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Western families to be gifted $30 million in hardware vouchers by Digicel Foundation
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Western families to be gifted $30 million in hardware vouchers by Digicel Foundation
December 24 08:09 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —  Families affected by Hurricane Melissa in western Jamaica will be gifted $30 million in Hardware and Lumber vouchers by the Digic...
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Festive lights, security tight for Christmas in Damascus
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Festive lights, security tight for Christmas in Damascus
December 24 07:20 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) — Christmas lights illuminate Damascus's Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria's Chr...
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Zelensky reveals US-Ukraine plan to end Russian war, key questions remain
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Zelensky reveals US-Ukraine plan to end Russian war, key questions remain
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KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a United States (US) led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed ...
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
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Melissa’s mess shrinks
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December 24 12:18 AM
Melissa’s mess shrinks
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‘Fun in the capital’
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I Love Soca to take over Heroes’ Circle on Boxing Day
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December 24 12:16 AM
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
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BOJ: Slow hurricane rebuilding risks higher inflation
Karena Bennett | Senior Business Reporter | bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:14 AM
BOJ warns recovery could stall
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
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‘Sammy’s not the problem!’
CWI director defends Windies head coach; cites issues with regional development
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 24 12:12 AM
CWI director defends West Indies head coach despite dismal record
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ST ANN, Jamaica— Six men are now in police custody following the seizure of a firearm and ammunition during an operation in Scarborough, Watt Town, St...
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Rose Town teenagers held with homemade firearm
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Rose Town teenagers held with homemade firearm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica— Two teenage boys, one 15 and the other 16, are in custody after a homemade firearm was found in their possession in Rose Town, King...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: The PNP shadow cabinet is inspiring
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Dear editor, For the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) youth arm to slam the People's National Party's (PNP) shadow cabinet and label it "uninspirable" is la...
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NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Fisheries and Aquaculture ministers from the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have agreed on measures aimed at ac...
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National Security Council signs off on ZOSO social intervention framework
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Police seize firearm in Little London, man charged
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — A man was taken into custody on Wednesday after police officers assigned to the Westmoreland Police Division seized a firearm ...
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Gatlin won’t take knee in Brazil exhibition race
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18 hurt, three seriously in French stadium barrier collapse
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AMIENS, France (AFP) — Eighteen Lille fans were hurt, including three seriously, in Amiens on Saturday when a stadium barrier collapsed in the away se...
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Save the New Kingston police post, PNP’s Robinson urges
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Peoples' National Party Member of Parliament for South East St Andrew, Julian Robinson is calling for the urgent intervention of S...
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Belize Chinese businesses closed to protest murder of businessman
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A380 superjumbo makes emergency landing in Canada
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PARIS, France (AFP) — An Air France A380 superjumbo passenger jet travelling from Paris to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in east...
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UN launches US$31-m appeal for ‘badly battered’ Dominica
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UNITED NATIONS United States (CMC) — The United Nations says it has launched a Hurricane Maria Flash Appeal for the “badly battered” Caribbean island ...
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‘Wheel and come again’ with shadow cabinet, says JLP youth arm
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Young Jamaica, the youth arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) is urging Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips to “wheel and come ag...
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UPDATE: Police recover gun used in invasion of policewoman’s home
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say they have retrieved a firearm, believed to have been used in the attack on a senior policewoman and her daughters i...
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Stay away from Lotto Scamming pleas Governor-General
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Governor General Sir Patrick Allen is pleading with young people, particularly those in western Jamaica to stay away from lottery ...
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Jamaica gets US$250K to eradicate Zika-carrying mosquitoes
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  (JIS) — Jamaica’s programme to eradicate the aedes egypti mosquito, which is the primary vector for the Zika virus, has been given ...
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Unidentified man killed in St Ann crash
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ST ANN, Jamaica — The St Ann police are now trying to ascertain the identity of a man who was killed in a motor vehicle crash in St Ann yesterday. Rep...
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Popcaan, Fenton Ferguson team up for St Thomas development
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) says popular dancehall artist and a native of  Bath, St Thomas, Andrae Sutherland, popularly kno...
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A man was this afternoon shot dead during a confrontation with the police on Corletts Road, Spanish Town in St Catherine. He h...
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