Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
January 10 02:58 PM
ST MARY, Jamaica—A man and a woman are now in custody following the seizure of a firearm in Spicy Grove, Oracabessa in St Mary, on Saturday, January 1...
Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
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Semenyo scores on Man City debut in 10-goal rout of Exeter
January 10 01:40 PM
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom -- Antoine Semenyo scored on his Manchester City debut as the Ghana forward's new side crushed Exeter 10-1 in the FA Cup th...
‘Punky Brewster’ actor TK Carter dies at 69
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‘Punky Brewster’ actor TK Carter dies at 69
January 10 01:16 PM
American actor TK Carter, best known for his roles in sitcom Punky Brewster and horror film The Thing in the 1980s, has died aged 69. Carter was found...
Iesha Nova gets Firm on critics
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Iesha Nova gets Firm on critics
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
January 10 12:45 PM
The past week has been a whirlwind for American international dancehall artiste Iesha Nova. After releasing a remake of the 30-year-old hit Macarena (...

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Whiteman giving up active politics
BY ERICA VIRTUEObserver writer 
March 26, 2006
People's National Party (PNP) general-secretary Burchell Whiteman yesterday told the party's National Executive Council (NEC) that he would not seek r...
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More growth for St Elizabeth Co-op
March 26, 2006
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Buoyed by rapid growth over the past 24 years, the St Elizabeth Co-operative Credit Union recently opened its fifth office....
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Two students awarded CARE scholarships
JIS 
March 25, 2006
Members of the Caribbean Educators Association (CARE) have awarded scholarships to two graduating high school seniors of Caribbean descent. The schola...
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District constable shot dead in Blackness
Sunday Observer Writer 
March 25, 2006
BURNT SAVANNAH, Westmoreland - Alrick Calbert, a 47-year-old district constable assigned to the Savanna-la-Mar Police Station who was among a group of...
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Rebuilding New Orleans’ public schools
AP 
March 25, 2006
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The slimy mildew clinging to classroom walls for years, the termite-eaten floors, the paint peeling from school ceilings - Hurrican...
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Portia takes baton from PJ today
Observer Reporter 
March 25, 2006
People's National Party (PNP) president P J Patterson will today make the first step in his retirement from active politics when he hands over the lea...
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Breakdown in cement quality control
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
March 24, 2006
CARIB Cement admitted yesterday that a breakdown in quality control systems at the company's Rockfort plant was responsible for the delivery of more t...
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NEWS BRIEF
March 24, 2006
Gunmen kill woman, injure her two brothers GUNMEN Thursday night invaded a tenement yard in Thompson Pen, Spanish Town, St Catherine, killing Dedrie G...
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US increases Caribbean sugar quota
AP 
March 24, 2006
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The United States Government has increased the amount of sugar it will import from several Caribbean countries, giving a boo...
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Major restoration for historic Holy Trinity Cathedral
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
March 24, 2006
THE 95 year-old Holy Trinity Cathedral in downtown Kingston is to be restored to its former glory through a project spearheaded by the National Commer...
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Grange calls for sex offenders’ registry
Observer Reporter 
March 23, 2006
OPPOSITION Member of Parliament for Central St Catherine, Olivia "Babsy' Grange, has asked Minister of National Security Dr Peter Phillips to produce ...
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$15 m expenditure for Negril’s first hosting of JAPEX
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
March 23, 2006
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Just over $15 million is being spent this year to stage the Jamaica Product Exchange (JAPEX), the island's premier hospitality ...
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Cement crisis puts hardship on 30,000 workers
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
March 23, 2006
THE distribution of sub-standard cement to the construction sector by the monopoly Carib Cement and the subsequent shutdown of production at the compa...
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Cruise tragedy
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
March 23, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - One passenger died and 11 others were injured yesterday when an early morning fire damaged a section of Princess Cruise Line's...

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