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...
Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
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Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
January 9 08:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake rattled parts of Kingston and St Andrew late Thursday, according to a preliminary bulletin from the Earthquake ...

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The region needs science and technology, says Mitchell
JIS 
December 9, 2006
PRIME Minister of Grenada, Dr Keith Mitchell, has said that the region, which is in the infancy of a scientific revolution, must leverage science and ...
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‘I’m here at the people’s request’
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
December 9, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Roger Clarke, 65, the People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Central Westmoreland, said he accepted the invitation...
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Expanded New Road All-Age handed over to school community
December 9, 2006
THE New Road All-Age School in Westmoreland, which was recently expanded at a cost of $16.3 million was officially handed over to the school community...
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Organisation assisting local basic schools gets Can$20,000
December 9, 2006
Women for PACE (Canada), which has adopted more than 180 basic schools in Jamaica, is the beneficiary of a Can$20,000 donation from Air Canada and Wes...
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Lewin encourages young soldiers to serve
BEV MELBOURNE, Observer writer 
December 8, 2006
TWENTY-one-year-old Camperdown High School past student, Jeffrey Coletas, is the first to admit that the road to becoming a soldier was not an easy on...
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JDF opens military aviation school in Kingston
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2006
THE Jamaica Defence Force Thursday evening launched its own training facility for pilots, the Jamaica Military Aviation School, located at premises cl...
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US moves Kingston embassy to new premises next week
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2006
ALL offices of the United States Embassy in Kingston, with the exception of USAID and the Peace Corps, will be moving next week from their current loc...
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Expert predicts 14 named storms in 2007
December 8, 2006
FORT COLLINS, Colorado - The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should have above-average activity, with three major hurricanes and a good chance at least...
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Minister says… Malaria under control
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2006
THE government assured the nation yesterday that it was capable of preventing a wider spread of malaria, even as the number of cases increased to 49. ...
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Electricity returns to Cacoon
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2006
CACOON, Hanover - Electricity was Thursday returned to the Cacoon All-Age School in this small rural community, following the theft of electrical fixt...
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Reporter injured in robbery released from hospital
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2006
CECIL Thoms, the Nationwide reporter/producer who was stabbed by a robber on Thursday, was released from hospital yesterday. Thoms, according to the p...
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Committee wraps up deliberations on Proceeds of Crime Act
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2006
THE Joint Select Committee of Parliament on Thursday wrapped up its more than year-long deliberations on the Proceeds of Crime Act, bringing the state...
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Malaria case reported in Clarendon
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
December 7, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Health Minister Horace Dalley says at least one case of malaria has been reported in Clarendon, the first outside of the Kings...
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NWA closes section of Banbury main road
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2006
THE National Works Agency yesterday closed a section of the Banbury main road in St Catherine, in the vicinity of the new bridge being constructed to ...
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$14.8-m contract for technical study of Palisadoes peninsula
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
December 7, 2006
THE government yesterday commissioned a technical study that will be used as a guide in the sustainable protection of the Palisadoes peninsula, the ma...
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Too many backyard burials in St Catherine
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
December 7, 2006
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A number of families in St Catherine have reportedly been burying their loved ones at home because half of the public cem...
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Road protest in Portland
December 7, 2006
Several placard-bearing residents from numerous communities and districts within Portland's western end yesterday congregated in Buff Bay, as they pro...
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Clarke pulls Scotia from PSOJ
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
December 7, 2006
Scotiabank Jamaica CEO William 'Bill' Clarke, angered by opposition to his proposed amendments to the constitution of the Private Sector Organisation ...
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Opposition rejects reasons for delaying local polls
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
December 7, 2006
DEAN Peart, the local government minister, says the postponement of parish council elections, up to December 31 next year, will allow for the advancem...

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