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Over 3,400 candidates with varying disabilities sat CXC examinations in 2025
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Shanoya Douglas tastes rare defeat at hand of Trinidadian Alexxe Henry
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Company which conducted EIA at Pear Tree Bottom wants day in court
Observer Reporter 
June 8, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Environmental Solutions Limited (ESL), the company which conducted the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Bahia Princip...
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14 European govts colluded with US on secret detentions – Report
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June 7, 2006
PARIS, France (AFP) - Fourteen European countries colluded in or tolerated the secret transfer of terrorist suspects by the United States, a Council o...
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PNP’s Buchanan whips Foote
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 7, 2006
DARLISTON, Westmoreland - P J Patterson's successor, Luther Buchanan yesterday whipped his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) opponent in a by-election the ru...
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Jamaica inching towards tier two human trafficking ranking
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
June 7, 2006
Ambassador John Miller, director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, said Jamaica was well on its way to further improving its...
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Militants kidnap five from gas plant in Nigeria
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June 7, 2006
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has shut down a plant after militants raided its gas installation in southern Nigeria on Wednesday ...
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Help desk for the disabled
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June 6, 2006
Mandeville, Manchester - Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has joined forces with The Discretionary Aid Programme (DAP) of the Australian High Commi...
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Police step up anti-corruption drive
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June 6, 2006
THE Anti-Corruption Division of the police's Professional Standards Branch (PSB) has issued a list of services offered by the police which citizens sh...
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Tier two rating in human trafficking now official
June 5, 2006
THE United States (US) State Department has officially given Jamaica a tier two ranking in terms of the island's efforts to stem human trafficking. In...
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US warns Germany about prostitution at World Cup
AP 
June 5, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States accused 12 nations Monday of failing to do enough to stop the modern-day slave trade in prostitutes, child sex wor...
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Central St Mary gets their Guy
June 5, 2006
Incumbent PNP MP for Central St Mary Dr Morais Guy was on Sunday selected to be the party's candidate in the next general election, due next year. At ...
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JUTC fights for market share
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
June 4, 2006
STIFF competition from both legal and illegal service providers has prompted the cash-strapped Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) to ask the police ...
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GraceKennedy offering oline recruitment
June 3, 2006
GraceKennedy Limited, one of Jamaica's largest companies, is now accepting online job applications on its corporate website www.gracekennedy.com. Job ...
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Cop out!
Petre Williams Sunday Observer Reporter 
June 3, 2006
Attorney Margarette Macaulay yesterday accused Jamaica of wasting time, saying lawmakers should be drafting laws against sexual harassment rather than...
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Rank and file police to set up Caribbean federation
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 3, 2006
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Discussions geared at setting up a Caribbean Police Federation as the springboard for cops in the region to work anywhere in the ...
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Defence ministers tackle regional security concerns at annual conference
AP 
June 3, 2006
SINGAPORE (AP) - US Defence Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld yesterday urged more transparency from China, Russia and North Korea, and also branded Iran as...
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From law school dropout to Shanghai and champagne
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Sunday Observer Writer 
June 3, 2006
SHANGHAI, China - With his right hand in the air, moving 'rude bwoy' style to the catchy strains of Sean Paul's mega hit We Be Burning - his chauffeur...
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Online book fair to give free access to 300,000 texts
June 3, 2006
Two non-profit organisations are preparing to provide free access to 300,000 texts online this summer. Project Gutenberg and World eBook Library plan ...
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Protests against cemetery bring live results
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 3, 2006
BURNT GROUND, Hanover - The developers of the controversial $50 million cemetery in this rural community will be asked to make adjustments to the proj...
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Montenegro declares independence
AP 
June 3, 2006
PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) - Montenegro's Parliament yesterday proclaimed independence for the tiny Balkan republic, forming a new European state and ...
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Man sentenced in Taco Bell extortion plot
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June 2, 2006
TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (AP) - A man was sentenced Friday to 16 to 30 months in prison for trying to extort money from a Taco Bell restaurant by putti...
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Five hurt in 5-vehicle crash on Mandela H’way
Observer Reporter 
June 2, 2006
FIVE people, including a female driver, were injured yesterday after a five-vehicle collision along the Mandela Highway, in the vicinity of Ferry in S...
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June 2, 2006
Cops kill man said involved in $15-m robbery ALTON Jones, 22, whom the police said was a suspect in last month's multi-million dollar robbery at the D...
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