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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
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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Jamaican scientists develop six plant-based food and cosmetics
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2006
IN three years, Jamaica has pumped about $19 million into product research to kickstart a nutraceutical industry here, the success of which will tell ...
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Cheney heart condition stable
AP 
July 1, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - Vice President Dick Cheney's high-tech pacemaker is working properly and has not been activated by any irregular hear...
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A lifetime of selling fish
BY JOANNA FERGUSON Sunday Observer Writer 
July 1, 2006
FOR 26 years, Hyacinth Brown has been a vendor, selling fish from a stall on the Portmore Causeway that links Kingston to the suburban St Catherine co...
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The Errol Flynn Marina
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2006
PORT ANTONIO, Portland - On a regular Tuesday afternoon, the Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio is quiet - very quiet - and certainly does not appear ...
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A renewed drive to revitalise House committees
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 1, 2006
IN an attempt to return to the maximum use of its system of committees, the House of Representatives has approved the appointment of a number of commi...
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Back-to-school trade fair launch Wednesday
July 1, 2006
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Ruel Reid will officially launch the second staging of Concept Promotion's back-to-school Trade ...
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300 students to attend NYS Success Camps
JIS 
July 1, 2006
APPROXIMATELY 300 students with behaviour problems are to benefit from the National Youth Service's (NYS) annual Success Camps, which this year will b...
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Stressed police turning to ‘alcohol and sex’
BY TK WHYTE Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2006
HIGHLY stressed by a violent job and often overworked, members of the police force are turning to substances and sex as a way of managing work pressur...
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Stop sending minor offenders to jail, prison boss pleads
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2006
THE figures suggest that judges are handing down more non-custodial sentences than before, but Major Richard Reese is batting for a sentencing policy ...
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Female priests in demand in Jamaican Anglican diocese
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
July 1, 2006
A decade after the initial breakthrough, women ordained to sacred ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica have grown from three to 24, and now the...
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Claims ‘excessive’, says Carib Cement
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
July 1, 2006
CARIBBEAN Cement Company has cried foul, saying claims for use of bad cement, for which it has so far paid out $55 million, are excessive. At the same...
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Feasting at Round Hill to a smooth mento beat
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
July 1, 2006
DINNER is a leisurely affair at the Round Hill and understandably so, since its habitués are not only well-versed in the art of dining, but they rate ...
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Ratio of elderly Japanese world’s highest
AP 
June 30, 2006
TOKYO (AP) - The proportion of Japanese aged 65 or older reached 21.0 per cent of the country's population in 2005, surpassing Italy's 20.0 per cent a...
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Nicholson scolds Amnesty
BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
June 29, 2006
Attorney-General and Justice Minister A J Nicholson on Wednesday scolded Amnesty International for what he described as biased reporting on Jamaica, a...
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Police Federation issues ultimatum
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
June 29, 2006
THE Police Federation on Wednesday served a one-week ultimatum on the Finance Ministry, calling for a meeting to discuss wage increases for the 2006 t...

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