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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Cop dies from gunshot wounds
January 16, 2007
SPECIAL Corporal Charles Gordon who was shot in downtown Kingston on January 5, died in hospital yesterday, pushing to three the number of cops murder...
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Assamba urges investments in health and retirement tourism
January 16, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Minister of Tourism, Entertainment and Culture Aloun Assamba has urged increased investment in health and retirement tourism, ...
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Cops question couple charged with illegal possession of ammunition
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 16, 2007
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Up to late yesterday afternoon senior detectives were questioning a couple arrested and charged with illegal possession...
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Strike on at Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited
January 15, 2007
This security guard appears to be checking the locks on the gates at Jamaica Pre-Mix Limited, where scores of workers employed to the company withdrew...
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$6m pledged to Trelawny Homecoming
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 15, 2007
COOPERS PEN, Trelawny - Trelawny Homecoming 2007, a reunion of Jamaicans who were born and raised in this north-western parish, last week received a $...
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Lucea mayor quits
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 15, 2007
LUCEA mayor Councillor Lester Crooks yesterday resigned as chairman of the Hanover Parish Council amid a hotel construction contract controversy that ...
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Coye appointed high commissioner to Canada
January 15, 2007
AMBASSADOR Evadne Coye, former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, has been appointed high commissioner to Canada. Minister o...
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NIS, Trafigura need to be resolved, says JCC
Observer Reporter 
January 15, 2007
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) yesterday pressed the Government to fulfil its promises to answer questions on the state's controversial decisio...
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Can Jamaica withstand another quake measuring 6.5?
Petre Williams, Senior Observer reporter 
January 15, 2007
LOCAL researchers are expected to tell Jamaicans later this month if the island could once again dig itself out from under the rubble created by an ea...
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Cabinet postpones crime talks
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 15, 2007
THE Cabinet yesterday postponed discussions on a response to the upsurge in crime - which greeted the new year - due to the absence of National Securi...
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Boy on murder charge gets Feb court date
January 14, 2007
A 13-year-old boy who is accused of murdering his five-year-old neighbour by giving him a deadly brew of the weed killer gramoxone and white rum to in...
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Political leaders warn criminals
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 14, 2007
JAMAICA's political leaders rarely agree on anything, but Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, Opposition Leader Bruce Golding and National Security ...
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Show respect to the JLP, Portia tells PNP supporters
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 14, 2007
Junction, St Elizabeth - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has urged followers of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) to show "respect" to the...
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Brothers shot dead in Ricketts Close; two men injured
Tyrone Reid 
January 14, 2007
TWO men are dead and two others are in hospital nursing gunshot wounds following what police believe to be a reprisal shooting at Ricketts Close in th...
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Horne pledges world class stadium for Ballards Valley
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 14, 2007
Junction, St Elizabeth - The ruling People's National Party (PNP) candidate for South-East St Elizabeth Norman Horne says he plans a "world class stad...
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Lyns’ murder sparks hostility to waste agency
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
January 14, 2007
The use of a garbage truck in the robbery and murder of Mandeville couple Richard and Julia Lyn has sparked hostility towards waste disposal crew in s...
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Alleged gunman still unidentified
Observer Reporter 
January 14, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police are yet to identify the alleged gunman who was shot dead by a security guard after the man and a confederate report...
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Youths should join 4-H, says Calabar student
JIS 
January 13, 2007
THE Jamaica 4-H Clubs has, for years, played an integral part in exposing young people to agriculture and its importance to the nation. For the most p...
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Survival of the mangroves
January 13, 2007
We continue our look this week at mangroves, which are among the planet's most threatened tropical ecosystems. We examine, exclusively, some of those ...
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JAS wants public defender’s help in coffee dispute
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 13, 2007
The Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) wants Public Defender Earl Witter to take up the prolonged insurance payment battle between local coffee farmer...

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