FOLLOWING confirmation of a case of the Zika virus in Brazil, the Ministry of Health has issued several releases urging Jamaicans to clean up their surroundings and destroy mosquito-breeding sites.
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THE road to Dave Hollingsworth’s farm in Pine Grove, Content Gap, is lined with depressing evidence of the fires that wreaked havoc in the St Andrew hills for almost two weeks earlier this month.
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‘I have never seen it like this’
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INKSTER, USA (AP) – A Detroit-area woman turned 116 Saturday, but she offers no secret for a long life.
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Just another birthday for Detroit-area woman – her 116th
Just another birthday for Detroit-area woman – her 116th
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Kingston, Jamaica- Rising sprint sensation Elaine Thompson of the University of Technology (UTech) continued her rich vein of form when she clocked a new personal best time of 22.37 seconds to win the women’s 200 metre event at the JAAA All- Comers meet two at the National Stadium a short while ago.
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Elaine Thompson wins again to continue good form at All Comers meet
Elaine Thompson wins again to continue good form at All Comers meet
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica Constabulary Force members are now mourning the death of a former colleague in the United States late Thursday night.
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Former J’can cop dead in murder/suicide in Georgia
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WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – The Westmoreland Police yesterday charged a pastor with having sexual intercourse with a minor and also with Grievous Sexual Assault.
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Westmoreland pastor charged with sexual offences
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say a man was taken into custody for breaches of the Firearm and Prevention Act at a party on Molynes Road, Kingston 10, on Saturday.
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Man arrested after found partying with gun
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DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland has voted to introduce gay marriage by 62 per cent of ballots cast in favour and 38 per cent against, official figures showed on Saturday.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — OBSERVER ONLINE understands that a man is suspected to have committed suicide early Saturday in Annotto Bay, St Mary.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say 292 rounds of ammunition were seized following an intelligence-led operation on Friday, in Mountain View, Kingston.
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DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — Ireland has voted to introduce gay marriage, public broadcaster RTE said Saturday, with the result from the referendum on the issue now certain.
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says preliminary forecasts indicate that the economies of regional countries will expand by nearly two per cent in 2014, mirroring an anticipated moderate acceleration in the economies of its major trading partners.
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Cleveland, United States (AFP) — A Cleveland officer who shot several rounds through a windshield from the hood of a car, killing two unarmed African Americans in 2012, was found not guilty of voluntary manslaughter Saturday.
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US cop acquitted after shooting death of two African Americans
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron, is heading a delegation to Jamaica where he is expected to participate in a conference sharing the lessons learnt over the past 10 years of the Court’s existence.
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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A 65-year-old German woman, who already has 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday.
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