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Generations through the kitchen
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 9, 2007
Sharing kitchen space with Peta-Gay and Mark McDonald, along with parents Adolph and Cynthia Brown, brings back memories of the couple's wedding almos...
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Private sector, media can do better, says JTA
LUKE DOUGLAS, Observer writer 
May 9, 2007
PRESIDENT-elect of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) Ena Barclay on Tuesday charged all stakeholders to play their part in transforming the coun...
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JLP says calling candidate ‘Satan’ a new low in politics
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
May 9, 2007
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) candidate for St Elizabeth South Western Christopher Tufton yesterday distanced himself from the political imbroglio involv...
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Police could name Woolmer murder suspect after UK meeting
May 9, 2007
A source close to the probe into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, said yesterday that a murder suspect could be named after loc...
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PM says too few men in our classrooms
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
May 9, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday said there were too few male teachers in the nation's classrooms. Simpson Miller, who feted some 300 ed...
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Dennis Meadows pushes education as political campaigning begins
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 8, 2007
CLARKS TOWN, Trelawny - Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for North Trelawny Dennis Meadows says if elected in the upcoming general elections, he w...
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NSWMA issues 64 tickets, collects $12,000 in fines in anti-litter drive
Patrick Foster 
May 8, 2007
JUST over a week into the implementation of a ticketing system for littering offences, the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) says it h...
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Senate to debate appropriations bill Friday
Observer Reporter 
May 8, 2007
THE Senate is expected to have its first meeting for 2007/2008 on Friday, when it is scheduled to debate the appropriations bill. The appropriations b...
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Two St Ann students on wounding charges
May 8, 2007
TWO female students of the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann's Bay are to appear before the next sitting of the St Ann juvenile court on M...
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Buchanan, comrades refer to JLP’s Tufton as ‘Satan’
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 8, 2007
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Just when is it okay to refer to your political opponent as 'Satan'? General secretary of the ruling People's National Par...
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Several activities planned for Poison Prevention Week
May 8, 2007
THE Caribbean Poison Information Network (CARPIN) is set to host its annual Poison Prevention Week in Kingston which will this year be observed from M...
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‘Take control at home’
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
May 8, 2007
As schools across the island honour the contribution of the nation's teachers today, three educators have highlighted the growing dilemma of indiscipl...
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Brawl in court lands two women in trouble
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
May 8, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Two women were yesterday sentenced to 120 hours of community service following a brawl over seats at the Spanish Town Res...
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Dirty Rodney Memorial complex irks parish development committee chairman
TK Whyte 
May 8, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - St Catherine Parish Development Committee chairman Earl Hyde, has blasted the Spanish Town Historic District Development ...
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Professor says character more important than intelligence
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
May 8, 2007
FORMER university lecturer Professor Errol Miller last week called on Jamaican educators to concentrate on cultivating good character traits in their ...
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Adventist ‘Good Samaritan’ inn for downtown Kingston
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior staff reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 7, 2007
THE East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is a step closer to realising its dream of a "Good Samaritan" inn to help the indigent in the Co...
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James Hill getting type three health centre
May 7, 2007
MORE than 5,000 residents in and around the community of James Hill in Clarendon are soon to benefit from a type three health centre, which is to be c...
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Local church groups frown on gay ‘church’
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 7, 2007
LEADERS of some of the island's umbrella church groups have distanced themselves from statements by United States gay pastor Nancy Wilson that local c...
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Golding says gov’t misleading country on sugar divestment
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 7, 2007
CLARKS TOWN, Trelawny - Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding has accused the government of misleading the country on the state of the dives...
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Police vow to dismantle notorious Stinger gang
May 7, 2007
POLICE in the Kingston West Division say they are hot on the trail of the remaining members of the Stinger gang, following last weekend's fatal shooti...
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Compensate teachers who work in volatile areas, says Seaga
May 7, 2007
FORMER Prime Minister Edward Seaga yesterday renewed the call for special compensation for teachers working in schools located within volatile communi...
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Deadly AIDS again on the rise
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
May 7, 2007
UNSAFE sex, homosexuality and prostitution have combined to push up the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Jamaica, prompting health officials to renew an ...
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