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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
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Ex-heavyweight champion ‘stable’ following fatal Nigeria crash
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Ex-heavyweight champion ‘stable’ following fatal Nigeria crash
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SAGAMU, Nigeria (AFP) — Former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was in a "stable condition" in hospital after a car accident in Nigeri...
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
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Women entrepreneurs in Hanover receive over $630,000 in recovery support
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December 29 05:26 PM
HANOVER, Jamaica  — In a powerful moment of community healing and empowerment, the Youth for Development Network (YFDN), in partnership with the Think...
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Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
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Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
December 29 05:08 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Information has now indicated that, contrary to earlier information which suggested that Christopher Clarke died from injuries sus...
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Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
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Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
December 29 03:15 PM
KINSTON, Jamaica — Style, colour and confidence were on full display as patrons turned out in their numbers for the Pic-Nic Festival, held on Saturday...
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Trump says US hit docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats
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Trump says US hit docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats
December 29 02:51 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump said Monday the United States had hit and destroyed a docking area for all...
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Flames sizzle in Western basketball derby
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
April 13, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Central Flames opened their Western Basketball Division One schedule with a 62-57 win over last year's beaten finalists Hopew...
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STETHS bowled out for 213 in ISSA/Grace Headley Cup final
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
April 13, 2010
DEFENDING champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) were bowled out for 213 by Holmwood Technical on today's first day of the ISSA/Grace H...
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Chanderpaul ton boost WI to imposing total
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 12, 2010
West Indies racked up an imposing 316 for four off 50 overs in their one day international versus Canada in the Supreme Ventures Sports Betting at Sab...
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Spartan on roll in FX Trader Div One
Oshane Tobias 
April 12, 2010
CHAPELTON, Clarendon -- Spartan FC continued their impressive showing in the FX Trader/Clarendon Football Association Division One, as they drubbed Un...
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Lorgat backs survival of Tests and 50-overs game
CMC 
April 12, 2010
NEW DELHI, India (CMC) -- International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat believes the Test and 50-over formats will continue to flourish ...
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Bolt headlines Shanghai meet
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Bolt headlines Shanghai meet
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April 12, 2010
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt and Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang will headline the Shanghai meet of the IAAF Diamond League c...
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Schoolfield yet to win as Corby surge in Malvern league
Czereene Powell 
April 12, 2010
Malvern, St Elizabeth -- Schoolfield's search for their first victory of this year's Malvern League proved futile as they went down 1-3 to Champion Al...
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H’View to concentrate on sharpening goalscoring skills
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H’View to concentrate on sharpening goalscoring skills
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 12, 2010
Harbour View Football Club maintained their one-point lead at the top of the Digicel Premier League as they overwhelmed visitors Village United 3-0 in...
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Boxing referee Arthur Mercante Snr is dead
AFP 
April 12, 2010
NEW YORK, USA (AFP) -- Boxing referee Arthur Mercante, the third man in the ring for the first Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier fight and more than 100 other ...
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Netball boss hails game’s development in Clarendon
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Netball boss hails game’s development in Clarendon
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
April 12, 2010
MINERAL HEIGHTS, Clarendon -- Local netball boss, Marva Bernard, has hailed the Clarendon Netball Association as the blueprint on which the national b...
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Lloyd, Lee, Campbell-Brown open outdoor season
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Lloyd, Lee, Campbell-Brown open outdoor season
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
April 12, 2010
Olympic 4x400m relay bronze medallist Shereefa Lloyd opened her outdoor season at the weekend at the Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tennessee when she t...
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David vs Goliath – Windies face lowly Canada in ODI
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David vs Goliath – Windies face lowly Canada in ODI
Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 12, 2010
West Indies will today seek their second win over Canada in three days as the two teams do battle in a One-Day International at Sabina Park in the Sup...
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J’can ‘Rivaldo’ picked up by Columbus Crew
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J’can ‘Rivaldo’ picked up by Columbus Crew
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 12, 2010
FORMER National Under-21 player Shaun 'Rivaldo' Francis who was drafted in the fourth round (63rd overall) of the 2010 Major League Soccer (MLS) Super...
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Holyfield stop Botha in battle of aging heavyweights
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Holyfield stop Botha in battle of aging heavyweights
AFP 
April 12, 2010
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) -- Evander Holyfield stopped Frans Botha in the eighth round Saturday in a battle of aging heavyweight warriors. The 47-year-o...
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J’can Hayles on target for Cheltenham
CMC 
April 12, 2010
CHELTENHAM, England (CMC) -- Former Reggae Boy Barry Hayles scored on Saturday to help fire Cheltenham Town to an emphatic 5-2 victory over Bury, thei...
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All-St Catherine affair for South Central semis
Oshane Tobias 
April 12, 2010
HAYES, Clarendon -- It will be a all-St Catherine affair for the semi-finals of the South Central Confederation Super League after Naggo Head and Tru-...
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Jamaica record second win at Caribbean Under-16 tourney
DANIA BOGLE 
April 12, 2010
DEFENDING Champions Jamaica registered their second win of the Caribbean Netball Association Jean Pierre Under-16 competition, beating Grenada in conv...
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Emotional Mickelson wins third Masters, as Tiger ends fourth
AFP 
April 11, 2010
AUGUSTA, Georgia (AFP) -- US star Phil Mickelson won his third Masters title and fourth major crown in dramatic fashion yesterday while Tiger Woods co...
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Herrera’s late strike saves the Lions at Prison Oval
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior Observer staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 11, 2010
A superb 89th-minute strike by Zico Herrera earned Humble Lion a 1-1 draw away to Rivoli United at the Spanish Town Prison Oval in Digicel Premier Lea...
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Windies Women’s captain Aguilleira confident ahead of Championship
CMC 
April 11, 2010
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) -- Merissa Aguilleira hopes to use the undpredictable nature of Twenty20s to spur West Indies Women to an upset victory ...
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Luckless P’More held goalless by August Town
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Luckless P’More held goalless by August Town
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter 
April 11, 2010
Portmore United just couldn't catch a break and were forced to share honours with visitors August Town, as their Digicel Premier League encounter ende...
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WI blow away Ireland
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WI blow away Ireland
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 11, 2010
End Trelawny leg of Cricket Festival with 31-run win FLORENCE HALL, Trelawny -- West Indies recovered from a disastrous start to beat ICC Associate te...
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