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The suffering of the Press, as it attempts to give full coverage of the proceedings in Parliament, has reached a new low since the commencement of the...
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April 28, 2007
Our Habitat continues our series on endemic birds in Jamaica this week with a look at the Jamaican Mango. THE Jamaican mango, known scientifically as ...
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Basic schools snag top prizes in JET’s Earth Day competition
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JADE Edwards of Wilbert Stewart Basic School walked away with the first prize in the Jamaica Environment Trust's (JET) local endemic bird costume comp...
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April 28, 2007
ANY mention of public relations (PR) as a career option conjures up images of glamour and yes, dollar signs in the mind's eye. But as Marcia Erskine, ...
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Are your kids dressing their dolls in fishnet stockings and mini skirts?
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April 28, 2007
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April 28, 2007
NINE people, including Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for North-West Manchester Clinton Dietrich, lost their lives in motor vehicle accidents ac...
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April 28, 2007
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BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
FORTY years ago Gloria Johnson chose teaching over nursing after receiving word that she had been accepted to pursue her education in both disciplines...
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Taxi operators lobby for lower insurance rates
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April 28, 2007
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BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
JOAN Gordon-Webley, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for South-East St Andrew, has thrown cold water on the party's apology for her reported l...
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April 28, 2007
CHILDREN'S Advocate Mary Clarke is warning employees of early childhood institutions (ECIs) not to dismiss sexual acts between their charges, as this ...
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April 28, 2007
THE Teacher's Service Commission (TSC) has urged compliance with the August 2009 deadline, set by the Education Ministry, for the registration of the ...
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Derrick Palmer leads the way for scores of disabled
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April 28, 2007
THERE is no mistaking the enthusiasm in Derrick Palmer's voice or the animation on his face as he talks about the thrill he gets from helping others. ...
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Gloria Johnson… committed to developing local education
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April 28, 2007
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More seniors off to retirement homes
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2007
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April 27, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Fifteen of 22 vendors who were arrested and charged for transporting agricultural produce without the required receipts l...
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August 2009 deadline for teachers to get registered
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April 27, 2007
THE Ministry of Education and Youth has set August 2009 as the deadline for teachers to register with the Teachers' Service Commission in order to acc...
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Briton attempting to smuggle ganja fined and imprisoned
April 27, 2007
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Conmen to spend 18 months behind bars
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April 27, 2007
TWO men who conned a woman out of $250,000 cash earlier this month were each sentenced to 18 months in prison at hard labour yesterday in the Half-Way...
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Mob beats cross-dresser
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 27, 2007
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A cross-dreser was set upon and severely beaten by a mob in Falmouth's Water Square yesterday morning. Police who were called to ...
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APPROXIMATELY $10 million is being spent to construct two new post offices in Hopewell, Hanover and Mount Salem in St James under phase two of the Urb...
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