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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 12:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jolyan Silvera heard confirmation in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston that his murder trial is set to begin on Monday. Silvera w...
Judge rejects no-case submission in Maitland murder trial
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Judge rejects no-case submission in Maitland murder trial
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 11:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Justice Leighton Pusey has ruled in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston that Constable Noel Maitland has a case to answer in relati...
US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
January 9 09:58 AM
WASHINGTON, United States  (CMC) — The United States (US) has reiterated the importance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as a forum for en...

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Partial closure of Bog Walk Gorge
January 16, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) will, as of today, be closing the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine on weekdays between the hours of 10:00 am and 3:00 pm...
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Contract conflict
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 16, 2007
Contracts were awarded to Petroleum Company of Jamaica (PETCOM) board chairman Barbara Clarke's private company, Elegant Traders Limited, after she as...
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Golding predicts February general elections
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 16, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition Leader Bruce Golding on Sunday urged party members in Montego Bay to gear up for general elections, which he sugges...
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High-tech security for Riverton landfill
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
THE Riverton City landfill site in Kingston is soon to be equipped with high-tech security features, including solar-powered lights and security camer...
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Strachan wants Ashtrom Building Systems to face PAC
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
ASHTROM Building Systems Limited, the main contractor on the contentious Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Project, is to face the Public Accounts Committee of...
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Body, human skulls found near May Pen Cemetery
January 16, 2007
FORENSIC tests are to be conducted on a decomposed body, three human skulls and bones, appearing to be human, which were found on Monday on land near ...
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Minott to discuss transcripts dispute with Campion parents
BY KERRY MCCATTY Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
HEAD of A-Quest Dr Dennis Minott will this afternoon hold a meeting with parents of Campion College sixth form students, regarding what he claims are ...
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Traffic court issues arrest warrants for 818 motorists
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent 
January 16, 2007
THE Kingston Traffic Court on Monday issued 818 warrants for the arrest of traffic offenders who were ticketed by the police, but failed to turn up in...
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Taxi association head charged with carnal abuse
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
THE National Transport Authority, the regulatory body of public transportation in the island, has distanced itself from the pending criminal case agai...
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Cuba mum on report that Castro worsening
AFP 
January 16, 2007
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) - Cuban authorities remained mum yesterday about the condition of ailing President Fidel Castro, providing no immediate comment on ...
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Two now charged with murder of Mandeville couple
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
TWO men were yesterday charged with the murder of elderly Mandeville couple Richard and Julia Lyn, following the positive DNA test results on two bodi...
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Cop dies from gunshot wounds
January 16, 2007
SPECIAL Corporal Charles Gordon who was shot in downtown Kingston on January 5, died in hospital yesterday, pushing to three the number of cops murder...
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Obama makes first move towards US presidency
AP 
January 16, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Senator Barack Obama took the initial step yesterday towards a presidential campaign that could make him the first black ...
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$6m pledged to Trelawny Homecoming
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 15, 2007
COOPERS PEN, Trelawny - Trelawny Homecoming 2007, a reunion of Jamaicans who were born and raised in this north-western parish, last week received a $...
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Lucea mayor quits
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 15, 2007
LUCEA mayor Councillor Lester Crooks yesterday resigned as chairman of the Hanover Parish Council amid a hotel construction contract controversy that ...
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Coye appointed high commissioner to Canada
January 15, 2007
AMBASSADOR Evadne Coye, former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the European Union, has been appointed high commissioner to Canada. Minister o...
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NIS, Trafigura need to be resolved, says JCC
Observer Reporter 
January 15, 2007
The Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) yesterday pressed the Government to fulfil its promises to answer questions on the state's controversial decisio...
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Can Jamaica withstand another quake measuring 6.5?
Petre Williams, Senior Observer reporter 
January 15, 2007
LOCAL researchers are expected to tell Jamaicans later this month if the island could once again dig itself out from under the rubble created by an ea...

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