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December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Gas prices down $3.06, Diesel down $3.06
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...

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BY DENNISE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
August 30, 2006
HOT oil, boiling water, electrical plugs, chemicals, wood, matches, lighter fluid and fabric. Sounds like a recipe for disaster? Well, it is. These ar...
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Agriculture Ministry involved in hydroponic production
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August 29, 2006
THE Ministry of Agriculture and Lands has constructed two greenhouses for the hydroponic production of strawberries, tomatoes and lettuce, at a cost o...
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Teachers stand firm
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
August 29, 2006
THE Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) says the ball is in the government's court to avert a possible strike by teachers at the start of the new schoo...
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Cow thieves strike in St Elizabeth
Observer Reporter 
August 29, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Cow thieves struck hard yesterday morning, stealing 18 animals from a single livestock owner at his cattle pen in Fullerswo...
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JAMCOPY warns teachers against photocopying textbooks
BRANDON ALLWOOD, Observer writer 
August 27, 2006
THE Jamaican Copyright Licensing Agency (JAMCOPY) and the Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) have warned teachers against photocopying textbo...
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Books on Wheels takes reading to hospitalised children
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
August 27, 2006
THE Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) has started its "Books on Wheels" programme, which is geared at increasing the accessibility of books ...
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PM takes aim at Garvey’s trial
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
August 27, 2006
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, fulfilling a promise that could improve her political stocks, has commissioned a legal study of court documents ...
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Opportunity in Ernesto’s reprieve
August 27, 2006
Even as we feel for our neighbours in western Haiti and eastern Cuba, Jamaicans are giving thanks that they were spared the onslaught of Hurricane Ern...
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Tales from Petrojam’s ethanol car
Olivia Leigh Campbell 
August 26, 2006
From the moment I put my foot on the gas... uhmm... fuel pedal of the 'ethanol car', the flex-fuel Ford Fiesta imported by Petrojam, I knew it would b...
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Ugandan gov’t, LRA sign historical truce
AFP 
August 26, 2006
JUBA, Sudan (AFP) - Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army signed their first-ever truce accord yesterday, boosting hopes for peace talks aimed a...
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Orientation CDs a hit
BY SHERILLA GORDON Sunday Observer writer 
August 26, 2006
WHEN the new academic year begins next month, students Abouna Jones and Najee Hibbert will enter Campion College in Kingston with knowledge of the sch...
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A spicy-sweet night at the Guilt Trip
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 26, 2006
THE traffic is surprisingly light this Thursday evening as we head towards Liguanea and turn into the Orchid Village Plaza trying to find parking as c...
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Ugandan gov’t, LRA sign historical truce
AFP 
August 26, 2006
JUBA, Sudan (AFP) - Uganda and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army signed their first-ever truce accord yesterday, boosting hopes for peace talks aimed a...
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Bellevue Hospital being considered for psychiatric prison
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
August 26, 2006
THE 145-year-old Bellevue Hospital in Kingston is among the sites being considered for a proposed forensic psychiatric prison for Jamaica's criminally...
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Portia gets thumbs up for performance as PM
August 26, 2006
A substantial 66.2 per cent of Jamaicans have rated Portia Simpson Miller's performance as prime minister as very good, good or fair, in the latest St...
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Security incidents plague airlines
AP 
August 25, 2006
HOUSTON, Texas - A college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight from Argentina contained traces of dynamite, authorities said, i...

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