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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday called on the United States (US) to ensure deposed Venezuelan leader Nicola...
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ST THOMAS, Jamaica — The police are advising the public that sections of the Hordley Crossing main road in St Thomas leading to Portland are impassabl...
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Broadgate main road in St Mary now passable
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ST MARY, Jamaica — The police are advising members of the public that the Broadgate main road in St Mary is now passable. The road was previously impa...
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PM clarifies $75m allocation to churches is for clean-up activities, not rebuilding
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January 6 12:11 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has clarified that the previously announced $75 million to support affected churches in the aftermat...
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‘Not Nice’, ‘Bad Oil’ among six being sought for murder and assault in St Elizabeth
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth police have listed six people as persons of interest in ongoing murder investigations and are urging them to ...
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Candlelight vigil for Donald Oliver to be held at Statue Park on Thursday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A candlelight vigil will be held to celebrate the life and legacy of sports journalist Donald Oliver on Thursday, January 8th. Set...
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UK urges Musk’s X to act over ‘appalling’ sexual deepfakes
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January 6 11:20 AM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The United Kingdom (UK) Government Tuesday called on Elon Musk's social network X to take urgent action over its artifi...
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NWC team steps in to support flood-hit care home in St James
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NWC team steps in to support flood-hit care home in St James
January 6 11:06 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — The National Water Commission’s (NWC) eastern maintenance team has demonstrated outstanding corporate citizenship after recently d...
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Court threat hangs over Spanish hotel
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council has threatened to take the developers of the 701-room ClubHotel Riu at Mahoe Bay to court if they ...
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Timothy Scarlett is JLP’s new man for NW Manchester
June 11, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Mandeville Businessman Timothy Scarlett will replace the late Clinton Dietrich as the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party candida...
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MAJ wants more money for health sector
June 11, 2007
THE president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) said the health sector needs at least 10 per cent of the national budget in order to functio...
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Man’s hand severed in explosion
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June 11, 2007
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - A man from the section of this community known as Russia was hospitalised yesterday after one of his hands was severed ...
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Health department seeks help for Clarendon’s 7,000 mental patients
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
June 11, 2007
MAY PEN, Clarendon - The Clarendon health department is calling for additional mental health professionals to adequately care for the over 7,000 menta...
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82-y-o man on carnal abuse charge
June 11, 2007
AN 82-year-old pensioner, charged with the carnal abuse of a 14-year-old girl, who he has allegedly impregnated, is booked to face the Lucea Resident ...
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JLP predicts elections in July; expects 40 seats nationally
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 11, 2007
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) revved up its Corporate Area election machinery Sunday, predicting general elections in July, and projecting 40 seats n...
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Ministry steps up malaria eradication
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
June 11, 2007
THE Ministry of Health says it will be redoubling its efforts to rid the island of the malaria parasite by conducting an intense two-month eradication...
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Marjorie Gray remembered as a woman with ‘a great heart’
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 11, 2007
DOCTORS said Marjorie Gray had a bad heart. But Ainsworth Williams, a friend of hers for many years, disagreed. "Marjorie had a great heart," he told ...
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Those not so little must-haves
June 11, 2007
It's that time of year and TEENage knows that many of you are thinking about what style to 'beat' to your ball this year. There are many who will go w...
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Girl jumps from speeding cab to escape attempted abduction
June 11, 2007
KNOCKALVA, Hanover - A 16-year-old female Knockalva Technical High School student was yesterday treated at hospital and released after sustaining mult...
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PM wants Air J, Virgin bosses to meet with Jamaicans in UK
June 11, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says she will be requesting that Air Jamaica and Virgin bosses meet with Jamaicans in the United Kingdom (UK) who...
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Shields rejects call to resign
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 10, 2007
MARK SHIELDS, the deputy police commissioner who headed the investigation into the March 18 death of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer, has rejecte...
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Trough, tropical wave to bring more rains, says met service
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2007
HEAVY rains are expected to continue affecting the island for the next day-and-a-half to two days, the National Meteorological Centre said yesterday. ...
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Golding calls for automatic renewal of taxi licences
June 10, 2007
OPPOSITION Leader Bruce Golding says the renewal of road licences for taxi operators should be virtually automatic, and that they should not be subjec...
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Garbage slowly killing life on Refuge Cay
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 10, 2007
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have raised concerns about the degradation of Refuge Cay - one of the top 10 breeding sites in the Caribbean for the endangered brow...
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PM to address ILO conference this week
June 10, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller is scheduled to address this week's 96th Session of the Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)...
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Election timetable for readers who want to know
June 10, 2007
WITH speculation rife that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will call elections in July, our newsroom has been receiving queries from readers abou...
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Delta restarts non-stop service from NY to MoBay
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 10, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Delta Airlines, the world's third largest passenger carrier, has recommenced non-stop service from New York's JFK Internationa...
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JLP optimistic about St Catherine south-east, south-central seats
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 10, 2007
OPPOSITION Leader Bruce Golding says he is optimistic about the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) chance of taking both South-East and South-Central St Cathe...
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Sandals’ Louis Grant is Hotelier of the Year
CARL GILCHRIST 
June 10, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - With 50 years of excellent service to the tourism sector, Louis Grant, general manager of Sandals Dunn's River Villaggio Golf Reso...
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Statements by businessmen far from the truth, says Buchanan
June 10, 2007
INFORMATION Minister Donald Buchanan says statements by businessman Gassan Azan and other businessmen, reported on last Friday's front page of the Obs...
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