83-y-o dies in Manchester freak accident, second in days
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83-y-o dies in Manchester freak accident, second in days
June 7 04:56 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— An 83-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained after he fell from the platform of a water tank at a house on Woodlawn Road...
Popular fruit vendor killed in Montego Bay
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Popular fruit vendor killed in Montego Bay
June 7 04:40 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — A well-known fruit vendor was shot dead in Montego Bay, St James, Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as 42-year-old ...
Nia Robinson gets third on Diamond League debut
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Nia Robinson gets third on Diamond League debut
June 7 04:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — World Athletics Indoor finalist Nia Robinson finished in third place in the women’s long jump on her Wanda Diamond League debut at...
Denmark’s Eriksen collapses during Ukraine friendly
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Denmark’s Eriksen collapses during Ukraine friendly
June 7 02:51 PM
PARIS, France (AFP) —  Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine on Sunday, five years after suffering a cardiac arrest du...

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New student card to eliminate cash transactions in schools
BY NADINE WILSON, Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 18, 2009
BULLIES and thieves who normally prey on students for their lunch money will have a formidable task with the launch of a student identification card g...
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Ship with 100 tourists stuck in Antarctic ice
AP 
November 17, 2009
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) - A Russian icebreaker carrying more than 100 tourists, scientists and journalists on a cruise around Antarctica was struggling to...
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2,000 UTech students face exam ban
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 17, 2009
APPROXIMATELY 2,000 students of the University of Technology (UTech) could be barred from sitting their end-of-semester exams because of the non-payme...
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Closed-door climate change talks end
AFP 
November 17, 2009
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) - Environment ministers from 44 key countries on yesterday wrapped up closed-door talks aimed at laying the groundwork for a...
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Hawaii’s famed white sandy beaches shrinking
AP 
November 17, 2009
KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) - Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to build sand cas...
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Retired judge Ransford Langrin is dead
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 16, 2009
RETIRED appellate court judge and chairman of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Appeals Tribunal Justice Ransford Langrin died yesterday morning. He was 77. Whi...
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Bail too easy
BY KARYL WALKER Crime/Court Desk co-ordinator walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 16, 2009
Members of the Police Officers Association (POA) say the ease with which some offenders are afforded bail is derailing the constabulary's efforts to f...
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Robbers kill Mandeville businessman
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
November 15, 2009
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - This south central highlands town is reeling from news of the shooting death late Saturday of businessman Vincent Young, duri...
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Six sent home
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 15, 2009
The Ministry of Education has interdicted six senior public servants, and launched a major investigation into the disappearance of 80 scripts with the...
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Mother of missing soldier searches for answers
BY COREY ROBINSON Sunday Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
AFTER more than seven months of tests, Government pathologists are still unable to say whether or not they have found the body of missing Jamaica Defe...
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Resource constraints a real headache
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
November 14, 2009
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Many Jamaicans believe dishonest police personnel undermine the anti-crime fight by providing criminals with sensitive, confi...
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Criminals migrating to Kitson Town?
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Sunday Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
It is evening in the quiet community of Kitson Town, St Catherine. A girl, 13, with her pink school bag and blue ribbons, hurries home from school. Th...
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Chen responds
November 14, 2009
Sunday Observer writer Erica Virtue sought and got a response from Wayne Chen, chief executive officer of Super Plus Food Stores, to Chevelle Duhaney'...
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Net extortion uncovered here
BY PAUL HENRY Sunday Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
Unsuspecting teenagers who frequent the many online social networking sites are now being targeted by extortionists in a new and alarming phase of the...
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Banana fallout hurting St Mary South Eastern
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
ACRUTCH firmly under one arm and a crocus bag over his shoulder, 75-year-old Lloyd Smith limps along the Enfield main road, careful to avoid the potho...
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1,200 children in St Mary SE to benefit from literacy programme
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
MEMBER of Parliament for St Mary South Eastern Tarn Peralto has introduced a computer-based programme in three schools to foster literacy among the 1,...
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Women car thieves
BY HG HELPS Editor-at-large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 14, 2009
POLICE statistics would show that men are the main culprits when it comes to stealing motor vehicles. However, women have joined in the act and have n...
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Global pile of hazardous waste increases
AFP 
November 14, 2009
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - A "catastrophic accumulation" of millions of tonnes of 'e-waste' from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuellin...
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‘Popularity must never reign over morality’
Kimmo Matthews 
November 13, 2009
A senior psychologist has weighed in on the raging Gully Gaza debate, chastising some parents whom she said are allowing 'loose lyrics' to grow their ...

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