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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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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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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
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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
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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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Bread making … with a new TWIST
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
April 20, 2005
"This must be the bread that fuels the Gore racing cars and helps to negotiate those corners," quips racing enthusiast and Jamaica Observer team membe...
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Three teens die in taxi crash
JOHN TAVARES, Observer correspondent 
April 19, 2005
Three teenage students of Innswood High School in St Catherine were killed yesterday morning when the illegal taxi in which they were travelling to sc...
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Placido Domingo to sing in opera premiere
AP 
April 19, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - Placido Domingo will sing in the North American premiere of the Mariinsky Theatre's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle in October 2006,...
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Events in the life of Pope Benedict XVI
AP 
April 19, 2005
BERLIN (AP) - A chronology of events in the life of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. April 16, 1927: Born in Marktl am Inn in Germany's southern r...
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Defence tries to paint accuser’s mother as greedy liar
AFP 
April 18, 2005
SANTA MARIA, California (AFP) - The mother of the teenager who accused Michael Jackson of sex abuse on Monday clashed with the star's lawyer for a sec...
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New police headquarters for Clarendon by June
JIS 
April 18, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon (JIS) - A new police station and divisional headquarters is being developed in May Pen, a $58.5 million project that involves the t...
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3 cut down in Llandilo
BY MARK CUMMINMGS Observer staff reporter 
April 18, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Two alleged robbers were yesterday shot and killed by the police and another chopped to death by irate residents shortly after they r...
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Several New Kingston firms shut down wireless access networks
Observer Reporter 
April 18, 2005
ONLY 23 of a list of 65 wireless access points of big New Kingston Firms were accessible yesterday, a day after the Observer reported vulnerabilities ...
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12 dead in Swiss bus plunge
AP 
April 17, 2005
ORSIERES, Switzerland (AP) - A Swiss tourist bus plunged into an Alpine ravine near the Great St Bernard Pass yesterday, killing 12 people and injurin...
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11-member committee to support Education Transformation Team
Observer Reporter 
April 17, 2005
THE education minister, Maxine Henry-Wilson, last week named an 11-member advisory committee, chaired by Dr Rae Davis, who headed the National Task Fo...
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Triple murder
KERRY MCCATTY, Observer writer 
April 17, 2005
ARMED men yesterday forced their way into a home at Bayshore Park in Harbour View, Eastern Kingston, shooting to death three people, and injuring an e...
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John Tavares 
April 17, 2005
LLUIDASVALE, St Catherine - There will be a meeting at the Lluidasvale Heart Academy in this rural parish at 1:00 pm tomorrow, where officials from th...
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Tax hike on cigarettes will benefit consumer health, public purse – researcher
VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS, Observer writer 
April 17, 2005
AN international researcher contracted by government to analyse the impact tobacco taxation would have on the economy, said on Friday that last week's...
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SESP funds may increase
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 17, 2005
Minister of Finance and Planning Dr Omar Davies has promised Members of Parliament (MPs) an increase in their 2005/2006 Social and Economic Support (S...
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A Sweet, Dark Note
CONROY WALKER 
April 16, 2005
Negril's third ice-cream festival took place over the Easter weekend and ended on a decidedly sweet dark note, the result of the Chocolate Dessert Gen...
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Local mediums, psychics look to advertising
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Observer writer 
April 16, 2005
Many Jamaicans still remember 'Miss Cleo', a Florida woman who used a fake Jamaican accent to urge television viewers who wanted to have their fortune...
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Linval Thompson ruthlessly stalked by angel of death
Observer Reporter 
April 16, 2005
The writing on the notice board mounted on the wall of the cafeteria at First Global Financial Services said it all. "Mr Thompson was a good man and a...
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CCJ finally launched
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent 
April 16, 2005
Port of Spain, Trinidad - The Caribbean Court of Justice was officially launched here yesterday with a promise, from President Michael de la Bastide, ...
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HACKED! – New Kgn firms at risk
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April 16, 2005
Jamaican firms, like their counterparts across the world, are investing millions of dollars in wireless computer technology, but apparently, many, at ...
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Moneylending market mushrooms
BY LAVERN CLARKE Sunday Finance editor 
April 16, 2005
Thousands of people are flocking to moneylenders each month, borrowing enough to pay bills, buy household goods, invest in their own business or bankr...
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Stay away from the darkness, warns pastor
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April 16, 2005
With modern-day obeah men, psychics and mediums actively pursuing clients by placing newspaper ads and establishing their own websites, some religious...
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Desiree Bernard, the CCJ’s only female jurist
RICKEY SINGH 
April 16, 2005
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Seated among the first panel of six judges on stage for yesterday's ceremonial launch of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ...
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