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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Universal secondary education on target, says PM
February 3, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller has said Jamaica is on target to achieve universal access to secondary education, with the addition of 15,000 new...
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The changing face of the criminal
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 3, 2007
HE'S young and of slim build with a natural hairdo and a bleached face. This is the image that some people have come to associate with the hardened cr...
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PNP candidate quits
February 2, 2007
LLOYD Myrie, the People's National Party's (PNP's) candidate for North West St Elizabeth yesterday submitted his resignation letter to the party. In a...
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Service of atonement today for victims of crime
February 2, 2007
HUNDREDS of victims of crime from across the country will today attempt to reconcile their grief at a national atonement service to be convened at the...
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Kids traumatised
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 2, 2007
BRAZEN gunmen yesterday morning shot dead a man at a Kingston day-care centre, traumatising a number of little children who were on the premises. The ...
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Issue of Spanish treasures back on House agenda
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 2, 2007
THE issue of the salvaging of the rich treasures believed to be aboard 300-year-old sunken Spanish galleons in Jamaica's south coast waters is back on...
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Basil Buck gets final farewell
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
February 2, 2007
A large contingent of Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) members, led by Opposition leader Bruce Golding and former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, headed the li...
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Anglican church to build skills training centre in the west
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
February 2, 2007
Montego Bay, St James - The Anglican Church has announced plans to acquire lands to construct a multi-purpose skills training centre in western Jamaic...
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‘They don’t care’
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau 
February 2, 2007
CARIBBEAN Community (Caricom) negotiators yesterday embarked on a two-day round of talks, determined to strengthen its trading position against what B...
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Recycling plant goes up in smoke
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 2, 2007
FIRE yesterday destroyed the CPR Recycling plant, located near the capital city's dump at Riverton City on Spanish Town Road, leaving an estimated $60...
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Jamaica ill-prepared to handle earthquake
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
RONALD Jackson, the acting director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), says a shortage of hospital beds,...
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Spanish Town doctor charged with rape
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
February 1, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A medical doctor was Monday arrested and charged with raping a 26-year-old self- employed woman. The doctor, who appeared...
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Caricom visa stumps hotels
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) said that the sector has already started losing thousands of US dollars because of the Caricom specia...
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NSWMA littering tickets delayed
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 1, 2007
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has pushed back to May, plans to start issuing tickets to people caught littering public places ...
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Lyns remembered as simple, good, hardworking people
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The mass of resurrection for the lives of Richard and Julia Lyn was done their way - simple. There was an early indicator of ...
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One more gun off the streets of St James
February 1, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police said yesterday that a Davidson Industry .380 pistol, taken from the body of Stonecrusher gang member Michael Willia...
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Dad testifies against son in shooting/murder case
February 1, 2007
JEREMIAH Stewart did yesterday what many Jamaican parents would not - testified against his son who allegedly killed a man in his presence. According ...

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