St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
January 11 04:45 PM
St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
Barca edge Real Madrid in thrilling Spanish Super Cup final
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Barca edge Real Madrid in thrilling Spanish Super Cup final
January 11 04:33 PM
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP)—Barcelona retained the Spanish Super Cup with a thrilling 3-2 Clasico win over Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Raphi...
Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
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Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
January 11 04:19 PM
US-based dancehall artiste Natesha is one of those rare talents who proves with her latest release, Louis V , that modern-day female artistes don't al...

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Alpart agrees to meet with cavers
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 16, 2007
Bauxite mining magnate, Alpart, has agreed to meet with members of the Jamaica Caves Organisation (JCO), who have hit out against reports that the com...
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Extend 10-day suspension – JAPSS
BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 16, 2007
Nadine Molloy, president of the Jamaica Association of Principals for Secondary Schools (JAPSS), is calling on the Ministry of Education to extend the...
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Proposed children’s regulations ‘woefully inadequate’
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Sunday Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 16, 2007
MORE than three years after the Keating report painted a damning picture of the island's 45 children's homes and 12 places of safety, concerns are aga...
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J’CAN children IN TROUBLE
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Sunday Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 16, 2007
THE first annual report of the Office of the Children's Advocate has painted a disturbing view of the status of Jamaican children. According to the re...
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ODPEM set to boost stock levels for hurricane response
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 15, 2007
THE Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) said it is taking steps to boost its stock levels to be able to efficiently respo...
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Six ordered extradited
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 15, 2007
NORRIS "Deedo" Nembhard, the St Ann businessman who was in 2004 designated a drug kingpin by US President George W Bush, was yesterday among six accus...
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16-y-o schoolgirl suspect in Cassava Piece fire
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 15, 2007
POLICE investigators on Thursday said they were seeking the whereabouts of a 16-year-old high school girl for questioning in connection with Tuesday's...
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Deadly breach
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
June 15, 2007
THIRTY-FIVE funeral homes operating illegally in residential areas in the Corporate Area and putting the health of citizens at risk, are to be served ...
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Four JLP supporters injured in shooting
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 15, 2007
THE Allman Town police were last night trying to locate three men accused of shooting up a bus carrying Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters Thursday...
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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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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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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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