WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
April 3 02:51 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The inaugural staging of the St Elizabeth police’s gospel concert in Black River on Thursday is being hailed as a success with...
Jamaica rises to 49th in World Happiness Report
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Jamaica rises to 49th in World Happiness Report
April 3 11:13 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica has climbed to 49th place in the World Happiness Report 2026, up from 73rd last year. According to the study , the island ...
The 20 Greatest Personalities in Rocksteady
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The 20 Greatest Personalities in Rocksteady
April 3 10:51 AM
Alton Ellis, the soulful singer whose songs defined the 1966-68 rocksteady era, has been named number one on the Observer Online's 60 Greatest Rockste...

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JLP government to continue diplomatic relations with Cuba
September 12, 2007
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government will be continuing the country's diplomatic relations with Cuba, Prime Minister Bruce Golding assured offici...
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Observer website ruled election night
September 12, 2007
THE Jamaica Observer website - www.jamaicaobserver.com - was the only website that provided live election results for each of the 60 constituencies th...
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Bruce keeps Cabinet picks close to his chest
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding was, up to late yesterday, keeping the names of members of his Cabinet close to his chest, as up to the end of his sweari...
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Overcrowding haunts some St Catherine institutions
INGRID BROWN, Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
OVERCROWDING, damage from Hurricane Dean and non-payment of school fees factored greatly in Monday's official start of the new school year at some St ...
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Bruce Golding’s trek from Ginger Ridge to Jamaica House
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
HIGH in the St Catherine hills is Ginger Ridge, a verdant rural village that is like any other in Jamaica's mountainous interior. Except, as of yester...
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Golding in from the cold
INGRID BROWN, Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
Bob Marley's Coming In From The Cold blared from loudspeakers mounted strategically around the lawn at King's House as Orette Bruce Golding and his wi...
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Regional heads, US envoy wish Golding well
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
TWO regional heads of government, the secretary general of the Caribbean Community, as well as Washington's envoy to Kingston, all had words of encour...
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EOJ apologises for St Mary South Eastern ballot boxes error
Carl Gilchrist, Observer staff reporter gilchristc@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 11, 2007
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) yesterday accepted blame for two uncounted ballot boxes containing votes of Election Day workers in St Mary Sout...
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He was destined to be PM, say Golding’s children, brother
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
September 11, 2007
BRUCE Golding was destined to become the Prime Minister of Jamaica, several close family members said yesterday after he was sworn-in at King's House ...
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Chief servant
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 11, 2007
BRUCE Golding, conferring on himself the title of "chief servant of the people", yesterday assumed the mantle of Prime Minister of Jamaica, vowing to ...
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Shortage of space mars start of new school term in the west
Horace Hines | Observer Writer, Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
September 10, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - A shortage of spaces at the Howard Cooke and Catherine Hall Primary schools appeared the most pressing obstacle in the way of ...
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Ministry reports fair start to school year
September 10, 2007
THE first day of the new academic year yesterday got off to a fairly smooth start for the most part, with less than 10 of the 1,100 schools failing to...
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Teenage girl gets two-year probation
September 10, 2007
A 16-year-old girl who doused a group of family members with a corrosive substance was on Friday sentenced to a two-year probation and ordered to atte...
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Portia says thanks to Jamaica
September 10, 2007
On the eve of the swearing-in of Jamaica's eighth head of Government, Bruce Golding, outgoing prime minister, Portia Simpson Miller, yesterday thanked...
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Some Corporate Area schools face setbacks
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
September 10, 2007
SEVERAL schools in Kingston and St Andrew were faced with setbacks at the start of the new school year yesterday, but the hundreds of eager students, ...
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Holy Trinity classrooms not yet ready
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
September 10, 2007
HIS colleagues in other schools were either busy with the first day of classes or with orientation meetings. But on the official start of the 2007/08 ...
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Golding becomes Ja’s 8th PM today
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 10, 2007
At approximately 4.15 pm today, 59-year-old economist and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Orrett Bruce Golding, will be sworn in as Jamaica'...
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RADA turns dasheen into profit for Hanover farmers
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
September 10, 2007
FARMERS in Hanover now have a sure market for all their dasheen, cassava, breadfruit, and plantain, as the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (R...
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King sworn in as new St Lucian PM
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribben correspondent 
September 9, 2007
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Stephenson King was yesterday sworn-in as St Lucia's new prime minister to succeed Sir John Compton who died on Friday evening....

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