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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Revised clean-up drive for MoBay this week
BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer staff reporter kerilw@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
Montego Bay, St James - In place of their ambitious pre-Cricket World Cup (CWC) beautification drive which failed to get off in time, city officials h...
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School boards to get more independence
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
A series of consultations with school board heads, which began last week, is to result in the formation of a national organisation of school boards wi...
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The Giant Swallowtail: As beautiful as it is large
March 3, 2007
We continue our series on Jamaica's endangered species this week with a look at the Giant Swallowtail butterfly. Have questions, comments? Email willi...
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Committed to work
March 3, 2007
WHEN Sherian Abrahams turned up at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium shortly after 1:00 pm for the February 11 rehearsal for the opening ceremony of ...
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Let foreigners probe police shootings, PNP group urges
By Karyl Walker Sunday Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
A People's National Party-affiliated group, Resource Group Seven, has called on the Government to set up a special team of investigators comprising fo...
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Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning launched
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March 3, 2007
THE Jamaica Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL), formerly the Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL), was officially launched We...
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Golding seeking to mislead public, says PNP
March 3, 2007
People's National Party (PNP) General-Secretary Donald Buchanan has rubbished Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding's claim that former PNP ...
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Live botanical museum opens at Dolphin Head
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU roxboroughp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
DOLPHIN HEAD, Hanover - Some 20 residents from the communities of Riverside, Kingsvale, Rugland and Retirement in Hanover were on Friday certified as ...
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Using books to counter violence
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior Sunday Observer reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
WHILE the police in St James have been busy trying to get dangerous weapons out of the hands of criminals, 10 New York-based Jamaicans have, without f...
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Surprise, Surprise!
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
HOWELL'S CONTENT, Clarendon - For almost a month starting November last year, Norma Nelson kept secret from her co-worker and friend, Chatealine 'Debb...
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10 charged in St James lottery scam get bail
March 3, 2007
The 10 persons hauled before the courts after being implicated in the St James-based international lottery and sweepstakes scam were Friday granted ba...
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BOJ seal, governor’s signature forged in lottery scam
BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
Police probing the St James-based international lottery and sweepstakes scam have found that Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) seals and the forged signature of t...
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Cop says child sex abuse rampant in St Elizabeth
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
Constable Yvette Graham of the Santa Cruz Police Station believes that St Elizabeth is facing a moral crisis as sexual child abuse and paedophilia, sh...
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Cricket World Cup will change Jamaica, region forever
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
March 3, 2007
Some say it's a colossal waste of money. But the Jamaican Government counters that the hosting of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 is a visionary project th...
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Tough life for parents accused of ‘pimping’ daughter
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2007
At about 6:00 pm on Wednesday, February 28, cops from the Santa Cruz Police Station entered a small farming district two miles outside of Santa Cruz i...
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South Beach Food Symphony
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
March 3, 2007
IT'S pretty impossible to take it all in at once. There's the initial opulence of the Americana ballroom, with its spectacular chandeliers, deep, plus...
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No mixing of GSAT scholars this year
March 2, 2007
A proposal from a government-appointed committee that some high-performing students in the annual GSAT exam be allocated to non-traditional high schoo...
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Call for George Headley to be posthumously awarded OM
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
March 2, 2007
FORMER President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Patrick Rousseau, on Wednesday batted for world great cricketer George Headley to be posthumously a...
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60 per cent drop in major crimes in St Ann
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
March 2, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Ann police are reporting a 60 per cent decline in major crimes in the parish, a move they attribute to the support received...

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