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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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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Mother, daughter and niece found guilty of manslaughter
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
January 31, 2007
FIFTY-year-old higgler Beverly Scarlett along with her daughter and niece were on Tuesday found guilty of manslaughter in the Home Circuit Court for t...
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Gorge fruit vendors to stay during Cricket World Cup
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 31, 2007
LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Fruit vendors along Kent Village and the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine will not be relocated during the six weeks of Cricket...
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Police vow to take back control
Observer Reporter 
January 31, 2007
POLICE Chief Lucius Thomas yesterday vowed to take back the streets from marauding criminals who have so far killed 143 persons this year, a 23 per ce...
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Manchester water safe, says NWC
January 31, 2007
THE National Water Commission (NWC) says the increased levels of bacteria found in the Manchester water catchment tanks do not affect the quality of t...
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‘Not-the-usual’
LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG, Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2007
WE are all guilty of it. Call it habit, or fear of trying something new, but every time we go for Chinese, don't we always order the same thing? Speci...
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Women empowered to fight HIV/AIDS
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2007
WITH 6,900 Jamaican women already diagnosed with the HIV virus, Jamaica Aids Support for Life (JASL) has found it necessary to launch a manual aimed a...
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The 411 on Laurent Perrier
January 31, 2007
MARK Twain said "to get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with." The same can be said for champagne, especially if it is Laure...
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Man gets 10 years for raping cop’s 13-year-old daughter
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
January 31, 2007
A 45-year-old father of three was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court yesterday for raping a policeman's 13...
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ODPEM to test earthquake response plans today
January 30, 2007
THE Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will today put on an earthquake simulation, which it will use to test its nationa...
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Cops seize 15,000 pounds of ganja
January 30, 2007
THE narcotics police seized more than 15,000 pounds of ganja during an operation in the Kingston 6 area yesterday. No one was arrested for the drug fi...
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J$8.3b to keep Air J flying for two years
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 30, 2007
THE Government is looking at a whopping US$125-million (J$8.3-billion) bill to keep the national airline, Air Jamaica, flying for another two years. M...
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Woman now able to smile after shot in the head, side
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 30, 2007
PATRICE Stone, who was at 'death's door' last Wednesday after been seriously injured in a drive-by shooting, yesterday gave God thanks for saving her ...
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PAC inches closer to architect of US$43-million overrun
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 30, 2007
PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday inched closer to determining who was responsible for the US$43 million cost overrun on the Sand...
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Now he’s Comrade Dabdoub
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 30, 2007
MEMBER of Parliament for North East St Catherine Abe Dabdoub yesterday crossed the floor at Gordon House to join the Government, ending 10 months of s...
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Blythe steps down as constituency chairman today
January 30, 2007
KARL Blythe will today relinquish the chairmanship of the Central Westmoreland constituency, but is staying on as member of parliament until general e...
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Curfew cripples life in crime-prone St James communities
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 30, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Activities in the crime-plagued communities of Glendevon, Hendon and Norwood were crippled yesterday as a curfew imposed by th...
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CCC to offer Master of Theological Studies
January 30, 2007
THE Caribbean Conference of Churches (CCC), in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology, Huron University College and the University of Western Onta...
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$1-million for ‘Cheesetrix’
January 30, 2007
THE police high command yesterday posted a $1-million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Christopher Williams otherwise ca...
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Don’t panic, Smith urges government
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 29, 2007
HOURS ahead of an address to the nation by National Security Minister Peter Phillips to outline new crime fighting plans, the Opposition Jamaica Labou...
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‘Staying the course’
January 29, 2007
Peter Phillips last night said that the Government is spending near US$20 million (almost J$1.3 billion) to upgrade, by this month-end, the police eme...

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