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St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP)—Barcelona retained the Spanish Super Cup with a thrilling 3-2 Clasico win over Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Raphi...
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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
January 11 04:27 PM
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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A feast fit for a Table Talk winner
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
July 19, 2006
Hundreds of guests enjoyed the gastronomical offerings of more than 50 booths at the recently concluded Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards. For A...
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Indonesian tsunami victims given mass burial
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July 19, 2006
PANGANDARAN, Indonesia (AP) - Rumors of another killer wave sparked mass panic yesterday in the town hardest hit by the Indonesian tsunami, while the ...
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Whitehouse saga deepens
July 18, 2006
The Sandals Whitehouse controversy deepened yesterday with the release of the contractor-general's report in which he accused the state-run Urban Deve...
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Everett Grizzle -One man’s fight for beauty
July 18, 2006
HAVE you ever noticed the greenery lining the median on Washington Boulevard? Maybe you assumed it was the work of a neighbouring company? Well, think...
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Church at centre of sex scandal operating illegally, says mayor
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
July 18, 2006
THE Dayton Avenue Church of God, which has come under fire recently for condoning the actions of one of its deacons who failed to put a stop to the se...
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Zambia opposition party separates
AFP 
July 18, 2006
LUSAKA, Zambia (AFP) - Zambia's biggest opposition party split yesterday, just months before the country's general and presidential elections, with se...
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Sunday school teacher feels ‘hurt’ over church scandal
BY NADINE WILSON Observer writer 
July 18, 2006
A senior lecturer and Sunday school teacher who has spent more than 30 years telling people about God's love said yesterday that she felt "hurt" that ...
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Davies going around in circles, says NAJ
Observer Reporter 
July 16, 2006
The president of the nurses union yesterday accused Finance Minister Omar Davies of circumnavigating the issues in their wage dispute at a meeting on ...
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JPS still in the dark
ROLAND HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
July 16, 2006
More than 24 hours after the nation was plunged into total darkness, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) was yesterday still unable to say what had exact...
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‘It isn’t me’
OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter 
July 16, 2006
Former information minister Burchell Whiteman has denied that he has been asked to replace Ambassador Gail Mathurin as Jamaica's High Commissioner to ...
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Finding jobs an uphill battle for deportees
July 15, 2006
DEPORTEES continue to face the uphill battle of finding jobs in a country where work is scarce for even university qualified graduates. Social worker ...
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Five battle to replace Karl Blythe in Central Westmoreland
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 15, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - An intense political contest is on in earnest in Central Westmoreland among five People's National Party aspirants vyin...
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History takes its ‘toll’
BY SHERILLA GORDON Sunday Observer writer 
July 15, 2006
MORE than 140 years have elapsed since Jamaica last imposed a toll on travellers, a period that was characterised by civil disobedience and periodic r...
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High achievers score $50,000 scholarships for GSAT performance
BY NADINE WILSON Sunday Observer Writer 
July 15, 2006
TWO high achievers in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) were awarded scholarship worth $50,000 each at Friday's Inaugural Guardian Life/GS...
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Hewitt remembered as a ‘ball of energy’
Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
THE Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity was packed with mourners and well-wishers yesterday for the funeral of entertainment personality Christine Hewi...
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Compulsory education to be re-introduced
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
July 15, 2006
THE government is to make another attempt at implementing compulsory education, this time with punitive measures, but not initially, education and you...
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It’s a judgement call
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
July 15, 2006
Church leaders say they cooperate with the police in sharing information of a criminal nature, but not all the time. But spokesmen for the Roman Catho...
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Deadly carbon monoxide leak in college dorm
AP 
July 15, 2006
SALEM, Virginia (AP) - Carbon monoxide leaked into a college dormitory early Friday, sickening more than 100 teens and adults attending summer program...
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Deportees form support network to counter discrimination
BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
STIGMATISED in a culture to which some had to re-adapt after living overseas, a group of deportees - Jamaicans ejected from foreign countries for immi...
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Tapping into the expertise of retired executives
Careeer Advisor with Merrit Henry 
July 15, 2006
Educators in higher education worldwide are becoming more aware of the need to utilise new and creative means to develop and deliver programmes to mee...
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Churches, medics, schools reporting more sex abuse cases
Luke Douglas 
July 15, 2006
THE delay in reporting the role of one of its deacons in the alleged sexual assualt of a teenaged girl notwithstanding, the police say reporting of se...
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Writing her way
BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Paury Flowers read in measured, self-assured tones, the centre of attention in a circle of some 30 women. "My grandmother alway...
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