Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
January 2 03:43 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...

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OAS willing to observe Ja’s next general elections
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 7, 2007
THE Organisation of American States (OAS) is willing to provide international observers and technical support for the upcoming general elections in Ja...
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Samuda to clarify statement before Privileges Committee
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 7, 2007
THE Privileges Committee of the House of Representatives is to invite Opposition Member of Parliament Karl Samuda (North Central St Andrew) to its nex...
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Big city clean-up
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
February 7, 2007
TEN thousand Christians, some armed with machetes, brooms, shovels and gloves, will descend on Kingston later this month to rid the city of garbage ah...
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Fatal police shooting near Kingston school sparks protest
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
February 7, 2007
THE police yesterday shot dead 29-year-old Derrick Watson who they claimed was among two men who fired at a police party along Red Hills Road, in the ...
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Nestlé breakfast cereals go ‘whole’ grain
February 7, 2007
NESTLé Jamaica last Friday announced that all its breakfast cereals are now made with whole grain, this as evidence continues to grow about the health...
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Two convicted for stealing clothes from Salvation Army
Observer Reporter 
February 7, 2007
TWO men were yesterday sentenced to do 200 hours of community service at the Half-Way-Tree Police Station after pleading guilty to stealing clothes fr...
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Prof Errol Morrison is new UTech president
February 6, 2007
RESPECTED Jamaican professor Errol Morrison has been appointed as the new president of University of Technology (UTech). He takes up office on March 1...
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UN boss, PM and Golding hail Angela King
February 6, 2007
ANGELA King, the late former United Nations special adviser on gender issues and the advancement of women, was yesterday hailed by new UN secretary ge...
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‘It wasn’t me!’
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 6, 2007
A second partner in the contentious Sandals Whitehouse hotel project said yesterday that it too had been in the dark about the extent of the cost over...
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Peart promises Palisadoes study next month
February 6, 2007
THE results of the study done by a Cuban firm researching ways to rehabilitate and protect the Palisadoes peninsula in East Kingston should be ready n...
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‘Step in now, minister’
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 6, 2007
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday called on Health Minister Horace Dalley to intervene immediately to put an end to what it termed a...
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Abortion battle heats up
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer 
February 6, 2007
JAMAICA'S abortion battle appeared set to heat up following accusations Monday by a group comprised of church leaders, anti-abortion lawyers and docto...
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Teachers are angry, says JTA
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
February 5, 2007
THE Jamaica Teachers' Association has given the government until today to indicate whether it will be keeping its promise to release funds under the J...
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Nationwide going to RJR Digital AM
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
February 5, 2007
THE Nationwide News Network (NNN) and the RJR Communications Group officially inked the deal yesterday to launch Nationwide Radio, which will be trans...
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5th cop killed
T K WHYTE and TANEISHA LEWIS 
February 5, 2007
TWO policemen were yesterday shot and injured in the volatile St John's Road area of Spanish Town, less than 24 hours after the shooting death of a co...
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Court to set trial date for teen on murder rap
February 5, 2007
A trial date is expected next month in the case of the 13-year-old boy accused of killing his five-year-old neighbour by giving him a deadly brew of t...
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PM outlines key issues for trade, single market economy
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau 
February 5, 2007
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday identified five key issues which, she said, need to be resolved during the Caribbean Community's (Caric...
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Maverley woman shot dead
February 5, 2007
DESPITE police presence, the fatal shooting of a most wanted man and the arrest of his cronies two weeks ago, guns continue to bark in the community o...

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