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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
December 17 03:50 PM
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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Messy sectoral debate
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 22, 2006
The annual sectoral debate continued Tuesday and Wednesday with at least eight contributions, without the Speaker or his deputy present, but with the ...
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Sex trade dangers
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter 
July 22, 2006
WITH statistics showing that one in seven adult men buy sex, and with the lucrative profits to be gained by the multi-million dollar industry, more yo...
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PO Box Trench Town
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
July 22, 2006
Most of Dr Henley Morgan's staff, clients and close associates thought he had gone stark staring mad two years ago when he decided to relocate the hea...
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New AIDS dilemma
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter 
July 22, 2006
Fifteen years ago, to be diagnosed with HIV/AIDS was akin to a death sentence as persons simply waited to die. Today, with increased accessibility to ...
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President Bush’s initiative bears fruit
By Carl Gilchrist Sunday Observer reporter 
July 22, 2006
An education initiative announced by United States President, George W Bush at the April 2001 Summit of the Americas, in which teachers in the Caribbe...
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Filthy Old Harbour Bay fishing beach
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer staff reporter 
July 22, 2006
You can find it all - Snapper, Parrot, Butter, Jack - almost every kind of fish, it seems, is available at the Old Harbour Bay fishing beach in St Cat...
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Three to stand trial for Harbour View triple murder
Paul Henry 
July 22, 2006
The three men charged in the 'reprisal' killing of three Bayshore Park, Harbour View residents last year are to stand trial for murder on Monday, Octo...
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Permanent secretaries will earn more than MPs
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 21, 2006
WHEN the latest round of public sector increases are fully implemented permanent secretaries will end up earning half a million dollars more per year ...
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No primary school place for 22 special children
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 21, 2006
MORE than 22 of Jamaica's special children in the Corporate Area who are ready to begin primary schools in September will not be able to do so because...
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Smith says cops should not be bound by MOU
Observer Reporter 
July 21, 2006
OPPOSITION Spokesman on National Security Derrick Smith has suggested that the police force be treated as a special case, unrestricted by the Memorand...
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Sex-deacon case takes new turn
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
July 21, 2006
THE sensational case of sexual assault on a teenaged girl, involving an officer of the Church Dayton Diamond Ridge, took a new turn yesterday when two...
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Shaw backs nurses’ demands for higher wages
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
July 20, 2006
AUDLEY Shaw, Opposition Spokesman on Finance and chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, says he supports the Nurses' Association of ...
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Flankers cops freed
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
July 20, 2006
The jury yesterday found the remaining four policemen charged with the October 2003 shooting deaths of two elderly residents in Flankers, St James, no...
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Seven awarded Fullbright scholarships
Observer Reporter 
July 20, 2006
THREE University lecturers are among seven people awarded Fullbright scholarships to study in the United States of America under the 2006 Fullbright/L...
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Indonesian tsunami victims given mass burial
AP 
July 19, 2006
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic yesterday in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, while the ...
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Stiffer penalties for men who rape men – Gardner
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
July 19, 2006
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Acting Commissioner of Police (ACP) Keith 'Trinity' Gardner is calling for legislative reform that would see stiffer penalties fo...
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Sandals, Gorstew refute C-G
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July 19, 2006
Sandals and Gorstew, two of Butch Stewart's companies involved in the Sandals Whitehouse project, yesterday vowed to open their files and present comp...
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A feast fit for a Table Talk winner
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
July 19, 2006
Hundreds of guests enjoyed the gastronomical offerings of more than 50 booths at the recently concluded Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards. For A...

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