BCIC announces leadership appointments
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BCIC announces leadership appointments
January 2 09:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — British Caribbean Insurance Company (BCIC) has announced key leadership appointments and organisational alignment initiatives that...
Several Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
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Several Caribbean countries rattled by earthquakes
January 2 08:48 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Several Caribbean countries have been rattled by earthquakes during the first two days of the new year, the Trinidad-b...
Venus Williams gets Australian Open wildcard aged 45
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Venus Williams gets Australian Open wildcard aged 45
January 2 07:24 AM
MELBOURNE, Australia — Seven-time major singles champion Venus Williams was handed a wildcard to the Australian Open aged 45 on Friday, becoming the o...
US pledges continued support for Haiti
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US pledges continued support for Haiti
January 2 07:19 AM
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) –  The United States (US) has promised to continue playing a role in the future of Haiti while Pope Leo XIV, a fervent adv...
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• Mom challenges police version in shooting death of 4-year-old • Cops say they followed the rules of engagement
January 2 12:20 AM
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‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
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‘Maggotty Island’ moves JPS to ‘the last mile’
Hydropower innovation powering sections of St Elizabeth as 90% of customers now with electricity
January 2 12:18 AM
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Groups discuss jobs hazardous to children at kingston workshop
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
February 3, 2006
A list of hazardous jobs that children are prohibited from engaging in, which will ultimately be a part of the Child Care and Protection Act, was disc...
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Is he Hitler or Jose Marti?
VANESSA ARRINGTON, Associated Press Writer 
February 3, 2006
HAVANA (AP) - The Bush administration may consider Hugo Chavez to be a budding Adolf Hitler, but the Venezuelan president was being celebrated yesterd...
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‘Richie Poo’ sentencing delayed
Observer Reporter 
February 2, 2006
ADMINISTRATIVE bungling yesterday forced the court to postpone sentencing of Kevin "Richie Poo" Tyndale, the reputed former leader of the Gideon Warri...
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Two cops under bribery probe for dropping gun charges
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
February 1, 2006
TWO Clarendon cops are under investigations for allegedly taking a $500,000-bribe from two offenders to drop a charge of illegal possession of firearm...
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The ‘new gourmands’
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 1, 2006
AS is our wont, we took the pulse of our younger bon vivants with respect to Jamaica's dining landscape. We broke bread recently with some 15 new gour...
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Murders the target
Observer Reporter 
January 31, 2006
Declaring that Jamaica's 1,674 homicides last year was way too high, Commissioner Lucius Thomas said the police force has implemented an action plan t...
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Unease about move to limit tax credit on losses
Camilo Thame 
January 31, 2006
Company executives and analysts have characterised as anti-investment, and counter-productive, government's move to place a cap on the number of years...
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Cabinet wants change to law after Privy Council ruling
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 31, 2006
CABINET has approved the drafting of legislation expected to remove the ambiguity surrounding murders committed by persons who breach the sanctity of ...
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Cabbies complain of victimisation from traffic police
DESIREE MCEACHRANE 
January 31, 2006
ABOUT 35 taxi operators yesterday demonstrated outside the Office of the Commissioner of Police on Old Hope Road in Kingston, claiming they were being...
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Council cracks down on illegal garages in St James
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 30, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council will this week begin a clampdown on unregistered motor mechanic garages that are operating in the ...
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Pleasing Pleasure
January 30, 2006
A Pleasure Aneta Noble, Observer TEENage writer Tuesday, January 31, 2006 It's brown, soft and mushy It comes in all shapes and sizes It fulfils some ...
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Thomas shuffles police officers
Observer Reporter 
January 30, 2006
A number of police officers have been reassigned by Commissioner Lucius Thomas in a move that Observer sources say is designed to improve proficiency ...
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Pleasing Pleasure
January 30, 2006
A Pleasure Aneta Noble, Observer TEENage writer Tuesday, January 31, 2006 It's brown, soft and mushy It comes in all shapes and sizes It fulfils some ...
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January 30, 2006
A Pleasure Aneta Noble, Observer TEENage writer Tuesday, January 31, 2006 It's brown, soft and mushy It comes in all shapes and sizes It fulfils some ...
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‘Richie Poo’ found guilty of murder
Observer Reporter 
January 30, 2006
KEVIN 'Richie Poo' Tyndale, the man who allegedly led the Papine-based Gideon Warriors gang after the capture of its former leader Joel Andem, was yes...
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DOWN AND OUT!
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 30, 2006
Innswood, St Catherine - The effort left the small but lively crowd smiling, but in the end Jamaica were condemned to last place in the 2005/06 Carib ...
Environment, News
Pleasing Pleasure
January 30, 2006
A Pleasure Aneta Noble, Observer TEENage writer Tuesday, January 31, 2006 It's brown, soft and mushy It comes in all shapes and sizes It fulfils some ...
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Flood waters in Moneague now tourist attraction
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
January 30, 2006
MONEAGUE, St Ann - There's new life in this usually quiet southeastern St Ann town. Ever since the perennial ponds in the nearby district of Swamp swe...
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Imani Duncan named ‘Prosperity’ campaign manager
Observer staff reporter 
January 29, 2006
IMANI Duncan has taken over the management of Omar Davis' 'Campaign for Prosperity' team.Yesterday, Davies announced that the deputy campaign manager ...
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January 29, 2006
Kingston man shot dead KENNETH Ellis, 47, of Phase 1, Seaview Gardens, Kingston 11 was yesterday morning shot dead by unknown assailant/s on Spanish T...
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Polish roof collapse death toll now 66
AP 
January 29, 2006
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) - Rescuers searched in bitter cold yesterday for victims buried when the roof of an exhibition hall in southern Poland collapsed...

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