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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
January 7 05:44 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Di Cawna Library has opened its seventh community library in Cheshire Village, expanding access to books through an inclusive and ...
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
January 7 05:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Labour and Social Security Minister Pearnel Charles Jr has commended senior citizens who are embracing digital skills through the ...
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
January 7 05:18 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica – Retired educator and former principal of the Carron Hall High School in western St Mary, Dottlyn Norma Dawes has died. The announce...
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
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Education Ministry announces several changes to CXC, national exams
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Education Ministry announces several changes to CXC, national exams
January 7 03:19 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Education has announced sweeping changes to national and regional examinations for the 2025-2026 academic year, ci...
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Argentine hired to ‘re-energise’ Waterhouse, push for Concacaf qualification
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Argentine hired to ‘re-energise’ Waterhouse, push for Concacaf qualification
January 7 03:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Waterhouse Football Club have turned to Argentine Javier Ainstein in a bid to re-energise the team and mount a serious push for Co...
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My Jamaican Girl
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My Jamaican Girl
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 2, 2021
Bond girl Lashana Lynch's ongoing tribute to her Jamaican roots Had it not been for the novel coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions on mass gather...
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Moving to Bond’s beat
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Moving to Bond’s beat
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 29, 2021
JAMAICAN dancer/choreographer Tara Price is eagerly awaiting the local release of the 25th instalment in the James Bond spy series, No Time To Die, wh...
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‘Lion King’ actor needs blood
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‘Lion King’ actor needs blood
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 28, 2021
BENTON Morris — who is among the Jamaican performers in the hit Disney musical, The Lion King — is facing a life-threatening health situation. He is i...
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‘Flying Razor’ set to soar
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‘Flying Razor’ set to soar
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 22, 2021
IF things go according to plan, there could be a new Jamaican feature film on screens in early 2022. The film, Rising Lion Flying Razor, is the brainc...
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Strong line-up for T&T film fest
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Strong line-up for T&T film fest
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 15, 2021
JAMAICA will have a strong delegation for this year's Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF), which will be staged online from September 22 to 28. Appro...
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Everton Dennis joins the gang
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Everton Dennis joins the gang
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
September 9, 2021
With a frightening crime rate that has resulted in hundreds of homicides in the past decade, Chicago is arguably the most violent city in the United S...
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Garvey film for T&T film fest
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Garvey film for T&T film fest
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 4, 2021
African Redemption: The Life and Legacy of Marcus Garvey, a docufilm by Jamaican-American film-maker Roy T Anderson, is among the films for the Trinid...
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Bond’s time draws closer
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Bond’s time draws closer
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 2, 2021
No Time To Die , the latest instalment of the hugely successful James Bond spy series, is set to open in Jamaica on October 8. The film, for which par...
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Realvibez Film Fest gets nod
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Realvibez Film Fest gets nod
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 31, 2021
THE organisers of the Realvibez Film and Entertainment Festival, which was held in Florida and live-streamed to the Caribbean region last week, are cl...
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‘Respeck’
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‘Respeck’
Kevin Jackson 
August 28, 2021
J'can Gilbert Glenn Brown makes his mark in Aretha Franklin biopic A career in acting was far from Gilbert Glenn Brown's mind until high school. “I'm ...
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Dynasty star Michael Nader passes away
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Dynasty star Michael Nader passes away
Kevin Jackson 
August 25, 2021
American actor Michael Nader, who shot to fame playing the rugged hunk Dex Dexter on the 1980s nighttime soap series Dynasty and later the role of Dim...
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Realvibez Carib film fest starts today
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Realvibez Carib film fest starts today
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 24, 2021
THE inaugural Realvibez Caribbean Film Festival kicks off today and runs until Friday. The event — which is being held in Miami, Florida, and streamed...
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Wanted: Film tax break
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Wanted: Film tax break
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 23, 2021
ANOTHER call is being issued for the Jamaican authorities to offer tax incentives to overseas film companies seeking to shoot their productions in Jam...
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Hollywood comes to Jamaica
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Hollywood comes to Jamaica
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 21, 2021
Blackjack Christmas wraps Jamaica shoot Neither earthquake, tropical storm, nor COVID-19 prevented the 11 days of production for the feature film Blac...
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Film-maker Menelik Shabazz dead at 67
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Film-maker Menelik Shabazz dead at 67
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
June 29, 2021
MENELIK Shabazz, the Barbadian-born director-writer whose documentary, The Story of Lover's Rock helped introduce a new generation of British fans to ...
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Warmington puts passion on film
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Warmington puts passion on film
Kevin Jackson 
June 28, 2021
GROWING up in Spalding, Clarendon, Phillip Warmington was always fond of the movies. So he sees his transition into film production after migrating to...
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Telling our stories
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Telling our stories
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 26, 2021
Film festivals continue amid pandemic The local film community is continuing its efforts to share local stories through the staging of two film festiv...
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Carib, Sunshine Palace reopen tomorrow
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Carib, Sunshine Palace reopen tomorrow
June 23, 2021
TUESDAY'S announcement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness of adjustments to the COVID-19 protocols has been met with positive responses from the princip...
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Keeping up with Marcos James
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Keeping up with Marcos James
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
June 21, 2021
JAMAICAN actor Marcos James has landed a prime role in Keeping up With The Joneses, a trio of movies to be aired on the Lifetime Movie Network startin...
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Cliff talks movies
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Cliff talks movies
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto & Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 20, 2021
REGGAE legend Jimmy Cliff says Jamaica's film industry is not where it should be globally. He believes investors do not see the medium as lucrative. “...
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Nick’s on a role
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Nick’s on a role
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
May 25, 2021
AMERICAN actor Nick Creegan has never forgotten his Jamaican roots. In fact, he lists comedy king Oliver Samuels among his local favourites. “He is my...
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Window of opportunity
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Window of opportunity
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 4, 2021
THE Best Reggae Album category of the Grammy Awards will not be affected by the latest amendments to the nomination process as announced by the Nation...
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Di AMO Cawna Library opens in Cheshire Village with inclusive, accessible design
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Di Cawna Library has opened its seventh community library in Cheshire Village, expanding access to books through an inclusive and ...
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Charles Jr commends senior citizens embracing digital skills through GetConnected Programme
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Respected former principal of Carron Hall High in St Mary has died
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ST MARY, Jamaica – Retired educator and former principal of the Carron Hall High School in western St Mary, Dottlyn Norma Dawes has died. The announce...
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.37 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
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