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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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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
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
December 17 06:33 PM
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
December 17 06:22 PM
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
December 17 05:04 PM
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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J’can ex-con residing in Britain kills a 3rd girlfriend — UK media
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J’can ex-con residing in Britain kills a 3rd girlfriend — UK media
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican man living in Britain, who was jailed for killing two ex-girlfriends, was freed from a secure unit after just two years...
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Guyanese woman first murder victim in NY for 2018
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Guyanese woman first murder victim in NY for 2018
January 1, 2018
QUEENS, New York (CMC) — A 26-year-old Guyanese national became the city's first murder victim of 2018 after she was reportedly stabbed to death by he...
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Weather system threatening Windies vs NZ final T20
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Weather system threatening Windies vs NZ final T20
January 1, 2018
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC) — West Indies' hopes of ending a disappointing tour strongly appeared in doubt as heavy rain seemed poised to disru...
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PM responds to police, says Cabinet to discuss wages
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PM responds to police, says Cabinet to discuss wages
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness today responded to the Jamaica Police Federation, indicating that the wage negotiations will be disc...
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Guyana confident of hosting Women’s T20 World Cup matches
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Guyana confident of hosting Women’s T20 World Cup matches
January 1, 2018
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Sports authorities here are confident Guyana will get the nod as one of the official host venues for this year's Women's Tw...
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Water debt stays with property, reminds NWC
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Water debt stays with property, reminds NWC
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica— The National Water Commission (NWC) is reminding customers that, by law and distinct from other utility debts, water supply debts a...
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2017 safest year for post-war civil aviation — industry agencies
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2017 safest year for post-war civil aviation — industry agencies
January 1, 2018
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Last year was the safest year for civil aviation since plane crash statistics were first compiled in 1946, two indus...
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Whistleblower free to pass evidence to FIFA
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Whistleblower free to pass evidence to FIFA
January 1, 2018
PARIS, France (AFP) — Whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, who says he has information on doping in Russian football, is now free from legal restraints a...
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Wait and see on US citizenship for immigrants — Homeland chief
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Wait and see on US citizenship for immigrants — Homeland chief
January 1, 2018
SAN DIEGO, United States (AP) — The Trump administration would consider immigration legislation that includes a pathway to citizenship for hundreds of...
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Indian doctors strike over alternative medicine plan
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Indian doctors strike over alternative medicine plan
January 1, 2018
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Doctors across India went on strike Tuesday over a controversial bill that would allow practitioners of alternative therapies...
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Bloody start to New Year in T&T
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Bloody start to New Year in T&T
January 1, 2018
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — At least five people have been killed since the start of the New Year as Trinidad and Tobago recorded a total of 494 m...
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Grange says Palisadoes not part of entertainment zone
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Grange says Palisadoes not part of entertainment zone
January 1, 2018
Kingston mayor says NMIA agreed to event KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, in response to the c...
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ONLINE READERS’ COMMENT: Palisadoes party road block, a sign of lawlessness!
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ONLINE READERS’ COMMENT: Palisadoes party road block, a sign of lawlessness!
January 1, 2018
Dear editor, Those responsible for the recent 'Sandz' beach party causing a pileup of traffic and roadblock along the Palisadoes strip leading to the ...
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O-Wrap: Palisadoes traffic calamity… Cabinet to discuss police wages… J’can in UK kills 3rd girlfriend
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O-Wrap: Palisadoes traffic calamity… Cabinet to discuss police wages… J’can in UK kills 3rd girlfriend
January 1, 2018
In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE's top 10 stories for today: 1. Traffic pile-up from party on Palisadoes Road affects NMIA travelers Fu...
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Traffic pile-up from party on Palisadoes Road affects NMIA travellers
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Traffic pile-up from party on Palisadoes Road affects NMIA travellers
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — There was chaos along the Palisadoes Road which leads to the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) last night as scores of pa...
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JCF members commended for service to the nation
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JCF members commended for service to the nation
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — State Minister in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr, has thanked all members of the Jamaica Cons...
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UPDATE: Police at ‘Sandz’ had to seek reinforcement to manage traffic — JCF
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UPDATE: Police at ‘Sandz’ had to seek reinforcement to manage traffic — JCF
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Police High Command says lawmen were on site to maintain order at the New Year's event Sandz but had to call in reinforcement ...
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New Bronx fire injures 16, including nine children
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New Bronx fire injures 16, including nine children
January 1, 2018
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A fire destroyed a building and injured 16 people in the Bronx on Tuesday, just days after the worst fire in New York ...
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Batting coach backs Gayle to overcome conditions
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Batting coach backs Gayle to overcome conditions
January 1, 2018
MOUNT MAUNGANUI, New Zealand (CMC) — West Indies batting coach Toby Radford believes conditions in New Zealand have been behind Chris Gayle's muted pe...
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California’s ganja-tracking system delayed
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California’s ganja-tracking system delayed
January 1, 2018
LOS ANGELES, United States (AP) — California's legal ganja economy was supposed to operate under the umbrella of a vast computerised system to track m...
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No rise in autism in US in past three years — study
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No rise in autism in US in past three years — study
January 1, 2018
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — After more than a decade of steady increases in the rate of children diagnosed with autism in the United States, the rate...
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UPDATE: Palisadoes traffic pile-up an ’embarrassment’ to JCF — Quallo
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UPDATE: Palisadoes traffic pile-up an ’embarrassment’ to JCF — Quallo
January 1, 2018
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Commissioner of Police George Quallo says yesterday's a traffic pile-up due to a daylight New Years party along the Palisadoes Roa...
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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