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St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) — Jamaica is to host the High Level Caribbean Forum that will focus on the unique issues facing the region and the opportuniti...
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UPDATE: Tufton says HPV vaccinations will continue
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UPDATE: Tufton says HPV vaccinations will continue
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Health, Dr Christopher Tufton, told OBSERVER ONLINE this evening that his ministry’s initiative to prevent cervical ca...
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Regional hoteliers launch ‘One Caribbean Family’ initiative
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MIAMI, United States (CMC) — The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has launched a booking initiative that allows hotels across the region...
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Trump arrives in storm-hit Puerto Rico
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP) — President Donald Trump arrived in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico Tuesday, hoping to underscore government recovery eff...
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UN says recovery of eastern Caribbean could cost US$1 billion
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AP) — The recovery of eastern Caribbean islands hardest hit by recent hurricanes, including Dominica, Barbuda, Turks an...
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US kicks out 15 Cuban diplomats following mysterious attacks
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats, accusing Havana of failing to protect US dipl...
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Change in venue for Boyz v Saudi match
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WASHINGTON DC, United States — The venue for Saturday's football match between Jamaica's Reggae Boyz and Saudi Arabia has been changed OBSERVER ONLINE...
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St James fish vendor nabbed with firearm
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — A fish vendor has been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of a firearm and several rounds of ammunition on Nelly ...
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Youth advocacy group says HPV vaccine ‘a good look’
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Youth advocacy group says HPV vaccine ‘a good look’
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network (JYAN) today commended the Ministry of Health on its initiative aimed at providing the Human Pa...
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Jamaica/Howard University Alumni Association launched
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WASHINGTON DC, United States (JIS) – The Jamaica/Howard University Alumni Association and Endowment Fund was launched recently at the Embassy in Washi...
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Embattled Venezuelan leader to meet Putin Wednesday
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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro will meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said, as t...
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US body clock geneticists take 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
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US body clock geneticists take 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — US geneticists Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young were awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for shedd...
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Science ministry spearheads islandwide renewable energy survey
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Science ministry spearheads islandwide renewable energy survey
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology says it has engaged Business Research and Agricultural Consultants (BRAC) to prepar...
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Illegal gun seized at funeral in Westmoreland
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Illegal gun seized at funeral in Westmoreland
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police have reported that a man has been taken into custody following the seizure of an illegal firearm at a funeral in Orange...
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Nursing Council, Jamaica’s only regulatory body
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October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Nursing Council of Jamaica has stated that it is the only regulatory body in Jamaica that has the legal authority to approve n...
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Skipping breakfast may double risk of hard arteries — study
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Skipping breakfast may double risk of hard arteries — study
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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — People who skip breakfast or eat poorly to start the day are twice as likely to develop hardened arteries, which can lead...
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UPDATE: Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter’s house
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UPDATE: Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter’s house
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Las Vegas, United States (AFP) — Authorities said Monday they had recovered a weapons cache including firearms, explosives and ammunition from a house...
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Several St Thomas roads affected by heavy rain — NWA
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Several St Thomas roads affected by heavy rain — NWA
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that a number of roadways in St Thomas are currently either impassable or re...
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McLeod nominated for IAAF’s World Athlete of the Year
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McLeod nominated for IAAF’s World Athlete of the Year
October 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World Championships sprint hurdles gold medallist Omar McLeod was today named among the nominees for the IAAF's World Athlete of t...
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CARICOM launches online platforms to facilitate regional trade
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat says CARICOM's development of a Single Market and Economy (SME) ...
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IMF announces essay contest for C’bean students
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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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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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...psychosocial support available
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December 28, 2025
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
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