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Antigua and Barbuda in discussions with US authorities following new immigration measure
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ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antigua and Barbuda government on Wednesday said it is “actively engaged” in discussions with the United States authori...
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Swaby calls for consultation on proposed centralised permit system and One Road Authority
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GenXS launches fourth carnival season with ‘INFINITI’ theme
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — GenXS Carnival has officially launched its fourth season under the theme “INFINITI”, which aims to focus on cultural expression an...
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‘Mass follows class’
MICHAEL EDWARDS, Entertainment editor 
May 31, 2006
WITH the above soundbite, Paul Pennicook, departing the Jamaica Tourist Board for a senior position with the national airline, succinctly set the tone...
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JPS CEO leaving
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
May 31, 2006
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) CEO will today announce that its embattled CEO, Charles Matthews will be leaving the light and power company,...
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Mount Carey church organist stabbed to death
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 31, 2006
MOUNT CAREY, St James - Members of the Baptist church in this small community were yesterday in mourning over the untimely death of their organist and...
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Deportee fined for uttering false documents
Observer Reporter 
May 30, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - A deportee who said he bought forged documents so he could go back to see his wife and children in New York was fined $80,000,...
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Cops capture ‘Nunu Puss’
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May 30, 2006
'NUNU Puss', the man on top of the police's most wanted list, was held in Kingston yesterday. Wanted for several crimes, including the murders of Insp...
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New SRC system produces cooking gas from waste water
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 30, 2006
THE Scientific Research Council (SRC) has launched a new energy project where cooking gas is produced from waste water. The council, which has offered...
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Finders keepers, losers weepers? Now it might be finders weepers, keepers losers!
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
May 29, 2006
PERSONS who pocket lost property can be fined up to $1 million or imprisoned for up to four years, according to the police. If caught, those who attem...
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Golding says disunity in PNP threatening effective governance
Observer Reporter 
May 29, 2006
OPPOSITION Leader, Bruce Golding, says that the current disunity within the ruling People's National Party (PNP) is threatening the effective governan...
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Two Duanvale men shot to death, bodies burnt
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 29, 2006
DUANVALE, Trelawny - This usually quiet community was in mourning last night as residents grieved for two of their own who were murdered by armed men ...
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Unionised Churches Co-op workers want bigger slice of cake
Observer Reporter 
May 28, 2006
UNIONISED workers at Churches Co-operative Credit Union Limited, which has its head office on Eureka Road in Kingston, want a bigger share of the comp...
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Federation wants ‘special policy’ to deal with cop killers
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May 28, 2006
THE Jamaica Police Federation yesterday called on the Police High Command to put in place a "measured, proportionate and appropriate response" when a ...
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine honours Mary Seacole
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May 28, 2006
LONDON - The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine recently honoured Jamaican heroine, Mary Seacole when it named its boardroom at Beckford S...
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World beater!
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Sunday Observer writer 
May 27, 2006
FIVE years ago faculty members at Columbia University advised Saleem Josephs against attempting the "incredibly difficult" task of combining the schoo...
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Quarrelling contenders postpone PNP selections again
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 27, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - Internal People's National Party (PNP) delegate polls set for yesterday and today in South East St Elizabeth and South Manche...
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Alleged killing of civilians by US marines threatens support for war, could enflame Iraqis
AP 
May 27, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The US military is bracing for a major scandal over the alleged slaying of Iraqi civilians by Marines in Haditha - charges so ser...
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SuperPlus beating case transferred to Kingston
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 27, 2006
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The court case against Jeremy Chen, managing director of the Super Plus Food Store at Park Crescent in Mandeville, and four o...
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Mary Seacole to be honoured with stamp
JIS 
May 27, 2006
LONDON, United Kingdom - Jamaican icon Mary Seacole is among 10 Britons to be honoured in a new series of Royal Mail stamps to be issued this summer. ...
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Hylton mum on diplomatic shifts in Europe
Lavern Clarke, Sunday Editor 
May 27, 2006
AMBASSADOR Gail Mathurin, Jamaica's high commissioner to the United Kingdom, is being redeployed to Brussels in mid-summer, well- placed sources say, ...
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Techie scores Choices award
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May 27, 2006
JAEVION Nelson, 20, is this year's recipient of the Choices Outstanding Young Achiever award, given to youngsters who have achieved not only academic ...
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NRCA, NEPA under fire for regulatory failure after Spanish hotel ruling
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 27, 2006
AN NRCA advisor last week acknowledged that the environmental watchdog was not always as rigorous in its oversight responsibilities as it should be an...
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After environmentalists victory…
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 27, 2006
LAWYERS for the Pinero Group skirted comment on the court ruling that has shut down its hotel project in St Ann, but declared Friday that the victory ...
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May 27, 2006
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