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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RBTT workers reject 13% wage hike offer
February 18, 2007
Unionised employees of RBTT Bank voted Saturday afternoon to reject a new pay offer from the bank. At a workers' meeting at the RBTT's employees audit...
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‘Let them pay’
AFP 
February 18, 2007
LONDON, England (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday backed calls for tougher sentences for teenagers who carry guns and join criminal gangs af...
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‘Cornwall kickers’ suspended
Pat Roxborough-Wright 
February 18, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three students of Montego Bay's all-boys school Cornwall College have been suspended for participating in a kicking game which...
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Traffic changes on Marcus Garvey Drive take effect today
February 18, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) will today introduce traffic changes along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston. "The changes are being made in response to...
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Reach Falls reopens today
February 18, 2007
THE Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will today re-open Reach Falls in Portland, following the completion of interim upgrading work at the attracti...
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‘Allow prisoners to use ganja’
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter 
February 18, 2007
CONTROVERSIAL former prison doctor Raymoth Notice yesterday backed the controlled use of ganja by inmates in the island's prisons, and at the same tim...
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Singer, teacher Sonia Spence sent on her final journey
BY KERRY McCATTY Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester- Many Jamaicans might remember the cover version of Leaving on a Jet Plane by a local artiste in the 1970s, which was hugely su...
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Well-known tailor Earl Spencer is dead
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
EARL Spencer, the man who spent over 40 years outfitting Jamaicans from almost every rung of society in well-tailored suits, is dead. The philanthropi...
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Portmore beautification projects likely to miss deadline
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
THE Portmore Municipal Council is doubtful that its beautification projects will be completed by the March 11 deadline, in time for the start of the I...
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Volvo bus dealer to train JUTC staff in caring buses
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
JR Group, the local Volvo bus dealer, says it plans to train Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) staff how to care and maintain the interior of the b...
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Flawless food and sweet love @ the Hilton
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 17, 2007
Under food and beverage director Olivier Lavoine, the Hilton Kingston has been - and ever so quietly, might we hasten to add - transforming the proper...
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Garbage drums for Black River
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 17, 2007
Mayor of Black River and chairman of the St Elizabeth Parish Council, Franklyn Witter (left) accepts a donation of 20 garbage drums from Jamaica Labou...
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PAJ supports Bar Association position on Incest Act
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Sunday Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 17, 2007
The Press Association of Jamaica has given its support to a submission made by the Jamaica Bar Association to the committee deliberating the Incest (P...
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Gov’t urged to honour ‘Pop’ Lawrence’s memory
BY PAUL A REID Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 17, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Newspaper publisher and Jamaica Observer columnist Lloyd B Smith yesterday called on the Government to honour the late Gladsto...
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Golf tournament to benefit Jamaican schools
JIS 
February 17, 2007
MONEY raised from this year's staging of the Caribbean Classic Golf Invitational Tournament in Montego Bay will finance the establishment of computer ...
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Avoiding ‘reality shock’ in the workplace: Part II
Career Advice with Merrit Henry 
February 17, 2007
We recently looked at how the human resource (HR) practitioner can help new employees avoid 'reality shock' that, according to Dessler G, "occurs at t...
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‘We are ready’
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 17, 2007
REJECTING the view that they are under-performing, Jamaica's education officers say they are responding to problems in the island's schools and workin...
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To take out the gangs
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 17, 2007
Police and scientists agree: gangs have become a scourge on the Jamaican society and are at the heart of the vast majority of murders committed across...
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‘Pay us for slave labour’
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 17, 2007
Jamaica, which gained international acclaim for its part in the fight against South African Apartheid, is getting ready to throw itself behind the con...
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‘We warned her about him’
BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 17, 2007
Leon Reynolds didn't like the fact that his daughter, Natalie, had started a relationship with Anthony Wright. In fact, Reynolds said he had warned he...

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