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Squatters put snag in demolition programme
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter 
January 27, 2007
The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation has, according to Town Clerk Lincoln Evans, "hit a snag" in its plan to demolish some buildings in the Corporat...
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Thieves hit cattle farmers for $60m
January 27, 2007
Local cattle farmers, fuming at their loss of $60 million to praedial larceny in 2005 and nervously anticipating that that figure will increase when l...
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‘Trees for Tomorrow’ ends after 12 years
JIS 
January 27, 2007
THE Trees for Tomorrow project - one of Jamaica's most successful environmental initiatives involving an international partner - ended last Thursday a...
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Unusually strident Hylton warns Europe
January 27, 2007
In unusually strident tones, Jamaica's foreign ministry has warned Europe the island would not be forced to accept the January 2008 timeline for compl...
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‘Women are just as good’
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
January 27, 2007
THE Ministry of Education has dismissed suggestions that male principals are better at instilling discipline in schools than their female counterparts...
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Quakes – the earth in motion II
January 27, 2007
We continue our look at earthquakes this week, focusing on their effects and some personal safety tips. Have questions or comments? E-mail Petre Willi...
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Mullings breaks ranks, lashes Proceeds of Crime bill
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 27, 2007
Opposition MP Clive Mullings broke ranks with his colleagues Tuesday by severely criticising the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime bill. Despite his...
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The J’can who changed LA dreams of changing Jamaica too
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU 
January 27, 2007
In 1951 when Hurricane Charlie ravished Jamaica, Baxter Sinclair was one of the many casualties whose family was forced to split up and migrate from t...
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British man jailed, fined for ganja
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 26, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Samuel Dyer, a resident of London, England was yesterday sentenced to six months in jail and fined a total of $48,800, after t...
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Cop suspect in cab robbery
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 26, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Area One police have launched an investigation into allegations that a police constable was among a group of gunmen who he...
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Bad-luck Berry freed of careless driving charges
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 26, 2007
LEROY Berry had a change in fortune this week that took a long time in coming. Berry was freed of careless driving charges when he appeared in the Tra...
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74-year-old Englishwoman jailed for cocaine
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 26, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 74-year-old Englishwoman who was said to be suffering from myriad medical problems was yesterday sentenced to nine months in...
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Committee reviewing tax threshold meets again next Tuesday
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 26, 2007
A joint committee formed by the Ministry of Finance and Planning to review the problems flowing from the proposals to increase the income tax threshol...
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Mixed views on new venue and soulful Michael Bolton
ROLAND HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
January 26, 2007
The cosy, elegant ambience that patrons have, over the years, come to associate with the Air Jamaica Jazz & Blues Festival seemed missing last Thursda...
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Alleged baby snatcher remanded in custody
January 26, 2007
SHELLY-ANN Rodney, the 20-year-old woman who allegedly kidnapped a two-day-old baby girl from the Victoria Jubilee Hospital (VJH) last Thursday, was r...
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Two more deaths linked to Common violence
January 26, 2007
THE police have linked the deaths of two St Andrew men to the ongoing conflict in the volatile community of Common, located off Red Hills Road in St A...
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Portmore leaders want 24-month freeze on toll rate
Observer Reporter 
January 25, 2007
PORTMORE community leaders are demanding that no application for increase of toll rates along the Portmore leg of Highway 2000, which opened last July...
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Senate debates human trafficking bill, AIDS motion today
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 25, 2007
THE Senate is expected to debate the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act when it meets today at Gordon House, coming o...
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Henry-Wilson bats for higher education
January 25, 2007
EDUCATION Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson said yesterday that because of the intellectual and economic benefits of tertiary education to a country, the s...

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