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St James police probe murders of 4 men in parish
Corey Robinson 
October 10, 2007
The St James police are probing the circumstances surrounding the murders of four men in separate incidents in that parish between late Sunday and yes...
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Gov’t taking $2.8b from Universal Access Fund
October 9, 2007
MINISTER of finance and the public service Audley Shaw says that the transfer of $2.8 billion from the Universal Access Fund (UAF) to the Consolidated...
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House firebombed in Rockfort
October 9, 2007
Violence flared once again in the tough Rockfort community Monday night when arsonists set fire to a house. There were no reports of fatalities, but t...
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New JUTC board gets 18 months to turn around company
October 9, 2007
MINISTER of transport and works Mike Henry has announced a new board for the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) which, he says, has 18 months to tur...
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Met Service extends flood warning as rains continue
October 9, 2007
THE National Meteorological Service last night extended its flood warning issued Monday for all parishes, saying heavy rains and thunderstorms affecti...
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Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 9, 2007
A compromise between Government and Opposition leaders on the volatile fiscal accounts issue aborted an anticipated clash between rival finance spokes...
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October 9, 2007
NETO Meeks, son of Amina Blackwood-Meeks and university professor Brian Meeks, had his bail extended when he appeared in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Ma...
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Kingston wants $10.5 million for emergency drain-cleaning
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
October 9, 2007
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation says it will be asking the prime minister to release $10.5 million for the emergency cleaning of drains and gul...
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Labour minister pledges to work with IMAJ to boost job creation
October 9, 2007
MINISTER of Labour and Social Security Pearnel Charles has pledged to represent the interests of the island's master builders to the government, so as...
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Cops in controversial Grants Pen shooting get bail
October 9, 2007
THE four police officers implicated in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Grants Pen resident, Andre Thomas, were all granted bail when they appeared i...
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JDF chief Lewin retires
October 9, 2007
REAR Admiral Hardley Lewin, will month-end, be leaving the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), which he served as chief of staff for just over five years, th...
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Dump workers finally to get health insurance
KIMONE THOMPSON, Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 9, 2007
WORKERS at the Riverton City dump in Kingston who have for years been working without health insurance are finally to receive the benefit, following t...
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Ministry ‘borrowing’ transformation funds for school repairs
Luke Douglas 
October 9, 2007
RESTORATION work has commenced on 340 of the 500 schools damaged during the passage of Hurricane Dean in August, education minister Andrew Holness dis...
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BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 8, 2007
FLOODING was yesterday reported across sections of the island as heavy rains from a low pressure system which has been affecting the island since Sund...
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McKenzie wants illegal cutting of trees a criminal offence
By Corey Robinson Observer writer 
October 8, 2007
JAMAICA Labour Party Senator and Mayor of Kingston and St Andrew, Desmond McKenzie, on Friday called for the indiscriminate cutting of trees to be mad...
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Lawyer says change of government will not derail Portmore toll case
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 8, 2007
LAWYERS representing the five Portmore residents who had taken the People's National Party administration to court over the imposition of a toll on th...
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Police chief praises Sandals’ Flankers project
October 8, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas has praised the Sandals hotel chain for its outreach programme in the tough Flankers communi...
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Minister wants Air J to put Virgin deal on hold
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 8, 2007
TRANSPORT and Works Minister Mike Henry has asked the management of Air Jamaica to put all commitments on hold regarding the Kingston to London route,...
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JFJ concerned about low conviction rate among police in shootings
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 8, 2007
RECENT figures released by the human rights watchdog group, Jamaicans For Justice, reveal that only 0.16 per cent of cases involving fatal shootings b...
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Shaw to address $15b deficit in Parliament tomorrow
BY CARL GILCHRIST Observer staff reporter gilchristc@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 7, 2007
FINANCE Minister Audley Shaw is to address Parliament tomorrow on the $15-billion deficit inherited by the new administration, according to Jamaica La...
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‘Draft them!’
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
October 7, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - President of the West Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Churches, Pastor Glen Samuels, wants the government to make ...
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October 7, 2007
MYANMAR'S military leaders yesterday stepped up pressure on monks who spearheaded pro-democracy rallies, announcing dozens of new arrests and defying ...
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