Filtered Feelings: The cost of comparing our lives
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Filtered Feelings: The cost of comparing our lives
BY DR CHRIS TUFTON 
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Has the measure of happiness evolved? It is a question I have found myself reflecting on more and more. For many Jamaicans who grew up in rural commun...
No crime, no resign
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Defiant MP, JACDEN boss Dennis Gordon fires back in UHWI tax probe
Arthur Hall | Editor | HallA@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Patterson advocates collective strength as global order frays
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Alliance over isolation
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Sumptuous sacred music feast
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More singles, fewer children
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More singles, fewer children
Survey of living conditions finds more Jamaican adults residing alone
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5 12:14 AM
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April 5 12:12 AM
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Saved behind bars
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Saved behind bars
Prison Bible study sessions rival that of local churches; more than 60 inmates baptise each year, says chaplain
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CLARENDON, Jamaica — Tensions flared at the Kemps Hill High School polling station in Clarendon South Western during the general election proceedings ...
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JLP’s Chin eyes another upset win, this time in Clarendon South Western
Vanassa McKenzie, Observer Online reporter, mckenziev@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 18, 2025
CLARENDON, Jamaica — Robert Chin, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Clarendon South Western, says he is confident of breaking the People’s ...
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