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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
January 9 07:56 PM
A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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TRINIDAD DENIES ENTRY TO LEGAL COKE
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TRINIDAD DENIES ENTRY TO LEGAL COKE
May 30, 2010
A disappointed Leon Coke (no relation to Christopher "Dudus" Coke) arrives at Norman Manley International Airport last Thursday after being denied ent...
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Seaga goes for Golding’s jugular
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Seaga goes for Golding’s jugular
May 29, 2010
Lashes Matalon, MacMillan, Blair APPEARING at his most impassioned since 2005 when he stepped away from the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) he had led for ...
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‘Green’ lobbyists bat for Font Hill
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‘Green’ lobbyists bat for Font Hill
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Environment editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
ONCE again, environmental lobbyists are going to bat against the Government over property it intends to sell to tourism interests. The property at the...
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Downtown picks up the pieces
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
THE early morning sun brought with it a ray of hope for some sections of the busy economic hub of downtown Kingston over the weekend, when scores of v...
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The final numbers are in
May 29, 2010
Our Habitat THIRTY-EIGHT individuals and organisations have been nominated for the inaugural Jamaica Environmental Action Awards. The brainchild of th...
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Police detain 8 in another Coke search
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Police detain 8 in another Coke search
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
THE police yesterday detained eight persons, some described as extremely close to Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, as they shifted their focus to the more af...
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Search homes of politicians and the wealthy for ‘Dudus’
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Search homes of politicians and the wealthy for ‘Dudus’
BY PAUL HENRY Sunday Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
— Adams urges cops RETIRED tough cop Reneto Adams is urging the police not to rule out searching the homes of politicians affiliated with the Jamaica ...
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The ‘unconfirmed reports’ marred Tivoli coverage
By The Spike 
May 29, 2010
ONCE again, journalists faced the challenge of covering a major event that will form a significant part of Jamaican history. How well we responded to ...
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Humbled: Tivoli loses its bravado
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Humbled: Tivoli loses its bravado
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamacaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
THE bravado of Tivoli Gardens residents who, dressed in white, vowed two weeks ago to die for Christopher 'Dudus' Coke -- a man indicted by the United...
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Churches pledge to help restore West Kingston
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Churches pledge to help restore West Kingston
BY NADINE WILSON Sunday Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
CHURCH leaders have assured that they will continue to help West Kingston residents who were this past week confined to their communities as gunmen an...
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Proxy parents help youths meet their needs
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Proxy parents help youths meet their needs
BY TANESHA MUNDLE Sunday Observer staff reporter mundlet@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
CHILDREN are the future. It is with this in mind that International Proxy Parents (IPP), a charitable organisation, has taken on the task of providing...
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JEAA Criteria: Part II
May 29, 2010
CAREER & Education continues its look at the criteria for each category of the Jamaica Environmental Action Awards (JEAA) this week. Trees for the Fut...
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West Kgn unrest angers J’cans in Turks and Caicos
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West Kgn unrest angers J’cans in Turks and Caicos
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday features editor thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Jamaicans living and working in this tiny northern Caribbean island are expressing anger and disappointment in the ...
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A search that went horribly wrong
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A search that went horribly wrong
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-Large Investigative Coverage Unit 
May 29, 2010
Friends of Keith Clarke say security forces killed him in cold blood AS a boy, Keith Clarke often boasted to his friends that he got the perfect initi...
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18-y-o killed in car accident
Jamaica Observer 
May 29, 2010
A two-vehicle collision claimed the life of a teenager in St James this morning. Eighteen-year-old Raphael McKenzie of Lilliput in the parish, was kil...
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9 picked up in East Kirkland Heights
Jamaica Observer 
May 29, 2010
AS the security forces continue their search for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, nine persons were picked up in a massive operation in East Kirkland Heights...
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Public defender urges ‘Dudus’ to surrender
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Public defender urges ‘Dudus’ to surrender
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Sunday Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
PUBLIC Defender Earl Witter yesterday issued a public appeal for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to turn himself in to the authorities, saying both he and th...
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Weaker euro could strengthen European economy
AP 
May 29, 2010
MILAN, Italy (AP) -- How low can the euro go? Many economists think the 16-country currency is headed for a significant decline because of Europe's go...
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Trees for the Future nominees
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Trees for the Future nominees
May 29, 2010
Nominee: Mount St Joseph Prep School Earth Club Project: Earth Club Tree Planting Project co-ordinator: Lorraine Brown-Knight School Principal: Jem St...
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Shut up! Adams tells Seaga
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Shut up! Adams tells Seaga
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 29, 2010
CONTROVERSIAL and verbose former Senior Police Superintendent Reneto Adams last week strongly recommended silence for former Prime Minister Edward Sea...
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This Day in History
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May 28, 2010
Today is Saturday, May 29, the 149th day of 2010. There are 216 days left in the year. Today's highlight 1973: Tom Bradley is elected the first black ...
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‘Dudus’ still here
BY KARYL WALKER online news editor walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 28, 2010
Commish says West Kingston fugitive will be caught POLICE say they have intelligence that West Kingston fugitive Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is still in ...
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