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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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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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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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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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Languages of indigenous peoples to be taught in Guyana schools
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Languages of indigenous peoples to be taught in Guyana schools
September 1, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana government says it is moving to have the languages of the indigenous peoples taught in schools here. “With langu...
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UPDATE: Suspect apprehended in Dexter Pottinger murder
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UPDATE: Suspect apprehended in Dexter Pottinger murder
September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police confirmed today that a man has been taken into custody in relation to the murder of fashion designer Dexter Pottinger. The ...
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Police make arrest over arrow attack at Oval
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Police make arrest over arrow attack at Oval
September 1, 2017
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with Thursday's bizarre arrow attack during a county cricket match at T...
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Large turnout in thanksgiving for Winston Green
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Large turnout in thanksgiving for Winston Green
September 1, 2017
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Scores of mourners are now  gathered inside St Andrew Parish Church for the thanksgiving service for late People's National Party...
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Ocho Rios police gets standby generator
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Ocho Rios police gets standby generator
September 1, 2017
ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — The Ocho Rios police station now has a new standby generator costing, including installation, approximately $7.3 million. Mi...
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UPDATE: Suspect in Dexter Pottinger murder to be charged
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UPDATE: Suspect in Dexter Pottinger murder to be charged
September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reports reaching OBSERVER ONLINE a short while ago are that the main suspect in the murder of fashion designer Dexter Pottinger is...
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Trump visits evacuees at shelter in storm-battered Houston
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September 1, 2017
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump handed out box lunches and hugged children in a Houston emergency shelter on Saturday, as he wit...
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JFF shocked at passing of national U-15 squad member
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JFF shocked at passing of national U-15 squad member
September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Football Federation has expressed shock at the untimely passing of Rushawn Duncan, a member of the 2017 national Under...
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T&T Gov’t moves to restructure state-owned oil company
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September 1, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has announced a new board of directors for the state-owned oil company, PETROTRIN, ...
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Guyana looking at measures to ease plight of refugees
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September 1, 2017
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana government says it will put in place legislation to avoid people fleeing harsh economic and political conditions...
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Haiti prepares for Hurricane Irma
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September 1, 2017
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti, which is still recovering from the battering it took from the passage of Hurricane Matthew last year, Saturday sa...
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PNP activates phone line for ZOSO abuses
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PNP activates phone line for ZOSO abuses
September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition People's National Party (PNP) in response to the declaration of Mount Salem and its environs in parish of St James ...
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T&T drift towards World Cup elimination after defeat to Honduras
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T&T drift towards World Cup elimination after defeat to Honduras
September 1, 2017
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago drifted closer to elimination from the CONCACAF final round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers when they...
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Human stem cells restore mobility in Parkinson’s monkeys — study
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September 1, 2017
PARIS, France (AFP) — Lab monkeys with Parkinson's symptoms regained significant mobility after neurons made from human stem cells were inserted into ...
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Group sues NYPD over Caribbean J’Ouvert Carnival parade
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September 1, 2017
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — A Brooklyn, New York community group is suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) for withholding details about how ...
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St Mary teen fatally stabbed in prank gone wrong
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St Mary teen fatally stabbed in prank gone wrong
September 1, 2017
ST MARY, Jamaica — The Annotto Bay Police in St Mary are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 15-year-old Rushawn Duncan of Crooke...
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Mount Salem recommended itself for ZOSO, says PM
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Mount Salem recommended itself for ZOSO, says PM
September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Mount Salem community in St James “recommended itself” as a Zone of Special Operatio...
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UPDATE: Only one ZOSO hotline – JCF insists
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September 1, 2017
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Zone of Special Operations (ZOSO) Communications Centre says that the public and people within the zones should use the offici...
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St Kitts gov’t says its unaware of Herpes cure tests
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September 1, 2017
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts  (CMC) — The St Kitts-Nevis government says it has launched an investigation into the use of health facilities here to conduct t...
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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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