23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
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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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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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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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‘We are having crashes and collisions, not accidents’
Observer Reporter 
May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The National Road Safety Council wants to phase the word "accident" out of the Jamaican psyche and current national road safet...
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North Trelawny MP upbeat about major water project
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 26, 2006
MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny - North Trelawny Member of Parliament Dr Patrick Harris is confident that the completion of the US$40 million (J$24.8 b) Martha ...
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$25-m restaurant fire in MoBay
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Fire yesterday destroyed a Chinese restaurant in the heart of Montego Bay's tourist centre known as the "Hip Strip", leaving d...
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Maureen Webber denies she is to head NHDC
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Maureen Webber, the People's National Party deputy general secretary who it has been reported is on her way out of the party's...
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Carib Cement boss denies he is leaving
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
ANTHONY Haynes, general manager of the Caribbean Cement Company, last night flatly denied rumours that he had resigned as head of the company's Rockfo...
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Jamaican teacher gets Thurgood Marshall award
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
Jamaican teacher Shirley Wynter-Smith shows off the Thurgood Marshall African American Educators Award presented to her by the National Association fo...
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Adams’ fate hangs in the balance
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
THE fate of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams was unclear yesterday, as two months after completing psychological evaluation and counselling followin...
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Hastert pitted against US Justice Department
AP 
May 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert accused the Justice Department Thursday of trying to intimidate him in retaliation for c...
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Lukewarm support in Westmoreland
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2006
SUPPORT for Labour Day activities in Westmoreland was lukewarm, with most attention being paid to the parish's main project - the beautification of St...
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Easy ways to put fruits in your daily diet
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2006
NOT sure how to increase your fruit and vegetable intake? Start the day with 100 per cent fruit or vegetable juice. Slice bananas or strawberries on t...
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CDA holds consultation on children’s registry
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2006
THE Child Development Agency (CDA) yesterday held consultations with experts in child care as it moves to set up a Children's Registry, where persons ...
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Teen diagnosed with scoliosis in urgent need of surgery
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
May 24, 2006
GLORIA Grant, who is still reeling from the death of her husband just under five years, is now worried about her 15-year-old grandson, Courtney Barcle...
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Soldiers mistakenly kill 10 Colombian cops
AP 
May 23, 2006
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia authorities yesterday were investigating why soldiers killed 10 elite anti-drugs policemen and their civilian informa...
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Thousands put work into Labour Day
Observer Reporter 
May 23, 2006
MICHAEL Manley would have been proud yesterday. Thirty-four years after he first rallied the nation to put work into Labour Day, Jamaicans again turne...
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Several St Ann institutions get help
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 23, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - St Ann residents yesterday turned out in large numbers to 'put work into Labour Day', with several institutions benefiting from th...
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No gouging allowed
Observer Reporter 
May 21, 2006
HAVING extended the duty-free importation of cement from three months to a year, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has quickly sounded a warning ag...

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