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January 7 05:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, January 7, ended trading at $159.37, up 5 cents,  according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...
NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
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NFA accepting applications for 2026 conch season
January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
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Grenada friendly for Reggae Boyz
January 7 03:26 PM
Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
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PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
January 7 03:12 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has reaffirmed Government’s support for the Maroon communities. “You are part of Jamaica and you ar...

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CDA launches toll-free line for cases of human trafficking
January 12, 2007
THE Child Development Agency (CDA) has launched a new toll free telephone line dedicated to handling cases of human trafficking, particularly as it re...
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Brothers shot dead in Central Village
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
THE Central Village police say an ongoing gang feud in Central Village, St Catherine, was responsible for yesterday's murder of two brothers in the ar...
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Cops detain 35 in raid on Common
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
The police yesterday detained 35 persons during an operation in the volatile garrison community of Common, which runs off Red Hills Road in St Andrew....
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Caribbean countries urged to strengthen bird flu-fighting capabilities
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
January 12, 2007
With the malaria outbreak barely under control in Jamaica, regional health and agricultural officials are emphasising the need for the Caribbean to br...
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Firefighters issue two-week ultimatum
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
January 12, 2007
THE island's firefighters have given the government two weeks within which to honour its end of the second public sector Memorandum of Understanding (...
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Man held with ganja to be sentenced next Friday
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 12, 2007
MONTEGO BAY- Steve Cooper, a St Ann man who now resides in New York in the United States, pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court...
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New homes for ‘Samakan’ fire victims
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
January 12, 2007
ON October 18 last year, Israel Scarlett thought his world had come to an end. A raging mid-day fire destroyed Scarlett's house along with 13 other ho...
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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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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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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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Prison service probing gender mix-up
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2007
Just how a male juvenile ended up being imprisoned at the all-female Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre last week is now the subject of a probe by...
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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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Beckles denied bail
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
RODNEY Beckles, the son of principal of the UWI's Cave Hill campus Professor Hillary Beckles, who is charged for the murder of Khalil Campbell, was fu...
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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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Bodies of Lyns positively ID’d
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2007
THE bodies of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn, who had been missing for three weeks since December 10, were yesterday positively ident...

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