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January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...

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UTech rolls out island’s first solar-powered vehicle
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2007
THE University of Technology (UTech) on Wednesday launched the island's first solar-powered vehicle - a golf cart or Solcar. The vehicle, developed by...
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Journalists hail Charles Kinkead at thanksgiving service
June 14, 2007
VETERAN newspaper photo journalist, Charles Kinkead, known to some as 'Gruesome', was yesterday remembered for his 'impeccable professionalism' by mem...
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PNP moves ahead
Don Anderson Poll 
June 14, 2007
More Jamaicans say they would vote for the People's National Party (PNP) if general elections were held now, breaking a six-month statistical dead hea...
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Cuba, Barbados salute George Lamming
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
June 14, 2007
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The government of Cuba has held several activities to mark the 80th birthday of George Lamming, the remarkable, iconic novelist...
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Pervez Mir calls for legal action against Seshaiah
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2007
PAKISTAN cricket team media manager Pervez Mir on Wednesday said that government pathologist Dr Ere Seshaiah should be sued for misleading police inve...
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Man shot dead on Slipe Pen Road
June 14, 2007
HOMICIDE detectives from the Kingston West police division are blaming a bloody battle between gangs based in the volatile Kingston communities of Cra...
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Shields gagged
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2007
LEAD investigator into the Bob Woolmer death, Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields, along with other officers have been gagged by Police Commissioner Luci...
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Gov’t announces plan for $80-m public morgue
June 14, 2007
THE government yesterday announced plans to build a state-of-the-art morgue in Kingston, in the aftermath of the exposure of the gross inadequacies of...
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Two guns found in bag of rice
June 14, 2007
CUSTOMS officials yesterday discovered two guns hidden in a bag of rice in a barrel at a warehouse at the port in Kingston. According to Patricka Cham...
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US Embassy warns against visa appointment fraud
June 13, 2007
THE United States Embassy in Kingston yesterday said it was investigating an attempted manipulation of its online non-immigrant visa appointment syste...
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Homestyle flavours abroad
June 13, 2007
With a fourth consecutive win at the 2006 Jamaica Observer Food Awards, this time for her stew beef with rice and peas, and spicy brown stew chicken, ...
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A vow of silence
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2007
DR Ere Seshaiah, the pathologist at the centre of the Bob Woolmer death controversy, yesterday renewed his vow of silence a day after insisting that t...
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Police kill suspect in tourist robbery
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 13, 2007
LETHE, Hanover - One of two men suspected to be involved in a brazen hold-up of 17 tourists yesterday morning in this community, was killed in an alle...
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Alleged cow thieves denied bail
TK Whyte 
June 13, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Three Ocho Rios men who were arrested in Spanish Town for unlawful possession of 500 pounds of beef early Tuesday morning...
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Legalise undercover cops, starve gangsters – ACP Hinds
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2007
ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Glenmore Hinds has asked the government to enact legislation allowing cops to infiltrate and gather evidence against ...
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Andem trial pushed back to Oct 8
June 13, 2007
THE trial of Joel Andem and two others for the 2000 abduction and murder of businesswoman Sylvia Edwards was again postponed when the accused appeared...
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Tru-Juice launches another Jamaican favourite
June 13, 2007
Adding to their existing product line, Tru-Juice's Soursop Juice hit supermarket shelves two weeks ago. The response? "Don't have hand to sell it!" ma...
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Woolmer case refuses to die
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2007
Former president of the Appeal Court, Justice Ian Forte, is to lead a review of the investigations and surrounding circumstances into the death of for...

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