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Drumming transforming young lives at Maxfield Park Children’s Home
Vanessa McKenzie 
December 31 04:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica- The auditorium at the Maxfield Park Children’s Home came alive recently with performances for its Christmas showcase as the childre...
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Jamaica receives US$300,000 in recovery assistance from Republic of Korea
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Jamaica receives US$300,000 in recovery assistance from Republic of Korea
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Republic of Korea has donated US$300,000 to support Jamaica’s recovery efforts following Hurricane Melissa. The contribution was...
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Verona Foundation brings relief to hurricane-hit St Elizabeth
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ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica —Determined to carry on her mother’s benevolence, Kerry-Ann Henry started the Verona Foundation shortly after her death in Augus...
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Applications for NHT 2018  contribution refund open on January 1
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WATCH: No evictions planned at Petersfield High shelter, says Minister McKenzie
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — Local Government and Community Development Minister Desmond McKenzie has dismissed as “false and mischievous” claims that the ...
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Israel to ban 37 aid groups operating in Gaza
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Israel to ban 37 aid groups operating in Gaza
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JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP)—Israel plans to ban 37 aid organisations from operating in Gaza from Thursday unless they hand over detailed information on...
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Mbappe suffers knee sprain in blow for Real Madrid
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Mbappe suffers knee sprain in blow for Real Madrid
December 31 02:23 PM
MADRID, Spain (AFP)—Real Madrid on Wednesday said that Kylian Mbappe had suffered a knee sprain, delivering a blow to their bid to reel in Liga leader...
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Courts too easy with bail, says Shields
Observer Reporter 
June 19, 2005
Mark Shields, the deputy commissioner of police with responsibility for crime-fighting, insists that Jamaica's courts are too lenient in granting bail...
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Rajiv Thompson, GSAT’s Marcus Garvey Scholar
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 19, 2005
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - He thought he had done badly in some subjects in the Grade Six Achievement Test, but as it turns out, Rajiv Thompson had n...
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46 killed in Iraq
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June 19, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber walked calmly into a popular Baghdad kebab restaurant at lunchtime yesterday and killed at least 23 people waiti...
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Two suspects held as LG Brown laid to rest
BY JULIEN NEAVES Observer writer 
June 18, 2005
AS hundreds of mourners paid final tribute yesterday to Lloyd George "LG" Brown, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Associ...
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Children’s home shake-up
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
June 18, 2005
New managers, who had to go through an intensive two-day assessment programme, have been hired for all of the island's 13 government-run children's ho...
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Adventists won’t bury lawbreakers
June 18, 2005
Determined not to bury people who have "lived lawlessly", Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Jamaica, The Bahamas, Cayman and Turks and Caicos will now...
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US minister performs daughter’s lesbian wedding, suspended
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June 18, 2005
SCHENECTADY, New York (AP) - Leaders of the Reformed Church in America suspended a New Jersey minister, ruling that he violated the denomination's tea...
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Fourth suspect in Aruba missing-girl case is disc jockey
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June 17, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A fourth man detained in the case of a missing US teen is a disc jockey aboard a tourist boat offering nightly party cruises,...
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Jet-set thief who stole from luxury hotels on the run again
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June 17, 2005
LONDON (AP) - A high-flying thief who travelled the world stealing cash and jewellery from luxury hotel rooms is on the run from a British jail, polic...
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Major drain cleaning for Corporate Area
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June 17, 2005
The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) says it has identified 43 drains and gullies to be cleared as it embarks on a cleaning programme in 20 d...
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Power cuts to continue until next Tuesday
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June 17, 2005
THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said last night that power cuts, now being experienced islandwide due to a shortfall in its generating capacity, will...
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European diplomats to convey concerns of sugar industry to governments
KERRY MCCATTY, Observer writer 
June 17, 2005
HIGH commissioners and ambassadors of European countries assigned to Jamaica told local sugar industry officials and union representatives Thursday th...
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Jet-set thief who stole from luxury hotels on the run again
AP 
June 17, 2005
LONDON (AP) - A high-flying thief who travelled the world stealing cash and jewellery from luxury hotel rooms is on the run from a British jail, polic...
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US refuses to release video tape on J’can facing extradition
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June 17, 2005
DESPITE a request by defence attorneys and Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle, the United States Government has refused to release video tapes deemed cr...
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House passes bill to cut funds to UN unless reforms carried out
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June 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - Culminating years of frustration with the performance and behaviour of the United Nations, the House voted yesterday to slash US con...
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Pooja Gurnani: Scotia Bank Scholarship (Top Girl)
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 16, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Mount Alvernia Prep School in Montego Bay was yesterday in a celebratory mood following the announcement that three of its...
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Former KKK man on trial for 1964 killings hospitalised
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June 16, 2005
PHILADELPHIA, Mississippi (AP) - An 80 year-old former Ku Klux Klansman was taken from court on a stretcher and hospitalised with high blood pressure ...
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British police study suggests African children being smuggled for human sacrifice
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June 16, 2005
LONDON (AP) - Police in London have found testimony suggesting African children are being smuggled into Britain for use as human sacrifices, the Briti...
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Negotiations begin in Nigeria for kidnapped oil workers
AFP 
June 16, 2005
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Negotiations for the release of six oil workers, two Germans and four Nigerians, taken hostage in Nigeria's volatile, oil-rich ...
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Brazil’s Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu resigns amid vote-buying scandal
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June 16, 2005
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's Cabinet-level Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu resigned yesterday amid accusations he knew of a vote-buying scheme in Congr...
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Cops seek husband of acid victim
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June 16, 2005
MICHAEL Anthony Laoe, the husband of the woman who was doused with acid outside the Constant Spring tax office last Friday, was yesterday being sought...
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Kimone Hood: Scotia Bank County Scholarship for Cornwall
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 16, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - As 11 year-old Kimone Hood celebrated her achievement in attaining the Scotia Bank County Scholarship for Cornwall yesterday, ...
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