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MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP)—US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that hundreds more federal agents were heading to Minneapolis,...
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
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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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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
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ST MARY, Jamaica–An American sterile surgical technician is among two charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and unauthorised possession of am...
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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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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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Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
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Don’t buy uncertified citrus plants!
JIS News 
July 14, 2006
SMALL farmers and householders have been warned not to purchase cheap uncertified citrus plants from unregistered producers. The warning has come from...
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Portmore toll road opens today
Observer Reporter 
July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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‘An unfit motor vehicle can cost lives’
Observer Reporter 
July 14, 2006
FOR the average motor vehicle owner, keeping his car, bus or truck looking clean and new is a priority. However, the National Road Safety Council (NRS...
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JCC wants sex-abuse manual
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
July 14, 2006
WITH reports of sexual misbehaviour in the church gaining currency, the umbrella Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) confirmed yesterday it had commissi...
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Portmore toll road opens today
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July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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Portmore toll road opens today
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July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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Tea with Nelson Mandela to be auctioned for charity
AP 
July 13, 2006
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela is offering to have tea with the highest bidder in an Internet auction...
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Dayton Avenue church apologises
Observer Reporter 
July 13, 2006
The Dayton Avenue Church, which has been under heavy public flak for its response to the sexual assault of a schoolgirl by teenaged boys which was wit...
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Organisers, opponents of cancelled reggae concert find common ground
AP 
July 13, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Organisers and opponents of a reggae concert cancelled because it was to feature performers with a history of anti-gay lyrics found co...
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Jamaica takes silver at Taste of the Caribbean
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
The Jamaican culinary team won silver at 'The Taste of the Caribbean', which was presented by the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) and Bahama Breeze ...
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Hospitals reeling
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
By Ingrid Brown Observer staff reporter THE health sector was critically injured yesterday with several hospitals being forced to cancel elective surg...
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Community leaders push for peace in March Pen Road
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
RESIDENTS of the volatile March Pen Road in Spanish Town on Tuesday unveiled a six-month work plan as part of their efforts to bring peace to the viol...
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Deacon, three teenage boys denied bail
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
July 12, 2006
DONOVAN Jones, the deacon of the Dayton Avenue Church of God, and three teenage boys who were Tuesday night charged with the sexual assault of a 13-ye...
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Cop calls for non-violent solutions as St Elizabeth sees two more murders
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Police in St Elizabeth are investigating two killings on Sunday morning and Monday night which have pushed the murder tally...
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Father grieves as man accused of killing three kids appears in court
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
July 11, 2006
THE father of the three children whose throats were slashed in Kilancholly, St Mary, last year could not fight back his anger and tears when he faced ...
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No easy home-coming for women who served time for drugs
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2006
JAMAICAN women who have returned to their homes after spending jail-time overseas for drug trafficking say they are faced with the trauma of coping wi...
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CUMI says it’s reducing street people population in MoBay
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2006
THESE days there are fewer mentally ill people wandering the streets of Montego Bay due to rehabilitation and a noticeable change in the community's a...
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PM to address Brazil conference
Observer Reporter 
July 11, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller will be one of the featured speakers at the Second Conference of Intellectuals from Africa and the African Diaspo...
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Push to get Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park on world heritage list
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 10, 2006
THE Jamaica Conservation Development Trust (JCDT) is seeking to have the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park in Jamaica's eastern end inscripte...
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Three injured in Long Lane crash
Observer Reporter 
July 10, 2006
THREE people were seriously injured yesterday in an accident involving a Jamaica Pre-Mix cement truck and an Isuzu trucked along Long Lane in Stony Hi...
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Spencer says gov’t will continue distributing Cuban bulbs
Observver Reporter 
July 9, 2006
MINISTER of State for Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Senator Kern Spencer, says the government will continue distributing Cuban energy-sav...
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Portmore residents plan two-month boycott of toll road
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
July 9, 2006
NOT only is the People's National Party (PNP) facing a possible two-month boycott of the toll road, but the party could also lose precious votes if so...
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