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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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Inadequate transportation leaves St Ann students late for school
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September 3, 2017
ST ANN, Jamaica — Many students in the Runaway Bay area of St Ann heading to school in Brown's Town ended up late as public transportation proved inad...
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: The PNP opposing ZOSO in order to derail it
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ONLINE READERS COMMENT: The PNP opposing ZOSO in order to derail it
September 3, 2017
Dear editor, On Friday, September 1, Prime Minister Andrew Holness declared Mount Salem and its environs in St James as the first Zone of Special Oper...
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Weekly Round-up: Mt Salem declared first ZOSO… Harvey spikes gas prices… Dexter Pottinger dead
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Weekly Round-up: Mt Salem declared first ZOSO… Harvey spikes gas prices… Dexter Pottinger dead
September 3, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Friday declared Mount Salem in St James as the first Zone of Special Operation. According to Just...
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Education minister to tour four schools on opening day of school year
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Education minister to tour four schools on opening day of school year
September 2, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Education Minister Senator Ruel Reid is set to tour four schools on the opening day of the 2017/18 school year tomorrow. According...
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Obama’s letter to Trump: On the need to ‘leave democracy strong’
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Obama’s letter to Trump: On the need to ‘leave democracy strong’
September 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — It is an elegant tradition: the outgoing US president leaves a letter for his successor in the aged oaken desk in th...
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Parnell heroics keep Tridents hopes alive
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Parnell heroics keep Tridents hopes alive
September 2, 2017
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — South African Wayne Parnell turned in a strong all-round performance as Barbados Tridents kept their slim playoff hopes a...
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Furious Moscow demands swift return of closed US facilities
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Furious Moscow demands swift return of closed US facilities
September 2, 2017
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia demanded Sunday that the US rethink its shuttering of Moscow's diplomatic premises, insisting that Washington bore sole ...
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IDB Executive VP to visit Jamaica
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IDB Executive VP to visit Jamaica
September 2, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Executive Vice President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Julie Katzman will pay an official visit to Jamaica on Septe...
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Five T&T nationals to participate in Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
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Five T&T nationals to participate in Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative
September 2, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Five Trinidad and Tobago business professionals have been named to participate in the 2017 Young Leaders of the Americ...
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US warns N Korea of ‘massive military response’ after nuke test
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US warns N Korea of ‘massive military response’ after nuke test
September 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States warned Sunday it could launch a "massive military response" to threats from North Korea following ...
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Top US executives defend ‘Dreamers’ programme for young Caribbean immigrants
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Top US executives defend ‘Dreamers’ programme for young Caribbean immigrants
September 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — Amid deep concerns that United States President Donald Trump could end an Obama-era policy of protecting young, ille...
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North Korea declares H-bomb test ‘a perfect success’
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North Korea declares H-bomb test ‘a perfect success’
September 2, 2017
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile on Sunday and called its sixth and most pow...
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Bad light, rain scupper Windies warm-up
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Bad light, rain scupper Windies warm-up
September 2, 2017
LEICESTER, England (CMC) — West Indies had their hopes of bowling practice ahead of next week's Lord's Test foiled by bad light and rain, as only 73 d...
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Mount Salem residents hope operations will bring peace
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Mount Salem residents hope operations will bring peace
September 2, 2017
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica (JIS) — Residents of Mount Salem in St James are declaring their support for the zone of special operations (ZOSO), expressing th...
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Bermuda gov’t reviews airport contract
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Bermuda gov’t reviews airport contract
September 2, 2017
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) — Premier David Burt has renewed a pledge by the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) ahead of the July 18 general election to revie...
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Holder pleased with outing in abandoned practice match
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Holder pleased with outing in abandoned practice match
September 2, 2017
LEICESTER, England (CMC) — Captain Jason Holder said he was pleased West Indies had gotten valuable batting practice in their two-day tour match again...
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Woman, 38-y-o son shot dead in Mandeville
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Woman, 38-y-o son shot dead in Mandeville
September 2, 2017
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A Manchester woman and her 38-year-old were shot dead in the parish Saturday morning. The Corporate Communications Unit of the J...
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Tourism minister mourns passing of hotelier Pablo Piñero
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Tourism minister mourns passing of hotelier Pablo Piñero
September 2, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett, is expressing deep sadness at the passing of Pablo Piñero, the president and founder of the ...
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Woman arrested for waging ‘constant noise complaint war’ on Caribbean pre-carnival festivities
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Woman arrested for waging ‘constant noise complaint war’ on Caribbean pre-carnival festivities
September 2, 2017
NEW YORK, United States — The police in Brooklyn have arrested a woman who has been waging what has been described as a constant noise complaint war o...
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Real Estate Board to host public forum on continuing professional development
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Real Estate Board to host public forum on continuing professional development
September 2, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — The Real Estate Board (REB) will be hosting a public forum on Thursday (September 7) on its new Continuing Professional Deve...
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US East Coast keeps wary eye on Irma, another powerful hurricane
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US East Coast keeps wary eye on Irma, another powerful hurricane
September 2, 2017
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barely a week after Hurricane Harvey devastated large swaths of the US Gulf coast, Americans on the East Coast on Su...
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4.3 earthquake rocks Haiti
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September 2, 2017
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 was recorded in Port au Prince and surrounding areas yesterday. The United States ...
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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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