48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
December 29 08:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
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Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
December 29 05:08 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Information has now indicated that, contrary to earlier information which suggested that Christopher Clarke died from injuries sus...
Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
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Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
December 29 03:15 PM
KINSTON, Jamaica — Style, colour and confidence were on full display as patrons turned out in their numbers for the Pic-Nic Festival, held on Saturday...

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Service of atonement today for victims of crime
February 2, 2007
HUNDREDS of victims of crime from across the country will today attempt to reconcile their grief at a national atonement service to be convened at the...
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NSWMA littering tickets delayed
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 1, 2007
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) has pushed back to May, plans to start issuing tickets to people caught littering public places ...
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Hopeton Dunn is new chairman of Broadcasting Commission
February 1, 2007
DR Hopeton Dunn has been appointed chairman of the Broadcasting Commission, succeeding Dr Simon Clarke who served as a commissioner for the last four ...
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Lyns remembered as simple, good, hardworking people
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The mass of resurrection for the lives of Richard and Julia Lyn was done their way - simple. There was an early indicator of ...
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One more gun off the streets of St James
February 1, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police said yesterday that a Davidson Industry .380 pistol, taken from the body of Stonecrusher gang member Michael Willia...
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Dad testifies against son in shooting/murder case
February 1, 2007
JEREMIAH Stewart did yesterday what many Jamaican parents would not - testified against his son who allegedly killed a man in his presence. According ...
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Jamaica ill-prepared to handle earthquake
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
RONALD Jackson, the acting director general of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), says a shortage of hospital beds,...
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Spanish Town doctor charged with rape
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
February 1, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A medical doctor was Monday arrested and charged with raping a 26-year-old self- employed woman. The doctor, who appeared...
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Caricom visa stumps hotels
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2007
The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) said that the sector has already started losing thousands of US dollars because of the Caricom specia...
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Gorge fruit vendors to stay during Cricket World Cup
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 31, 2007
LINSTEAD, St Catherine - Fruit vendors along Kent Village and the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine will not be relocated during the six weeks of Cricket...
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Police vow to take back control
Observer Reporter 
January 31, 2007
POLICE Chief Lucius Thomas yesterday vowed to take back the streets from marauding criminals who have so far killed 143 persons this year, a 23 per ce...
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Manchester water safe, says NWC
January 31, 2007
THE National Water Commission (NWC) says the increased levels of bacteria found in the Manchester water catchment tanks do not affect the quality of t...
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‘Not-the-usual’
LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG, Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2007
WE are all guilty of it. Call it habit, or fear of trying something new, but every time we go for Chinese, don't we always order the same thing? Speci...
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Women empowered to fight HIV/AIDS
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2007
WITH 6,900 Jamaican women already diagnosed with the HIV virus, Jamaica Aids Support for Life (JASL) has found it necessary to launch a manual aimed a...
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The 411 on Laurent Perrier
January 31, 2007
MARK Twain said "to get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with." The same can be said for champagne, especially if it is Laure...
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Man gets 10 years for raping cop’s 13-year-old daughter
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
January 31, 2007
A 45-year-old father of three was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court yesterday for raping a policeman's 13...
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Mother, daughter and niece found guilty of manslaughter
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
January 31, 2007
FIFTY-year-old higgler Beverly Scarlett along with her daughter and niece were on Tuesday found guilty of manslaughter in the Home Circuit Court for t...
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ODPEM to test earthquake response plans today
January 30, 2007
THE Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will today put on an earthquake simulation, which it will use to test its nationa...
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Cops seize 15,000 pounds of ganja
January 30, 2007
THE narcotics police seized more than 15,000 pounds of ganja during an operation in the Kingston 6 area yesterday. No one was arrested for the drug fi...

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