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BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
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BY DANIEL BLAKE Staff reporter blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 25 12:22 AM
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Bad vibes kill Kartel’s marriage
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 15, 2008
POPULAR dancehall deejay Vybz Kartel, who tied the knot just two years ago with New York bank supervisor, Stacy Elliott, wants out of their marriage. ...
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110 families to benefit from $51-m Red Cross housing programme
Kimone Thompson 
February 14, 2008
ONE hundred and ten families across the island, whose houses were either destroyed or damaged by Hurricane Dean last August, stand to benefit from a $...
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Teenage mothers say pregnancies unplanned, accidental – Report
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 14, 2008
RESULTS from a survey involving 881 girls between the ages of 12 and 17 attending women's centres in seven parishes have shown all the girls saying th...
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Why Hylton, and not Vasciannie, is the right man
February 13, 2008
THE transport ministry on Tuesday moved to stanch criticisms that the veteran Noel Hylton is unsuitable to chair the Air Policy Committee from which P...
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Man on most wanted list turns self in
February 12, 2008
A mere 24 hours after the police released a refreshed list of the island's 11 most wanted men, one of the fugitives, Christopher 'Chicken Back' Barret...
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Teen among 11 most wanted
KARYL WALKER. Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 11, 2008
A teenager, 19-year-old Carey Rose, was yesterday listed as one of 11 persons classified as most wanted by the police. Police said that Rose, also cal...
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Another Rockfort suspect charged
February 11, 2008
THE East Kingston Police have charged a fifth suspect as investigations continue into the brutal gun slayings of seven people, including a four-month-...
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August Town man shot dead
February 10, 2008
A man who the police described as an enforcer from the gritty August Town community of St Andrew was shot dead Friday night in Liguanea. According to ...
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Spanish Town taxis plan strike today
KARYL WALKER. Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 10, 2008
Tired of bearing the burden of extortion and the brutality of gangsters, route taxi drivers in Spanish Town say they will withdraw their service this ...
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Police capture most wanted man, ‘Dinero’
February 10, 2008
A little more than 24 hours before the police announce a refreshed list of wanted men, one of the men on that list was nabbed during an operation in L...
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Exeter residents blast Lewin
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
February 10, 2008
EXETER, Clarendon - Police Commissioner Rear Admiral Hardly Lewin received a tongue lashing from residents of this rural district on Friday when he to...
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Bulbie’s ruthless reign shielded by politicians
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 9, 2008
- This series of articles is not intended to lionise or glorify the acts of criminals but to put a historical perspective on criminality in Jamaica, w...
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Absolutely no condoms in schools, insists Holness
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 8, 2008
EDUCATION Minister Andrew Holness has reiterated that condoms will not be made available in schools, but students will continue to be educated about s...
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Family members of slain senior citizens still in mourning
COREY ROBINSON, Observer staff reporter 
February 7, 2008
Since December 29 last year, the lives of the relatives and friends of three elderly men have been on a downward spiral. George Davidson, 54, and Esau...
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$460m eco-tourism attraction to open in May in Ocho Rios
Carl Gilchrist, Observer staff reporter gilchristc@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 7, 2008
The multi-million-dollar joint venture eco-tourism attraction between cruise shipping company Carnival Corporation and local investors is set to come ...
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Super courthouse coming for Manchester
February 7, 2008
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - By the middle of this year, the government will likely put to tender a $1.254-billion super courthouse in Spur Tree, Manchest...
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PNP executive to discuss damning light bulb report
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 6, 2008
THE Opposition People's National Party says its executive committee will decide if any action should be taken by the party against any of its members ...

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