2026 Western Relays cancelled
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The iconic Western Relays has been cancelled due to the uncertainty surrounding the availability of the track at GC Foster Sports ...
Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 12:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jolyan Silvera heard confirmation in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston that his murder trial is set to begin on Monday. Silvera w...
Judge rejects no-case submission in Maitland murder trial
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Judge rejects no-case submission in Maitland murder trial
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 9 11:32 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Justice Leighton Pusey has ruled in the Home Circuit Court in Kingston that Constable Noel Maitland has a case to answer in relati...
US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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January 9 09:58 AM
WASHINGTON, United States  (CMC) — The United States (US) has reiterated the importance of the Organisation of American States (OAS) as a forum for en...

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Accolades for UWI academics, researchers
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Sunday Observer reporter 
January 28, 2006
SOME 25 awards in recognition of outstanding research during the period 2004/05 were bestowed on researchers at the University of the West Indies Mona...
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TCL got no guarantee of returns on Carib Cement invest
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 28, 2006
MINISTER of Information, Senator Burchell Whiteman, has denied that the Jamaican government gave a guarantee to Trinidad Cement Limited (CTL) for spec...
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‘Challenging minds, sharing knowledge’
Observer Reporter 
January 28, 2006
MORVIA Facey-Gordon is a woman of substance. She has been in the classroom for the last 25 years. That's a quarter of a century. But this bastion of p...
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Women’s groups have no clear position on abortion
BY TANIESHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer Reporter 
January 28, 2006
JAMAICA'S women's groups are yet to formulate clear positions on abortion, despite the advancement of plans by government to legalise the termination ...
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Gbagbo backers warn UN against sanctions
AFP 
January 28, 2006
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) - Nationalist backers of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo responsible for days of anti-UN violence warned yesterday tha...
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Lack of accountability in justice system, says Gomes
Observer Reporter 
January 26, 2006
DR Carolyn Gomes, the executive director of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ), says a lack of accountability at all levels of the security and justice syste...
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NEWS BRIEF
January 26, 2006
Cop caught! A police corporal said to be assigned to the Half-Way-Tree Police Station was yesterday arrested during a sting operation by cops from the...
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Nurses dispute settled
Observer Reporter 
January 26, 2006
THE dispute between the ministries of health and finance and the island's more that 2,000 nurses and midwives has been resolved. According to Edith Al...
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Illegal airstrip destroyed in St Elizabeth
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
January 26, 2006
Police and soldiers yesterday destroyed an illegal airstrip at Braes River, St Elizabeth which, they said, was being used to smuggle ganja out of the ...
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Cruise shipping exec says no need to apologise to mayor
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
January 25, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Cruise shipping executive Lee Bailey said yesterday that no welcoming ceremony was held for the January 14 visit to Kingston of th...
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PNP plans unity forum
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
January 25, 2006
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP), cracking under the weight of an increasingly bitter leadership campaign, says it will bring all four preside...
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Man linked to large arms find on $500,000 bail
Observer Reporter 
January 25, 2006
A man held in connection with last November's large arms find at the Kingston Wharves, which the police said was destined for the Spanish Town-based C...
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Wanted man held during police chase
Observer Reporter 
January 24, 2006
ROYAN Richards, who the police say was on its most wanted list, was held Saturday following a chase by the police along the Rockfort main road in King...
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IT’S OFFICIAL
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2006
PROFESSOR Kenneth Hall will take office on February 15 as Jamaica's fifth governor general, Prime Minister P J Patterson announced yesterday. Patterso...
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Cop facing more charges as more stolen vehicles seized
Observer Reporter 
January 23, 2006
THREE motor vehicles were seized by the police yesterday during an operation by members of the Professional Standard Branch and Flying Squad detective...

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