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WATCH: Kiwanis Division 23 East spreads Christmas joy to new mothers at Victoria Jubilee Hospital
December 25 04:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Some 61 new mothers who gave birth on Thursday, December 25, at Victoria Jubilee Maternity Hospital in downtown Kingston were presen...
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Spice celebrates Jamaican-themed Christmas in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
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Spice celebrates Jamaican-themed Christmas in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dancehall artiste Spice is standing in solidarity with her fellow Jamaicans in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, dedicating her Ch...
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King Charles calls for ‘reconciliation’ in Christmas speech
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King Charles calls for ‘reconciliation’ in Christmas speech
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)—Britain's King Charles III called for "compassion and reconciliation" at a time of "division" across the world in his Chr...
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Lucea mayor defends new Christmas tree as he blasts detractors
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Lucea mayor defends new Christmas tree as he blasts detractors
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HANOVER, Jamaica — As the festive glow of the Christmas season settles over Hanover's parish capital, Mayor of Lucea, Sheridan Samuels is issuing a st...
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Complex Ricki wants to ‘Make a Change’
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Fusion reggae artiste Complex Ricki is generating a major buzz on the streets with her latest ambitious single, Make a Change , dedicated to the survi...
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Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
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Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
December 25 12:35 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – As United States President Donald Trump expands the US military build-up in the Caribbean, Democratic legislators ar...
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WATCH: Wanted man killed in Manchester confrontation, police say
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WATCH: Wanted man killed in Manchester confrontation, police say
December 25 11:02 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — One of Manchester’s most wanted men was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police in Mike Town in the parish ...
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Job-stealing Polish bogeyman takes centre stage in French referendum
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May 26, 2005
PARIS, France (AP) - A faceless Slavic handyman has emerged as the bogeyman of France's nail-biter referendum on Europe's proposed constitution, which...
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Prisoners demand black forest cake, cranberry juice
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
May 26, 2005
Fifteen high-risk prisoners at the New Horizon Remand Centre in Kingston, unhappy with the quality of the food served there, have been on a hunger str...
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Putting Sugar to the Test
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 25, 2005
Table Talk Food Awards.The Last Lap. After a long, wet and for many, a super lazy, long weekend, the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards judges ar...
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Ultimatum to MPs
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
May 25, 2005
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) yesterday demanded that political representatives sever ties with gunmen and other criminal elements...
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Business as usual in Trelawny, but other western parishes support protest
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 25, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - A large number of businesses across western Jamaica closed their establishments yesterday in support of the call by the Privat...
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THE PSOJ’S 2005 DECLARATION OF EMANCIPATION PARK
May 25, 2005
THE FIRST DUTY OF THE STATE IS THE PROTECTION OF ITS CITIZENS. Whereas 1,471 Jamaicans were murdered in 2004, And whereas more than 600 Jamaicans, inc...
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GraceKennedy donates half day’s profit to fund crime fight
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2005
DOUGLAS Orane, the chairman and CEO of GraceKennedy, in a show of support for the new initiative to reduce crime, yesterday announced that the company...
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Jamaica signals support for G4 on UN security council reform
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2005
OPPOSING parties on the proposed United Nations Security Council reform were in the island last week wooing Kingston's support in separate meetings, w...
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RGD takes its ‘GSAT initiative’ to rural Jamaica
JIS 
May 25, 2005
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover - The Registrar General's Department has launched what it calls its GSAT initiative, a mobile service that goes into rural and r...
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The cry for an end to crime and violence was loud
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
May 25, 2005
BUSINESSES in downtown Kingston - the city's main commercial centre - started to pull down their shutters from 12:30 yesterday, 30 minutes before the ...
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CXC math exam going ahead today despite leak in Guyana
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2005
THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) in Barbados yesterday told Jamaican and other regional candidates sitting the Caribbean Secondary Examination...
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Big support for lockdown
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
May 24, 2005
A number of the country's businesses, including the retail and distributive trades, will be 'locking shop' today in support of the call by the Private...
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Antigua’s first woman police chief promises crackdown on crime
AP 
May 24, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - In a major shake-up of police leadership, Antigua's first woman police chief yesterday promised to clamp down on rising crim...
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Kellier was there. but
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2005
Derrick Kellier, the state minister in the National Security Ministry, represented Minister Peter Phillips at Inspector Lascelles Walsh's funeral serv...
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Jay Leno testifies to suspicions about Jackson’s accuser
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May 24, 2005
SANTA MARIA, California (AP) - After cracking Michael Jackson jokes for months, comedian Jay Leno played it straight for the most part Tuesday at the ...
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Cadet corps need 200 volunteers as officers
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2005
THE Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) is seeking to recruit 200 volunteers to fill positions in the Officer Corps across the island. According to th...
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Peru 10 year-old girl killed playing with hand grenade
AP 
May 24, 2005
AYACUCHO, Peru (AP) - A 10 year-girl was killed when she accidentally detonated a hand grenade she had found near her home in Peru's central Andes, po...
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Adventists march for peace in Salt Spring
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
May 23, 2005
SALT SPRING, St James - The pouring rain did not stop a group of Seventh-day Adventists on Saturday as they marched to show their disgust with the hig...
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Girl, 8, found buried alive in Florida landfill
AP 
May 23, 2005
LAKE WORTH, Florida (AP) - An 8 year-old girl who was raped and buried alive told a friend she remembers her attacker towering over her before she pas...
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PSOJ says islandwide lockdown getting widespread support
Observer Reporter 
May 23, 2005
TOMORROW'S islandwide lockdown of businesses to protest the country's growing crime rate has been gaining momentum with a number of businesses, worker...
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Violence severely affecting healthcare costs at May Pen Hospital
JIS 
May 23, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon - It cost the May Pen Hospital $8.6 million in 2004 to treat cases which resulted form acts of violence for the year 2004, accordin...
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Hundreds give voluntary support for Labour Day projects
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May 23, 2005
HUNDREDS of Jamaicans yesterday turned out to clear drains and gullies, repair community centres, and paint schools and pedestrian crossings, among se...
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