Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
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Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
January 2 09:57 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— Police assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division seized a total of 93 assorted rounds of ammunition on Dyke Road, St C...
Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
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Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
January 2 08:59 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A Manchester labourer has been arrested and charged with the murder of 34-year-old Glenford Isaacs, who was stabbed to death on S...
UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
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UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
January 2 07:55 PM
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provi...
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
January 2 07:26 PM
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2 07:00 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...

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Delay in arrival of Cuban cement
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
A foul-up in 'shipping logistic' has been cited as one possible reason why a shipment of cement from Cuba failed to arrive in the island last weekend ...
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Italy’s Berlusconi hands in resignation
AFP 
May 2, 2006
ROME, Italy (AFP) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi formally handed in his resignation yesterday after five turbulent years at the helm of Italian po...
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Two in custody following Cornwall shooting
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Two men were last night in police custody in relation to the shooting death of 48 year-old farmer Kevin Watson and the inju...
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Former Maryland postmistress marks 100th birthday
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
MARYLAND, Hanover - A large congregation turned up Sunday at the United Church in this small community to celebrate with Esrene Taylor on her 100th bi...
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Cops cut down MoBay wanted man
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Garfield Sawyers, who was on the Montego Bay police most wanted list, was killed by cops in an alleged shoot-out on the weeken...
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Jamaican dog finds a new home in Canada
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
April 30, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Three-year-old 'Marley', starving and injured, almost a month ago was seen scouring a beach in this tourist resort for food. Howev...
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April 30, 2006
Here's looking at you, Sheila. Looking absolutely sensational at Babsy's Sexy @ Sixty bash was Sheila McNeil. Okay, we know she's got a drop-dead gorg...
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Man killed by cop after chopping woman to death
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2006
LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland - Damion Brown, 19, who yesterday fatally chopped Sasha-Kay Meyers, 18, near her home in the small community of Cottage, w...
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Narcotics cop dies in car crash
April 29, 2006
Thirty-three year-old Orell Barnes, a policeman assigned to the Narcotics Headquarters in Kingston, died yesterday in a car crash on the Georgia main ...
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Eight murders reported Friday
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2006
The police yesterday reported eight murders across the island in separate incidents Friday. According to the police, 33-year-old sound system operator...
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DK ponders Eastern Hanover
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
April 29, 2006
HOPEWELL, Hanover - Dr D K Duncan, who served in the Michael Manley-led People's National Party (PNP) Cabinet of the 1970s, is to decide within the ne...
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Councillors back-pedal on slavery
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
April 29, 2006
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - Shamed, it seems, by widespread public criticism, some members of the St Elizabeth Parish Council are now saying they will...
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Norma shows Bon Appétit how to entertain guests Jamaican style
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
April 29, 2006
Celebrated Jamaican chef Norma Shirley has an eight-page spread in Bon Appétit's May 2006 issue. Called 'A Night in Jamaica', the article gives reader...
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Dr Nicoleen Johnson
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Sunday Observer Writer 
April 29, 2006
SHANGHAI, China - It wasn't enough for Nicoleen Johnson to bungee jump off Zimbabwe's 111-metre-high Victoria Falls Bridge. She had to do it twice. An...
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Choosing the right field
Copley News Service 
April 29, 2006
THE last month of college brings on a wide range of emotions for the college grad. The constant questioning from parents and friends about future care...
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CHILD SEX ABUSE – Rampant But Hidden
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2006
THERE are no shortage of horror stories and court cases involving children as victims of sexual abuse and exploitation, but the police and child autho...
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EAC suggests changes to election procedures
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2006
In a report to Parliament last Thursday, the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) recommended several changes to local government and general election p...
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April 28, 2006
Minister condemns killing of DC,/B> SECURITY Minister Peter Phillips has described the killing of District Constable Stephen Johnson as a calculated a...
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Hyundia boss faces embezzlement charges
AFP 
April 28, 2006
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) - Hyundai Motor Group head Chung Mong-Koo was arrested and thrown into a prison yesterday on charges of embezzlement and brea...
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300,000 schoolchildren to get free textbooks
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
April 27, 2006
THREE hundred thousand primary school students are to receive English textbooks from the I PLEDGE progamme. I PLEDGE, which stands for "I Promise to L...

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