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Charles Hyatt takes final bow
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 1, 2007
Outstanding Jamaican actor, comedian and broadcaster Charles Hyatt died yesterday in Florida, USA after suffering briefly from liver cancer. He was 75...
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Gasping for fresh air
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
January 1, 2007
RESIDENTS near the Riverton City waste disposal site on Spanish Town Road have complained of respiratory illnesses caused by the thick smoke that has ...
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Genesis ends on sour note after Stitchie’s outburst
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
January 1, 2007
Montego Bay, St James - Genesis, the premier entertainment event that traditionally closes the year for many Christians, ended on a sour note yesterda...
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Export sector held its own in 2006, says Clarke
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January 1, 2007
MINISTER of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has said that despite the challenges posed by globalisation and the erosion of preferential access to...
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Another infant dies in house fire
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 1, 2007
Falmouth, Trelawny - A two-year-old infant, who was left in the care of her 19 year-old aunt by her mother, died yesterday afternoon in a fire which s...
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Construction of Yallahs Bridge to begin this year
December 31, 2006
State minister in the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works, Dr Fenton Ferguson has said that construction of the 157-metre Yallahs Bridge i...
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Home-alone infants die in Westmoreland fire
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
December 31, 2006
Ricketts River, Westmoreland - In the ongoing tragedy of children being left unattended and losing their lives in house fires, residents of this small...
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Malaria vector control enters another phase
December 31, 2006
The Government on Friday began another phase of its malaria vector control programme as the number of confirmed malaria cases rose to 165. "The exerci...
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Smoke from the dump hazardous, says Baugh
December 31, 2006
Opposition spokesman on health, Dr Kenneth Baugh has warned that the heavy smoke from the fire at the municipal dump was affecting the health of peopl...
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Crime tops 2007 wish list
December 31, 2006
Eight of 15 prominent Jamaicans wrote down the need for a big chop in the crime rate, especially murders, on their 2007 wish list compiled by the Obse...
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McFarlane acting head of Children’s Registry
December 31, 2006
Grace-Ann McFarlane has been appointed acting head of the much-anticipated Children's Registry, effective today, the health ministry announced. The ap...
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David Heron lands role in new cable TV series
December 30, 2006
RENOWNED Jamaican playwright and actor David Heron has landed a role in the new drama series Ya Ma Afrika, scheduled to have its world network premier...
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A rude awakening
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer staff reporter 
December 30, 2006
The once sleepy mid-island town of Mandeville has seen impressive growth in its physical development in recent years, but that has come at a price. To...
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Big people business outta road
By Marcia Forbes 
December 30, 2006
Jamaican boaters have a favourite expression, 'What happens at sea stays at sea'. I believe they honour this adage. Similarly, we often hear, 'What ha...
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Cooking With Oji
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
December 30, 2006
EARLIER showers of rain failed to lure guests away from Royal Plantation's pristine beachfront. Why should it, in fact, when attentive staffers are st...
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Saddam compliant, calm in final moments
AP 
December 30, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The scene was at once macabre and riveting. One of the most notorious dictators of the late 20th century, his hands bound behind ...
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This is not the Mandeville we used to know
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter 
December 30, 2006
Margaret Morris, journalist and author, in her book Tour Jamaica, describes Mandeville as being "unlike other rural Jamaican towns: it is cool, it is ...
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Jamaicans still saying ‘oui’ to French
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
December 30, 2006
JAMAICA'S proximity to so many Spanish-speaking countries, as well as the recent flurry of investments in the hospitality industry by Spanish develope...

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