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Bill Express and Elhydro power rural student travel with islandwide top-up access
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Bill Express and Elhydro power rural student travel with islandwide top-up access
February 20 04:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Students using the National Rural School Bus Programme (NRSBP) will now be able to top up their cards at Bill Express locations is...
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Tastee Cheese brings ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up in Santa Cruz
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Tastee Cheese brings ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up in Santa Cruz
BY KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
February 20 04:09 PM
Tastee Cheese will be bringing its ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up to Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth on Saturday between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Brand manage...
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Trump vows 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
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Trump vows 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
February 20 03:16 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump vowed Friday to impose a 10 per cent tariff on all imports into the United...
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Bermuda recalls infant and baby milk formula products
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Bermuda recalls infant and baby milk formula products
February 20 03:10 PM
HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) – Bermuda’s health authorities have issued an “urgent recall” of several infant milk and follow-on milk formula products due t...
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Banks urged to re-evaluate agricultural financing
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Banks urged to re-evaluate agricultural financing
February 20 02:59 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lending institutions are being urged to re-evaluate their approaches to the agricultural sector, shifting from consumer lending to...
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Trump suggests most negotiated trade deals with US still valid
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Trump suggests most negotiated trade deals with US still valid
February 20 02:40 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump suggested Friday that most trade deals negotiated under the threat of his ...
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PAHO/WHO, UNICEF laud Jamaica’s health-promoting fiscal measures
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PAHO/WHO, UNICEF laud Jamaica’s health-promoting fiscal measures
February 20 02:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have w...
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Alleged scammer forfeits J$12 million, BMW X6 after Supreme Court order
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Alleged scammer forfeits J$12 million, BMW X6 after Supreme Court order
February 20 01:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Financial Investigations Division (FID), in its capacity as Jamaica’s Assets Recovery Agency under the Proceeds of Crime Act (...
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore funeral underway
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore funeral underway
February 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The funeral of Stephen “Cat” Coore, co-founder of legendary reggae band Third World, is now underway. Politicians and music moguls...
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Spotlight on Jimmy Cliff, Cat Coore for Reggae Month in South Florida
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Spotlight on Jimmy Cliff, Cat Coore for Reggae Month in South Florida
January 29, 2026
The music of Jimmy Cliff and Cat Coore will be the focus of Reggae Month in South Florida, which officially begins on February 7 with the Reggae Genea...
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‘Thank you for the music Cat’
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‘Thank you for the music Cat’
Opposition leader joins in outpouring of condolences for the late Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore
January 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Describing the passing of Stephen “Cat” Coore as a terrible shock, Opposition Leader Mark Golding shared his condolences to the fa...
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore was ‘The Reggae Ambassador’ — Grange
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore was ‘The Reggae Ambassador’ — Grange
January 19, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, has hailed the late Stephen “Cat” Coore as a unique talent wh...
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, Jamaican music icon and Third World co-founder, dies at 69
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Stephen ‘Cat’ Coore, Jamaican music icon and Third World co-founder, dies at 69
January 19, 2026
Stephen “Cat” Coore, co-founder of legendary reggae band Third World and one of Jamaica’s most respected musicians, has died. The iconic guitarist pas...
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Maxi Priest, Tifa, Third World, Alison Hinds and more for Florida’s Art of Music Festival
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Maxi Priest, Tifa, Third World, Alison Hinds and more for Florida’s Art of Music Festival
Kevin Jackson 
April 30, 2025
DJ Stretch and his brother DJ Brad are the members of the popular South Florida-based sound system Extatic Sound. A few years ago, they decided to ven...
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Rhythms OF Africa to honour Ken Boothe
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Rhythms OF Africa to honour Ken Boothe
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL 
March 16, 2025
As a budding musician in the 1960s, Willie Stewart backed Ken Boothe in what was one of his first big gigs. On April 26-27, the veteran drummer will d...
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Clive Hunt releases ‘Fields Of Gold: A Reggae Tribute To Sting’
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Clive Hunt releases ‘Fields Of Gold: A Reggae Tribute To Sting’
March 14, 2025
Veteran super-producer Clive Hunt is really proud of the release of his album, 'Fields Of Gold: A Reggae Tribute To Sting', which is slated to drop on...
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Prilly Hamilton, Third World’s first lead singer, has died
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Prilly Hamilton, Third World’s first lead singer, has died
Drummer Willie Stewart pays tribute to former bandmate
Howard Campbell 
February 19, 2025
Drummer Willie Stewart has paid tribute to his former Third World colleague Milton “Prilly” Hamilton, who died in Florida on February 17, saying he wa...
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Clive Hunt scores with Third World remake of Sting’s ‘Fields of Gold’
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Clive Hunt scores with Third World remake of Sting’s ‘Fields of Gold’
February 12, 2025
Top notch reggae producer Clive Hunt got a major boost this week when English musician Sting reposted the link to the Hunt-produced reggae version of ...
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Veteran guitarist Rupert Bent III dies at 57
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Veteran guitarist Rupert Bent III dies at 57
January 8, 2025
Rupert Bent III, the veteran guitarist who died on January 4, is remembered by colleague Michael Fletcher as, “A full-fledged musician who was always ...
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Celebrating a true son of Jamaica: Kingsley Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper
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Celebrating a true son of Jamaica: Kingsley Michael ‘Ibo’ Cooper
Coleen Douglas 
October 21, 2024
There are some people who walk into a room and their radiance takes over the space. Those who unconsciously do good, because they are, simply, deeply ...
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Third World headlines Issa Trust ‘For The Children’ New York Gala
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Third World headlines Issa Trust ‘For The Children’ New York Gala
March 13, 2024
Third World will again be the featured act at the Issa Trust Foundation 'For The Children' New York Gala which takes place on May 11 at Cipriani 42nd ...
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Bill Express and Elhydro power rural student travel with islandwide top-up access
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Students using the National Rural School Bus Programme (NRSBP) will now be able to top up their cards at Bill Express locations is...
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Tastee Cheese brings ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up in Santa Cruz
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Tastee Cheese brings ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up in Santa Cruz
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Tastee Cheese will be bringing its ‘Taste Eh Beat of Jamaica’ pop-up to Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth on Saturday between 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Brand manage...
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Trump vows 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
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Trump vows 10% global tariff after stinging court rebuke
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States (US) President Donald Trump vowed Friday to impose a 10 per cent tariff on all imports into the United...
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Bermuda recalls infant and baby milk formula products
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (CMC) – Bermuda’s health authorities have issued an “urgent recall” of several infant milk and follow-on milk formula products due t...
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Banks urged to re-evaluate agricultural financing
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Lending institutions are being urged to re-evaluate their approaches to the agricultural sector, shifting from consumer lending to...
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