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Sugary drink tax not a burden
Tufton says decrease in consumption will make society healthier
February 14 12:30 AM
Sugary drink tax not a burden
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Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
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Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 14 12:28 AM
Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
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Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
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Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
February 14 12:26 AM
Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
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Ken Boothe for Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame
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Fab 5’s Frankie Campbell to get Lifetime Achievement Award
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Ken Boothe for Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame
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8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
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8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
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February 14 12:25 AM
8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
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Clocking out for politics
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Clocking out for politics
JLP supporters dodge bosses to attend ceremonial opening of Parliament
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 14 12:24 AM
Clocking out for politics
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Courtni Jackson thrills at Back 2 Bass-es
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Courtni Jackson thrills at Back 2 Bass-es
Dad Jackie supporting on bass
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February 14 12:24 AM
Courtni Jackson thrills at Back 2 Bass-es
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Trash crisis deepens
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Trash crisis deepens
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February 14 12:22 AM
Trash crisis deepens
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentine authorities on Wednesday requested the extradition of deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro from the U...
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Argentina’s president welcomes Trump pressure ‘to free the Venezuelan people’
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FOZ DO IGUAÇU, Brazil (AFP)—Argentina’s President Javier Milei on Saturday praised counterpart Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Venezuela, which fe...
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Suspected mastermind of Argentina livestreamed femicide detained in Peru
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September 30, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentina's government on Tuesday said Peruvian authorities had detained the suspected mastermind behind the brutal mu...
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Argentine victims of live-streamed murder laid to rest on eve of protest
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September 26, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) —Shocked and in tears, relatives on Friday laid to rest two women and a girl whose live-streamed torture and murder caus...
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Argentine club suspends 9-y-o footballers over photo with idol from rival team
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Argentine club suspends 9-y-o footballers over photo with idol from rival team
June 4, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- An Argentine football club has sparked outrage by suspending six nine-year-olds from training and stripping them of s...
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Argentina mourns loss of papal son
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Argentina mourns loss of papal son
April 21, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Grief-stricken Argentines massed at Buenos Aires Cathedral early Monday to collectively mourn their late pontiff, comp...
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Dorival Junior sacked as Brazil coach
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Dorival Junior was on Friday sacked as Brazil coach, three days after a humiliating 4-1 World Cup qualifying defeat by...
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Six dead after seven hour downpour in Argentina
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March 7, 2025
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — At least six people have been killed in floods caused by torrential rain in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca, l...
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Following Trump, Argentina quits World Health Organization
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization, following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's Uni...
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Man arrested for supplying drugs to Liam Payne — Argentine police
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Argentine police on Friday arrested one of the two men accused of supplying drugs to British singer Liam Payne before ...
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One Direction star took cocaine, alcohol, antidepressant before death
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One Direction star took cocaine, alcohol, antidepressant before death
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death ...
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Argentina hit by massive transport strike
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Argentina hit by massive transport strike
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP)— Planes, trains, trucks and taxis ground to a halt in Argentina on Wednesday in a major one-day strike over President Ja...
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New single featuring late One Direction star set for release
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP)— A new single featuring Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who died earlier this month after falling from his Bu...
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French fury at Argentina’s Copa America insults
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French fury at Argentina’s Copa America insults
July 16, 2024
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French Football Federation (FFF) said on Tuesday it plans to lodge a complaint with FIFA and take legal action after racist...
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Messi to miss next two Miami MLS matches with ankle injury
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MIAMI, United States (AFP)— Lionel Messi will miss Inter Miami's next two Major League Soccer matches after injuring his right ankle in Argentina's Co...
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Argentina defeat Colombia 1-0 to win record 16th Copa America
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Argentina defeat Colombia 1-0 to win record 16th Copa America
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MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Lautaro Martinez scored an extra-time winner as Argentina beat Colombia 1-0 to win a record 16th Copa America title at H...
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Messi to miss Argentina-Peru Copa clash: team
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MIAMI, United States (AFP)— Lionel Messi will miss Argentina's final Copa America group game against Peru after complaining of muscle tightness, team ...
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Argentina down El Salvador 3-0 in friendly without Messi
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March 23, 2024
New York, United States (AFP) -- The absence of captain Lionel Messi didn't slow Argentina on Friday as the world champions warmed up for their Copa A...
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Sugary drink tax not a burden
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Sugary drink tax not a burden
Tufton says decrease in consumption will make society healthier
February 14, 2026
Sugary drink tax not a burden
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Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
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Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 14, 2026
Defence’s attempt to discredit cop witness collapses
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Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
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Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
February 14, 2026
Murder trial of six cops breaks for a week
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Ken Boothe for Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame
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Ken Boothe for Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame
Fab 5’s Frankie Campbell to get Lifetime Achievement Award
February 14, 2026
Ken Boothe for Jamaica Music Museum Hall of Fame
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8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
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8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE Observer staff reporter grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 14, 2026
8 heavyweight sound systems set for ‘Juggling’ Sunday at Mas Camp
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