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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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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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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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January 11 12:11 AM
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5 awarded Order of Jamaica
August 6, 2006
Educator Dr Rae Davis, manufacturer Ray Hadeed, businesswoman Beverley Lopez, sports administrator Teddy McCook, and medical doctor Professor Owen Mor...
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Chinese media hungry to cover Jamaica
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Observer writer 
August 5, 2006
BEIJING, China - It may have been the image of CCTV producer Ray Chen jumping off the cliff at Rick's Café during his show Travel Log; it may have bee...
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$890 million for textbooks this year
August 5, 2006
The Ministry of Education and Youth has allotted more than $890 million for the purchase of academic textbooks for use in the upcoming academic year. ...
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Independence weekend activities abound
August 5, 2006
As the national holiday period draws to a climax, a raft of festive activities will take place around the island. The period continues to be one of pa...
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Gov’t promises major improvements for Hope Gardens and Zoo
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 5, 2006
VICTOR Cummings, the junior agriculture minister, has promised significant improvements to the Hope Gardens and Zoo in Kingston in time for next year'...
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In Praise of Miss Lou
By Clyde McKenzie 
August 5, 2006
She possessed a laughter suffused with sincerity and a spirit defiant of malice; a symbol of our national possibilities she served as an inspiration t...
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Climate change among areas of focus for UCSIS, UNESCO MoU
August 5, 2006
CLIMATE change and waste management are among the areas of focus of the cooperation programme to come out of the Memorandum of Understanding, signed b...
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Christians, Muslims, Jews – US schools trying to respect them all
AP 
August 5, 2006
ALBANY, New York (AP) - Sikh, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, Hindu, and Christian - each faith has its holy days. Schools across the United States are aski...
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Cultural riches go a begging
BY ROLAND HENRY Observer staff reporter 
August 5, 2006
Complete with the rich cultural and spiritually poignant offerings that reggae performers often bring, the bMobile Reggae Sunsplash World Beat Night w...
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Kicking up dust
by Carl Gilchrist Sunday Observer staff reporter 
August 5, 2006
It hangs in the air like smog, infecting people's throats and sinuses, leaving everything it touches dirty and, in some cases, useless. Now, after mon...
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NIBJ washes hands of Whitehouse project
by Dennise Williams Sunday Observer staff reporter 
August 5, 2006
The National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ) has washed its hands of the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project in which it is a partner, saying the bank ...
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CAC to conduct textbook survey this month
August 5, 2006
THE Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) will be conducting a textbook survey this month, which will provide the public with a price list of books availa...
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No birth certificate, no pension
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
August 5, 2006
The sins or omissions of the past are catching up with scores of Jamaican old-timers who can't claim pension for which they have worked all their live...
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From appendicitis to poisoned cigars, Fidel Castro has repeatedly defied death
By VANESSA ARRINGTON Associated Press writer 
August 5, 2006
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - When Fidel Castro was 10, he nearly died of appendicitis. Since then, he has survived military assaults and even poisoned cigars a...
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A school where no child is turned away
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer staff reporter 
August 5, 2006
In 1997 when Juliet Ellis began teaching at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Holy Trinity Basic School in Maxfield Park, there were all of three studen...
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6-7-8: Three hornmen
August 5, 2006
The numerical sequence above is not some musical notation or call to introduce a tune, but refers to the August birthdates of three important reedmen ...
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Knutsford Nights, Italian Nosh
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 5, 2006
IT'S Monday evening, the eve of a public holiday and Knutsford Boulevard has a Friday feel about it. We're heading up to Johanna Thwaites' three-year-...
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Full round of parties at ATI
By Sherilla Gordon Observer writer 
August 5, 2006
From Kingston to Negril and back. Absolute Temptation Isle did not disappoint the thousands of patrons who turned out. The kick-off party at the Quad ...
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My tenure can withstand any scrutiny, says Lawrence
August 5, 2006
Dr Vincent Lawrence yesterday made it clear that his resignation as treasurer of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) has nullified his membership...
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‘Broadcaster and Michael Manley are my parents,’ woman claims
August 5, 2006
In his landmark ruling on June 12, 2006, Supreme Court Justice Reid brought hope to victims of stalking by granting an injunction against a woman accu...
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Mayor of Toronto hails Miss Lou
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August 4, 2006
TORONTO, Canada - Mayor of Toronto David Miller has paid tribute to the late Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), Jamaica's ambassador of culture, desc...
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J’cans in Palm Beach celebrate independence this weekend
Observer Reporter 
August 4, 2006
MIAMI, United States - Jamaicans in Palm Beach County, South Florida, will observe the nation's 44th anniversary of independence with a weekend of act...
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