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Heavyweights Sts Peter and Paul, Lannaman’s clash in Henriques Cup final
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Heavyweights Sts Peter and Paul, Lannaman’s clash in Henriques Cup final
December 14 12:04 AM
Title favourites Sts Peter and Paul will face Lannaman’s in the final of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association National Under-12 Henriques Cup k...
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Alkaline Foundation joins aid effort
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Alkaline Foundation joins aid effort
December 14 12:01 AM
Alkaline Foundation Corporation, an organisation founded by dancehall star Alkaline, has donated relief packages to people affected by Hurricane Melis...
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Mona Prep dominate to retain JISA Under-12 netball crown
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Mona Prep dominate to retain JISA Under-12 netball crown
December 14 12:00 AM
Mona Preparatory School once again demonstrated its dominance in youth sport, retaining the Jamaica Independent Schools Association (JISA) Under-12 Ne...
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Investigation ongoing after student allegedly ‘pushed’ from bus, says JUTC
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Investigation ongoing after student allegedly ‘pushed’ from bus, says JUTC
December 13 10:48 PM
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company Limited (JUTC) says investigations are still ongoing into the circumstances that led to a female student being repor...
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daCosta Cup semifinalists decided
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daCosta Cup semifinalists 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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Gas prices up $3.41, diesel up $2.28
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Gas prices up $3.41, diesel up $2.28
September 5, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Motorists should see an increase at the pumps in the price of gasoline and diesel, effective Thursday, September 7, according to t...
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England recall Roland-Jones for West Indies decider
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England recall Roland-Jones for West Indies decider
September 5, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) —  England have recalled Toby Roland-Jones for the series-deciding third Test against the West Indies at the Middlesex pa...
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Two charged with teen’s murder in Clarendon
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Two charged with teen’s murder in Clarendon
September 5, 2017
CLARENDON, Jamaica — The Clarendon police are reporting that two men have been charged in connection with the death of 13-year-old Kemaro Myles of Kit...
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UPDATE: #Irma lashes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico; Barbuda confirms one death
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UPDATE: #Irma lashes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico; Barbuda confirms one death
September 5, 2017
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rain and historic, 185-mph winds lashed the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico's northeast coast Wednesday as Hurricane...
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Gov’t allocates $698m for school upgrading projects
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Gov’t allocates $698m for school upgrading projects
September 5, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator Ruel Reid, says $698 million is to be disbursed for infrastructure imp...
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NY mayor threatens to sue if Trump deports young C’bean ‘Dreamers’
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NY mayor threatens to sue if Trump deports young C’bean ‘Dreamers’
September 4, 2017
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is threatening to take legal action if the Trump administration follows through with rep...
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PNP calls for monitoring of by-elections in SE St Mary
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PNP calls for monitoring of by-elections in SE St Mary
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) has issued calls on the Political Ombudsman and the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) to “i...
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Another picture-perfect West Indian American Carnival Parade
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Another picture-perfect West Indian American Carnival Parade
September 4, 2017
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — For at least the third consecutive year, revellers, masquerades and millions of spectators converged in picture-perfec...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT:  Thank you for ZOSO PM Holness
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: Thank you for ZOSO PM Holness
September 4, 2017
Dear Editor, I hear people criticizing the security taskforce which you and your administration have put together, trained, and put into operation. Bu...
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Barbados wants more attention paid to climate change
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September 4, 2017
UNITED NATIONS, United Nations (CMC) — Barbados on Tuesday called on the international community to do more to deal with the impact of climate change ...
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Montague calls on commissioner to promote deserving cops
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Montague calls on commissioner to promote deserving cops
September 4, 2017
ST ANN, Jamaica — Minister of National Security, Robert Montague, has called on Commissioner of Police George Quallo and the Police Services Commissio...
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Category 5 Hurricane Irma nearing northern Leeward Islands
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Category 5 Hurricane Irma nearing northern Leeward Islands
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A potentially catastrophic category 5 Hurricane Irma is nearing the northern Leeward Islands an advisory from the Meteorological (...
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Education minister opens new sanitation facility at Mona Primary
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Education minister opens new sanitation facility at Mona Primary
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Two days into his tour of schools for the new school year Education Minister Ruel Reid visited the Mona Heights Primary Scho...
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Foreign affairs ministry opens exhibition to launch Ja 55 celebrations
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Foreign affairs ministry opens exhibition to launch Ja 55 celebrations
September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade launched its 55th anniversary celebrations with the opening of an exhibiti...
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N Korea vows more ‘gift packages’ for the US in nuclear row
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September 4, 2017
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — North Korea's UN envoy vowed Tuesday to send "more gift packages" to the United States which has led international condemn...
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PNP calls on Holness to clarify selection of Mount Salem as first ZOSO
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September 4, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party (PNP) is calling on Prime Minister Andrew Holness to clarify the crime statistics and all issues surro...
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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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Haiti’s failing school system: ‘like in a country at war’
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Haiti’s failing school system: ‘like in a country at war’
September 4, 2017
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Schools with classes of 80 students, parents unable to afford even modest fees, thousands of unqualified teachers -- as ...
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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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Defending end of amnesty, Trump says US workers must be priority
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Defending end of amnesty, Trump says US workers must be priority
September 4, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his decision to end an amnesty protecting from deportation 800,000 peo...
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