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Prosecution urges jury to rubbish defence arguments in Ruddock trial
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Prosecution urges jury to rubbish defence arguments in Ruddock trial
Jason Cross, Observer staff reporter, crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 6 06:05 AM
Lead prosecutor Latoya Bernard on Thursday delivered her closing statements in the Andre Ruddock murder trial in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston, a...
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Bleeding billions
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• Fatal crashes cost Jamaica $11.5b in 2025 • Young males continue to lead in road deaths
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 6 12:20 AM
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Detective recounts gun find
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Detective recounts gun find
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
November 6 12:18 AM
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Shenseea finds freedom in growth
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Shenseea finds freedom in growth
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BY SHEREITA GRIZZLE Observer staff reporter grizzles@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 6 12:16 AM
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Kemtek means business
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Kemtek means business
BY KARENA BENNETT Senior business reporter bennettk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 6 12:14 AM
AFTER nearly four decades concentrating on residential housing, family-owned Kemtek Development and Construction Limited has made its first investment...
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Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
November 6 12:12 AM
Sunshine Girls ready for final major assignment before World Cup, says coach
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Woman jumps from moving taxi after alleged threat to kill her
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Kartel remains in custody
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July 4, 2010
Deejay to be processed today Deejay Vybz Kartel remains in a Corporate Area police lock up after being cited by local police as a person of interest a...
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Fired for being pregnant?
By DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 1, 2010
Women accuse former boss of discrimination AT least three former employees of Federal Capital Investment and Finance Limited have accused the company ...
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Kartel to hand himself in today
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June 30, 2010
DEEJAY Vybz Kartel has again promised to turn himself in to the police.Buy your copy of today’s Chat! newspaper for more... Having not kept the date t...
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By DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 10, 2010
Man says his lover and friends beat and cripple him A 25-year-old homosexual man who said he was left crippled from a brutal attack by his lover and f...
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Haitians killed in Tivoli?
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June 3, 2010
THE police say they cannot confirm suspicions that Haitians were among those killed when security forces launched a major offensive against gunmen in ...
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Night meeting at Vale Royal
By Simone Morgan 
May 12, 2010
Everything major discussed, says Vaz SEVERAL high-ranking members of the cabinet gathered at Vale Royal for a private meeting last night. The meeting ...
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Accused killers go free after witness backs out of case
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May 5, 2010
TWO accused murderers were freed in the Home Circuit Court yesterday after the prosecution’s main witness said he was beaten by the police into signin...
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Kartel chides Caribbean leaders
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May 2, 2010
CONTROVERSIAL dancehall deejay, Vybz Kartel has hit out against the leaders of the Caribbean islands who have sought to ban him from performing in the...
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Manchester’s ‘most wanted’ captured, charged
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 19, 2010
CLARKS TOWN, Trelawny — Thirty-three-year-old Kevin Brown, the man who topped the police ‘most wanted’ list for Manchester, and who was captured by th...
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Gangs run ‘cash for gold’
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January 21, 2010
The 'cash for gold' trade that has been growing on the streets of Kingston, Spanish Town and Portmore is being run by gang bosses who use the money ea...
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Son killed, dad charged
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January 17, 2010
A chef who is accused of killing his son during a dispute over lunch money was on Friday denied bail when he appeared in the Corporate Area Resident M...
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November 6, 2026
Lead prosecutor Latoya Bernard on Thursday delivered her closing statements in the Andre Ruddock murder trial in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston, a...
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BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
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