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March 26 12:06 AM
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March 26 12:04 AM
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First of summer
LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG, Thursday Life staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
Good times are here. The hot, lazy days of summer, perfect for entertaining friends, especially this holiday weekend. So, once you have organised the ...
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Electoral Commission stands firm on open-voting proposal
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 4, 2007
THE Electoral Commission yesterday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Bruce Golding to break the de...
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Appleton named to Drinks International’s Millionaires Club
July 4, 2007
Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum was again named to Drinks International's Millionaires Club list in its Millionaires 2007 edition. The list comprises spir...
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Red Palm mite detected in four parishes
July 4, 2007
THE Ministry of Agriculture yesterday reported that the Red Palm mite, a pest which affects coconuts, bananas, plantains and ornamental palms, has bee...
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House firebombed, two shot and injured
July 4, 2007
TWO people were yesterday shot and injured and their house firebombed in Olympic Gardens, a tough community in Kingston. According to a community sour...
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J’can man gets black, white twins
AFP 
July 4, 2007
LONDON, (AFP) - They were born within minutes of each other, but the British twins celebrating their first birthday yesterday are far from identical: ...
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PM commissions new facilities at Norman Manley International
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
Persons travelling to and from Jamaica via the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) will no longer have to brave the elements as they board or d...
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JDF pilots walk away from crash with minor injuries
July 4, 2007
TWO Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) pilots were yesterday treated at hospital for injuries they received in a helicopter crash at the Polo Field at Up Par...
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Cell phone thief leaves family in mourning
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
DONNA-MARIE Smith who travelled hundreds of miles from Turks and Caicos to Jamaica to spend some quality time with her son, Dejon Hibbert, whom she ha...
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Summer of Soup
July 4, 2007
Sometimes there is nothing better than a cup of hot, steaming mannish water - the meaty aroma and spicy flavour. There is just something about it that...
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Portia ready to ‘fly di gate’
July 4, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller last night summoned People's National Party (PNP) faithfuls to a mass meeting on Sunday, July 8 in the Half-Way-T...
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Gov’t, EU sign euro11-m poverty reduction pact
PAUL HENRY, Obsever staff reporter 
July 3, 2007
GOVERNMENT on Friday signed an euro11-million financing agreement with the European Union (EU) for the implementation of phase two of the Poverty Redu...
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Another blackout
Observer Reporter 
July 3, 2007
THE entire island was plunged into darkness about 5:00 yesterday morning, which the light and power company - Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) - l...
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George’s officials silent over controversy
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer senior reporter 
July 3, 2007
THE administration of St George's College was silent on the issue of the recently cancelled sixth form school-leaving ceremony, even as news of an int...
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Four injured in Ambrook Lane shootings
July 3, 2007
THERE was a tense calm in the troubled community of Ambrook Lane in St Andrew last night following the shooting and injury of four persons in the comm...
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UDC must assist rural development – Simpson Miller
July 3, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says she has asked the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to examine ways to assist rur...
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New gov’t procurement policy to favour small firms, says Paulwell
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 3, 2007
LUCEA, Hanover - Government is revising its procurement guidelines in an effort to implement a policy - an Affirmative Action Procurement Policy - tha...
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Accept any mark on ballot, says MP
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 3, 2007
OPPOSITION MP Everald Warmington (South West St Catherine) wants any mark made on a ballot paper by an elector, and any writing instrument used to mak...
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Anti-litter ticketing system to go islandwide
DIANA HALL, Observer writer 
July 3, 2007
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) is now planning to take its anti-litter ticketing system islandwide, as it continues its effort ...
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Caricom Summit: Moving forward or same ‘ole’ tale?
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
July 3, 2007
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The curtains will come down today on the 28th Caricom Summit with a clear promise to vigorously make 'functional co-operation' ...
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August poll?
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 2, 2007
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday ruled out widely held speculation that she would be announcing the election date on July 4, the anniver...
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Election campaign keeps Portia away from Caricom
July 2, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller's absence from this week's 28th annual Caricom Heads of Government meeting in Barbados has been attributed to her...
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