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American woman among two charged following St Mary firearm seizure
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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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Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
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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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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
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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
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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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Relatives of slain teen, attacker’s family get counselling
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May 1, 2006
LITTLE LONDON, Westmoreland - The Victim Support Centre yesterday began to counsel the relatives of 18 year-old Sasha-Kay Meyers, who was chopped to d...
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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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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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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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Thousands converge on Manhattan for anti-war demonstration
AP 
April 29, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of protesters marched yesterday through lower Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, ju...
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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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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
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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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