DJ Mac gives UK-based Drip Rick Vi the green light
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DJ Mac gives UK-based Drip Rick Vi the green light
December 25 01:39 PM
Fast rising Uk-based dancehall artiste Drip Rick Vi is enjoying a great run in dancehall. The witty deejay has scored a place on one of the hottest be...
Complex Ricki wants to ‘Make a Change’
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Complex Ricki wants to ‘Make a Change’
December 25 12:54 PM
Fusion reggae artiste Complex Ricki is generating a major buzz on the streets with her latest ambitious single, Make a Change , dedicated to the survi...
Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
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Democrats demand probe into Caribbean boat strikes
December 25 12:35 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – As United States President Donald Trump expands the US military build-up in the Caribbean, Democratic legislators ar...

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Music, movie piracy doubles
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer Reporter 
January 14, 2006
COPYRIGHT experts in Jamaica say street sales of pirated music and movies have doubled since mid-2004 despite threats of sanctions from the Americans....
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Jamaican-German Society elects new executive
Observer Reporter 
January 14, 2006
MAJOR Owen Miller was elected president of the Jamaican-German Society Monday, at the organisation's 51st annual general meeting, replacing Doreen O'C...
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New unit being formed to dissuade illegal land grab
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 14, 2006
THE Ministry of Land and the Environment is setting up a squatter management unit to deal with illegal settlements on government land. Permanent secre...
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So-So: Your own little seafood oasis in Kingston
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 14, 2006
It's the kind of experience every restaurant crawler craves. That it happens at the beginning of a New Year is further confirmation that 2006 will be ...
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Do you really need an office?
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
January 14, 2006
SOME years ago, we experimented with various models of Flexitime at our company. One model that was developed out of that experience was the concept o...
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Young man shot dead at Espeut and Waltham intersection
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2006
KEMAR Harris, alias "Onie", 22, who relatives said had left his home yesterday morning to purchase car parts, was killed by gunmen at the intersection...
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Judges to get training in criminal case management
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2006
MEMBERS of the judiciary will today and tomorrow receive hands-on training in criminal case management at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. A...
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Unions want new MOU
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2006
THE Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) has formed a sub-committee which is to commence exploratory talks soon with government on a new Memor...
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Bodies of 24 Haitians found in Dom Rep
AP 
January 11, 2006
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) - The bodies of 24 Haitian migrants, who apparently died of asphyxiation crossing the border in a sealed truck, have been found in ...
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Cops close to making arrest in Slipe mobbing
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2006
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Chief of police in St Elizabeth, Supt Fitzgerald Barrett suggested yesterday that his investigators were close to making ar...
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Use PetroCaribe money to fix police stations
TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2006
The Opposition affiliated group, Generation 2000 (G2K), said yesterday that 70 per cent of Jamaica's 172 police stations are in disrepair and would re...
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162 cops promoted
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2006
Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday announced the promotion of 162 members of the constabulary and said they had the skills to help reform the police...
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US border proposal worries Central America
AFP 
January 10, 2006
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Colombia and Central American countries are urging Washington to reconsider building a wall on the US-Mexico border as the...
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Police move downtown signal for criminals to run
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 9, 2006
PRIME Minister P J Patterson said yesterday that the decision to relocate the police headquarters to downtown Kingston was a sign of a declaration of ...
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Pinochet gets bail
AP 
January 9, 2006
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A judge yesterday granted bail to former military strongman Augusto Pinochet in the case of nine dissidents who disappeared dur...
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Make cadet training mandatory
Rachael Barrett, Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2006
Assistant Commissioner of Police Delworth Heath proposed yesterday that cadet forces be mandatory in Jamaican schools, saying that it was one way to h...
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Elderly watchman dies in road accident
Observer Reporter 
January 8, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Seventy-four year-old Adrian Perry who lived in Canterbury, St James died yesterday morning after he was hit by a motor car on...
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Portia warns against bribes
Observer Reporter 
January 8, 2006
Portia Simpson last night warned PNP delegates not to be bribed against voting for her in the party's leadership contest after key campaign workers ha...
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Sugar shipment deadline looms
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 7, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Sugar expert Karl James last week attempted to introduce an optimistic tone in a demotivated industry, insisting that, despite...
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Bingo party to aid UWI’s physically challenged
January 7, 2006
THE Lions Club of Kingston will host a bingo party on January 20 the proceeds of which will part-fund a Hi-Tech Resource Centre for physically-challen...

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