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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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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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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Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
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January 11 12:14 AM
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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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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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January 11 12:11 AM
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No excuse for not finishing that report – your desk can travel, too
Copley News Service 
May 6, 2006
HAS the road soldier's virtual office fantasy gone too far? First liberated in 1904 by Frank Rose, of Groton, NY, who invented the Standard Folding Ty...
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Contractor general wants audit done at KSAC
Observer Reporter 
May 5, 2006
THE contractor-general has requested that an audit be done into some aspects of the operations of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC). At th...
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East Timor residents flee capital city
AP 
May 5, 2006
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Thousands of people fled East Timor's capital yesterday as rumours circulated via mobile phone text messages that disgruntled ...
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Legal scrap looms over Forum Hotel
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
The Forum Hotel and Villas in Portmore, St Catherine is at the centre of what is likely to become a legal tussle between the Urban Development Corpora...
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Caricom urged to adopt Mexican remittance financial incentive project
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - Philanthropists from all over the region on Wednesday conceded the need to copy the Mexican government's remittance financial ...
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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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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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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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PM appeals for J’cans to put back work into Labour Day
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May 4, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday urged Jamaicans to put back the true meaning into Labour Day by rekindling the spirit of community volu...
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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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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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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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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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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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