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Inside the criminal mind
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BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29 12:28 AM
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
Senior cop points to complex investigation
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‘Avoid wild speculation,’ defence attorney advises in SSL matter
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Families urged to stop hiding children with disabilities
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ST ANDREW, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness in a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) yesterday expressed his concern about the recen...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The United States delivered an ominous warning to Americans on Friday to stay away from Cuba and ordered home more th...
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States said Friday it is withdrawing more than half the personnel from its embassy in Cuba in response to...
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Technology will be utilised in creating safer society, says Charles Jr
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Senator Pearnel Charles Jr says the Government will continue to util...
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JUTC pulls buses from Rollington Town due to violence
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) has ceased its operation on the 81 route in Rollington Town, East Kingston due to roadblo...
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New state-of-the-art scanning equipment for Jamaica’s ports
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UPDATE: West Indies 288-6 against England in 5th ODI
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UPDATE: Police recover gun used in invasion of policewoman’s home
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The police say they have retrieved a firearm, believed to have been used in the attack on a senior policewoman and her daughters i...
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UPDATE: Committal hearing set for Haile Clacken murder case
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MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Attorney Dwight Reece, who is representing the accused in the Haile Clacken murder case, said that he is expecting that at the n...
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Poland to roll out cell phone ID cards next year
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WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Polish citizens will be able to carry around electronic versions of their ID cards on their mobile phones starting next year, D...
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England bowl against West Indies in 5th ODI
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Jamaica gets US$250K to eradicate Zika-carrying mosquitoes
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KINGSTON, Jamaica  (JIS) — Jamaica’s programme to eradicate the aedes egypti mosquito, which is the primary vector for the Zika virus, has been given ...
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ST ANN, Jamaica — The St Ann police are now trying to ascertain the identity of a man who was killed in a motor vehicle crash in St Ann yesterday. Rep...
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Police fatally shoot St Catherine man
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A man was this afternoon shot dead during a confrontation with the police on Corletts Road, Spanish Town in St Catherine. He h...
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Chang says govt supporting quality tourist attractions
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ST JAMES, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Dr Horace Chang, says the Government is play...
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UPDATE: Cuba says US withdrawal of embassy staff will affect ties
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HAVANA, Cuba  (AFP) — Cuba on Friday slammed as "hasty" a US decision to withdraw more than half of its embassy staff from Havana due to mysterious "a...
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