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Little girl, big heart
6-year-old gives up savings to help rebuild family home, assists classmates after storm
Mark Dennis 
December 29 12:30 AM
Little girl, big heart
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Inside the criminal mind
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Inside the criminal mind
Psychiatrist outlines factors, some from birth, that set people on path to prison
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:28 AM
Inside the criminal mind
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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‘WE’RE GETTING THERE’
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December 29 12:22 AM
Midfielder Magee believes Reggae Boyz’s style of play a work in progress
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Gordon Webley moves to clean-up St Andrew West Rural
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Gordon Webley moves to clean-up St Andrew West Rural
July 21, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Joan Gordon-Webley, the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate for St Andrew West Rural in the upcoming general election, has off...
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Bunting, Phillips, Golding double down on gov’t rural bus programme
July 7, 2025
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Members of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) have continued to double down on the party’s disagreement with the Gover...
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‘We have to get rid of Holness’; Campbell hits back at ‘no Opposition’ comment
June 23, 2025
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell, has criticised Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ recent stateme...
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‘2020 was a fluke’: Campbell dares Holness to call general election
June 1, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – People’s National Party (PNP) General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell is daring Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to call the general ...
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Holness: We have done better than any PNP government in history
May 26, 2025
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica -- Prime Minister Andrew Holness has repeated his call for Jamaicans to return his Administration to power in the upcoming gener...
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Caricom election observers arrive in Suriname ahead of polls
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Caricom election observers arrive in Suriname ahead of polls
May 21, 2025
PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) – An 11-member team of observers from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) has arrived in Suriname ahead of Sunday’s general e...
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Trinidad: Young resigns as chairman of PNM after crushing election defeat
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Trinidad: Young resigns as chairman of PNM after crushing election defeat
April 30, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Outgoing Trinidad and Tobago prime minister, Stuart Young, Wednesday submitted his resignation as chairman of the Peop...
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Persad Bissessar leads coalition to victory in Trinidad and Tobago election
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Persad Bissessar leads coalition to victory in Trinidad and Tobago election
April 28, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - The leader of Trinidad and Tobago's main Opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar, claimed vi...
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Malahoo-Forte says election due date comment aimed at tackling misinformation
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Malahoo-Forte says election due date comment aimed at tackling misinformation
April 4, 2025
Constitutional Affairs Minister Marlene Malahoo Forte says her controversial remarks over the constitutional due date for the next general election “w...
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Guyana’s Opposition urges coalition partners to urgently reach agreement
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Guyana’s Opposition urges coalition partners to urgently reach agreement
April 2, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) has called on the two major parties in the coalition A Partnership for National Unity (...
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Monday is likely final day to register to vote in upcoming general election
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Monday is likely final day to register to vote in upcoming general election
March 31, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaicans are being reminded that Monday, March 31, is likely the final day for voter registration for the next general election. ...
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Trinidad PM calls election for April 28
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Trinidad PM calls election for April 28
March 18, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad & Tobago Prime Minister Stuart Young has declared April 28 as the date for the general election in the twin i...
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OAS to deploy Electoral Observation Mission to Belize
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OAS to deploy Electoral Observation Mission to Belize
March 9, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro has announced the appointment of Ma...
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PNP youth arm demands end to ‘racist slurs’ from the JLP
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PNP youth arm demands end to ‘racist slurs’ from the JLP
February 28, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The People's National Party Youth Organization (PNPYO) has expressed deep concern over the use of racially charged rhetoric from t...
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Turks and Caicos ruling party wins general election
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Turks and Caicos ruling party wins general election
February 8, 2025
COCKBURN TOWN, Turks and Caicos Islands (CMC) — The ruling Progressive National Party (PNP) was re-elected to government on Friday after voters gave t...
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WATCH: ‘This is a serious election’ says Black River Mayor
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WATCH: ‘This is a serious election’ says Black River Mayor
November 16, 2024
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Pointing to the next parliamentary polls due next year as a “serious election”, Mayor of Black River and Councillor for the Ne...
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‘Corruption is rampant’:  Golding blasts JLP, demands PM name ‘illicit eight’
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‘Corruption is rampant’: Golding blasts JLP, demands PM name ‘illicit eight’
September 15, 2024
President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Mark Golding has ripped into the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), describing the governing party as corrupt ...
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Jamaica’s children being given ‘stones and serpents’ says Crawford
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Jamaica’s children being given ‘stones and serpents’ says Crawford
September 15, 2024
Opposition spokesman on Education, Damion Crawford, citing the poor performance of Jamaican students in this year’s CSEC examinations where just 18 pe...
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Colin Bell withdraws as PNP caretaker in Portland Eastern
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Colin Bell withdraws as PNP caretaker in Portland Eastern
September 7, 2024
Colin Bell says he has withdrawn as the People’s National Party (PNP) caretaker in Portland Eastern. In a video posted on social media platform YouTub...
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UK PM woos voters with tax cuts and home ownership
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UK PM woos voters with tax cuts and home ownership
June 11, 2024
SILVERSTONE, United Kingdom (AFP)— UK leader Rishi Sunak on Tuesday sought to get his lacklustre general election campaign back on track by promising ...
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Inside the criminal mind
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Itch Scratch success with Shawn Storm
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JN Money covers grocery bills for shoppers in hurricane-hit Santa Cruz
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