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Child’s body found
JDF reports development in Hellshire drowning tragedy
Billeane Williams Reporter WilliamsB@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 3 12:20 AM
Child’s body found
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Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
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Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
Move costly but necessary, says Holness
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
January 3 12:18 AM
Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
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Chronic Law rules YouTube… again
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Chronic Law rules YouTube… again
Kartel, Skippa round out top 3 on year-end chart
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
January 3 12:16 AM
Chronic Law rules YouTube... again
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Diaspora leaders welcome extension of Customs duty and GCT waiver on hurricane supplies
BY HAROLD G BAILEY Observer writer 
January 3 12:14 AM
Sweet relief
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Help Coming
World Athletics president to visit island and outline support for track and field following hurricane devastation
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 3 12:12 AM
Coe-ing to the rescue
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Kyle Butler embraces leadership role at Phoenix Chapelton
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Kyle Butler embraces leadership role at Phoenix Chapelton
January 3 12:10 AM
Kyle Butler embraces leadership role at Phoenix Chapelton
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JFJ alarmed at fatal shootings on first day of 2026
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JFJ alarmed at fatal shootings on first day of 2026
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 3 12:05 AM
JFJ alarmed at fatal shootings on first day of 2026
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Dwight Smith on rescue mission at struggling Spanish Town Police
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Dwight Smith on rescue mission at struggling Spanish Town Police
January 3 12:04 AM
Dwight Smith on rescue mission at struggling Spanish Town Police
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Opening session of philanthropy conference cancelled
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The opening session of the UWI Development and Endowment Fund's second annual Caribbean Philanthropy Conference was cancelled ...
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More accurate DNA tests coming
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - The Government's Forensic Laboratory will be able to deliver more accurate DNA test results when it moves from its current 8 M...
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Philanthropists want region to copy Mexico’s remittance incentive project
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Philanthropists from the Caribbean yesterday urged that regional governments copy the Mexican government's remittance financia...
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Blythe decides political future after discussions with God, constituents
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 4, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Former Cabinet Minister Dr Karl Blythe hopes to tell Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller his plans for his political f...
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How Digicel did it
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
DIGICEL, the aggressive mobile telephone service provider, claims that a phenomenal 98 per cent of Jamaicans think of Digicel first when asked about a...
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Fear grips Rockfort as gangs trade bullets
Observer Reporter 
May 3, 2006
SEVERAL communities in the East Kingston community of Rockfort were blocked by residents yesterday, as they tried to protect themselves from feuding g...
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Italy’s Berlusconi hands in resignation
AFP 
May 2, 2006
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi formally handed in his resignation yesterday after five turbulent years at the helm of Italian po...
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Two in custody following Cornwall shooting
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Two men were last night in police custody in relation to the shooting death of 48 year-old farmer Kevin Watson and the inju...
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Section of unfinished hotel collapses
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 2, 2006
Runaway Bay, St Ann - A section of decking, measuring about 800 square feet, at the Bahia Principe Club hotel, now under construction at Pear Tree Bot...
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Delay in arrival of Cuban cement
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
A foul-up in 'shipping logistic' has been cited as one possible reason why a shipment of cement from Cuba failed to arrive in the island last weekend ...
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Cops cut down MoBay wanted man
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Garfield Sawyers, who was on the Montego Bay police most wanted list, was killed by cops in an alleged shoot-out on the weeken...
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Relatives of slain teen, attacker’s family get counselling
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland - The Victim Support Centre yesterday began to counsel the relatives of 18 year-old Sasha-Kay Meyers, who was chopped to d...
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Former Maryland postmistress marks 100th birthday
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
MARYLAND, Hanover - A large congregation turned up Sunday at the United Church in this small community to celebrate with Esrene Taylor on her 100th bi...
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Man killed by cop after chopping woman to death
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2006
LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland - Damion Brown, 19, who yesterday fatally chopped Sasha-Kay Meyers, 18, near her home in the small community of Cottage, w...
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Jamaican dog finds a new home in Canada
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
April 30, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Three-year-old 'Marley', starving and injured, almost a month ago was seen scouring a beach in this tourist resort for food. Howev...
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April 30, 2006
Here's looking at you, Sheila. Looking absolutely sensational at Babsy's Sexy @ Sixty bash was Sheila McNeil. Okay, we know she's got a drop-dead gorg...
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Norma shows Bon Appétit how to entertain guests Jamaican style
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
April 29, 2006
Celebrated Jamaican chef Norma Shirley has an eight-page spread in Bon Appétit's May 2006 issue. Called 'A Night in Jamaica', the article gives reader...
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Dr Nicoleen Johnson
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Sunday Observer Writer 
April 29, 2006
SHANGHAI, China - It wasn't enough for Nicoleen Johnson to bungee jump off Zimbabwe's 111-metre-high Victoria Falls Bridge. She had to do it twice. An...
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Choosing the right field
Copley News Service 
April 29, 2006
THE last month of college brings on a wide range of emotions for the college grad. The constant questioning from parents and friends about future care...
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CHILD SEX ABUSE – Rampant But Hidden
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2006
THERE are no shortage of horror stories and court cases involving children as victims of sexual abuse and exploitation, but the police and child autho...
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EAC suggests changes to election procedures
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2006
In a report to Parliament last Thursday, the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) recommended several changes to local government and general election p...
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Thousands converge on Manhattan for anti-war demonstration
AP 
April 29, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched yesterday through lower Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, ju...
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Government eyes placing parts of electricy grid underground
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{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Sweet relief
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January 3, 2026
Sweet relief
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January 3, 2026
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