UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
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UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
January 2 07:55 PM
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provi...
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
January 2 07:26 PM
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2 07:00 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...

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School records by mobile phone
AFP 
September 3, 2005
ZAGREB, Croatia (AFP) - Croatian children will find it more difficult to mess up in school and keep it secret this year as information about their per...
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More mayhem on Maxfield
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
September 2, 2005
A Kingston shopkeeper, who residents claimed had ignored a warning from gunmen to lock down her business after allegedly witnessing a double murder la...
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Anarchy in New Orleans
AP 
September 1, 2005
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforc...
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JLP calls for enquiry into JPS’ operations
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 1, 2005
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday accused international energy firm, Mirant, of milking its local subsidiary, the Jamaica Public Ser...
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Court changes legal definition of adultery
AP 
August 31, 2005
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A man's affair with another man constitutes adultery and is grounds for divorce, a British Columbia Supreme Court j...
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Police shut down sex auction in Culloden
Observer Reporter 
August 31, 2005
THE police have effectively clamped down on the trading of exotic dancers in Culloden, where young girls and women gathered weekly to be auctioned off...
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The versatile sandwich
Kinisha O'Neill, Freelance writer 
August 31, 2005
No, this is not your grandmother's sandwich. We're talking about stick-to-your-ribs sandwiches; sandwiches made with dumplings and tortillas; sandwich...
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Soweto wine festival
AFP 
August 31, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - Soweto, South Africa's most famous township, is staging its first ever wine festival over the weekend, challenging ...
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JFJ opens documentary centre in MoBay
Observer Reporter 
August 30, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) yesterday opened a library and documentary centre in Montego Bay. The facil...
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Katrina kills 30 in two-storey apartment building
AP 
August 30, 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) - Joy Schovest swam for her life, fighting Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and its angry winds, brushing aside debris and flo...
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Hill bats for PNP
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 29, 2005
Aubyn Hill mounted a People's National Party (PNP) platform on Sunday to declare the party's founder, Norman Manley, as a greater mind than the Americ...
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‘No strings attached’
Observer Reporter 
August 28, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson made clear last night that Venezuela's concessionary oil deal and other offers of assistance to Jamaica were without a po...

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