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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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January 11 12:18 AM
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
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Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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January 11 12:11 AM
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Golding: JLP prepared to debate manifesto
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
August 3, 2007
CAMBRIDGE, St James - Opposition Leader Bruce Golding says he is prepared to debate the contents of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) manifesto with anyo...
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‘OUR BOY’
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
August 3, 2007
JAMAICAN-BORN pilot Captain Barrington Irving Jnr, the first black and youngest person to fly solo around the world, was yesterday given a heroe's wel...
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Annotto Bay Hospital gets elevator, reopens refurbished wards
August 3, 2007
THE Annotto Bay Hospital in St Mary recently commissioned into service an elevator at the facility, 57 years after the elevator shaft was built during...
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Human rights groups welcome JLP’s pledge to entrench Charter of Rights
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
August 3, 2007
TWO of Jamaica's major human rights groups have welcomed the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) commitment to have the Charter of Rights, which has been in ...
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Hurricane forecaster downgrades 2007 projection
AP 
August 3, 2007
DENVER, Colorado (AP) - Cooler water in the Pacific and more atmospheric dust from Africa prompted hurricane researcher William Gray to lower his 2007...
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Cuba eye care project to target ‘cast eye’ children
JIS News 
August 3, 2007
THE Jamaica/Cuba Eye Care Programme is to target children who are affected with Strabismus, commonly referred to as "cast eye", through an extensive o...
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Too few women in politics, says women’s bureau
PETULIA CLARKE, all woman coordinator 
August 2, 2007
IN March 2006, Portia Simpson Miller created history by becoming Jamaica's first female prime minister, a position she copped after defeating three ma...
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Golding: JLP will not issue work permits left, right and centre
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 2, 2007
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Opposition Leader Bruce Golding says the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would not issue work permits in a haphazard manner to foreign...
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Time to show PNP gratitude, Pickersgill tells Portmore residents
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
August 2, 2007
ROBERT Pickersgill, the water and transport minister, yesterday pleaded with residents of Portmore, St Catherine to show their gratitude to the People...
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JPS summoned
August 2, 2007
PHILLIP Paulwell, the energy minister, yesterday summoned representatives of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) and the Jamaica Private Power Co...
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Cop retired in public’s interest ordered reinstated
Paul Henry 
August 2, 2007
DONOVAN 'Hucks' O'Connor, the controversial police inspector who was in December 2005 ordered retired by the Police Services Commission (PSC) "in the ...
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IDT orders Premix workers back to work
August 2, 2007
THE Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT) yesterday ordered unionised workers of Jamaica Premix Limited in Kingston to resume full duties by 7:00 this mo...
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Patterson’s video biography now available at National Library
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
August 2, 2007
PERSONS doing research on the life and political career of former Prime Minister of Jamaica P J Patterson can now access his video biography at the Na...
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Manley to be inducted into Civil Rights Walk of Fame
Kimone Thompson 
August 2, 2007
FORMER prime minister of Jamaica, the late Michael Manley, will be inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame by the Atlanta-based Trum...
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British report criticises Turks and Caicos in deadly Haitian boat capsizing
AP 
August 2, 2007
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - British investigators found no evidence to support claims that Turks and Caicos authorities rammed a boat of Haitian migr...
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CAFFE gets $1-million election boost
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 2, 2007
CASH-STRAPPED election monitor, Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), yesterday had its fortunes boosted by a $1-million donation from ...
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Boy dies in crash, parents injured
August 2, 2007
A seven-year-old boy was killed Wednesday and his parents injured when the SUV in which they were travelling was allegedly slammed by another vehicle,...
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Anglicans go reggae
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 1, 2007
THE Anglican church in Jamaica will include the lyrics of songs rendered by two of the country's most famed reggae artistes - Bob Marley and Peter Tos...
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All set for Denbigh 2007, says JAS president
August 1, 2007
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) Norman Grant says arrangements for this year's staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Indu...
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Hospitals ready for any election day emergency, says Dalley
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 1, 2007
MINISTER of Health Horace Dalley says the island's hospitals are prepared to deal with any emergency on election day - August 27. "All the hospitals a...
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$513,000-shopping spree lands deportee in jail for seven years
August 1, 2007
A man, recently deported from the United States, was on Tuesday sentenced to seven years behind bars after pleading guilty in the Half-Way-Tree Reside...
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Learn from our ancestors, leaders urge
August 1, 2007
GOVERNOR General Prof Kenneth Hall, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding used their Emancipation Day messag...
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