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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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Israel rejects Hamas ultimatum
AFP 
July 6, 2006
GAZA CITY, Gaza (AFP) - Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier captive issued an ultimatum Monday for Israel to free prisoners or face the c...
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‘Keep tax-dodgers’ kids out of school’
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer 
July 5, 2006
THE head of the union representing state-paid school teachers suggested yesterday that parents be required to present a Tax Compliance Certificate (TC...
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Kofi Annan holds talks with Ivory Coast president, rebels
AFP 
July 5, 2006
YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a clutch of key African leaders went into talks Wednesday in Ivory Coast to eval...
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Police to release names of Norwood suspects today
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 5, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Assistant Commissioner of police in charge of area one Keith 'Trinity' Gardener said last night that the police will today rel...
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Four appointed to Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent 
July 5, 2006
BASSETERRE - The intellectual capacity of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) has been furthered strengthened as the Caribbean Communi...
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Over 68 win GSAT scholarships
Observer Reporter 
July 5, 2006
More then 68 primary and prep school students islandwide won 2006 GSAT scholarships provided by the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Edu...
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Sharp-shooting cop kills 2 of 3 gunmen
BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
July 5, 2006
An off-duty policeman wrote his name into the annals of the Jamaican constabulary when he allegedly outgunned three armed men, killed two, recovered a...
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Jury, cop doze off at Flankers murder trial
BY PAUL HENRY Observer writer 
July 4, 2006
SOME members of the jury, along with one of the five cops on trial in the Supreme Court for the 2003 shooting death of two elderly residents of Flanke...
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Blood runs in Norwood
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
July 4, 2006
NORWOOD, St James - Blood-curdling screams jolted Norwood, St James awake just before dawn yesterday as gunmen launched a vicious attack that left fiv...
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Israel rejects Hamas ultimatum
AFP 
July 3, 2006
GAZA CITY, Gaza (AFP) - Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier captive issued an ultimatum Monday for Israel to free prisoners or face the c...
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Former Chadian leader charged with war crimes
AFP 
July 2, 2006
BANJUL, Gambia (AFP) - Representatives of victims of the past dictatorship in the African state of Chad expressed satisfaction and relief yesterday at...
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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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