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Imagine planning a grand wedding that forms the perfect replica of dreams of your big day, having your honeymoon getaway booked, having the man/woman of your dreams by your side, and envisioning everything flowing as you intended
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Usain Bolt, Kasi Bennett make ‘thank you’ donation to Nuttall Hospital
Sprinting legend Usain Bolt and his entrepreneur girlfriend Kasi Bennett have donated medical equipment and a television to the Nuttall Hospital in St
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Sunday Brew — June 7, 2020
That's because the party's leaders, in particular its President Dr Peter Phillips, have remained stagnant and uninspiring…unveiling the same criticisms of the Government that people have become tired
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Caribbean Graduate School of Theology gets first female president
SHORTLY after she assumed responsibility as campus registrar at the Caribbean Graduate School of Theology (CGST), Dr Viviene Kerr was identified as the best person to take the institution to the next level as its new
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Campbell, Buchanan deny Phillips ouster plot
With loyalists of People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips now on edge and preparing for another round of internal schism, two signatories of a controversial letter are insisting that the correspondence is not a launching pad for
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Caribbean People Stand in Solidarity Against Anti-Black State Violence in the USA
We stand in solidarity with the family, friends and community of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, the African Americans and all those living in America of all races, genders, sexualities, abilities, ages, religions and  ethnicities who have come out in their millions publicly to
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Fatal police shooting in St Andrew
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Massive savings for NWC as utility plugs leaks
THE NATIONAL Water Commission (NWC) has been saving US$8 million (J$1.16 billion) per year since implementing a Non-Revenue Water (NRW) programme in Kingston and St
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How the Founder of California's First Black Church Fought Its Last Known Slavery Case
Here is the story of California’s last known slave case, the state’s first Black church and how they converge with the unknown history of a free laundryman named Daniel
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$300m Tivoli bill - Figure set to increase with suits pending; public defender laments continued abuse of young men by cops, soldiers
Compensation payouts for the death and destruction that occurred during the internal security operation to arrest drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke have already cost taxpayers a little over $300 million, a figure that will increase when over two dozen lawsuits filed on behalf of detainees are
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Relatives: Latoya was murdered by police
RELATIVES of Latoya Monte, the 34-year-old woman who was fatally shot during an alleged confrontation with the police moments after 6:00 pm on Monday in the Kingston 10 area, are insisting that she was murdered, contrary to information released by the
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Did Molly Take It Too Far? And Other Questions From Last Night’s Episode Of “Insecure”
After the way Molly has been acting, I can’t say I was excited to watch her gallivant around Mexico with Andrew, ignoring the very real issues of her life. But y’all know the saying, wherever you go, there you are. There was plenty of mess awaiting her across the border. Let’s get into some of it
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ZOSO imposed in Greenwich Town
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Don Lemon Names The New Trump Coronavirus Claim That Really Takes The Cake
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'I am still trying to tell myself it is not true'
A week after Omari Stephens rushed from one end of the Corporate Area to “rescue” his mother, Susan Bogle, in August Town, St Andrew, after he was told shots were being fired at her residence, he confesses he is now living in a zone between shock and
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St James man charged with murder
Thirty-six-year-old Rohan Correll, otherwise called ‘Frass’, of John’s Hall district in St James will face the Black River Parish Court on Friday on charged of murder, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition and robbery with...
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Youth motivators want Jasmine Dean found
A three-year-old youth movement — the Jamaica Youth Motivators (JYM) — has taken on the challenge of seeking public support in keeping hope alive that missing University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, student Jasmine Dean will be
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THE police are asserting that the downward trend in the number of children reported missing over the past few years is not the result of a drop in reporting, but rather the efforts of stakeholders across the
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We have done our best to manage COVID-19 – Greene
While new concerns looming about the nation’s capacity to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 with the gradual reopening of the island’s borders, Errol Greene, the regional director of the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA), believes his administration is in a state of readiness to give of
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MONTEGO BAY, St James — Popular hardcore dancehall artiste Rygin King was up to late yesterday evening in emergency surgery after he was one of three people shot — one fatally by unknown assailants in an incident in Westmoreland yesterday
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