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daCosta Cup semi-finalists decided
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daCosta Cup semi-finalists decided
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 13 09:09 PM
Former champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), Dinthill Technical and Glenmuir as well as Kemps Hill High advanced to the final four of...
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Excelsior round out Manning Cup semifinalists
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Excelsior round out Manning Cup semifinalists
December 13 08:49 PM
Excelsior High clinched the last semifinal spot in the ISSA Wata Manning Cup on Saturday with a last gasp 1-0 win over Charlie Smith High at Wincheste...
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PM asks for residents’ cooperation amid imminent closure of Petersfield hurricane shelter
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PM asks for residents’ cooperation amid imminent closure of Petersfield hurricane shelter
Anthony Lewis, Observer writer 
December 13 08:11 PM
WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is asking hurricane-affected residents of Petersfield in Westmoreland for cooperation as Gove...
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
December 13 04:57 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Police Federation has expressed condolences to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and colleagues of Constable Er...
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Police warn against obstructing traffic
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Police warn against obstructing traffic
December 13 04:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) will be taking a zero-tolerance approach to persons who obstruct the free flow of traffic in ...
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Tony Roy reflects on ‘I’d Love You to Want Me’
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Tony Roy reflects on ‘I’d Love You to Want Me’
December 13 04:36 PM
Whenever Tony Roy reflects on his career, he is likely to pinpoint 2025 as the year he got the big breakthrough. That came with I’d Love You to Want M...
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St Elizabeth residents receive land titles
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St Elizabeth residents receive land titles
December 13 04:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — More than 700 residents of St Elizabeth across 34 communities are now proud landowners under the Government’s Systematic Land ...
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JPS advises of temporary road closures in St James
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JPS advises of temporary road closures in St James
December 13 04:20 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica— The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is advising the motoring public, that in order to support critical electricity grid restoration wo...
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UPDATE: #Irma destroys ‘95%’ of French part of St Martin — official
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UPDATE: #Irma destroys ‘95%’ of French part of St Martin — official
September 5, 2017
POINTE-À-PITRE, France (AFP) — The French part of the Caribbean island St Martin is "95 per cent destroyed" after Hurricane Irma tore through the regi...
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Bolt predicts his world records could stand for 15-20 years
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Bolt predicts his world records could stand for 15-20 years
September 4, 2017
KYOTO, Japan (AP) — Usain Bolt is feeling no pressure in retirement, confident his best times can remain world records for decades. The only sprinter ...
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Minister urges school administrators, parents and students to prepare for PEP
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Minister urges school administrators, parents and students to prepare for PEP
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Education, Youth and Information Ruel Reid says one of the ministry's goals this academic year is to prepare sch...
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West Indies’ Shai Hope tipped as future ‘great’
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West Indies’ Shai Hope tipped as future ‘great’
September 4, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— West Indies batsman Shai Hope could become a modern "great", coach Stuart Law said on Tuesday ahead of the Test series d...
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Chuck wants a court system of pleas rather than trials
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Chuck wants a court system of pleas rather than trials
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Justice Delroy Chuck has declared that there will be a systematic drive to dispose of the majority of cases by way of ...
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Windies hearts back home as Hurricane Irma threatens
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Windies hearts back home as Hurricane Irma threatens
September 4, 2017
LONDON, England (CMC) — West Indies were busy here Tuesday preparing for the decisive third Test at Lord's starting Thursday, but also anxiously keepi...
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National Security Council stands by Mount Salem zone declaration
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National Security Council stands by Mount Salem zone declaration
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Security Council (NSC) says that it is satisfied that the decision to declare Mount Salem in St James as the first Zo...
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O-Wrap: 2% reduction in JPS bills… Three murdered in Clarendon… Irma now a Category 5
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O-Wrap: 2% reduction in JPS bills… Three murdered in Clarendon… Irma now a Category 5
September 4, 2017
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today: 1. Gunmen murder three in Clarendon Three men were last night murdered in ...
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West Indies eager to embarrass England again
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West Indies eager to embarrass England again
September 4, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Brian Lara revealed this week that Sachin Tendulkar had sent him a text message saying the West Indies' victory over En...
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Hurricane Irma strengthens to a Category 5 storm
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Hurricane Irma strengthens to a Category 5 storm
September 4, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Irma has strengthened into a Category 5 storm as it roared toward the northeast Caribbean on a path toward the ...
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CPL reviewing Pollard’s no ball
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CPL reviewing Pollard’s no ball
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) is reviewing the no-ball bowled by Kieron Pollard at the end of Sunday's match between Barbado...
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Antigua gov’t considers curfew as Hurricane Irma approaches
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Antigua gov’t considers curfew as Hurricane Irma approaches
September 4, 2017
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — The Antigua and Barbuda government has hinted at the possibility of imposing a curfew during the passage of Hurricane Irma ...
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Forex: J$129.42 to one US dollar
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Forex: J$129.42 to one US dollar
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The US dollar on Tuesday, September 5, ended trading at J$129.42, up by 10 cents according to the Bank of Jamaica's daily foreign ...
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Citizens in Leeward Islands eyeing Tropical Storm Jose
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Citizens in Leeward Islands eyeing Tropical Storm Jose
September 4, 2017
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Citizens in the Windward Islands — Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines — were being urged to fo...
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Samuda wants more growth in the fisheries sector
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Samuda wants more growth in the fisheries sector
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda has issued a call for growth in the fisheries industry. The...
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JPS customers to see 2% drop in bills — OUR
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JPS customers to see 2% drop in bills — OUR
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Customers of the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited (JPS) should see a near two-per-cent drop in their electricity bills effec...
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Guyana to embark on campaign to vaccinate thousands of women with HPV vaccine
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Guyana to embark on campaign to vaccinate thousands of women with HPV vaccine
September 4, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana government Tuesday said it will embark on a programme to vaccinate approximately 36,000 girls between the ages o...
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Bob Marley’s keyboard player ‘Wya’ Lindo dead
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Bob Marley’s keyboard player ‘Wya’ Lindo dead
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Earl "Wya" Lindo, Bob Marley's keyboard player, died in London, England, yesterday. He was 64. The Wailers' manager, Lennie Chen c...
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Gunmen murder three in Clarendon
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Gunmen murder three in Clarendon
September 4, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Three men were last night murdered in separate incidents as gunmen continue to wreak havoc in Clarendon. In the first incident, w...
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Trump ends amnesty for 800,000 young immigrants
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Trump ends amnesty for 800,000 young immigrants
September 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump has ended an amnesty that protected from deportation 800,000 people brought to the United Sta...
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Rio Olympics was bought in corrupt scheme  — Brazil   police
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Rio Olympics was bought in corrupt scheme — Brazil police
September 4, 2017
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)— Brazilian officials said Tuesday that the country's Olympics chief was the "lynchpin" in a plot to bribe the Internation...
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Mount Salem ZOSO will be in effect for full 60 days PM
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Mount Salem ZOSO will be in effect for full 60 days PM
September 4, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has reassured residents of Mount Salem, St James, that the security forces will be in the co...
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daCosta Cup semi-finalists decided
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Excelsior High clinched the last semifinal spot in the ISSA Wata Manning Cup on Saturday with a last gasp 1-0 win over Charlie Smith High at Wincheste...
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PM asks for residents’ cooperation amid imminent closure of Petersfield hurricane shelter
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness is asking hurricane-affected residents of Petersfield in Westmoreland for cooperation as Gove...
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Police Federation expresses condolences following death of traffic cop
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The Jamaica Police Federation has expressed condolences to the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and colleagues of Constable Er...
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