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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Sandals Foundation stays rooted on Earth Day
April 25, 2009
THE Sandals Foundation on Wednesday planted more than 300 trees across the island, joining millions of individuals and entities around the world in th...
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Rights groups slam Burundi’s gay law
AFP 
April 25, 2009
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AFP) - More than 60 national and international rights groups have slammed a measure making homosexuality a crime punishable by jai...
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Gaps remain in climate talks
AP 
April 25, 2009
SIRACUSA, Italy (AP) - A top UN environment official said Friday that fundamental differences remain among countries negotiating the agreement on carb...
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Tricia Blair …Ministering to the deaf
BY NADINE WILSON Sunday Observer staff reporter wilsonn@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 25, 2009
MANY Christians labour under the misconception that only those with the ability to hear need to be evangelised. It is a misconception that sign langua...
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‘Sick of the noise’
By HG Helps Editor-at-Large Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 25, 2009
IT is located in a clearly defined silence zone. Yet the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) appears to be under siege from loud noises emerging from homes...
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10-month-old killed in motor vehicle accident
April 25, 2009
HAGUE, Trelawny - A 10-month-old infant died in a motor vehicle accident involving a truck and a car yesterday morning along a section of the North Co...
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Piracy suspect makes it to US – as a prisoner
AP 
April 25, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The scrawny teenager promised his mother comfort and riches beyond her wildest dreams. It was a steamy day at their crumbling ho...
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$40-m properly utilised, says Spencer
April 25, 2009
RUDYARD Spencer said his constituency development fund (CDF) was well spent as he had used it to improve conditions in Clarendon South Eastern, which ...
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Groups differ on budget presentation
Patrick Foster 
April 23, 2009
PROFESSIONAL groups and trade unions last evening gave varied responses to Finance Minister Audley Shaw's $555-billion budget presentation, arguably t...
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Freddie Mac exec found dead
AP 
April 22, 2009
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - The acting chief financial officer of US mortgage giant Freddie Mac was found dead at his home yesterday morning in what broadc...
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Mazie stays ‘creative’
April 22, 2009
Mazie Miller has been showing local viewers how to transform everyday food items into delectable dishes for more than two decades. Miller, the consume...
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St Elizabeth, Manchester farmers get water tanks
April 21, 2009
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Some 100 farmers from South St Elizabeth and Manchester are to receive 1,000-gallon polyethylene tanks, as Government seeks t...
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Probe launched into deaths of polo ponies
AP 
April 21, 2009
WELLINGTON, Florida (AP) - Investigators have opened a criminal probe into whether someone poisoned 21 polo horses that died during preparations for a...
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No terrorist link
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 20, 2009
JAMAICAN police yesterday said they had no evidence that the 21-year-old man who hijacked a Canadian plane in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday night h...
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Tonnes of released drugs taint US water
April 19, 2009
US manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide d...
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Three killed at Salt Spring wake
April 19, 2009
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three cousins were shot dead and three other persons wounded by gunmen at a wake in Buck Toe Lane in the tough inner city comm...

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