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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...
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
December 17 05:04 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by United States (US) Pre...
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
December 17 04:29 PM
PARIS, France (AFP)—The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tourn...
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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...
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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...
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica’s Kirlew elated after Olympics debut in 100m butterfly
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#ParisOlympics: Jamaica’s Kirlew elated after Olympics debut in 100m butterfly
August 2, 2024
History was rewritten Friday at La Defense Arena in western Paris when swimmer Josh Kirlew became the first Jamaican in 40 years to feature in the men...
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Sha’Carri Richardson bursts into Olympics as boxing row rages
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Sha’Carri Richardson bursts into Olympics as boxing row rages
August 2, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson blasted into the Paris Olympics on Friday, as a row grew over the gender eligibility of t...
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Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold
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Biles reclaims all-around crown for sixth Olympic gold
August 1, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Simone Biles recaptured the Olympic gymnastics all-around crown on Thursday, seeing off Brazil's Rebeca Andrade for her sixth Ol...
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‘Low-emissions’ food leaves some Paris Olympics athletes craving meat
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‘Low-emissions’ food leaves some Paris Olympics athletes craving meat
July 31, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — An ambition from Paris Olympics organisers to cut the carbon footprint of catering at this year's eco-friendly games has run int...
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France set up Argentina showdown in men’s Olympic football
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France set up Argentina showdown in men’s Olympic football
July 30, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — France set up a potentially explosive quarter-final showdown with Argentina in the men's Olympic football tournament after beati...
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New Zealand, Australia into Olympic sevens quarters along with France, US
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New Zealand, Australia into Olympic sevens quarters along with France, US
July 28, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) — Defending champions New Zealand, fellow favourites Australia, France and the US all qualified for the Olympic sevens quarter-fin...
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Long queues, ticketing problems ahead of Paris opening ceremony
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Long queues, ticketing problems ahead of Paris opening ceremony
July 26, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— Thousands of spectators faced long queues and ticketing problems as they arrived for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics a...
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Players unaware of spying scandal as Canada Olympic coach sent home— official
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Players unaware of spying scandal as Canada Olympic coach sent home— official
July 26, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— Canadian football chiefs on Friday pleaded for FIFA not to deduct points from their women's Olympic football team amid a drone-sp...
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Snoop Dogg stars as flame sails into Paris for opening ceremony
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Snoop Dogg stars as flame sails into Paris for opening ceremony
July 26, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— The Olympic flame cruised into Paris on Friday on a diesel-belching tug, the torch held aloft by its white-clad bearer, having ea...
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French rail network hit by ‘sabotage’ on eve of Paris Olympics
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French rail network hit by ‘sabotage’ on eve of Paris Olympics
July 26, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— France's rail network was paralysed Friday by coordinated acts of sabotage which knocked out most of its high-speed train service...
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Olympics chance for USA to ‘come together’, says flagbearer Gauff
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Olympics chance for USA to ‘come together’, says flagbearer Gauff
July 25, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— Tennis star Coco Gauff on Thursday said the Olympics were an opportunity for Americans to "come together" during a turbulent pres...
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Olympic doping agency says 90% of Paris entrants tested in 2024
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Olympic doping agency says 90% of Paris entrants tested in 2024
July 24, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— Nearly 90 per cent of all entrants in the Paris Olympics have been tested this year as part of a pre-Games anti-doping program, t...
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Jamaican referees in action at the Olympics
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Jamaican referees in action at the Olympics
July 24, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican FIFA officials Odette Hamilton and Daneon Parchment will be in action on the first two days of the Olympic Games football...
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Macron says France is ready to host Paris Olympics
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Macron says France is ready to host Paris Olympics
July 22, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP)— President Emmanuel Macron said France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes' Village on Monday, four da...
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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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...
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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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...
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