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PNPYO backs Opposition’s call for immediate resignation of FLA CEO
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PNPYO backs Opposition’s call for immediate resignation of FLA CEO
June 4 11:36 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) has thrown its support behind the Opposition’s demand for the immediate res...
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JCSA demands urgent resolution on travelling allowance claims and outstanding wage negotiations
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JCSA demands urgent resolution on travelling allowance claims and outstanding wage negotiations
June 4 10:55 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) is calling on the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service to urgently address an o...
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Applications open for Reggae Boyz head coach position — JFF
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Applications open for Reggae Boyz head coach position — JFF
June 4 09:40 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has officially opened applications for the position of head coach of the Reggae Boyz, the co...
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Report warns offshore oil exploration could threaten Jamaica’s marine ecosystems — JET
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Report warns offshore oil exploration could threaten Jamaica’s marine ecosystems — JET
June 4 09:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A new report released Thursday by Earth Insight has warned that some of Jamaica’s most ecologically significant marine habitats co...
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Uganda’s Ghetto Kids group ‘can’t wait’ to join Shakira at World Cup
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Uganda’s Ghetto Kids group ‘can’t wait’ to join Shakira at World Cup
June 4 09:05 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) — The Ghetto Kids, a Ugandan dance troupe made up of street children, spoke of their excitement at being invited by music supers...
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UK MP sues Musk’s xAI over fake sexualised images of her
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UK MP sues Musk’s xAI over fake sexualised images of her
June 4 08:50 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British lawmaker has filed a case at London's High Court against Elon Musk's xAI after its Grok chatbot tool was used...
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NaRRA CEO outlines priorities
June 4 08:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), Ambassador Antony Anderson, says hi...
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PSOJ President Patrick Hylton appointed Massy Holdings chairman designate
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PSOJ President Patrick Hylton appointed Massy Holdings chairman designate
June 4 08:09 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica and former chief executive officer of National Commercial Bank (NCB)...
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New VP’s
December 20, 2009
HAVANA, Cuba -- Ramiro Valdez (left) and Gladys Bejerano attend the national sssembly's final plenary session in Havana, yesterday. The assembly voted...
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Gov’t takes more flak for new tax measures
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Gov’t takes more flak for new tax measures
December 20, 2009
THE Golding Administration continued to take a pounding at the weekend for the new tax measures it announced last week with the Jamaica Exporters' Ass...
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Fidel lashes Barack
December 20, 2009
Says climate agreement 'undemocratic' HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Fidel Castro says an agreement forged at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen is "undemo...
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4 rare northern white rhinos relocated to Kenya
AP 
December 20, 2009
OL PEJETA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) -- Four of the world's last eight known northern white rhinos landed in Kenya and were transported to a game park wh...
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‘Our students are a part of a wretched society’
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer correspondence editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 20, 2009
Senior cop urges parents, teachers to unite and fight violence in schools HEAD of the Clarendon police, Superintendent Deighton Henry, says parents an...
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Kemps Hill High ready for CAP
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Kemps Hill High ready for CAP
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer correspondent editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2009
THE Kemps Hill High School in Clarendon has responded favourably to the Government's decision to name it among 11 schools that will be piloting the Ca...
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Acid oceans: the ‘evil twin’ of climate change
AP 
December 19, 2009
MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, USA (AP) -- Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbour seals and sea otters reposin...
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Paulwell keeps focus on training, warns no more free rides
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Paulwell keeps focus on training, warns no more free rides
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2009
MEMBER of Parliament for Kingston east and Port Royal, Phillip Paulwell is warning young people in his constituency that those who fail to take advant...
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Disenchantment in the Promised Land
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Disenchantment in the Promised Land
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2009
The shattered dreams of Jamaican kids who migrate to the USA SAMANTHA Graham was 10 years old and bursting with excitement. She had just learnt she wo...
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Climate talks end with compromise deal
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December 19, 2009
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- The historic UN climate talks ended yesterday after a 31-hour negotiating marathon, with delegates accepting a US-brokered...
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‘Wickedness!’
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‘Wickedness!’
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2009
Kingston’s poor lament new tax measures Her name is Corine Smith. She is a single parent and two of her five children still live with her. She works w...
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The promise and challenges for residents in Kingston east and Port Royal
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The promise and challenges for residents in Kingston east and Port Royal
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 19, 2009
KINGSTON east and Port Royal is a constituency with much promise. It is located in a section of the city that houses the Norman Manley International A...
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Drugs, fear of obeah, infidelity and a senior cop’s conviction of corruption
BY PAUL HENRY Sunday Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18, 2009
THE much-anticipated trial of Superintendent Harry 'Bungles' Daley was a dramatic exposé of drugs, infidelity, fear of obeah and covert activities tha...
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This Day in History
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December 18, 2009
Today is Saturday, December 19, the 353rd day of 2009. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight 2006: A Libyan court convicts five Bulgar...
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Yao Ming aims to quell China’s appetite for shark fin
AFP 
December 18, 2009
Our Habitat SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- NBA star and Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming urged China on Friday to say no to shark fin soup to stop the overfis...
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Senate passes Cyber Crimes Bill
December 18, 2009
THE Senate on Friday pushed through the Cyber Crimes Bill, inching Jamaica closer to the point where it will be able to prosecute hackers and persons ...
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ANANDA ALERT: 16-y-o Olympic Gardens girl missing
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December 17, 2009
SIXTEEN-year-old Sashana Maxwell of Rhoden Crescent, Kingston 11 has been reported missing from home since Sunday, December 6. Sashana is of brown com...
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‘Worst fears realised over extreme taxes’ – PNP
JamaicaObserver.com 
December 17, 2009
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) today accused the Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government of unsettling and depressing th...
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Everything taxed… well, almost
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Everything taxed… well, almost
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17, 2009
Gov't announces $21.8-b tax package; GCT hiked to 17.5%; tariff on electricity bills JAMAICANS will, on January 1 next year, start feeling the severe ...
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Cartel kingpin dies in shootout with Mexican navy
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Cartel kingpin dies in shootout with Mexican navy
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December 17, 2009
CUERNAVACA, Mexico (AP) -- Two hundred Mexican Navy marines stormed an upscale apartment complex and killed a reputed drug cartel chief in a two-hour ...
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‘We’ll have to swim for it’
PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark 
December 17, 2009
AOSIS adviser says big emission cuts critical for small islands SMALL island states, including Jamaica, face a grim future if the climate negotiations...
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‘We’ll have to swim for it’
PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Reporting from Copenhagen, Denmark 
December 17, 2009
AOSIS adviser says big emission cuts critical for small islands SMALL island states, including Jamaica, face a grim future if the climate negotiations...
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