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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
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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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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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January 11 12:11 AM
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Cricket World Cup will change Jamaica, region forever
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
March 3, 2007
Some say it's a colossal waste of money. But the Jamaican Government counters that the hosting of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 is a visionary project th...
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Cop says child sex abuse rampant in St Elizabeth
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
Constable Yvette Graham of the Santa Cruz Police Station believes that St Elizabeth is facing a moral crisis as sexual child abuse and paedophilia, sh...
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South Beach Food Symphony
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
March 3, 2007
IT'S pretty impossible to take it all in at once. There's the initial opulence of the Americana ballroom, with its spectacular chandeliers, deep, plus...
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Tough life for parents accused of ‘pimping’ daughter
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
At about 6:00 pm on Wednesday, February 28, cops from the Santa Cruz Police Station entered a small farming district two miles outside of Santa Cruz i...
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Latin American leaders pursue poverty agenda to renew Rio Group
AP 
March 3, 2007
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Latin American leaders called for greater attention to poverty and social problems at the 20-nation Rio Group summit yesterd...
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HEART workers to resume tomorrow
March 3, 2007
Protesting HEART Trust/NTA workers are to return to their posts tomorrow. A back-to-work summons went into effect Friday after union representatives f...
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Homeless, mentally ill meet cruelty on our streets
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Sunday Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
It is hard enough to have to wander the streets in search of food and shelter, but for many of the mentally challenged and homeless in Jamaica, povert...
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School boards to get more independence
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
A series of consultations with school board heads, which began last week, is to result in the formation of a national organisation of school boards wi...
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Revised clean-up drive for MoBay this week
BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer staff reporter kerilw@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
Montego Bay, St James - In place of their ambitious pre-Cricket World Cup (CWC) beautification drive which failed to get off in time, city officials h...
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60 per cent drop in major crimes in St Ann
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
March 2, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Ann police are reporting a 60 per cent decline in major crimes in the parish, a move they attribute to the support received...
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No more fee waivers for CWC billboards, banners
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
March 2, 2007
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), which has already given up more than $15 million in fees through the granting of waivers for the erecti...
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Air Jamaica introduces special flights for ICC Cricket World Cup
March 2, 2007
AIR Jamaica has introduced special flights from South Florida and around the region for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007. The flights from South Florida...
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Proposed Portmore hospital suffers setback
March 2, 2007
The proposal to build a private hospital in the municipality of Portmore in St Catherine has suffered a setback because of the need for additional lan...
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Sugar sector gets $454m
March 2, 2007
THE European Union yesterday signed a J$454-million (euro5.218-million) financing agreement with the Jamaican government as part of a seven-year assis...
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Ministry of Education to overhaul PR Department
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
March 2, 2007
EDUCATION Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has admitted that there have been foul-ups in the dissemination of information by her ministry, but has denied ...
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Yet another fire at Riverton landfill
Kimone Thompson 
March 2, 2007
ALMOST two months after the Riverton City dump puffed huge amounts of thick, black smoke around the Corporate Area and sections of St Catherine, the l...
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JUTC drivers receive training ahead of Cricket World Cup
March 2, 2007
SOME 96 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers, who have been selected to transport patrons to Sabina Park and the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadiu...
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No mixing of GSAT scholars this year
March 2, 2007
A proposal from a government-appointed committee that some high-performing students in the annual GSAT exam be allocated to non-traditional high schoo...
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Mayor Giscombe freed of gun and assault charges
INGRID BROWN 
March 2, 2007
Mayor of St Ann's Bay and Councillor for the Exchange Division, Delroy Giscombe, yesterday resumed his duties after he was freed of gun and assault ch...
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Cops say murder of Jones Town couple as morbid as ever
Karyl Walker 
March 2, 2007
A couple was murdered in bed at their Jones Town home in Kingston yesterday in what the police say appeared to be linked to an ongoing feud between me...
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Call for George Headley to be posthumously awarded OM
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
March 2, 2007
FORMER President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Patrick Rousseau, on Wednesday batted for world great cricketer George Headley to be posthumously a...
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Hundreds of eastern Jamaica residents to get free eye care
JIS News 
March 1, 2007
PORT ANTONIO, Portland - A number of residents from the parishes of Portland, St Thomas and St Mary are slated to benefit from a free eye clinic, whic...
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