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Guyanese singer Nesta, a many-time Calypso Queen in her country, continues the quest to make her name in dancehall music with Ride , a song produced b...
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JFB, health ministry reaffirm readiness for major earthquake
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January 10 04:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB) and the Ministry of Health and Wellness have reaffirmed their readiness to respond effectively in th...
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Venezuelan prisoners smile to hear of Maduro’s fall
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GUATIRE, Venezuela (AFP)—The prisoner's face lit up when his wife visited and told him that the man responsible for his detention was himself behind b...
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
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NSSC calls for student inclusion in decisions on CXC’s modified 2026 CSEC/CAPE assessments
January 10 03:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —The National Secondary Students’ Council (NSSC) is urging school administrators to involve students in the decision-making process ...
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Two arrested after firearm, ammo seized in St Mary
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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...
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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...
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
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CXC develops new literacy and numeracy standards aimed at improving performance in key subjects
January 10 01:30 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) has developed new numeracy and literacy standards as part of its efforts to improve the out...
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
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Female cop receiving medical treatment after being mowed down by taxi driver
January 10 01:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A policewoman is now receiving medical treatment at hospital after she was mowed down by a taxi operator on Friday afternoon at th...
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New photos of Abu Ghraib abuse threaten to inflame anger in Iraq
AP 
February 15, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - New images showing Iraqis abused by US guards at Abu Ghraib prison three years ago threatened yesterday to inflame public anger a...
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From remote home in a Dutch forest, ex-Beatles guru aims at bigger goals
AP 
February 15, 2006
VLODROP, The Netherlands (AP) - The wizened sage sits alone upstairs in his secluded wooden house, massaging his temples in fatigue as he speaks to th...
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Woman cop launches poetry book to promote positive image of force
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
February 14, 2006
SERGEANT Heather McLean of the Police Mobile Reserve Division yesterday launched a self-published book of poems, in a bid to highlight the positive si...
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Church warns against gay marriage
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
February 14, 2006
Jamaica's influential church community yesterday called on Parliament's Joint Select Committee framing the Charter of Rights not to present its report...
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UK says visa changes will protect children
Observer Reporter 
February 14, 2006
THE United Kingdom says the stricter visa rules for children visiting the country is aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and exploitation. Th...
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Students urged to plan projects to mark end of slave trade
LUKE DOUGLAS, Observer writer 
February 14, 2006
THE Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) is urging students to plan projects for next year to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the Tra...
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KSAC to spend $15.5 million to repair rural St Andrew roads
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
February 14, 2006
MORE than half of the $27 million allocated to the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation, under the government's Hurricane Emergency Repair Programme, wi...
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Golding pushing for review of Air J’s losses
AL EDWARDS, Caribbean Business Report editor 
February 13, 2006
Opposition Leader Bruce Golding's resolution for a select committee of Parliament to examine Air Jamaica's losses and operational state was last week ...
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$13.4 million to patch Ocho Rios to Port Antonio road
Observer Reporter 
February 13, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The Ministry of Transport and Works is spending $13.4 million to undertake a major road-patching programme covering the main road ...
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It’s a myth that only Portia can beat Golding-led JLP, says KD
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 13, 2006
JUNCTION, St Elizabeth - K D Knight, one of the backers of Dr Peter Phillips in the People's National Party leadership race to succeed P J Patterson, ...
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Three dead, six injured in Clarendon motor vehicle accident
Observer Reporter 
February 12, 2006
SIX people were injured, three fatally, in a motor vehicle collision on the Dawkins main road in Clarendon Saturday night. The dead were identified as...
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China issues guidelines on AIDS control
AP 
February 12, 2006
BEIJING, China (AP) - China yesterday issued its first official guidelines on how to prevent and control the spread of the AIDS virus, mandating free ...
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Bird flu detected in Italy
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February 12, 2006
ROME (AP) - Italian veterinary and health officials gathered Sunday to plan a response to the country's first confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 bird ...
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I would want to be a teacher again, says Sir Howard
Alphea Saunders, JIS News 
February 12, 2006
AFFECTIONATELY called "Teacher", Sir Howard Cooke, who retires this week as governor-general after 70 years in public life, says if he had to live his...
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Avian flu in Nigeria concerns WHO
Observer Reporter 
February 11, 2006
THE confirmation of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza in poultry in Nigeria has raised alarm within the World Health Organisation, which issued an appea...
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Riverside Dock
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
February 11, 2006
It's a great day to be in Black River, St Elizabeth. The usual oppressive heat is absent, it is instead an overcast day (almost chilly) with a weak su...
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DPP seeks witnesses
Observer Reporter 
February 11, 2006
THE Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is seeking the following persons who are needed as material witnesses: . Paul Trusty and Sashana Golding-John...
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Bermudian couple fights government to sell multimillion-dollar home
AP 
February 11, 2006
HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) - The developers of a multimillion-dollar home have taken the government to court over a new policy that prohibits Bermudians f...
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Peaceful demonstration in Oslo targets media, tolerance
AP 
February 11, 2006
OSLO, Norway (AP) - As many as 500 people staged a peaceful march in the Norwegian capital Saturday against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that ange...
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A policy of protection emerges for Jamaica’s 26 watersheds,
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
February 11, 2006
IT took five years, but a new plan is emerging for the policing of Jamaica's 26 watersheds, now in varying stages of decline from squatting, unapprove...
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Lacovia ‘beating’ stirs unrest in JLP camp in north west St Elizabeth
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
February 11, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - It's a question of who and what to believe. Carlton Vassell, a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) activist, alleged on Thursday tha...
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Logos hope
Roland Henry 
February 11, 2006
Kevin Boyce, acting director of the Logos II, an international charity book-ship run by Christian missionaries, announced yesterday that there are pla...
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