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Jamaica to formulate policy for the homeless
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
April 23, 2007
STATE minister in the Ministry of Local Government, Harry Douglas, yesterday announced that a draft policy to deal with the island's homeless is expec...
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Irwin residents protest for better road
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
April 23, 2007
IRWIN, St James - Scores of angry residents of this rural community yesterday blocked sections of the roadway leading to the Irwin High School in prot...
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KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
April 23, 2007
EMPLOYEES the world over are getting fatter, sicker and less productive and companies are paying dearly for it. The fact is, sick employees not only h...
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Minister moves to avert Fiesta lockdown
April 23, 2007
LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier has scheduled a meeting for tomorrow with contractors, as well as the two major trade unions representing the more tha...
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‘Send Bob home’
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
April 23, 2007
The Coroner for Kingston and St Andrew, Patrick Murphy, yesterday ordered that the body of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer be released, five weeks ...
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Boy allegedly burnt with boiling water by mother
April 23, 2007
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent GREGORY PARK, St Catherine - The Caymanas police were yesterday searching for a woman who allegedly threw a pot of...
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Caribbean ambassadors in Beijing form caucus
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Observer writer 
April 23, 2007
SHANGHAI, China - The Caribbean's six resident ambassadors to China have formed a caucus in Beijing, as regional representatives here continue to band...
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Sex deacon trial date abandoned
Paul Henry 
April 23, 2007
A trial date for church deacon Donovan Jones, 47, and his teenage co-accused on human trafficking charges was abandoned in the Home Circuit Court as t...
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Titchfield student found dead
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 22, 2007
West Retreat, Portland - 15 year-old Fitzroy 'Ratty' Lawrence, who attended Titchfield High School in Port Antonio, was found dead at about 9:15 am ye...
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Elections within the next 6 months, says PNP
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 22, 2007
Jamaicans will go to the polls to elect a new government within the next six months, general-secretary of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) Don...
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World Cup semi-final brings increased bookings to Kingston hotels
BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 22, 2007
Kingston hotels are reporting increased bookings for this week which, they all agree, have been sparked by the Cricket World Cup semi-final match betw...
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Residents approve of new Steer Town High School design
BY CARL GILCHRIST Observer staff reporter gilchristc@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 22, 2007
STEER TOWN, St Ann - Residents have voiced their approval of the design for the new Steer Town High School to be built in this parish in time for the ...
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Unions threaten Fiesta lockdown
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
April 22, 2007
The island's two major trade unions are threatening to instruct workers at the Fiesta Hotel project in Hanover to close down the site unless a meeting...
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‘It’s deplorable!’
April 22, 2007
Just about everything in Port Maria and the districts on the outskirts of this seaside town on Jamaica's north-east coast is covered in dust. Building...
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A 10-point guide to improving workplace productivity
BY NATALIE KINCAID Jamaica Productivity Centre 
April 21, 2007
THE Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC) hosted the inaugural National Productivity Awareness Week (NPAW) in September 2006. The event signalled the begi...
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Low wages pushing men out of teaching, says JTA
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU roxboroughp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 21, 2007
STATISTICS coming out of the Jamaica Teachers' Association, which represents 88 per cent of the island's approximately 25,000 public school educators,...
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Pet dog dies after saving 5-month-old baby from fire
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 21, 2007
THEY say dog is man's best friend, but for 50-year-old Yvette Grant, whose five-month-old granddaughter was rescued by their pet dog from a fire that ...
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Jamaica prepares 2nd climate change report for UNFCCC
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior staff reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 21, 2007
JAMAICA is formulating its second national report to bring the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) up to speed on the progr...

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