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No angels died in St Toolies
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No angels died in St Toolies
• Residents praise police presence in community; • Cops say fourth alleged gunman killed at neighbouring Toll Gate
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
January 7 12:20 AM
No angels died in St Toolies
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Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
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Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 7 12:18 AM
Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
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Courtney Wilson returns to stage with Boopsie’s Homecoming
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Courtney Wilson returns to stage with Boopsie’s Homecoming
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer staff reporter entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:16 AM
Courtney Wilson returns to stage with
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:14 AM
Barita clears regulatory hurdle for JN Fund Managers acquisition
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Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:12 AM
Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change
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Digita Global invests $75 million in new production studio
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Digita Global invests $75 million in new production studio
Kellaray Miles | Reporter 
January 7 12:10 AM
Digita Global invests $75 million in new production
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AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
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AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
January 7 12:10 AM
AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
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‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
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‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
Psychological first-aid group now in place for residents in hard-hit parishes
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:09 AM
‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
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Police kill suspect in sewerage pit murder case
Taneisha Davidson 
February 4, 2006
THE police yesterday shot and killed a man they claimed was a prime suspect in the abduction, rape and murder of two women, and the attempted murder o...
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Progressive supermarkets, distributors at odds over ‘short pants’ rule
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
PROGRESSIVE Grocers, whose 28-member consortium comprise the second largest grouping of local supermarkets, has set off a firestorm in the retail sect...
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We’re not telling!
Dwight Bellanfante 
February 4, 2006
THE high-priced campaigns being run by rival camps for the PNP presidency has prompted the inclusion of a proviso against accepting tainted funds, but...
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An unbeatable experience
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2006
PITTED against 64 teams from California, Jamaica's entrants failed to even rank in the F.I.R.S.T LEGO League contest in San Jose, but returned home fe...
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Sugar craft Queen
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 4, 2006
Forgive me this week if I'm still distracted by my birthday cake, artfully executed by Jamaica's most sought-after sugar expert, Selena Wong. A cake c...
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EATing away at crime
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
HOPING to fill the support vacuum left by deposed dons in some crime-ridden enclaves, government has quietly been implementing some small infrastructu...
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Nicholson anticipates conscience vote on hanging
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 4, 2006
ATTORNEY-General and Minister of Justice, AJ Nicholson, believes that the Joint Select Committee currently reviewing the proposals for the Charter of ...
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Son of former Antiguan minister convicted in driving deaths
AP 
February 4, 2006
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - A member of one of Antigua's most influential political families was convicted of causing the deaths of two young women by r...
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SRC partners with HomeworkJamaica.com
February 4, 2006
A NEW partnership between the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and HomeworkJamaica.com (HWJ) will give members of the group access to a list of resou...
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From victims to ‘shottas’
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
February 4, 2006
THE death count for women last year reached a new high, largely as victims of reprisal attacks when gangsters miss their male targets, but there are w...
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Illegal gas plentiful and cheap
BY STEVE BROWN Sunday Observer Writer 
February 4, 2006
IT took a short 15-minute ride but within that time, the Sunday Observer, in an undercover probe of the thriving and lucrative trade, detected four il...
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IAEA approves reporting Iran to UN
AFP 
February 4, 2006
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) - The UN atomic agency voted yesterday to report Iran to the UN Security Council over fears it seeks nuclear weapons, a move ope...
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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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Son of PNP councillor on murder, gun charges
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
February 3, 2006
RICARDO Lawrence, the 21-year-old son of Ned Lawrence, People's National Party (PNP) councillor for the Dela Vega City Division in St Catherine, has b...
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‘Richie Poo’ gets life
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
February 3, 2006
KEVIN 'Richie Poo' Tyndale, the reputed leader of the feared Papine-based Gideon Warriors gang, and his accomplice Brenton Fletcher, were both sentenc...
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Ministry rehabilitates Matthews Lane sewerage system, basic school
JIS 
February 3, 2006
THE National Water Commission (NWC), through the Ministry of National Security's Community Security Initiative (CSI), has spent a total of $1.2 millio...
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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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Cabinet approves appointment of land and environment bodies
Observer Reporter 
February 1, 2006
CABINET on Monday approved the appointment of the Land Development and Utilisation Commission, and the Advisory Board to the National Environment and ...
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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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Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
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BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer staff reporter entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
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