Body of abducted Trinidad fireman found
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Body of abducted Trinidad fireman found
December 30 08:35 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  (CMC) –  Trinidadian police say the body of a 46-year-old fireman, who had been abducted from his home last weekend, was foun...
Six men charged following storehouse heist
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Six men charged following storehouse heist
December 30 07:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six men, including two taxi drivers and a 62-year-old, have been slapped with multiple offences for their alleged involvement in a...
Soldier charged with firearm offences
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
December 30 07:03 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged after allegedly firing shots in a public place. Charged with possession...
Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
December 30 06:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 30, ended trading at $159.83, down nine cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30 05:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...

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Put cell sites in less developed areas
May 12, 2010
Dear Editor, Mobile telephones have become quite ubiquitous in Jamaica because of the wise decision in the 1990s by the then People's National Party g...
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Put to rest Manatt, Phelps and Phillips affair
May 12, 2010
Dear Editor, The Manatt, Phelps and Phillips issue will not bring dark days for Jamaica. Jamaica is too blessed to have dark days ahead. We have the b...
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JLP, GOJ separate
May 12, 2010
Dear Editor, Does anyone remember Trafigura? PM Portia Simpson Miller responded, "Don't ask me, ask the PNP." To this day, Mrs Simpson Miller has not ...
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No need to berate teachers
May 12, 2010
Dear Editor, I read with great concern Mr Peter Gordon's letter in the Observer on Monday, "Teachers, use your intelligence". After noting the title o...
Remove gun from lyrics
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Remove gun from lyrics
May 12, 2010
Dear Editor, On Monday Oneil Edwards of the Voicemail trio was shot several times and is still in critical condition. The news quickly spread across J...
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Skills training
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, When I was leaving the UK in 2007, they were making vocational skills compulsory in every high school. Yet for some reason, promoting voc...
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Crime talk
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, As the debate about crime continues, allow me to make my contribution to the discussions, since it appears that the only thing being done...
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Hung Parliament
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, Hanging Parliament? No, not literally. Allow me to explain. Some friends and I were talking about the recent election in the UK which is ...
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JA needs leaders who put country above self
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, In one of Jamaica's major dailies, a group of Britons commented positively on the teaching methodology of our Jamaican schools. When all ...
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Well, do this! Well, do this
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, At the risk of making the understatement of the century, I wish to make this observation: the teaching profession is in very serious trou...
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Give teachers their due
May 11, 2010
Dear Editor, My letter of May 5, "Teachers fail, not students", has ruffled more than a few feathers among teachers and others who supported the move ...
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Is irresponsible sex in black males’ DNA?
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, Our high-profile black athletes with deficient intellect and great hubris need to revisit their history rather than repeat it. It is alwa...
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Where are our leaders’ cojones?
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, I shake my head in disbelief when I listen to the nonsense spoken by our elected representatives and members of the Opposition, not to me...
Exam not be-all and end-all
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Exam not be-all and end-all
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, The Grade Four literacy and numeracy tests should not determine a child's future. This is not the real test. In today's world, a child ha...
Letters
Media must be objective
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, May 3 was World Press Freedom Day created in 1997 to "promote the free flow of information and its activities in the interest of press fr...
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Teachers do a helluva lot!
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, Whenever there are negotiations for an increase in teachers' salary or payment of retroactive money, teachers' necks are placed on the ch...
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The unqualified hold the jobs
May 10, 2010
Dear Editor, For some time now I have been mystified by the complaints of many graduates from our tertiary institutions that they are unable to find j...
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Join us in the classroom, Rev
May 9, 2010
Dear Editor, In response to Rev Dr Raulston Nembhard's article of April 28, I wish to inform him that the responsibility of enlightening our children ...
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Allow us to grow up
May 9, 2010
Dear Editor, Why are we killing our children? The murder of five-year-old Christiana Salmon is horrible, and injuring her older sister and father is j...
Letters
Ah, cricket, lovely cricket
May 9, 2010
Dear Editor, The government's handling of the Dudus and Manatt matters invite comparison with a "rum and curry goat" cricket match. The typical player...
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Teachers, use your intelligence
May 9, 2010
Dear Editor, I was embarrassed to watch the performance of two teachers on TVJ's All Angles, on May 5. Their comments were such that it would be diffi...

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