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January 11 12:35 PM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) —A shark attack along a beach in St Croix, on Thursday, claimed the life of a United States (US) woman. She ...
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
January 11 11:36 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —In observance of Earthquake Awareness Month throughout January, the St James Municipal Corporation will intensify its routine publi...
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
January 11 11:31 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Thirty-two people were killed in 27 fatal crashes during the month of December 2025 according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA)....
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
January 11 11:16 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The ISSA Champions Cup will kick off on January 20th and end on the 31st, Observer Online has been reliably informed. The start of t...
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
January 11 10:49 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Sports Minister Olivia Grange has extended condolences to the family, friends, and the wider sporting fraternity following the passi...
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Part 2 of ‘Kevin Smith: Cult Pastor’ documentary premieres on YouTube
January 11 10:41 AM
Once revered as a prophet, Kevin Smith’s legacy is now defined by a deadly cult ritual that claimed lives and led to posthumous charges of murder, con...
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Transport Authority commences motor vehicle examinations January 12 for 2026/27 licencing period
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Transport Authority commences motor vehicle examinations January 12 for 2026/27 licencing period
January 11 09:53 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Transport Authority will commence motor vehicle examinations on Monday, January 12 in preparation for the renewal of road licen...
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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
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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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Highly stressed and overworked, more police officers opting for private psychiatric treatment
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
LAW enforcement officers are going outside the police force in search of therapy for stress related disorders, a condition that psychiatrists say may ...
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Man gets life for murder of gay activist
Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
DWIGHT Hayden, the man who pleaded guilty to murdering the founder and former leader of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians and Gays (J-FLAG), Brian Willia...
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The lady is a golfer
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
May 20, 2006
DESPITE Tiger Woods' dominance of the golf game over the past few years, many Jamaicans still harbour the mistaken notion that this is a game only for...
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E-learning pilot will target five subjects
BY DEANNA McFarlane Observer staff reporter 
May 20, 2006
THE Government's e-learning project is designed to improve the quality of education for Grades 7 to 11 students in 150 high schools islandwide, accord...
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Young people need guidance, says GG
May 20, 2006
Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall has challenged the older generation to take a more proactive role in shaping and nurturing the youth, who will...
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‘Work of the devil’ – Christians blast Da Vinci Code
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
WHILE not quite calling for a boycott of the movie, The Da Vinci Code, local church leaders have sided with the international Christian community, say...
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Orientation is vital to work adjustment
Career Advisor With Merrit Henry 
May 20, 2006
NEW and prospective employees are becoming more and more aware of the need for orientation before beginning a new job. Organisations are responding po...
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Man talk
BY ROLAND HENRY Observer staff reporter 
May 20, 2006
ONLY boys showed up for school at the Portmore Missionary Preparatory on Friday - and with good reason. The school was staging its first-ever 'Boys' D...
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White-collar criminals, networks rake in millions annually from sophisticated scams
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
May 20, 2006
WHITE-collar criminals raked in more than $1.2 billion over the past six years, using methods that are increasingly more sophisticated and, in some ca...
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Out of control
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
ENRAGED mobs have hacked almost a dozens persons to death, an average of three per month this year, a count of police cases show, as 'vigilante justic...
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Gay firm sacked lesbian for pregnancy
AFP 
May 20, 2006
A gay-friendly British real estate agency sacked and sexually discriminated against a lesbian employee after she told them she was pregnant, an employ...
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Election expectations may bring new flare to Sectoral Debate
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
May 20, 2006
THIS year's sectoral debate, which starts May 30, promises to be one of the most exciting in recent years. The sectoral debate gives each member of th...
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Water Square in Trelawny to get facelift
Observer Reporter 
May 19, 2006
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - The Trelawny Labour Day Committee has chosen the beautification of Water Square in Falmouth as the parish project for Labour Day ...
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Portia steps in
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
May 19, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller, facing the biggest crisis of her fledgling administration, yesterday announced an extension of the waiver of 15 ...
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UK teacher jailed for cocaine
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 18, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James -British educator Anthony Goveia, 48, was jailed for nine months last Friday after he pleaded guilty to breaches of the Dangerou...
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More rain expected today
Observer Reporter 
May 18, 2006
RAIN is expected to lash the island again today, but the National Meteorological Service says the showers will not be as severe as the downpour yester...
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Wet sugar making a comeback
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer writer 
May 18, 2006
SOME local sugar producers have been stretching themselves to revive alternative by-products, in a bid to minimise the effect that the recent reductio...
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Death rides the highways
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2006
DEATH rode the highways yesterday, claiming five persons and leaving nine others battling for life in hospital, after the overcrowded public passenger...
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J’can hospitals not ready if bird flu pandemic hits, says PAHO
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2006
THE Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday painted a bleak picture of what would happen if Jamaica were hit by a pandemic from the dreaded ...
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US proposes new nuclear treaty
AP 
May 18, 2006
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The United States on Thursday proposed a new treaty to curb proliferation of nuclear weapons by banning the production of w...
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Three candidates for by-election to fill PJ’s seat
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 17, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland - Blaring sound systems and hundreds of political supporters clad in party colours characterised yesterday's nomination day in...
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Tax office employee among six held in car-stealing racket
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
May 17, 2006
THE police last week recovered 13 stolen motor cars and arrested six people, in a major stroke of luck that led the Eastern Kingston police to Santa C...
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
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