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch says Christmas is his favourite time of the year. He says the season is special because it reminds him of love, s...
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Bank of Jamaica temporarily waives ACH penalty
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Bank of Jamaica temporarily waives ACH penalty
December 23 02:43 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has announced a temporary waiver of penalty charges for certain Automated Clearing House (ACH) transacti...
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Connect a child this Christmas: USF donates tablets to students in need
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Connect a child this Christmas: USF donates tablets to students in need
December 23 02:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — This Christmas, the Universal Service Fund (USF) is giving hope to young learners through its Connect-A-Child initiative, which is...
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St Elizabeth police bring Christmas cheer to 200 children
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St Elizabeth police bring Christmas cheer to 200 children
December 23 01:55 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica— For the third consecutive year, the St Elizabeth police, led by Superintendent Coleridge Minto, staged its ‘Shop with a cop’ in...
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Windies women fifth in ICC rankings
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Windies women fifth in ICC rankings
October 2, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (CMC) — West Indies Women have remained fifth in the latest International Cricket Council women's team rankings but have droppe...
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MOCA Bill to improve management of organised crime — Montague
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MOCA Bill to improve management of organised crime — Montague
October 2, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, in his contribution to the Bill shortly entitled “The Major Organised Crime and An...
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Poorer countries’ remittances to grow again in 2017 — World Bank
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Poorer countries’ remittances to grow again in 2017 — World Bank
October 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Remittances, a major source of revenue for the world's poorest countries, are due to grow again this year after fall...
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Man arrested after elderly woman’s decomposing body found in Clarendon
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Man arrested after elderly woman’s decomposing body found in Clarendon
October 1, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The police have arrested a man in connection with the death of an elderly woman, whose decomposing body was found in bushes near ...
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UPDATE: Islamic State group claims Las Vegas attack
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UPDATE: Islamic State group claims Las Vegas attack
October 1, 2017
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed Monday that the shooting massacre in Las Vegas was carried out by one of its "soldiers" who ha...
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IMF announces essay contest for C’bean students
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IMF announces essay contest for C’bean students
October 1, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday announced an essay competition for Caribbean students on the theme “...
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JNHT hosts lectures on Marcus Garvey
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JNHT hosts lectures on Marcus Garvey
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) will be hosting a series of heritage lectures on Jamaica's first National Hero, M...
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UPDATE: Trump orders flags at half-staff for Las Vegas
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UPDATE: Trump orders flags at half-staff for Las Vegas
October 1, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the largest mass shooting in US history as an "act of pure evil" and said ...
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UPDATE: Police collect statement from 12-y-o in machete beating video
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UPDATE: Police collect statement from 12-y-o in machete beating video
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say that they have picked up the 12-year-old complainant in a video circulating on social media of a woman beating a ch...
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Parents can refuse HPV vaccine — Education ministry
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Parents can refuse HPV vaccine — Education ministry
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education says that while it supports the Ministry of Health's initiative to offer the HPV vaccine to schoolgirls ...
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Samuda to meet with disgruntled coffee growers
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Samuda to meet with disgruntled coffee growers
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda is tomorrow scheduled to meet with members of the Blue Moun...
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NHT on a mission to build homes near workplaces — Holness
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NHT on a mission to build homes near workplaces — Holness
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) is on a strategic mission to construct houses close to ...
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Pistorius movie ‘horrify’ victim’s parents
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Pistorius movie ‘horrify’ victim’s parents
October 1, 2017
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa  (AFP)— The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, the model shot dead by Oscar Pistorius, expressed outrage Monday over an upcoming U...
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Earthquake rattles Southern C’bean islands
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Earthquake rattles Southern C’bean islands
October 1, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled several Caribbean islands on Monday, but there were no immediate reports...
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O-Wrap: HPV vaccine optional… Gun seized at funeral… McLeod nominated athlete of the year
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O-Wrap: HPV vaccine optional… Gun seized at funeral… McLeod nominated athlete of the year
October 1, 2017
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today: 1. Police collect statement from 12-y-o in machete beating video The polic...
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50 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting
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50 killed at Las Vegas concert in deadliest US shooting
October 1, 2017
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200 others when he opened fire on a country music concert ...
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Table report on probe of Lisa Hanna’s constituency office, G2K urges OCG
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Table report on probe of Lisa Hanna’s constituency office, G2K urges OCG
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Generation 2000 (G2K) the young professional affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party is calling on the Contractor General, Dirk Harr...
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Region can cash in on heritage tourism market, says Bartlett
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Region can cash in on heritage tourism market, says Bartlett
October 1, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) – Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, says the growth in heritage tourism offers tremendous opportunity for Jamaica and the ...
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UPDATE:  58 dead, 515 wounded in Las Vegas shooting
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UPDATE: 58 dead, 515 wounded in Las Vegas shooting
October 1, 2017
LAS VEGAS, United States  (AFP) — Fifty-eight people are now known to have been killed in a mass shooting at an open air concert in Las Vegas while an...
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PNP wants public education on HPV vaccines, questions exclusion of boys
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PNP wants public education on HPV vaccines, questions exclusion of boys
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition Shadow Minister of Health, Dr Dayton Campbell is calling for the urgent implementation of a public education progra...
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Stakeholders want Gov’t to reduce import duty on electric vehicles
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Stakeholders want Gov’t to reduce import duty on electric vehicles
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A number of stakeholders in the automobile industry and other interest groups will be leading the way in lobbying the Government o...
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JLP does not need to buy votes in St Mary by-election, says Holness
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JLP does not need to buy votes in St Mary by-election, says Holness
October 1, 2017
ST MARY, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness told Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in South Eastern St Mary last night, that the party did no...
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Cash assistance programme launched to support 50,000 Jamaicans post Melissa
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BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 26-year-old fisherman, Daniel Henry has been charged with three counts of murder after allegedly using a machete to chop his mot...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has advised that some suppliers will experience a delay in receiving payments tha...
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists
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ST JAMES, Jamaica—Jamaica’s swift repatriation of 25,000 tourists in just one week following Hurricane Melissa has demonstrated the island’s resilienc...
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch says Christmas is his favourite time of the year. He says the season is special because it reminds him of love, s...
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