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January 2 07:55 PM
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provi...
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
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ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...

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Income tax threshold increases January 1
Observer Reporter 
December 27, 2005
EFFECTIVE January 1, 2006, the income tax threshold will be increased to $193,440, moving from $169,104 - a figure which has been in effect since July...
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Kwesi Johnson says deaths in police custody not exclusive to Jamaica
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
December 27, 2005
INTERNATIONAL reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson says it is not only in Jamaica that people die while in police custody. "I know that here in Jamaica de...
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China’s former Cabinet minister gets life term for bribery
AP 
December 27, 2005
BEIJING, China (AP) - A former Cabinet minister was sentenced yesterday to life in prison in China's highest-level corruption case since a deputy chai...
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Patterson discusses Ja’s economic prospects with US ambassador
Observer Reporter 
December 26, 2005
Prime Minister PJ Patterson has told US Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson that the macro-economic policies introduced by the government and the level...
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At least 11 killed, 5 injured since Christmas Eve
BY PAUL CLARKE Observer staff reporter 
December 26, 2005
FOR Tanya Scott, it has not been a festive or peaceful Christmas season with its promise of good will towards all. A fortnight ago the father of her e...
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Commissioner bans comment on Adams, Crawle trial
December 24, 2005
THE police commissioner has instructed constabulary members, including senior officers, to make no public comment on the Crawle trial and Reneto Adams...
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GUIDANCE WITH A DIFFERENCE:
ANGELA REID 
December 24, 2005
IN recognition of excellence in guidance and counselling, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture recently adjudged St Mary's College the institu...
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CPTC gets new CEO
December 24, 2005
ANGELA Patterson, the former general manager of CVM Television has been appointed chief executive officer of the Creative Production and Training Cent...
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Digicel forges partnership with three universities
Observer Reporter 
December 24, 2005
MOBILE phone company Digicel has been sponsoring a number of initiatives undertaken by the island's main tertiary institutions, in a move it said was ...
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A revolution of colour
BY RACHAEL BARRETT Sunday Observer Reporter 
December 24, 2005
NEW paint and hardware technologies, but moreso changing tastes, have seen an eruption of colours across Kingston and St Andrew, and the new and emerg...
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Eight Narco cops axed
BY TK WHYTE Sunday Observer Reporter 
December 24, 2005
EIGHT narcotics cops, believed to be the largest number to be cited all at once by the Police Services Commission (PSC) for retirement in the public i...
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We have much to be grateful for
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
December 24, 2005
WHY do you work? To get paid? Do you have enough? How much is enough? How rich are you? These are some questions that you should periodically ask your...
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Neita and Crawle juror in same social club
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
December 23, 2005
DEFENCE lawyers from the Crawle trial yesterday blasted critics of the jury verdict that freed Reneto Admas and his men of first degree murder, at a p...
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ISCF signs wage contract
Observer Reporter 
December 23, 2005
THE Island Special Constabulary Force Officers' Association has signed off on a new fringe benefits agreement for the 2004/2006 Heads of Agreement con...
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JAMALCO overtime payment dispute resolved
Observer Reporter 
December 22, 2005
JAMALCO and the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP) have reached an agreement on the overtime payment issue, which le...
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Cops facing extortion charges granted bail
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
December 22, 2005
TWO cops attached to the Hunts Bay police station, accused of extorting money from a businessman, were each granted bail of $800,000 yesterday when th...
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Adams ready for counselling
Observer Reporter 
December 21, 2005
RENATO Adams said yesterday that he has been receiving counselling in the two years he has been suspended from the police force, but is willing to do ...
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JLP wants probe of justice system
Observer Reporter 
December 21, 2005
DECLARING it to be in crisis, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday called for a "full inquiry" into Jamaica's justice system, saying that the prob...

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