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Jamaica enters over 1,300 candidates for CXC’s CTEC pilot
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Jamaica enters over 1,300 candidates for CXC’s CTEC pilot
January 11 03:13 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Jamaica has registered a total of 1,334 candidates for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Targeted Education Certifi...
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
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Man killed, woman injured at shop in St Ann
AKERA DAVIS OBSERVER WRITER 
January 11 03:10 PM
ST ANN, Jamaica —Thirty-three year-old Kemar Brown, otherwise known as Mars, was shot and killed, whilst Norma Linton, also known as Barbara, was shot...
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Woman killed in St Croix shark attack
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Woman killed in St Croix shark attack
January 11 12:35 PM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, US Virgin Islands (CMC) —A shark attack along a beach in St Croix, on Thursday, claimed the life of a United States (US) woman. She ...
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
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St James Municipal Corporation ramps up earthquake preparedness activities
January 11 11:36 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —In observance of Earthquake Awareness Month throughout January, the St James Municipal Corporation will intensify its routine publi...
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
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10 killed in five multi-vehicle crashes in December says ITA
January 11 11:31 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Thirty-two people were killed in 27 fatal crashes during the month of December 2025 according to the Island Traffic Authority (ITA)....
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
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ISSA Champions Cup set to start January 20
January 11 11:16 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The ISSA Champions Cup will kick off on January 20th and end on the 31st, Observer Online has been reliably informed. The start of t...
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
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Grange mourns passing of pioneering women’s cricketer, Dorothy Hobson
January 11 10:49 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Sports Minister Olivia Grange has extended condolences to the family, friends, and the wider sporting fraternity following the passi...
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Part 2 of ‘Kevin Smith: Cult Pastor’ documentary premieres on YouTube
January 11 10:41 AM
Once revered as a prophet, Kevin Smith’s legacy is now defined by a deadly cult ritual that claimed lives and led to posthumous charges of murder, con...
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Ways to keep going when you lose your job
Copley News Service 
May 6, 2006
JOB loss is financially and emotionally scary. What once was a stable career is now gone. Workers can start to experience money panic as they try to p...
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ONR labours on, hopes to deliver hurricane homes in two months
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
May 6, 2006
ALMOST two years on, the homeless victims of Hurricane Ivan are still waiting for the promised replacement shelter, but last week head reconstructioni...
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10 US soldiers killed in helicopter crash in remote Afghan mountains
AP 
May 6, 2006
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Ten American soldiers died when their transport helicopter crashed during combat operations aimed at flushing out Taliban an...
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Episcopal election could cause more divisions over homosexuality
AP 
May 6, 2006
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Delegates from the Episcopal Diocese of California voted Saturday for their next bishop from a field of seven candidates that inc...
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Obeah enters mainstream commerce
BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 6, 2006
THE ritual of obeah has been outlawed in Jamaica for 246 years but its practice is prevalent, and now there are indications that its associated potion...
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HEART Trust, JAMALCO sign MOU for joint training programme
Observer Reporter 
May 6, 2006
THE HEART Trust/NTA and JAMALCO officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate the training of 3,000 highly skilled technical per...
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Countdown is on to the most delicious, nail-biting contest
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 6, 2006
The judging has recommenced. After all, this year's started as soon as last year's awards were finished. With just three weeks to go before the eighth...
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Sexual harassment at the workplace: prevention and cure
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
May 6, 2006
PREVENTION is the best tool to eliminate sexual harassment at the workplace. We encourage employers to take the necessary steps to prevent sexual hara...
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East Timor residents flee capital city
AP 
May 5, 2006
DILI, East Timor (AP) - Thousands of people fled East Timor's capital yesterday as rumours circulated via mobile phone text messages that disgruntled ...
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Contractor general wants audit done at KSAC
Observer Reporter 
May 5, 2006
THE contractor-general has requested that an audit be done into some aspects of the operations of the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC). At th...
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Legal scrap looms over Forum Hotel
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
The Forum Hotel and Villas in Portmore, St Catherine is at the centre of what is likely to become a legal tussle between the Urban Development Corpora...
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PM appeals for J’cans to put back work into Labour Day
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday urged Jamaicans to put back the true meaning into Labour Day by rekindling the spirit of community volu...
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Opening session of philanthropy conference cancelled
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The opening session of the UWI Development and Endowment Fund's second annual Caribbean Philanthropy Conference was cancelled ...
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Caricom urged to adopt Mexican remittance financial incentive project
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - Philanthropists from all over the region on Wednesday conceded the need to copy the Mexican government's remittance financial ...
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More accurate DNA tests coming
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - The Government's Forensic Laboratory will be able to deliver more accurate DNA test results when it moves from its current 8 M...
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How Digicel did it
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
DIGICEL, the aggressive mobile telephone service provider, claims that a phenomenal 98 per cent of Jamaicans think of Digicel first when asked about a...
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Philanthropists want region to copy Mexico’s remittance incentive project
Observer Reporter 
May 4, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Philanthropists from the Caribbean yesterday urged that regional governments copy the Mexican government's remittance financia...
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Blythe decides political future after discussions with God, constituents
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 4, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Former Cabinet Minister Dr Karl Blythe hopes to tell Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller his plans for his political f...
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Fear grips Rockfort as gangs trade bullets
Observer Reporter 
May 3, 2006
SEVERAL communities in the East Kingston community of Rockfort were blocked by residents yesterday, as they tried to protect themselves from feuding g...
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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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Section of unfinished hotel collapses
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 2, 2006
Runaway Bay, St Ann - A section of decking, measuring about 800 square feet, at the Bahia Principe Club hotel, now under construction at Pear Tree Bot...
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