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Politicians highlight need for collaboration to achieve sustainable infrastructure
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Politicians highlight need for collaboration to achieve sustainable infrastructure
June 18 07:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister with responsibility for Works, Robert Nesta Morgan, says infrastructure is one way to foster equality, admitting that loc...
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11th Diaspora Conference ‘greatest homecoming experience’, says Jarrett
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11th Diaspora Conference ‘greatest homecoming experience’, says Jarrett
June 18 07:36 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Chairman of the 11th Jamaica Diaspora Conference and CEO of The Jamaica National Group, Earl Jarrett,  has described its culminati...
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Horror injury overshadows Canada’s first World Cup win
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Horror injury overshadows Canada’s first World Cup win
June 18 07:28 PM
VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — Canada thrashed nine-man Qatar 6-0 to clinch their first ever World Cup victory on Thursday in a Group B match marred by a h...
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Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms
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Cuba unveils historic package of free-market reforms
June 18 06:40 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuba on Thursday unveiled nearly 200 historic free-market reforms aimed at rescuing the communist island from a severe crisis agg...
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Duckie assumes head coach role at Waterhouse
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Duckie assumes head coach role at Waterhouse
June 18 05:32 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica  — Top coach Donovan Duckie has taken over the reins at Waterhouse FC, following the sudden resignation of Argentine Javier Aintein....
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Morgan eyes World U20 slot
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Morgan eyes World U20 slot
June 18 05:06 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Edwin Allen High’s Joel Morgan ran an easy 1:54.25 to lead the qualifiers for the finals of the Under-20 boys 800m on Thursday’s o...
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UK man charged with attempted murder after 3-y-o thrown to alligators at zoo — reports
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UK man charged with attempted murder after 3-y-o thrown to alligators at zoo — reports
June 18 04:51 PM
CAMBRIDGESHIRE, United Kingdom — A toddler was rushed to hospital on Thursday after he was allegedly thrown into an alligator enclosure at a Cambridge...
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Alleyne strikes as West Indies edge Scotland in Women’s T20 World Cup
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Alleyne strikes as West Indies edge Scotland in Women’s T20 World Cup
June 18 04:47 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Aaliyah Alleyne's late three-wicket burst helped West Indies survive a huge scare at Headingley on Thursday as they bea...
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State homes’ food supplies dwindling
February 27, 2010
A number of state homes are now faced with dwindling food supplies as a result of overdue payments to suppliers, according to Alison McLean, the chief...
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Serving Manchester… A peek at Mandeville’s Mayor, Brenda Ramsay
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Serving Manchester… A peek at Mandeville’s Mayor, Brenda Ramsay
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
February 27, 2010
MANDEVILLE, Manchester -- Brenda Ramsay got bitten by the political bug largely because of her father, Hambert James, who was a parish councillor in C...
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Issa explains 1,100 pounds of hash oil on yacht
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Issa explains 1,100 pounds of hash oil on yacht
February 27, 2010
SuperClubs chairman said entire crew let go Chairman of SuperClubs, John Issa, rehashed the episode in which 1,100 pounds of hash oil, a marijuana der...
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Tumbling zinc fences taking the heat from St Andrew NE?
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Tumbling zinc fences taking the heat from St Andrew NE?
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 27, 2010
IT'S easy to overlook the cluster of houses at the end of St Michael's Terrace in Sandy Park, what with the modern apartment complexes and houses that...
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‘No gang warfare’ in Delroy Chuck’s ‘town’
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‘No gang warfare’ in Delroy Chuck’s ‘town’
BY KIMONE THOMPSON ?Features editor ? Sunday ?thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 27, 2010
THINGS are not perfect in St Andrew North Eastern but from the perspective of Member of Parliament Delroy Chuck, there is much to celebrate. Among the...
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‘I thought I was going to die’
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‘I thought I was going to die’
BY TANESHA MUNDLE Sunday Observer staff reporter mundlet@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 27, 2010
BARBARIC living conditions and the horror they experienced while they fought hard to escape through a window as fire engulfed the small dormitory at A...
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38 J’can women on hunger strike in UK detention centres, prison
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 27, 2010
THIRTY-EIGHT Jamaican women are on hunger strike in holding facilities in the United Kingdom, in protest of their imminent deportation to Jamaica. The...
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This Day in History
February 26, 2010
Today is Saturday, February 27, the 58th day of 2009. There are 307 days left in the year. Today's Highlight 1999: Nigeria elects Gen Olusegun Obasanj...
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Algerian police chief killed by colleague during meeting
AFP 
February 25, 2010
ALGIERS, Algeria (AFP) -- Algeria's national police chief was shot dead Thursday during a blazing row with a subordinate in his office in central Algi...
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Two women in wharf arms bust on $5-m bail
February 25, 2010
TWO of the three people charged in connection with last month's big firearm and ammunition find at Port Bustamante in Kingston were yesterday offered ...
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Securities dealers take issue with IMF’s assessment of the sector
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 25, 2010
BOSSES of some of the major securities dealers operating in Jamaica have taken issue with some of the assumptions of the International Monetary Fund's...
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Wanted for development – a civilised country
BY DENNIS CHUNG 
February 25, 2010
When I wrote my book last year, I started out looking at the economic numbers and tried to analyze the challenges and why Jamaica did not over 47 year...
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Baby dies as doctors come to blows in delivery room
AFP 
February 25, 2010
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian authorities have opened a probe into the death of a newborn baby in a hospital that occurred when two doctors inv...
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‘Killer Miller’ shot dead by police
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February 25, 2010
RUPER Wallace, also known as ‘Killer Miller’, was fatally shot this morning by members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Stanton Housing Scheme nea...
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Wayne Chen’s visa cancelled
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Wayne Chen’s visa cancelled
BY KARYL WALKER walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 25, 2010
Businessman expresses surprise at US action HEAD of the State-run Urban Development Corporation and the Jamaica Employers' Federation, Wayne Chen, was...
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This Day in History
AP 
February 24, 2010
Today's Highlight 1951: Former Jamaican sprinter Donald Quarrie is born. Quarrie has three Olympic medals (gold, silver and bronze) and six Commonweal...
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Ronnie Thwaites fights lone battle against casinos
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Ronnie Thwaites fights lone battle against casinos
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 24, 2010
Lamentations DEACON Ronald Thwaites, the Opposition member of Parliament for Central Kingston, was the lone voice crying in the wilderness yesterday a...
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Argentine stolen at birth learns identity at 32 years old
AP 
February 23, 2010
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- The search is finally over for Abel Madariaga, whose pregnant wife was kidnapped by Argentine security forces 32 years...
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Police shoot dead four men, injure two in alleged shootouts
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February 23, 2010
FOUR men were shot dead and two injured during separate incidents with police at Home Hill and Hugga Lane in Norwood, St James yesterday. Four firearm...
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Sandals partners with guests to clean St Ann’s Bay beach
February 23, 2010
THIRTY guests vacationing at Sandals Grande Ocho Rios recently volunteered to clean up Fisherman's Beach, in accordance with the Sandals Foundation's ...
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Former judge being probed for seeking sex in exchange for asylum
AFP 
February 23, 2010
OTTAWA, Feb 23, 2010 (AFP) - A Canadian court was to hear a tape recording Tuesday of a former immigration judge who is alleged to have sought sex fro...
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Aubyn Hill appointed head of SCJ Holdings
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Aubyn Hill appointed head of SCJ Holdings
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 23, 2010
But new role worries Opposition FORMER Banker Aubyn Hill, who was appointed to spearhead the Government's divestment of its sugar factories, is now be...
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