Six men charged following storehouse heist
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Six men charged following storehouse heist
December 30 07:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six men, including two taxi drivers and a 62-year-old, have been slapped with multiple offences for their alleged involvement in a...
Soldier charged with firearm offences
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
December 30 07:03 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged after allegedly firing shots in a public place. Charged with possession...
Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
December 30 06:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 30, ended trading at $159.83, down nine cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30 05:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...

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Jamaica takes silver at Taste of the Caribbean
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
The Jamaican culinary team won silver at 'The Taste of the Caribbean', which was presented by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) and Bahama Breeze ...
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Hospitals reeling
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
By Ingrid Brown Observer staff reporter THE health sector was critically injured yesterday with several hospitals being forced to cancel elective surg...
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Community leaders push for peace in March Pen Road
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
RESIDENTS of the volatile March Pen Road in Spanish Town on Tuesday unveiled a six-month work plan as part of their efforts to bring peace to the viol...
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CUMI says it’s reducing street people population in MoBay
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2006
THESE days there are fewer mentally ill people wandering the streets of Montego Bay due to rehabilitation and a noticeable change in the community's a...
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PM to address Brazil conference
Observer Reporter 
July 11, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller will be one of the featured speakers at the Second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the African Diaspo...
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No easy home-coming for women who served time for drugs
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2006
JAMAICAN women who have returned to their homes after spending jail-time overseas for drug trafficking say they are faced with the trauma of coping wi...
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Three injured in Long Lane crash
Observer Reporter 
July 10, 2006
THREE people were seriously injured yesterday in an accident involving a Jamaica Pre-Mix cement truck and an Isuzu trucked along Long Lane in Stony Hi...
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Portmore residents plan two-month boycott of toll road
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
July 9, 2006
NOT only is the People's National Party (PNP) facing a possible two-month boycott of the toll road, but the party could also lose precious votes if so...
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Russian aircraft tragedy leaves 137 dead
AFP 
July 9, 2006
IRKUTSK, Siberia (AFP) - Up to 137 people died yesterday when a Russian passenger plane veered off a runway, slammed into a concrete wall and burst in...
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Church defends deacon in child sex case
July 9, 2006
A church elder at the Dayton Avenue Church of God yesterday claimed that a member of the congregation had leaked information of their deacon's alleged...
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… Cabinet to discuss Portmore toll boycott
BY ROLAND HENRY Observer staff reporter 
July 9, 2006
CABINET will today discuss an organised plan by Portmore residents to boycott the toll road for up to two months in protest against the $60 usage char...
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Labour ministry gives business tips to prostitutes
AFP 
July 8, 2006
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - The Brazilian labour ministry advises prostitutes how to attract better customers through perfumes and then to properly inve...
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Female biology dictates family life in Rasta camp
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 8, 2006
FOR 21 days of every month, sometimes 24, the women of the Ethiopia Black International Congress Church of Salvation (EBICCS), more popularly known as...
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Go-fast boat rams US Coast Guard vessel
AP 
July 8, 2006
MIAMI, Florida (AP) - A woman died and four others were injured early Saturday after an overloaded go-fast boat repeatedly rammed a U.S. Coast Guard v...
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Caricom’s health offensive
BY RICKEY SINGH Caribbean Correspondent 
July 8, 2006
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Caribbean premiers ended their 27th annual summit in Basseterre, St Kitts with an agreement to collectively combat non-communic...
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A geological giant and pulse of the PCJ
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 8, 2006
OFFICIALLY he's retired, but Dr Raymond Wright, 65, former head of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ), the energy company he helped create thr...

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