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British trade mission says J’ca good investment hub
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer senior reporter 
June 27, 2007
A UK trade mission to Jamaica yesterday had high praise for the island as an investment hub, saying that it compared favourably to other leading econo...
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Highway carnage
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2007
OCHO ROS, St Ann - The driver and four of his passengers were killed and 13 others injured yesterday afternoon when a Toyota Hiace minibus plying the ...
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Are You Still Sweet On Sugar?
June 27, 2007
Sugar has been a controversial subject from the early history of its production in slave-operated Caribbean cane fields. Now it is notorious for its c...
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JUTC adds 10 new buses to fleet
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2007
THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) yesterday received 10 upgraded articulated Volvo coach buses which, if used properly, could save the company ...
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New fire chief named
June 27, 2007
LAURIE Williams, the chief fire prevention officer of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, has been appointed commissioner of Jamaica's fire service. The appoint...
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EOJ ‘as ready as we can be’ for elections
June 27, 2007
THE Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), the state agency which administers elections here, confirmed yesterday it was ready for the 2007 general electi...
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June 27, 2007
TOKYO, Japan - Sushi made with deer meat, anyone? How about a slice of raw horse on that rice? These are some of the most extreme alternatives being c...
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Corporal punishment still widespread in schools
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2007
THE Office of the Children's Advocate has called on government to develop a policy on Corporal Punishment to stem the practice in local schools. In it...
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Jamaica Cricket ’07 management contract for Trelawny stadium extended
June 27, 2007
JAMAICA Cricket 2007 Limited's tenure as manager of the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium has been extended to September, to allow the government time to...
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Students terrified!
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 26, 2007
STUDENTS and teachers, as well as parents who had gone to pick up their children, were terrified yesterday afternoon as a policeman shot a man said to...
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Consular section of US Embassy in Kingston to close on Friday
June 26, 2007
THE Consular Section of the Embassy of the United States of America in Kingston will be closed on Friday for in-service training, the embassy said yes...
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New chief justice promises reform
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
June 26, 2007
JAMAICA'S new chief justice, Zaila McCalla, yesterday pledged to reform the country's justice system and said that collaboration would be key to effec...
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Ministry: 17,000 new school spaces created since ’05
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 26, 2007
LUCEA, Hanover - Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Maria Jones, says the government has, through the expansion of existing schools and...
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I could have been killed, says Knight
June 26, 2007
"I could have been killed," former minister of national security K D Knight told his colleagues in Parliament yesterday as he related Sunday's attack ...
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Sandals tops Canadian Agents’ Choice Awards…again
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau 
June 26, 2007
IRONSHORE, St James - Sandals Resorts International (SRI) has copped top honours as favourites in the all-inclusive resort and hotel chain categories ...
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No charges filed against Knight attacker
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
June 26, 2007
FORMER Security Minister K D Knight, up to press time last night, had not yet filed a formal report with the police concerning the assault Sunday nigh...
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More controversy over amended election bills
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 26, 2007
THE House of Representatives yesterday suspended debate on the controversial amendments to three bills recommended by the Electoral Commission to stam...
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Walker optimistic about electronic voter identification system
JIS 
June 26, 2007
DIRECTOR of Elections Danville Walker is confident that the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) will successfully roll out its new electronic voter iden...
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NSWMA moves to eliminate illegal dumping in commercial districts
Paul Henry 
June 26, 2007
THE National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) last month launched a garbage collection initiative which it hopes will eventually eliminate the...
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Buchanan urges comrades to ‘cool it’ in wake of NE St Ann fire
June 25, 2007
PEOPLE'S National Party General Secretary Donald Buchanan on Sunday urged supporters in North-East St Ann to "not retaliate" but instead allow the pol...
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Road fatalities down
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
June 25, 2007
FATAL motor vehicle crashes and road fatalities have declined by 12 and 10 per cent respectively this year, but Kanute Hare, accident analyst at the N...
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Maureen Webber is new NHDC chairman
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 25, 2007
FORMER People's National Party (PNP) deputy general secretary Maureen Webber has been named chairman of the state-run National Housing Development Cor...
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