Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
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Johan-Remaldo Smythe ready to put Holland High on the map
January 11 07:21 PM
Johan-Ramaldo Smythe showed that he is ready for all comers this season by smashing the Class One 100m record at the Purewater/RDanny Williams/JC Deve...
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...

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Cops keep watch on troubled Matthews Lane
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 28, 2007
THE police were yesterday keeping a close watch on the troubled downtown Kingston community of Matthews Lane, following Tuesday's murder of food vendo...
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No consent from the DPP
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
February 28, 2007
THE committee considering the Offences Against the Person Act yesterday decided to heed the calls of seven interest groups to abandon a provision in t...
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Beat stops at Heart Trust/NTA academies, training centres
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
February 28, 2007
MORE than 1,000 workers employed to the 26 academies and vocational training centres operated by the HEART Trust/NTA went on strike yesterday, followi...
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Tourism workers being immunised for CWC
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
February 28, 2007
The Ministry of Health has started immunising thousands of front-line workers in the tourism industry against vaccine preventable diseases in preparat...
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Coffee farmers blame bad roads for death of colleague
LATOYA LATIBEAUDIERE, Observer reporter 
February 28, 2007
MOUNT DAKIN, St Andrew - Coffee farmers in this mountainous community yesterday blamed the deplorable condition of the roads for a motor vehicle accid...
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Rioting forces shutdown of hotel project
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 27, 2007
LUCEA, Hanover - Work on the US$150-million Fiesta Hotel development at Point, near Lucea, has been suspended indefinitely, following a violent clash ...
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Ministry adds 40 new ambulances to fleet
February 27, 2007
FORTY new ambulances, funded by the National Health Fund at a cost of US$2 million (approx. J$136 million), were yesterday handed over to the Ministry...
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PSB launches probe into missing case file
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
February 27, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The professional Standard Branch (PSB) of the police force has commenced investigations into reports of a case file that ...
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PAC says probe will be completed by March 20
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2007
THE Public Accounts Committee of Parliament is to conclude its probe into the cost overruns on the Sandals Whitehouse hotel project by March 20. The c...
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JN managers, supervisors get union representation
February 27, 2007
THE Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) has won bargaining rights for managers and supervisors at the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS), f...
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Almost 4,000 bottles of recalled peanut butter off shelves
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2007
THE Wisnyco Group, local distributor for the Peter Pan and Great Value brands of peanut butter, said it has already collected almost 4,000 bottles of ...
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FROM THE REGION
February 27, 2007
Nations establish $47-m insurance pool against disasters WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - Caribbean countries, joined by outside donors and international and re...
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Berbick’s nephew, co-accused granted bail
February 27, 2007
HAROLD Berbick, nephew of former world boxing champion Trevor Berbick, and Kenton Gordon, were yesterday granted bail in the sum of $1 million each wh...
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Not even pimps or touts will score…
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2007
PIMPS, touts and prostitutes will have a hard time 'scoring' when the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup gets under way on March 11...
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St Ann Kite Festival gets under way Easter Monday
February 27, 2007
THE 2007 St Ann Kite Festival will be held at the Seville Heritage Park in St Ann's Bay on Easter Monday, April 9, with the organisers promising that ...
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$14b budget hike
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 27, 2007
AFTER funding Cricket World Cup 2007, paying its employees higher wages and fringes and servicing its debts, government will have to find an additiona...
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St Ann Health Dept takes its care to the people
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Ann Health Department says it is making itself available to collaborate with community groups, schools and churches in the ...
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No bail for ‘passionate’ murder accused
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU roxboroughp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Dave Supersad, the 38-year-old bus driver from Rockhall who allegedly strangled 25-year-old Debbie Warren in a fit of passion ...
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Hospitals’ janitorial staff protest for better wages
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior staff reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26, 2007
Cleaning operations at the Bustamante Hospital for Children and the Kingston Public Hospital were scaled down for several hours yesterday as placard-b...
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Most AGI workers welcome news of redundancy
BY KERRY McCATTY Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 26, 2007
WORKERS are usually sad at receiving news if their jobs are to be cut, but it was the opposite for most employees of Advantage General Insurance (AGI)...

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