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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Firefighters have responded to a fire at the Retirement Dump in St James. The blaze was noticed just before 3:00 pm, and the briga...
Kingston man facing firearm-related charges
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April 4 04:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— A Kingston man has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, assault at common law, and making use of a firearm to commi...
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‘Don’t bomb’: Israelis call for ending Iran war
April 4 03:48 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP)—Carrying anti-war banners and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hundreds of Israelis rallied in Tel A...
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April 4 01:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dancehall artiste Rena has released a new single entitled Yardie Girls No Love/Kingston City , which has sparked much debate. The si...

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Expert warns of negative impact of global warming on Ja
April 24, 2007
JAMAICA stands to lose some of its land surface in the future, and infrastructure close to the island's coasts could be lost to the sea, if global war...
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Palmer lays out vision for Central Manchester
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
April 24, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The development of Mandeville as a heartland of Jamaican academia and a wellness centre of repute is central to what ruling P...
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Convalescent home ready to take care of injured cops
Karyl Walker 
April 24, 2007
THE police convalescent home in Black River, St Elizabeth, which was completed last November at a cost of $26 million, is now ready to accept officers...
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Mayors in legal battle
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
April 24, 2007
PORTMORE, St Catherine - A legal battle is heating up between Portmore Mayor George Lee and his colleague mayor of Spanish Town Andrew Wheatley, who h...
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FROM THE COURT
April 24, 2007
Guards, driver get bail SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Four security guards employed to Ranger Security Limited and a driver who were arrested for consp...
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Former JMA president Ray Hadeed dies at 87
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
April 24, 2007
FORMER president of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JMA) Ray Hadeed died in hospital yesterday. He was 87. Hadeed, who was a patient at the Un...
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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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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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Fatter, sicker employees costing companies – Semaj
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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