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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’
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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
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
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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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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
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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
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Dating the fun, flirtatious Libra
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Dating the fun, flirtatious Libra
ALAISHA THOMAS 
October 6, 2022
IF you were born between September 23 and October 22 then you're a Libra, represented by the scales, which should mean that you're balanced — a good m...
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7 steps to healing if you’ve been cheated on
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7 steps to healing if you’ve been cheated on
Marie Berbick 
October 6, 2022
ONE of the most painful things that one can experience is being cheated on and it doesn't matter how beautiful you are. At some point you might still ...
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Scandalous babydaddies
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Scandalous babydaddies
Lichelle Palmer 
September 26, 2022
UP to last Friday, the count was up to five for the number of women who had accused married musician Adam Levine of sliding into their DMs with flirty...
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A bad investment
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A bad investment
SUZANNE HILL 
September 19, 2022
MAKING an investment in a partner should be taken as seriously as deciding what stock to buy on the market. After all, you don't have time or funds to...
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Our marriage of convenience
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Our marriage of convenience
ALAISHA THOMAS 
September 19, 2022
CHARLES and Diana had one – the documentaries show that he had his true love, Camila, and Diana, chosen as a more appropriate wife, was the woman he m...
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Grading her B for boring
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Grading her B for boring
ALAISHA THOMAS 
September 12, 2022
THOSE women who Jamaican men say have the "glammity" are often given descriptions like "silent river run deep" because, though they would have picked ...
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Once, twice, three times a failure
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Once, twice, three times a failure
ALAISHA THOMAS 
September 5, 2022
BEING a good and experienced lover means that you'd have picked up a few tips and tricks along the way, and those men who are versed in this departmen...
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The straw that broke the camel’s back
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The straw that broke the camel’s back
SUZANNE HILL 
September 5, 2022
THE straw that breaks the camel's back is literally the last straw for some people — that one thing that makes them say, 'this is not worth it'. For m...
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Raffling babies like fish fry tickets
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Raffling babies like fish fry tickets
JEVAUGHNIE SMITH 
September 5, 2022
I had an encounter with a gentleman the other day. He had been told that he was the father of a child by a woman he had a brief relationship with. Sca...
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Hooked like a toddler on phonics
All Woman, Relationships
Hooked like a toddler on phonics
BY ALAISHA THOMAS 
August 29, 2022
GIRL group TLC warned about not chasing waterfalls and sticking to the rivers and lakes that you're used to, as many times these ambitions are self-de...
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Men are victims of abuse too
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Men are victims of abuse too
BY JEVAUGHNIE SMITH 
August 29, 2022
I was in an abusive relationship once — she would yell and scream at me when she didn't get her way, then she would criticise the way I looked, the wa...
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Perks and quirks of dating a mama’s boy
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Perks and quirks of dating a mama’s boy
Lichelle Palmer 
August 22, 2022
MAMA'S boys are not just a Caribbean construct, they exist in every society, and may take on different dimensions, depending on what's culturally acce...
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Once upon a ‘yamhead’
All Woman, Relationships
Once upon a ‘yamhead’
SUZANNE HILL 
August 22, 2022
MAN clown, yamhead, sucker, or stooge, chances are, at some point in your life dating a Jamaican man, you've had this embarrassing baptism. And there'...
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Women should invest in men too
All Woman, Relationships
Women should invest in men too
JEVAUGHNIE SMITH 
August 22, 2022
ONE of the hardest things for a man to do is support a woman's dreams then have her turn around and say thanks, but no thanks. Thanks for helping me g...
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Loving a husband through COVID-19
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Loving a husband through COVID-19
Shelly Ann HARRIS 
September 7, 2020
How a wife's dedication saved her husband from succumbing to the virus AFTER enduring days of high fever, lethargy, difficulty breathing, loss of tast...
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How corona has changed the love game
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How corona has changed the love game
Candiece Knight 
June 1, 2020
THINGS may be slowly going back to normal, but make no mistake, they can never return exactly to the way they were before. The curfew hours, reduced s...
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Single and sane in the time of COVID-19
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Single and sane in the time of COVID-19
COLEEN ANTOINETTE 
May 11, 2020
FOR the last four years I have convinced myself that I am happy being single and a good companion will come when he comes. Probably the toughest part ...
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Dating in the time of COVID-19: Chat online, meet much later
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Dating in the time of COVID-19: Chat online, meet much later
AFP 
March 19, 2020
WITH governments clamping down on social interactions to contain the coronavirus spread, dating sites are discouraging dates and asking users to get t...
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Vows: Love Sealed
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Vows: Love Sealed
July 23, 2017
Ah! Negril's west end where, fittingly on Saturday, June 24, the sun set spectacularly on a glistening three-year romance between Raven Maragh and Chr...
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Sleeping your way to the top
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Sleeping your way to the top
BY JAVENE SKYERS 
June 11, 2016
IT was like the plot from a novel she had read in high school. Josette said that the decision to sleep with one of her lecturers at university had eve...
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RACERS GRAND PRIX: 16-y-o Christopher Taylor does not disappoint
June 11, 2016
KINGSTON Jamaica -- Calabar's young phenomenon Christopher Taylor had to settle for second behind Great Britain's Delano Williams in the men's 400m A ...
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Vows: Fallen For You
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Vows: Fallen For You
March 19, 2016
It was love at first sight for noted journalist Kalilah Enriquez and orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Richard Reynolds. The couple first locked eyes at a party...
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