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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—A total of 3,444 special needs students across the Caribbean, the majority of whom were visually-impaired, sat examinations administ...
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Shanoya Douglas tastes rare defeat at hand of Trinidadian Alexxe Henry
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Contractor-general wants UDC punished
Observer Reporter 
September 26, 2006
CONTRACTOR-GENERAL Greg Christie says the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) should be punished for failing to comply with his requirement for inform...
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Trinidad’s foreign minister resigns
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September 26, 2006
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad's foreign minister resigned yesterday, but he gave no reasons for his departure, the prime minister's office s...
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Pump arrives for sterilisation system at Victoria Jubilee
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September 25, 2006
THE pump needed for the sterilisation system at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, the island's main maternity facility, has arrived in the island. Howeve...
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Senior citizen dies at King’s House
TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
September 25, 2006
AN elderly woman who a local service club invited out yesterday for a fun-filled day of music, food and dancing in celebration of Senior Citizens' Wee...
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Former deacon gets bail
VAUGHN DAVIS 
September 25, 2006
DONOVAN Jones, the 47-year-old former deacon of the Church Dayton Diamond Ridge who is alleged to have supervised the repeated sexual assault of a 13-...
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Bootleg case set for mention October 13
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September 25, 2006
THE case against Mark Wright, the man whom police nabbed in the massive pirated CDs bust on August 6 at his Red Hills Road house, is set for mention i...
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JLP denies breaching campaign convention
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September 25, 2006
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday denied it had breached the convention concerning the conduct of political activities during the st...
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Should maternity leave be extended?
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 25, 2006
THE government has told teachers they can't get improved maternity leave provisions this pay cycle, but the issue has triggered a national reaction wh...
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High command eyes witness protection for cops who testify against superiors
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
September 25, 2006
A witness protection programme for rank and file cops who are willing to testify against senior officers suspected of involvement in corruption and ot...
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Men on human trafficking charges face court Oct 17
September 24, 2006
Narcott Graham, 54, and Agon Stephens, 52, the two men arrested in May for allegedly attempting to prostitute a 14-year-old girl, will stand trial in ...
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Regional integration will suffer if PNP loses election, says Gonsalves
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 24, 2006
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, warned yesterday that Caricom's thrust for greater regional integration would suffer...
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$635m clean-up for World Cup
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 24, 2006
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday promised a temporary, special employment programme to clean up major urban areas and rural towns in pre...
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Fire Brigade to get Hazardous Material suits
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
September 24, 2006
The Jamaica Fire Brigade is set to bolster its cache of protective equipment before the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup in March next year with top...
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JPS text messaging clients with overdue bills
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer 
September 24, 2006
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has implemented an automated notification system that uses cell phone text messaging to remind customers of o...
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Cops kill Fullersfield man they say was wanted
September 24, 2006
The dead man has been identified as 46 year-old farmer Hubert Brown, also known as 'Mega' and 'Big Man' of a Fullersfield address in the parish. The p...
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Thousands welcome Portia to largest PNP conference in 30 years
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
September 24, 2006
It was indeed the mother of all conferences. Thousands of People's National Party (PNP) supporters packed Kingston's National Arena to overflowing, fo...
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$42-million renovation at Yallahs Basic School
JIS 
September 23, 2006
MORE than JA$42 million is being spent to renovate and expand the Yallahs Basic School and Resource Centre in St Thomas. Work began in July and is exp...
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Your e-mail says more than you realise: Part II
BY LEAHCIM SEMAJ CEO, The JobBank Work@LTSemaj.com 
September 23, 2006
LAST week we looked at some of the legal ramifications of sending e-mail and also made recommendations about its general use. This week we offer some ...
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The unlikely hero
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter 
September 23, 2006
Dean Stewart had only a split second to choose between saving his wheelchair and prosthesis legs or his friend's life after a fire started in the wood...
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Bermudan fugitive held here
September 23, 2006
Anthony Quinton Beech, a 44-year-old painter from Bermuda who is wanted on drug charges in the United States, was held last Thursday by members of the...
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Moms, babies risk death at Jubilee Hospital
BY DEANNA MCFARLANE Sunday Observer staff reporter 
September 23, 2006
Pregnant women and their babies are at risk of dying at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital due to a defunct autoclave, a device used to sterilise equipment...
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PJ joins PNP campaign
September 23, 2006
Former prime Minister P J Patterson, who was yesterday accepted as a life member of the ruling People's National Party (PNP), is to join the party's r...
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