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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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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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Summit solidifies gov’t, private sector partnership
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 4, 2007
MONTEGO BAY - Government and private sector leaders ended a three-day National Planning Summit here yesterday, confirming that they will establish a n...
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Academics still cool, Thomas tells young men
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 4, 2007
KINGSLEY Thomas, head of the Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), said on the weekend it was critical for Jamaica to arrest the decline of its you...
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New MPM scandal?
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 4, 2007
A senior manager and an inspector have been sent on leave amid signs of an emerging scandal at the Metropolitan Parks and Markets (MPM) which cleans t...
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Electronic billboards targeted by scrap metal thieves
BY KERRY McCATTY Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 4, 2007
At least two outdoor advertising companies have welcomed the government's shutdown of the scrap metal industry, saying they have lost millions in thef...
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‘Cold, calculating, sheer evil’
By PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
November 4, 2007
Thirty-seven-year-old Peter Dugal was on Friday sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of gas station operator, George L G Brown and his companion, Sa...
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Flexi-week talks on again
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 4, 2007
The government is ready to proceed with on-again off-again flexi-work week proposals, but said the controversial issue of the Sabbath, or day of rest,...
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100 children to benefit from Sandals mentorship programme
BY CARL GILCHRIST Sunday Observer reporter gilchristc@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 3, 2007
ONE hundred children, chosen from four schools and a girls' home in St Ann and St Mary, are to benefit from a mentorship programme run by Sandals and ...
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Grisly deaths
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 3, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Up to late last night senior investigators were probing the grisly deaths of a three-month-old girl, her 14-year-old sister an...
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The long wait for the Treasure Beach canal continues
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
November 3, 2007
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - The way Deita Campbell tells it, every time she sees rain clouds, stress sets in. All because of the failure, thus far, to ...
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Living in deadly mud
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 3, 2007
Your boot only has to sink into the wet, dark mud and you pull your foot from it, as if pulling apart two magnetic surfaces, for you to understand why...
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Observer to launch educational TV show
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 3, 2007
THE Jamaica Observer is to expand its education thrust with the launch of a three-part television show next March, to help students prepare for Mathem...
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And the Sun Simmered
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
November 3, 2007
There was much trepidation late Wednesday morning as the last bit of silver was placed across wooden tables already covered ever so elegantly with Roy...
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Branson pledges to help Ja develop clean fuel
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 3, 2007
Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson has pledged to assist Jamaica develop a 'clean fuel' which would not only be environmentally friendly but could d...
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Millions of dollars being washed away each year
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 3, 2007
It happens almost every year. Heavy rains, either from an upper level trough, tropical storm or hurricane, cause the Rio Cobre to overflow its banks, ...
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He stared death in the face
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 2, 2007
A motorist who 'stared death in the face' Thursday night narrowly escaped from two armed men who attempted to kidnap him in the flooded Sandy Gully, i...
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Food airlifted to marooned St Thomas residents
November 2, 2007
THE Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) yesterday got assistance from the Jamaica Defence Force in having food airlifted ...
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NWC says rate hike needed to improve reliability, quality of service
November 2, 2007
THE state-owned National Water Commission (NWC) says a struggle to meet its ever-increasing operating costs, demanding expectations of customers and s...
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Fraud uncovered at Red Stripe
November 2, 2007
FRAUDULENT activity at Red Stripe led the brewer to write off $42 million in "unsubstantiated" receivables and call in "the relevant authorities", sai...
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Seaga urges HEART to train boys in agriculture
November 2, 2007
FORMER Prime Minister Edward Seaga has urged the national skills training agency - HEART Trust/NTA - to focus on training young men in marketable agri...
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Virgin deal now sealed
INGRID BROWN, Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 1, 2007
THE Government has given the nod for Air Jamaica and Virgin Atlantic to begin operating under the code-share agreement signed between the British-base...
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Mobile police station begins operation Sunday along MoBay ‘hip strip’
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 1, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James -The much anticipated $33.5-million Command and Control Vehicle (Mobile Police Station), which will be placed on the popular Glo...
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Gov’t to increase penalty for work permit breaches
November 1, 2007
MINISTER of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, says that the government is looking at increasing the penalties for breaches of the work perm...
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