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No one helped, says fire victim's nephew
WATT TOWN, St Ann - The nephew of an elderly man who died in a fire at his home is disappointed that the residents of the community and passers-by did not respond to the smoke coming from a house that claimed the life of his uncle on Sunday.According to a police report, the victim has been
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Foundation spreads Christmas cheer
CHILDREN and the elderly living in St Andrew communities that have been most impacted by the novel coronavirus pandemic were the recipients of Christmas cheer yesterday courtesy of the Progressive Grocers of Jamaica Foundation.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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PREPARING FOR PARLIAMENT
Members of the Jamaica Defence Force going through their drills yesterday, in preparing for the ceremonial opening of the Jamaican Parliament on Thursday, February 18.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Children in Salt Spring receive computers
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Sixteen tablet computers and a laptop have been presented to children living in the Salt Spring community of St James, under the No Student Left Behind electronics campaign.The initiative is the brainchild of the Salt Spring Community Outreach Programme for Empowerment
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Sav residents apprehend suspected smugglers
Two Nicaraguan nationals suspected to be major players in the illegal drug trade were held by residents in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, and handed over to the police yesterday morning. A speed boat suspected to have been used by the men to traffic...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Independent Polish media suspend coverage to protest ad tax
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Independent media outlets in Poland suspended news coverage and other programming Wednesday to protest a planned new advertising tax that they view as an attempt by the country's right-wing government to undermine press freedoms.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Advertising industry giant Gurney Beckford passes
Gurney Beckford, the man who for decades was the face of Dunlop Corbin Communications (DCC) - one of Jamaica's top advertising agencies - passed away yesterday after ailing for some time. He was 83.Beckford, who in 2005 was invested with the Order of Distinction, in the rank of Officer, moved up
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Man killed by cops on highway believed to be robber
The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is reporting that the man who was fatally shot by cops on the Spanish Town leg of the PJ Patterson Highway early Tuesday morning was believed to have committed a robbery in Ziadie Gardens, one of St Andrew's middle-class communities.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Three men killed in motor vehicle crashes in Westmoreland
Two men died in separate motor vehicle crashes in Westmoreland on the weekend and another was reported dead on
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Minister aiming to expand reach of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee
MINISTER of Agriculture and Fisheries Floyd Green is aiming to expand the reach of the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee brand internationally and increase production of coffee locally.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Washington Boulevard road repairs to be completed today
THE National Works Agency (NWA) says it will be continuing road repairs along a section of Washington Boulevard, St Andrew, today. The activities will be concentrated in the vicinity of Cooreville Gardens and will affect the use of the extreme right and right-turning lanes onto Duhaney Drive.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Woman shot five times in her US home
OREGON, United States (AP) - Police say a woman was shot five times while in bed at her north-east Portland home early Tuesday.A woman called Portland police around 3:15 am and said that she woke to gunfire coming into her bedroom, was shot and could not move.The woman's two dogs were inside the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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UN warns about criminal activities linked to COVID-19
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) The United Nations is warning against a surge in demand for medical products to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has led to a jump in the trafficking of substandard and faulty merchandise.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
US blacklists top Chinese chipmaker, alleging military ties
WASHINGTON, DC, united States (AP) - The Trump Administration blacklisted China's top chipmaker yesterday, limiting the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp's access to advanced US technology because of its alleged ties to the Chinese military.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
PHOTO: Happy landowners
James Sterling kisses his wife Lorna after they received documents from Prime Minister Andrew Holness for a service lot developed by the National Housing Trust at Windcrest Hills in Hellshire, St Catherine, yesterday. Seventy serviced lots were handed over to beneficiaries.(Photo: Garfield
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Be careful! Criminals lurking on major roads in Clarendon
MAY PEN, Clarendon - The Clarendon police have warned motorists to be careful when traversing the major thoroughfares in that parish, especially along the toll road, as criminals have been setting traps across the roads that can not only cause damage to their vehicles, but also make drivers
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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The night 'Butch' Stewart and his guests were saved from almost certain death
On a sultry night in 2006 Gordon 'Butch' Stewart and 15 guests were on his sport fishing boat - Sir Jon II - in the quiet waters one mile off the north coast of Providenciales - the main economic centre of the Turks and Caicos Islands.Happy chatter and laughter carried on the light wind from the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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Company to launch fund to assist needy tertiary students
MANAGING director of Whitter Group of Companies Angella Whitter says her company will be launching a $5-million fund to assist needy tertiary students who have health and financial challenges.The fund, aptly named the Joe and Angella Whitter Foundation, is also in memory of her late husband who
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Barbados churches discontinue face-to-face worship
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) - Face-to-face services at churches, mosques and other places of worship across the island will be discontinued with immediate effect.The announcement was made on Saturday, following a meeting of representatives from the Barbados Evangelical Association (BEA), the
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Trudeau shuffles Cabinet, names astronaut foreign minister
TORONTO (AP) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday and made the first Canadian to soar into space his foreign minister. Former astronaut Marc Garneau moves from the role as transport minister while Fran�ois-Philippe Champagne, who became foreign minister in
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Health ministry monitoring new COVID-19 variant, says Tufton
LUCEA, Hanover - Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton says Jamaica is closely monitoring developments in the United Kingdom, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been identified.The minister said this will guide Jamaica's decision-making process.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
JAMCOVID security protocols strengthened, says ministry
GOVERNMENT says a security vulnerability associated with the file storage service on the JAMCOVID-19 application which was discovered on Wednesday has been rectified.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Kiwanian gifts for Red Hills Basic School
Kiwanis Club of West St Andrew President Courtney Morgan and Distinguished President Odette Ingram donate items to Charmaine Williams (right), principal of Red Hills Basic School in St Andrew, recently.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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PHOTO: Balancing act
This man was seen recently on Molynes Road, St Andrew showing how skilled he is on a bicycle.(Photo: Jason Tulloch)�
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Former JLP MP Cecil July dies at 76
JUNCTION, St Elizabeth - Former Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP) for St Elizabeth South Eastern Cecil Roy July died at age 76 yesterday at the University Hospital of the West Indies after suffering from a brief illness.July, a prominent attorney in St Elizabeth, was described by
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Two COVID-19 field hospitals to be completed by end of January
THE field hospitals that are being erected on the grounds of the Falmouth Public General Hospital in Trelawny and at St Joseph's Hospital & Medical Centre in Kingston are slated to be completed by end of January.This was reported by permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Wellness
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Work advanced on ticketing system for COVID-19 breaches
PRIME Minister Andrew Holness says legislation to implement a ticketing system for breaches of the novel coronavirus protocols will be brought to the Houses of Parliament shortly.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Gov't says courts continue to operate effectively
GOVERNOR General Sir Patrick Allen says that despite the challenges of the novel coronavirus pandemic, courts have continued to operate effectively, including hearing matters electronically.He noted that operational changes have even resulted in an increase in the number of judgements.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
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$187-million contract awarded for repairs to Gordon Town Road
CONSTRUCTION work is now slated to begin at the breakaway on Gordon Town Road in St Andrew after Cabinet's approval of a $187-million contract to fix the section of the roadway that collapsed after heavy rains last November.
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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
COVID concern leads Peter's wish list
WITH COVID-19 continuing to wreak havoc on the Jamaican economy while claiming 286 lives and infecting 12,289 Jamaicans up to Sunday, former People's National Party (PNP) president and former Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips's new year wish is for an effective coronavirus vaccine to become
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