Police seize illegal firearm in St Elizabeth operation
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Police seize illegal firearm in St Elizabeth operation
December 28 02:09 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The St Elizabeth Police have recovered another prohibited weapon during an operation in the parish. According to the police, a tea...
Three former SSL directors slapped with multiple charges
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Three former SSL directors slapped with multiple charges
December 28 01:01 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Multiple charges have been laid against three former directors of the collapsed Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL). The three are...
Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
December 28 11:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...

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PNP candidate for SE St Ann still undecided
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) is still to decide on a candidate to replace tourism minister Aloun Assamba in South-East St Ann to contest t...
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Teen girl shot at school
OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
A 15-year-old student of the Norman Manley High School in Kingston was yesterday treated and released from hospital after being shot and injured on th...
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Portmore businessman murdered, gun stolen
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
A businessman was shot and killed and his licensed firearm stolen at Dermason Plaza, Independence City, Portmore yesterday. According to police person...
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Debris removal from Old Harbour Road
Patrick Foster 
January 11, 2007
REMOVAL of debris from the Old Harbour Road commenced on Monday after being left beside the roadway since last December when a drain-cleaning exercise...
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St James PC to mark Earthquake Awareness Week
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council's disaster committee will host a raft of events throughout this month to help raise public awarene...
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One more crime plan for MoBay
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Ministry of National Security Dr Peter Phillips yesterday announced the setting up of a mobile police station, the installatio...
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BSI to probe police shooting in Westmoreland
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2007
HATFIELD DISTRICT, Westmoreland - The Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) has been called in to probe the fatal shooting of a member of this communi...
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Blood supplies malaria-free, says NBTS
JIS 
January 11, 2007
JAMAICANS receiving blood at public health facilities can be assured that the supplies are malaria-free, as the National Blood Transfusion Service (NB...
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Mac’s Gourmet Market
January 10, 2007
'MAC'S Gourmet Market finally opened its doors last Saturday and has already created a stir. If you've not heard the buzz, it's because you've been aw...
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NWU opposes Air Jamaica merger
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 10, 2007
THE National Workers Union (NWU) told a parliamentary committee reviewing Air Jamaica's fortunes yesterday, that it would not support a merger with an...
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‘No more nameless kids’
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
January 10, 2007
A huge 93 per cent of babies born in Jamaica in the first week of January, 2007 were named at registration, as the Registrar General's Department (RGD...
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63-year-old man dies in 7-vehicle accident
Kimone Thompson 
January 10, 2007
SIXTY-three-year-old Roy Lee Armstrong was pronounced dead at hospital yesterday after a seven-vehicle crash in Portmore, St Catherine, which left at ...
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What Else is New for 2007?
January 10, 2007
SOPHIA Rattray introduced Ceres Juices to Jamaica towards the end of 2006 and the response has been, by her own admission, "truly amazing". When pushe...
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Police, army to arrest runaway murders
Observer Reporter 
January 10, 2007
NATIONAL Security Minister Peter Phillips is expected to announce new initiatives next week to tackle an ever-growing crime problem, following a close...
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Case against Spanish Town mayor, six others dismissed
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 10, 2007
SPANISH TOWN St Catherine - The case against Spanish Town Mayor Dr Andrew Wheatley and six other people who were arrested and charged in September 200...
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In Search of the Three-Finger Plantain
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 10, 2007
SINGER Freddie McGregor walked into the offices of Thursday Food last Friday, with what has got to be the most humungous plantain we've ever seen. It ...

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