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Nesta continues dancehall quest with Ride
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Nesta continues dancehall quest with Ride
January 10 04:58 PM
Guyanese singer Nesta, a many-time Calypso Queen in her country, continues the quest to make her name in dancehall music with Ride , a song produced b...
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JFB, health ministry reaffirm readiness for major earthquake
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JFB, health ministry reaffirm readiness for major earthquake
January 10 04:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness have reaffirmed their readiness to respond effectively in th...
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Venezuelan prisoners smile to hear of Maduro’s fall
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Venezuelan prisoners smile to hear of Maduro’s fall
January 10 03:44 PM
GUATIRE, Venezuela (AFP)—The prisoner's face lit up when his wife visited and told him that the man responsible for his detention was himself behind b...
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
January 10 03:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) is urging school administrators to involve students in the decision-making process ...
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
January 10 02:58 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica—A man and a woman are now in custody following the seizure of a firearm in Spicy Grove, Oracabessa in St Mary, on Saturday, January 1...
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Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
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Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
January 10 01:40 PM
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom -- Antoine Semenyo scored on his Manchester City debut as the Ghana forward's new side crushed Exeter 10-1 in the FA Cup th...
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
January 10 01:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has developed new numeracy and literacy standards as part of its efforts to improve the out...
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
January 10 01:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A policewoman is now receiving medical treatment at hospital after she was mowed down by a taxi operator on Friday afternoon at th...
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Man accused of stabbing ex-lover 30 times returns to court December
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Man accused of stabbing ex-lover 30 times returns to court December
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 16, 2023
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — Nalia Dennis will have to wait until next month for the continuation of the court case against an ex-lover who allegedly stabbe...
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Creary urges municipal police to do more about squatting in Pagee
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Creary urges municipal police to do more about squatting in Pagee
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 13, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Mayor of Port Maria Richard Creary has called on St Mary's municipal police to do more to curb squatting in the Pagee area of th...
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Want to be    rich? Get into agri, says Green
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Want to be rich? Get into agri, says Green
November 12, 2023
BROWNS TOWN, St Ann— Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green is urging the nation's youth to get involved in agriculture if they wan...
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Blue Lagoon access case to continue in January
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Blue Lagoon access case to continue in January
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 7, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — A court case over access to the iconic Blue Lagoon will continue on January 29, 2024 after getting under way in the Portland ...
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SMO denies sick-out at Port Maria Hospital
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SMO denies sick-out at Port Maria Hospital
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
November 1, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Senior medical officer (SMO) at the Port Maria Hospital, Dr Sydney Powell has refuted reports that Wednesday's long wait for ser...
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Content residents still shaken from quake
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Content residents still shaken from quake
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 1, 2023
CONTENT, Portland — A look at the devastation to a 15-apartment house in their farming community has residents of Content in west Portland convinced t...
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Stakeholders welcome plans for Port Maria transport centre
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Stakeholders welcome plans for Port Maria transport centre
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Operators of public passenger vehicles have welcomed an announcement by Minister of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Tran...
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Kimmarly Cobran is Port Maria junior mayor
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Kimmarly Cobran is Port Maria junior mayor
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - Seventeen-year-old Annotto Bay High School student Kimmarly Cobran has been elected junior mayor within the St Mary Municipal Co...
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Anxiety attacks at St Mary High
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Anxiety attacks at St Mary High
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 30, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - Some students of St Mary High School had to seek medical attention because of the terror felt during the 5.6-magnitude earthquak...
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‘Very scary moment’
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‘Very scary moment’
October 30, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — Classes ended abruptly for some students of Buff Bay Primary in Portland on Monday after a section of the school was damaged ...
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Sandals Foundation increases reach for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Sandals Foundation increases reach for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October 25, 2023
ST ANN, Jamaica - One hundred and forty women across the island are set to receive free mammograms this year as the Sandals Foundation continues its p...
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Good support for Portland Heroes’ Day parade
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Good support for Portland Heroes’ Day parade
October 18, 2023
PORT ANTONIO, Portland — A large group of Portlanders turned out in the melting sun Heroes' Day at the Port Antonio Square to support the annual Heroe...
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Sandals Dunn’s River hosts Air Canada Vacations 2023 GEM Awards
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Sandals Dunn’s River hosts Air Canada Vacations 2023 GEM Awards
October 18, 2023
ST ANN, Jamaica — The strong partnership between Sandals Resorts and Air Canada Vacations was on full display once again when Sandals Dunn's River in ...
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Fire hydrant plans hobbled by water shortage
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Fire hydrant plans hobbled by water shortage
BY ASHAGAYE MULLINGS Observer writer 
October 13, 2023
MORANT BAY, St Thomas — The fire department's plan to install four new hydrants in sections of St Thomas were on Thursday questioned by local authorit...
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Medical mission says fees are a turn-off
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Medical mission says fees are a turn-off
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 11, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - For more than 40 years the Jamaica Nurses' Association of Florida (JNAF) has been contributing to health care and welfare in rur...
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Ready for Dunn
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Ready for Dunn
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
October 4, 2023
ANNOTTO BAY, St Mary — In 2003 Lorane Ferguson failed in his bid to win St Mary South Eastern for the National Democratic Movement (NDM). Now the form...
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JTB, Sandals US radio remote a boost for local tourism
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JTB, Sandals US radio remote a boost for local tourism
October 1, 2023
ST ANN — Jamaica's tourism industry received a major boost recently as close to one million radio listeners tuned in to their favourite disc jockeys f...
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Still got it!
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Still got it!
Ingrid Henry | Observer Writer 
September 29, 2023
PORT MARIA, St Mary - As 78-year-old Eva Chattersingh admired the medals at the end of the bright blue ribbons hanging from neck, a broad grin covered...
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No more ‘Sunshine’
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No more ‘Sunshine’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 28, 2023
COMFORT CASTLE, Portland - Principal of Comfort Castle Primary and Infant School, Dalmain Moore has trouble sleeping. He keeps going over his last mom...
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Cultivating peace
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Cultivating peace
September 27, 2023
MAMMEE BAY, St Ann — Chalky Hill Primary and Infant School in Steer Town, St Ann, in partnership with Sandals Foundation, last Thursday hosted a memor...
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‘We are mourning with the mothers’
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‘We are mourning with the mothers’
September 26, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Several residents took to the streets of Discovery Bay on Sunday afternoon to register their grief and sorrow following the rape a...
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Fisherman charged with two of five murders of St Ann’s homeless
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Fisherman charged with two of five murders of St Ann’s homeless
Akera Davis Observer Writer 
September 20, 2023
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - A fisherman was on Tuesday charged with two of five murders of homeless people in the Ocho Rios area since the start of the year. ...
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