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Tile City Launches New Showroom @DesignWeekJa
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Voters’ real BIG fears
Garfield Higgins 
October 11 05:45 AM
The outcomes of the last three general elections show concretely that the majority of Jamaicans who voted feared having the People’s National Party (P...
The Firearms Act: The case for measured reform
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The Firearms Act: The case for measured reform
Tenneshia T Watkins 
October 11 05:41 AM
Although the current approach to law is for lawyers to speak in modern, plain language, there are times when resort to Latin is necessary. The respons...
The invisible architect
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Wainsworth Small 
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Across the globe, critical infrastructure systems are proving to be remarkably fragile. In recent months, the UK’s National Air Traffic Services (NATS...
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Understanding the Firearms Act
Jason McKay 
October 11 02:56 AM
Jamaica ’s three greatest problems that have had to be overcome over the last 200 years were achieving emancipation from slavery, the abject poverty t...
Mayor Gager on the right path
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Mayor Gager on the right path
October 11 02:51 AM
We feel the pain of Falmouth Mayor Councillor C Junior Gager, who has signalled that Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC) is gearing to implement toug...
CAFFE in crisis
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CAFFE in crisis
Cash-strapped election watchdog desperately needs private sector lifeline
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 11 02:30 AM
AFTER almost 30 years of monitoring elections in Jamaica, the internationally acclaimed agency Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE) is ...

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HAMILTON, Bermuda(CMC) – Bermuda Premier David Burt said he remains hopeful that all six people on board an air ambulance aircraft that left Bermuda f...
Jamaica through to final of CFU Boys U14 Challenge
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Defending champions Jamaica qualified for Sunday’s final of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-14 Boys Tier 1 Challenge Series in Punta Cana, Do...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Curacao are leading Bermuda 2-0 at halftime in their Concacaf final round Group B qualifying round second leg game on Thursday at ...
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MIAMI, United States (CMC) — Hurricane Imelda is moving quickly away from Bermuda on Thursday and is expected to become extra-tropical later in the da...
Hurricane Imelda moving away from Bermuda
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Hurricane Imelda moving away from Bermuda
October 2, 2025
MIAMI, United States (CMC) – Hurricane Imelda, on Thursday, is moving quickly away from Bermuda,  and is expected to  become extra tropical later duri...
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