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UN agency gets 5-year, rent-free accommodation
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
February 20, 2007
THE sea-protecting work of the Regional Coordinating Unit (RCU) of the United Nations Environment Programme in Jamaica received a boost Monday when th...
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Noisy bridge debate at KSAC meeting
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
February 20, 2007
YESTERDAY'S meeting of the Roads and Traffic Committee of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) descended into a shouting match as councillors...
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Man gets life in prison for murder of dairy farmers
BY PAUL HENRY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 20, 2007
A 24-year-old labourer of St Catherine was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment in the Home Circuit Court for the double murder of Jamaica Dairy F...
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NWA studying proposals for Broadgate bridge
February 19, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) says several proposals are being considered for the establishment of a structure to replace the Broadgate/Mahoe Hill s...
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Another woman charged in alleged sweepstake scam
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 19, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Shanon Ricketts, one of the 30 people held during a raid last week in connection with the alleged international sweepstake and...
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NWA happy with traffic flow on Marcus Garvey Drive
February 19, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) has expressed satisfaction with the traffic changes implemented along sections of Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston yest...
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Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
February 19, 2007
Fire yesterday destroyed the Morant Bay Courthouse which, for more than a century, stood as a monument to Jamaica's bloody rebellion against oppressiv...
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Conduct business near Sabina after start of matches, urges LOC
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February 19, 2007
THE Jamaica Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 has advised persons who wish to conduct business in the vicinity...
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Rare artifacts from Port Royal go on display at US museum
February 19, 2007
MORE than 200 rare artifacts from the historic city of Port Royal went on display last week at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida in downtown M...
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CDA moves to build support for foster care
PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter 
February 19, 2007
THE Child Development Agency (CDA) is seeking to entice more Jamaicans into becoming foster parents, in its efforts to give an increased number of chi...
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Well-known tailor Earl Spencer is dead
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
EARL Spencer, the man who spent over 40 years outfitting Jamaicans from almost every rung of society in well-tailored suits, is dead. The philanthropi...
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Volvo bus dealer to train JUTC staff in caring buses
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
JR Group, the local Volvo bus dealer, says it plans to train Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) staff how to care and maintain the interior of the b...
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Portmore beautification projects likely to miss deadline
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
THE Portmore Municipal Council is doubtful that its beautification projects will be completed by the March 11 deadline, in time for the start of the I...
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GSAT review team predicts another shortage of spaces this year
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 18, 2007
A deficit of almost 4,000 grade seven spaces in high schools for 2007/2008, could create more space problems for GSAT students this September, a gover...
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RBTT workers reject 13% wage hike offer
February 18, 2007
Unionised employees of RBTT Bank voted Saturday afternoon to reject a new pay offer from the bank. At a workers' meeting at the RBTT's employees audit...
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Air J to offer Sunday service to Curacao
February 18, 2007
THE national airline, Air Jamaica, will, beginning March 11, be offering Sunday flights between Montego Bay and Curacao. "This is in direct response t...
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‘Cornwall kickers’ suspended
Pat Roxborough-Wright 
February 18, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three students of Montego Bay's all-boys school Cornwall College have been suspended for participating in a kicking game which...
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February 18, 2007
LONDON, England (AFP) - Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday backed calls for tougher sentences for teenagers who carry guns and join criminal gangs af...
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Traffic changes on Marcus Garvey Drive take effect today
February 18, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) will today introduce traffic changes along Marcus Garvey Drive in Kingston. "The changes are being made in response to...
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Reach Falls reopens today
February 18, 2007
THE Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will today re-open Reach Falls in Portland, following the completion of interim upgrading work at the attracti...
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‘Allow prisoners to use ganja’
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter 
February 18, 2007
CONTROVERSIAL former prison doctor Raymoth Notice yesterday backed the controlled use of ganja by inmates in the island's prisons, and at the same tim...
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Singer, teacher Sonia Spence sent on her final journey
BY KERRY McCATTY Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 18, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester- Many Jamaicans might remember the cover version of Leaving on a Jet Plane by a local artiste in the 1970s, which was hugely su...
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