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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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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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June 17, 2006
LORNA Napier has been appointed principal of the Media Technology Institute (MTI), a division of the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC). H...
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Nicholson seeks compromise between church groups and legislature
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 17, 2006
JAMAICA'S attorney general, Senator AJ Nicholson, has suggested a compromise between parliamentarians on the joint select committee studying proposals...
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American sweep nets 2,100 illegal immigrants, hundreds deported
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June 17, 2006
A swarm of federal immigration agents sped silently, headlights off, down a Boston side street early Wednesday and surrounded an apartment house. "Pol...
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Kellier, McNeil among five names mooted for VP slots in PNP
June 17, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Three of four vice-presidential slots are up for grabs in the ruling PNP and on Thursday five names emerged as likely candidat...
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Jefferson booted from House committee
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June 16, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - The House stripped Democratic Representative William Jefferson of his committee seat yesterday, one day after Democra...
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PNP continues selections in St James, Hanover June 24
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June 16, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - General secretary of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) Colin Campbell says the party will resume its candidates selecti...
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Road Safety Council proposes tighter requirements for drivers’ licences
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June 16, 2006
THE National Road Safety Council has proposed that trained drivers spend a stipulated number of hours with a certified driving instructor, as part of ...
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Malvo gives details of four unreported sniper shootings – newspaper
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June 16, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - Convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo told authorities that he and John Allen Muhammad were responsible for four additional shootings that...
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Missing Persons Log
June 16, 2006
Today we continue our weekly log of missing persons in an effort to assist the police and the families of these persons bring conclusion to their case...
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Cop shoots two in Spanish Town
June 15, 2006
A fruit vendor and a female passer-by were yesterday accidentally shot and injured during an altercation between a policeman and a taxi operator in Sp...
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Adams’ US visa also cancelled
June 15, 2006
SENIOR Superintendent Reneto Adams yesterday confirmed that the United States Embassy had cancelled his non-immigrant visa. "I went to the United Stat...
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Shot and left for dead, fisherman swims four miles to safety
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
June 15, 2006
WITH blood oozing from the bullet wound in his left arm, 'Burrucks' swam seven-and-a-half hours, all the while praying that the men who had stolen his...
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Cops in Crawle case say US visas cancelled
BY PAUL CLARKE Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
FIVE Jamaican policemen, all former members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit (CMU), claimed yesterday that their United States visas have be...
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NWC to install 30,000 new meters
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June 14, 2006
THE National Water Commission (NWC), as part of its Northern Western Parishes Service Improvement Project, has embarked on a meter installation progra...
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Public defender retains lawyer for Hanover residents
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Observer writer 
June 14, 2006
PUBLIC Defender Howard Hamilton has retained the services of Attorney-at-law Lord Anthony Gifford, who will assist Hanover residents in their effort t...
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June 14, 2006
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Doctor killed in car smash
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June 14, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - Dr Lucien Cooper, a 58-year-old medical practitioner was killed in a car crash on the Winston Jones Highway just outside Mand...
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Minister says drug abuse hurting families
BY TYRONE S REID Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
HEALTH Minister Horace Dalley yesterday expressed concern at the increasing level of drug abuse among Jamaicans, particularly teenagers, arguing that ...
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St George’s in turmoil
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
June 14, 2006
Parents of students attending St George's College yesterday forcefully rejected the appointment of a female principal, arguing that her gender and lac...
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Marine wrote song about killing Iraqi family as a ‘joke’
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June 14, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - A marine corporal has apologised in a newspaper interview published Wednesday for singing a song glorifying the kill...
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Palestinian official arrives in Gaza with US$20m in luggage
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June 14, 2006
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hours after cash-starved civil servants stormed parliament, the Palestinian foreign minister returned Wednesday from a trip t...
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‘A devil of a movie’
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2006
THREE more pastors have joined in the call to warn Jamaicans against watching the movie The Omen, saying the film could open aup the souls of its view...
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