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Reputed gang leader ‘Bloodstain’ nabbed by St Catherine police
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ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A reputed gang leader who was wanted for murder and multiple acts of violence was captured by the St Catherine South police on...
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)—The United Nations demanded Tuesday a swift and independent investigation after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a...
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January 13 12:16 AM
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Absent witnesses force delay in Maitland trial
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Licensing of new public passenger vehicles resumes
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
February 13, 2007
THE Transport Authority will tomorrow resume the acceptance of public passenger vehicle licensing applications, and will at the same time introduce it...
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Dogs’ incessant barking irritates ambassador
February 13, 2007
The ambassador's letter complaining that his neighbours' dogs were making it impossible for him to sleep, and his request that the dogs be restricted ...
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J’can among 100 African Americans honoured by US president
February 13, 2007
A Jamaican, Lissette Wade, who resides in Lake Park, Florida, was among 100 African Americans honoured on Monday by United States President George W B...
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PAC hopes to wrap up Whitehouse probe by end of March
February 13, 2007
After close to six months of painstaking investigations into the US$43-million cost overrun on the Sandals Whitehouse project, the Public Accounts Com...
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CG dismisses charges by Petcom chairman
February 13, 2007
CONTRACTOR general Greg Christie yesterday countered a claim made by Petcom chairperson Barbara Clarke that his office, during an investigation into t...
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Hotels said resisting plan to install condom machines
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
February 13, 2007
THE Health Ministry says it is experiencing widescale resistance from local hotels which are still without condom dispensing machines, but Jamaica Tou...
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Cops cut down another Joe Benbow gangster
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
February 13, 2007
A member of the notorious Joe Benbow gang, Miguel Eubanks, alias Macky Boy, was shot dead by the police on Monday, while two other members of the grou...
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Labour ministry to monitor overseas Jamaican workers
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 13, 2007
LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier says the ministry's liaison offices will soon be monitoring Jamaican workers who are recruited by private agencies to ...
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Man impregnates 12-y-o girl; pleads guilty to carnal abuse
February 12, 2007
A 21-year-old man who impregnated a 12-year-old girl during a seven-month relationship will be sentenced in the Home Circuit Court on Friday, after pl...
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Collapsed bridge disrupts school
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 12, 2007
BROADGATE, St Mary - Classes for the 105 students of Mahoe Hill All-Age School in St Mary have been disrupted by the collapse on Sunday of the Broadga...
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Teen girls, man accused of robbing insurance agents to face trial April
Paul Henry 
February 12, 2007
THE two teenage girls and a man who allegedly lured two female Life of Jamaica (LOJ) sales agents to an apartment and robbed them are to face trial in...
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2008 is Caricom’s ‘date with destiny’, says Gonsalves
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
February 12, 2007
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent - The year 2008 is the Caribbean Community's (Caricom) "date with destiny" for a "redefined, many-sided relationship", for the p...
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Islands want insurance support for climate change fall-out
PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter 
February 12, 2007
INSURANCE support from developed countries for small island states impacted by natural disasters linked to climate change, were among the key consider...
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Clarke to answer more questions on sugar today
February 12, 2007
MINISTER of Agriculture Roger Clarke is expected to face further grilling this afternoon from Opposition MPs on the condition of the sugar industry in...
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Elderly man’s body found in water tank; wife found wounded
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
February 12, 2007
ROSES VALLEY, St Elizabeth - The police in this small St Elizabeth district will today continue to probe yesterday's drowning of 75-year-old Harold Mc...
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IMAJ, unions sign wage pact
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 12, 2007
A two-year agreement was signed yesterday between the Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) and trade unions on the Joint Industri...
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Islands want insurance support for climate change fall-out
PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter 
February 12, 2007
INSURANCE support from developed countries for small island states impacted by natural disasters linked to climate change, were among the key consider...
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Accused rapist to face several ID parades
February 12, 2007
A man who is alleged to have raped several persons in the Corporate Area, including a 77-year-old woman, is to face several more identification parade...
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‘Prove it, Mr Christie’
February 12, 2007
Petcom chairperson Barbara Clarke is challenging Contractor-General Greg Christie to show conflict of interest in her dealings with the state-run comp...
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Azan promises repairs to St Elizabeth roads in two weeks
February 11, 2007
In two weeks, residents in South-East St Elizabeth should start seeing improvements to their bad roads, according to junior minister of transport Rich...
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Regional air transportation high on Caricom’s agenda today
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer correspondent editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 11, 2007
A FRESH effort is to be made at this week's Inter-Sessional Meeting of Caribbean Community Heads of Government to move in the direction of harmonisati...
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NCB responds to media reports on money laundering charges
February 11, 2007
ARISING from the mention of the charges laid against National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited in the Resident Magistrate's Court on February 8, 2007 a...
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