Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...

US Elections

Columns, Elections Candidates, US Elections
The good, bad and ugly coverage of US election campaign
October 30, 2012
FOR those in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries who previously believed that there was nothing at stake for us in the American elections, the campa...
Elections Candidates, Letters, US Elections
America might well favour Romney
October 29, 2012
Dear Editor, Now that the US election is at fever-pitch excitement and President Obama has a slight edge in the electoral votes, the Republican hate g...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Obama speaks Bob Marley
October 29, 2012
KINGSTON, Jamaica — US President Barack Obama says Bob Marley's music helped raise his awareness about the struggles of persons outside the US during ...
Columns, Elections Candidates, US Elections
US presidential election is down to the wire!
Chris Burns 
October 28, 2012
Next week Tuesday, November 6, 2012, Americans will continue the process of voting for the next president of the United States. I say "continue" becau...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Romney can’t be trusted — Obama
October 27, 2012
NASHUA, New Hampshire, (AFP) — President Barack Obama, campaigning in tiny New Hampshire yesterday, slammed his Republican rival Mitt Romney's record ...
Columns, Elections Candidates, US Elections
Caribbean noticeably absent from US presidential politics
RICKEY SINGH 
October 27, 2012
ANALYSIS AS if the many pressing social and economic problems they continue to face are not enough, there came the wrath of Hurricane Sandy on Wednesd...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Obama, Romney campaign with eye on storm forecast
October 26, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) -- With an eye on the weather forecast, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are launching a 10-day sprint to the fi...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Obama takes early lead in US voting
October 25, 2012
CHICAGO, USA (AFP) — President Barack Obama fired up his campaign's efforts to get supporters to the polls by casting an early ballot in his hometown ...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Clint Eastwood makes Romney’s day
October 24, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood made Mitt Romney's day yesterday, urging Americans to join him in supporting the Republican Wh...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Obama, Romney heading for photo finish
October 23, 2012
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) — And they're off! Barack Obama and Mitt Romney galloped out of the post-debate gate yesterday to woo swing state voters in th...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Obama renews focus on second-term agenda
October 22, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA(AP) — President Barack Obama, bowing to pressure from Republicans and some Democrats, is launching an effort to define his second-term...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
LA Times endorses Obama
October 22, 2012
LOS ANGELES, USA (AFP) — A major US newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, yesterday endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term in the White House, ...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Romney, Obama dead heat into third debate
October 21, 2012
BOCA RATON, Florida (AFP) — US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Monday face off in their third and final debate, wi...
Columns, Elections Candidates, US Elections
Is Obama or Romney better for the Caribbean?
Sir Ronald Sanders 
October 20, 2012
SUCH is the continuing power of the United States that all over the world, governments and organisations are concerned about what a US presidency of e...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Romney ups criticism of Obama’s second-term plans
October 19, 2012
FLORIDA, USA (AP) — Heading into the campaign's final weeks, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is upping his criticism of President Barack...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Obama attacks Romney before Monday’s debate
October 19, 2012
FAIRFAX, Virginia, (AFP) — US President Barack Obama set an aggressive tone yesterday ahead of his final debate with White House challenger Mitt Romne...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Romney took a swing and missed, says Obama
October 18, 2012
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AFP) — US President Barack Obama said yesterday that Mitt Romney had taken a swing and missed when selling his tax plan to ...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Re-energised Obama, Romney in crackling debate
October 16, 2012
HEMPSTEAD, New York. (AP) — An aggressive President Barack Obama accused challenger Mitt Romney of peddling a "sketchy deal" to fix the US economy and...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Obama indebted to the Clintons
October 16, 2012
NEW YORK, USA (AFP) — If President Barack Obama wins re-election in three weeks time, he will begin his second term heavily in debt to Bill and Hillar...
Elections Candidates, US Elections
Romney’s record $170m intake trails Obama
October 15, 2012
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — Republican Mitt Romney raised more than $170 million in September, aides said yesterday -- a record for his campaign, but shy ...
Elections Candidates, News, US Elections
Obama out to seize momentum in tonight’s debate
October 15, 2012
HEMPSTEAD, NY (AP) — Republican White House challenger Mitt Romney conferred with his debate practice partner while President Barack Obama exercised b...

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