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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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Several St Ann institutions get help
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 23, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - St Ann residents yesterday turned out in large numbers to 'put work into Labour Day', with several institutions benefiting from th...
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200,000 tyre gauges for distribution as road safety campaign gets in gear
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May 21, 2006
THE Jamaica Automobile Association (JAA) on Friday launched a new road safety campaign, 'Think Before You Drive', to promote 'proper driving etiquette...
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Doreen Forbes to represent PNP in West Portland
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May 21, 2006
BUFF BAY, Portland - Local politician Doreen Forbes was selected Saturday as candidate/caretaker for Western Portland by the People's National Party (...
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No gouging allowed
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May 21, 2006
HAVING extended the duty-free importation of cement from three months to a year, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has quickly sounded a warning ag...
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‘Work of the devil’ – Christians blast Da Vinci Code
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
WHILE not quite calling for a boycott of the movie, The Da Vinci Code, local church leaders have sided with the international Christian community, say...
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Orientation is vital to work adjustment
Career Advisor With Merrit Henry 
May 20, 2006
NEW and prospective employees are becoming more and more aware of the need for orientation before beginning a new job. Organisations are responding po...
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Man talk
BY ROLAND HENRY Observer staff reporter 
May 20, 2006
ONLY boys showed up for school at the Portmore Missionary Preparatory on Friday - and with good reason. The school was staging its first-ever 'Boys' D...
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Out of control
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
ENRAGED mobs have hacked almost a dozens persons to death, an average of three per month this year, a count of police cases show, as 'vigilante justic...
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White-collar criminals, networks rake in millions annually from sophisticated scams
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
May 20, 2006
WHITE-collar criminals raked in more than $1.2 billion over the past six years, using methods that are increasingly more sophisticated and, in some ca...
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Gay firm sacked lesbian for pregnancy
AFP 
May 20, 2006
A gay-friendly British real estate agency sacked and sexually discriminated against a lesbian employee after she told them she was pregnant, an employ...
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Election expectations may bring new flare to Sectoral Debate
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
May 20, 2006
THIS year's sectoral debate, which starts May 30, promises to be one of the most exciting in recent years. The sectoral debate gives each member of th...
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E-learning pilot will target five subjects
BY DEANNA McFarlane Observer staff reporter 
May 20, 2006
THE Government's e-learning project is designed to improve the quality of education for Grades 7 to 11 students in 150 high schools islandwide, accord...
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Police trained in arrest techniques, appropriate use of force
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
THERE is little, if any, demonstration of it on the streets, but police officers entering the Jamaica Constabulary and its auxiliary arm all go throug...
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Highly stressed and overworked, more police officers opting for private psychiatric treatment
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
LAW enforcement officers are going outside the police force in search of therapy for stress related disorders, a condition that psychiatrists say may ...
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Man gets life for murder of gay activist
Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2006
DWIGHT Hayden, the man who pleaded guilty to murdering the founder and former leader of the Jamaica Forum for Lesbians and Gays (J-FLAG), Brian Willia...
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The lady is a golfer
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
May 20, 2006
DESPITE Tiger Woods' dominance of the golf game over the past few years, many Jamaicans still harbour the mistaken notion that this is a game only for...
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Young people need guidance, says GG
May 20, 2006
Governor-General Professor Kenneth Hall has challenged the older generation to take a more proactive role in shaping and nurturing the youth, who will...
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Water Square in Trelawny to get facelift
Observer Reporter 
May 19, 2006
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - The Trelawny Labour Day Committee has chosen the beautification of Water Square in Falmouth as the parish project for Labour Day ...
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Portia steps in
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
May 19, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller, facing the biggest crisis of her fledgling administration, yesterday announced an extension of the waiver of 15 ...
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Death rides the highways
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2006
DEATH rode the highways yesterday, claiming five persons and leaving nine others battling for life in hospital, after the overcrowded public passenger...
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J’can hospitals not ready if bird flu pandemic hits, says PAHO
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2006
THE Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) yesterday painted a bleak picture of what would happen if Jamaica were hit by a pandemic from the dreaded ...
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US proposes new nuclear treaty
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May 18, 2006
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - The United States on Thursday proposed a new treaty to curb proliferation of nuclear weapons by banning the production of w...
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