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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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Venezuela says oil exports continue normally despite Trump blockade
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela struck a defiant note Wednesday, insisting that its crude oil exports were not impacted by United States (US) Pre...
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
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Winners of 2026 World Cup to pocket $50 million in prize money
December 17 04:29 PM
PARIS, France (AFP)—The winners of the 2026 World Cup will receive $50 million in prize money as part of a record financial contribution for the tourn...
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Tensions easing between US, Iran?
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Tensions easing between US, Iran?
BY BARRY SCHWEID AP Diplomatic Writer 
April 24, 2010
For the time being, at least, everyone can take a deep breath. A senior defence official says the US has ruled out a military strike against Iran anyt...
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It’s that Manatt again
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
April 24, 2010
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding has chosen to remain silent about the involvement of his administration in the hiring of Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to l...
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Torch passes in civil rights struggle
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Torch passes in civil rights struggle
BY ERRIN HAINES Associated Press Writer 
April 24, 2010
The recent deaths of Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, two icons of the civil rights era, nudge those who have come behind them closer to the control...
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Jamaican education: in translation
James Moss-Solomon 
April 24, 2010
THROUGHOUT life I have been amazed at the things we have "captured" as "fully Jamaican", whether real or imagined. Many of these beliefs have had an e...
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Trinidad’s ‘Mother of all Elections’
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Trinidad’s ‘Mother of all Elections’
RICKEY SINGH 
April 24, 2010
OPPOSITION parties, trade unions and civic groups are intensely working to present Trinidad and Tobago's ruling People's National Movement (PNM) with ...
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Negotiating From Weakness: Review of European Agreement Needed
BY SIR RONALD SANDERS 
April 24, 2010
"Negotiating from Weakness" is the title of a paper written by Scott Sinclair of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Basically, the paper arg...
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Bridging the Gap
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Bridging the Gap
April 24, 2010
The following is an address made by Delano Franklyn at the Harvard Caribbean Law Association Inaugural Conference: I have been invited to speak on the...
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The new-found confidence of Audley Shaw
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The new-found confidence of Audley Shaw
Raulston Nembhard 
April 23, 2010
When Don Wehby left the ministry of finance and went back to the comfort of the private sector, a lot of questions were raised as to Minister Shaw's c...
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Charting a clean energy future for the Americas
By Hillary Clinton and Steven Chu 
April 23, 2010
President Obama has pledged that the United States will join with our partners across the Americas to chart a low-carbon, clean-energy future. Energy ...
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Nature once again shows who is boss
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Nature once again shows who is boss
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
April 23, 2010
Perhaps the least damaging effect of the latest volcanic eruption in Iceland is the challenges it has posed for the tongues of the world's broadcaster...
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Bigging-up Caribbean Excellence
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Bigging-up Caribbean Excellence
Barbara Gloudon 
April 22, 2010
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE and the pleasure last weekend of attending the third Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, in Port of Spain, capital of...
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When we change
Celta Kirkland 
April 22, 2010
Reflections in Prayer NEHEMIAH 9:2 and 1:6: "They stood and confessed their own sins and the sins of their ancestors. Listen to my prayer! Look down a...
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Journalists and the right to offend
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Journalists and the right to offend
Franklin Johnston 
April 22, 2010
Recently, "man married" Elton John called Jesus "a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man" and made the headlines. The British church and public wer...
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Twitter, twits and tweets
MARCIA FORBES 
April 21, 2010
"Twits" may be a better name for Twitter. It more aptly describes some of the ppl (internet language for people) and the things they do and say via th...
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Unemployed and unemployable in the killing fields
MARK WIGNALL 
April 21, 2010
JUST before the last Christmas holidays I had promised "Hothead" some work. Just anything to do around the yard. He was 20 years old, had been inside ...
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More analysis of scandal
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More analysis of scandal
Michael Burke 
April 21, 2010
No one seems quite sure what causes sexual deviancy, but it is mostly learnt behaviour. If we search for solutions to this problem we will not find th...
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The threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism
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The threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism
Anthony GOMES 
April 20, 2010
WITH each increasing provocative incident such as the exposition of the new hi-tech uranium enrichment mechanism, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
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No to Dudus extradition, no to US demands
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No to Dudus extradition, no to US demands
Mervin STODDART 
April 20, 2010
While the US continues to subject Jamaica to its superpower one-upmanship over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke affair, many Jamaicans continue to sleepwa...
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Death in the arena?
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Death in the arena?
Lloyd B Smith 
April 19, 2010
The story is told about Sir Winston Churchill who was known for his sharp wit, dismissing a waitress who had just placed a cake on the dining table in...
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Davies scores in budget debate
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Davies scores in budget debate
KEN CHAPLIN 
April 19, 2010
Opposition Spokesman on Finance Dr Omar Davies made an important point in his budget presentation last Tuesday when he said Jamaicans should recognise...
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Child targets and tardiness
With Betty Ann Blaine 
April 19, 2010
Dear Reader, There is an escalating pattern of violence against children that must be of concern to all of us and for which deliberate and urgent acti...
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The urgency of a social education programme
WESLEY BARRETT 
April 18, 2010
In previous articles, I expressed the view that academic, technical/vocational and social education must be the main strands of school education. At t...
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