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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
January 11 11:16 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The ISSA Champions Cup will kick off on January 20th and end on the 31st, Observer Online has been reliably informed. The start of t...
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
January 11 10:49 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Sports Minister Olivia Grange has extended condolences to the family, friends, and the wider sporting fraternity following the passi...
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Part 2 of ‘Kevin Smith: Cult Pastor’ documentary premieres on YouTube
January 11 10:41 AM
Once revered as a prophet, Kevin Smith’s legacy is now defined by a deadly cult ritual that claimed lives and led to posthumous charges of murder, con...
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Transport Authority commences motor vehicle examinations January 12 for 2026/27 licencing period
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Transport Authority commences motor vehicle examinations January 12 for 2026/27 licencing period
January 11 09:53 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Transport Authority will commence motor vehicle examinations on Monday, January 12 in preparation for the renewal of road licen...
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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
January 11 09:18 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flo...
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
January 11 09:12 AM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica —Three children and an adult died following a two-vehicle collision on the Crawford to Font Hill main road near the St Elizabeth...
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Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
When preachers play God
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Muna Issa also sued for hate e-mail attack on ‘Butch’ Stewart
June 12, 2008
THE hate mail saga against leading Caribbean hotelier, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, deepened yesterday with the announcement that a second member of the Is...
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Cop faces third trial on bribery charge
June 12, 2008
THE Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday that a policeman accused of taking a $10,000 bribe from a motorist in 2005 be retried. It will be the third trial fo...
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JDF chief urges new members to make use of opportunities
June 11, 2008
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Major General Stewart Saunders, has encouraged new members to make use of the o...
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An Unforgettable Tasting at Arosa
Jacqui Sinclair 
June 11, 2008
Robert Hoehener is a special man, down-to-earth, charming and engaging. His genuine passion, appreciation and love of good food and wine inspired the ...
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If Dad is a wine lover…
Christopher Reckord 
June 11, 2008
This Sunday is Father's Day and I was thinking that there is a lot of marketing of events and gift ideas focused around Mother's Day than for us fathe...
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Cake Illustrators
June 11, 2008
There was lots to get excited about Monday last as we celebrated our 10th Annual Food Awards at Vale Royal. The buzz was everywhere but even more so a...
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Shaw takes more fire
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
June 11, 2008
WITHIN hours of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) and Finance Minister Audley Shaw making up, a second business group has lashed the m...
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‘Bring back Home Guards’
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 10, 2008
On the eve of the resumption of the bipartisan Vale Royal talks, Opposition spokesman on national security, Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday previewed the...
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Foundation gets $800,000 boost to support nature reserve
TK Whyte 
June 10, 2008
SALT RIVER, Clarendon - The Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM) has received an $800,000 boost to support its management of Jamaica's...
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Fathers without funds
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 10, 2008
FACED with an increasing number of men in crisis, the not-for-profit group Fathers Incorporated is intent on setting up a resource centre for men. The...
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Zacca seeks clarification on anti-private sector statements
June 9, 2008
PRIVATE Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) president Chris Zacca will meet today with Finance Minister Audley Shaw to hear why the minister last we...
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Murders jump past 700 mark
By Karyl Walker Crime/Court co-ordinator 
June 8, 2008
Jamaica's murder tally jumped past the 700 mark, following another bloody weekend in which a 16-year-old girl was among 13 persons killed and a cop am...
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‘Barrel children’ hurting
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Sunday Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 7, 2008
A clinical psychiatrist is recommending that children whose parents migrate and leave them behind get grief counselling, similar to that offered to ki...
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JUTC strike ends; layoff date extended to this Wednesday
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 7, 2008
The two-day strike by Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers and conductresses ended yesterday after an agreement was reached to extend the effe...
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Police arrest 20, seize 11 guns
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 7, 2008
THE police arrested 20 people, and seized 11 guns and 34 rounds of ammunition across the Kingston Metropolitan Area (KMA) over the weekend, as part of...
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Cockpit Country discovery centre opens
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 7, 2008
THE Forestry Department, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has opened a discovery centre in this rural community, as part of their e...
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Five die in Clarendon road accident
June 6, 2008
FIVE persons were killed yesterday when the taxi in which they were travelling collided with a truck along the Dawkins Pen main road in Clarendon. Pli...
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Immunisation laws to be made more stringent
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 6, 2008
A committee in the Ministry of Health is currently reviewing the Immunisation Regulation of 1986 to see how it can be made more stringent for parents ...
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Accused cop killer to reappear in court today
June 5, 2008
ROHAN Townsend, one of four persons implicated in the November 2007 murder of Assistant Commissioner of Police Gilbert Kameka, is to return to the Hom...
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Packaging house planned for St Elizabeth
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 4, 2008
BIGWOODS, St Elizabeth - Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says the Government, in collaboration with a large private sector entity, is to es...
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The best wine list in Jamaica. And the winners are….
June 4, 2008
After weeks of deliberation and with a few of the Jamaica Observer Food Awards judges gaining extra pounds, the winners for all categories were finall...
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Public security meeting for Ocho Rios on Thursday
June 3, 2008
IN response to the recent upsurge in criminal activities in St Ann, the St Ann Chamber of Commerce and the Jamaica Constabulary Force St Ann division ...
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
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