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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Teary farewell for drowned brothers
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
February 4, 2007
The popular gospel chorus Write My Name Up There was 10-year-old Ikel Henry's favourite. So when the congregation at the Clear Park Seventh-Day Advent...
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Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2007 to be announced in Jamaica
JIS 
February 3, 2007
THE winner of the 21st Commonwealth Writers' Prize will be announced in Jamaica on May 27 at the Calabash International Literary Festival. The festiva...
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Christians offer HOPE for cricket
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
Cricket's almost unique ability to unite the people of the Caribbean has spread to local churches which have decided to put aside their doctrinal diff...
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Minibus driver shot dead
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 3, 2007
MOUNT SALEM, St James- Parking his minibus in the church yard in his community and then walking home - less than 400 metres - after a hard day's work ...
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Cops freed of murder in Crofts Hill case
February 3, 2007
Four cops who were charged with murder in the shooting death of 18 year-old Christopher McKenzie in 2005 were freed in the Clarendon Home Circuit Cour...
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A prisoner’s agonising cry
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Sunday Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
(Specific details, including dates and names, have been omitted to protect the identity of the individual in this story whom we will refer to as 'Mort...
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Consider it: workers have a life
Copley News Service 
February 3, 2007
IN the 1990s, the go-go brain trust of California's Silicon Valley envisioned the perfect worker. The phrase "zero-drag worker" was invented for this ...
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Heed the warning signs of career burnout
CNS 
February 3, 2007
BEFORE you run head-first into a brick wall, wouldn't it make sense to know where that wall is and how to get around it? You might tell that to the ne...
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MAJ president elected CCFP fellow
February 3, 2007
DR Alverston Bailey, president of the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), has been elected as a fellow of the Caribbean College of Family Physicians...
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No (one) way!
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent 
February 3, 2007
LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Angry residents of Bog Walk and Linstead, St Catherine have signalled they will resist a plan to convert the critical transpo...
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Planning bloody elections? Forget it!
February 3, 2007
Escalating violence in the run-up to the 2002 general elections forced the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) to call in the 20 candidates contesting ...
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Focus on justice system flaws, JFJ tells JLP
BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer staff reporter wrightk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
Montego Bay, St James - Human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has thrown cold water on Opposition spokesman on security Derrick Smith's promi...
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Time for atonement, nation told
BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday urged Jamaicans to acknowledge their failure to help make the country better by blaming others for the wrongs co...
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Avoiding ‘reality shock’ in the workplace
Career Advisor With Merrit Henry 
February 3, 2007
IT is natural that new employees should hold high expectations of their job, especially if they are entering the world of work for the first time. The...
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Two new malaria cases in St Elizabeth
BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
The health ministry yesterday confirmed two new cases of malaria in the Great Bay area of St Elizabeth and said that they were connected to a person w...
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UWI Engineering Alumni formed
February 3, 2007
ENGINEERING graduates of the University of the West Indies (UWI) are the latest professional group to join the UWI Alumni Association. The UWI Enginee...
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Jamaica’s wetlands: worthy of protection
February 3, 2007
JAMAICA on Friday joined the world in observing World Wetlands Day 2007 under the theme: 'Wetlands and Fisheries'. Ainsley Henry, manager of the Integ...
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Register only in accredited programmes, cautions UCJ
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
THE University Council of Jamaica (UCJ) is urging prospective students of tertiary institutions to register only with institutions that have been accr...
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Davies says FSC operates within the law
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 3, 2007
Minister of finance and planning Dr Omar Davies says that the actions being taken by the Financial Services Commission (FSC), which falls under his mi...
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Flower Hill still in shock after night of savagery
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
Two weeks ago, five men were brutally murdered in Flower Hill, St James. The disturbing incident hurled the usually quiet farming district into the gl...

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