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Witness sinks Munga murder trial

Dancehall artiste and co-accused Mad Rhymes walk free as prosecutors case collapses

BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com

June 13 12:30 AM

Witness sinks Munga murder trial

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Man accused of beating, urinating on his wife

June 13 12:24 AM

Man accused of beating, urinating on his wife

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AFJ hits US$10-m mark in Hurricane Melissa relief and rebuilding support

June 13 12:18 AM

AFJ hits US$10-m mark in Hurricane Melissa relief and rebuilding support

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Gov’t moving swiftly to relocate 9 Trelawny residents still in shelter

BY HORACE HINES Observer writer

June 13 12:16 AM

Gov’t moving swiftly to relocate 9 Trelawny residents still in shelter

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Florida politicians with Jamaican, Caribbean roots bask in FIFA World Cup atmosphere

BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com

June 13 12:14 AM

Florida politicians with Jamaican, Caribbean roots bask in FIFA World Cup atmosphere

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Empty bottles, full pockets

Mother of three finds cash in Red Stripe exchange programme

June 13 12:12 AM

Empty bottles, full pockets

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US beat Paraguay 4-1 in dream start for World Cup co-hosts

June 12 10:12 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The United States could scarcely have scripted a better start to their World Cup as a Folarin Balogun brace and Gi...

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Trump says US strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang

June 12 09:52 PM

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said late Friday the United States has carried out a deadly strike on the leader of Tren de A...

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Tufton welcomes support for greenhouse farming

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

October 29, 2007

MINISTER of Agriculture Christopher Tufton says that support from both the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Inter-Am...

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Donaldson unlikely to seek council re-election

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

October 28, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Observer has learnt that sitting Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Montego Bay North East division and chairma...

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Storm watch

October 28, 2007

Jamaica was placed on a tropical storm watch yesterday as Tropical Storm Noel formed over the Caribbean and forecasters warned the slow-moving system ...

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Adventist leader urges greater role for youth

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com

October 28, 2007

President of the Worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pastor Jan Paulsen is urging leaders of the denomination in Jamaica to make room for young me...

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Four foreigners jailed for drugs

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com

October 28, 2007

Two Canadians were last Wednesday sentenced to three months behind bars after each pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 lbs of ganja each out of...

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Camele Kelly… focussed on success in Canada

BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

AT only twenty-two years old, Camele Alicia Kelly has learnt a valuable lesson in career planning that many others fail to grasp: to choose a career n...

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Mastering the Marlin

Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content

October 27, 2007

It's a journey of some 30 miles from Kingston, through deep rural country. The roads are good, the turns deep and along the way we traverse lush high ...

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Want to change lives? Get into project management

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

CONCERNED about the social and economic condition of the world's people, not least among them Jamaicans? Consider a career as a project manager workin...

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‘A dream come true’

BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

Sixteen years after joining the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), fresh out of high school, Constable Dionne Holmes can actually stay in bed all day. ...

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Claudius Massop: Feared political enforcer

By Karyl Walker Sunday Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

In the 1970s when political turbulence threatened to shake the core of the nation, a number of political enforcers and henchmen came to the fore. It w...

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JDF change of command sprinkled with light moments

BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

For a military event, yesterday's change of command parade for the chief of staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) at Up Park Camp was not shrouded ...

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Conflicting testimonies; Seshiah stands his ground

By Karyl Walker Sunday Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

Nine days into the coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston, confli...

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Probe into PNP deals

BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com

October 27, 2007

Last week's revelation by Energy Minister Clive Mullings that "free" fluorescent light bulbs from the Cuban Government have already cost taxpayers $11...

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Opposition defers response to Mullings’ Cuban bulb statement

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

October 27, 2007

The issue of the $276 million distribution price tag on the four million light bulbs donated to Jamaicans by the Cuban Government was the highlight of...

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John Lynch hardly expected the furore over his JTB appointment

Desmond Allen | Executive Editor

October 27, 2007

John Lynch was sitting comfortably in his Miami office when the private line rang. It was Edmund Bartlett, the newly elected Jamaican minister of tour...

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UWI principal promises to address concerns of students

October 26, 2007

PRINCIPAL of the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Professor Gordon Shirley, promised yesterday to ensure that the concerns of t...

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National planning summit for MoBay next week

October 26, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Prime Minister Bruce Golding will address the opening session of a two-day National Planning Summit set for November 2 to 4 at...

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‘No casino, please’

October 26, 2007

THE Jamaica Association of Evangelicals - one of the island's major church groups - yesterday cautioned the government on any plan it might have to in...

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NWC says theft of cables, motors, valves and manhole covers affecting operations

October 26, 2007

THE National Water Commission (NWC) says it has been struggling with an increasing incidence of theft of its cables, motors, valves, manhole covers an...

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Good news for persons with HIV/AIDS

October 26, 2007

THE Global Fund has committed to continue providing antiretroviral medication for another six years for Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), accordin...

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Analyst confirms toxic substance found in Woolmer’s body

BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com

October 26, 2007

MARCIA Dunbar, a government analyst employed to the Forensics Science Laboratory, yesterday confirmed earlier revelations that a toxic substance was p...

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Charles to pursue policy to have skilled construction workers certified

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

October 25, 2007

MINISTER of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles, says that his ministry will pursue a policy to have skilled construction workers certified in...