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Teen killers of cab driver to be sentenced Dec 22
Paul Henry 
December 11, 2006
TWO 16-year-olds who admitted to killing a 53-year-old cab driver in Spanish Town for money to buy sneakers and attend a dance will know their fate on...
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Body left unburied another day at Pye River cemetery
BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter 
December 10, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The burial of 35-year-old Rohan Morris, whose decomposed body was left overnight at the Pye River Cemetery on Saturday, has be...
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No-strike bonus fuels JPS dispute
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
December 10, 2006
A $25,000 bonus paid to some Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) employees for not joining a strike has angered their colleagues and trade unions and...
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Man accused of robbing insurance agents refused bail
Paul Henry 
December 10, 2006
STEVE McCalla, the man accused of robbing two Life of Jamaica sales agents in March, with the aid of two young women, was refused bail in the Home Cir...
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Man found dead at upscale Kingston apartment
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
December 10, 2006
HOMICIDE detectives from the St Andrew Central Police Division were yesterday probing the gruesome murder of a man whose partially decomposed body was...
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Gravediggers don’t need to dig deep this Christmas
December 10, 2006
GRAVEDIGGERS employed by leading burial home, Madden's, should have a good Christmas this year, based on a new collective agreement between their empl...
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Best community competition gets $10-m boost
December 10, 2006
THE Digicel Foundation has pledged an annual support of $10 million in cash and prizes to the Better Environments for Social Transformation (BEST) Com...
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St James police short of bulletproof vests
December 10, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Chairman of the Police Federation Corporal Raymond Wilson has asked Security Minister Peter Phillips to address the chronic sh...
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Observer now 12 years old as a daily
December 10, 2006
The Observer is today marking its 12th anniversary as a daily newspaper with a renewed commitment to Jamaica and to continuing the promotion and pract...
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Violence becoming commonplace in Common
December 10, 2006
INVESTIGATORS have linked two weekend murders to the ongoing gang feud in the tough Red Hills Road community known as Common, which has continued to b...
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Elderly Mandeville couple missing
December 10, 2006
Police were last night searching for Mandeville businessman Richard Lyn, 75 and his wife Julia, 71 after they were apparently kidnapped from their hom...
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St Ann Primary receives five scholarships
December 9, 2006
THE St Ann Primary School has benefitted from the donation of four scholarships, in addition to several high speed Pentium computers with accompanying...
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British Gov’t names Sir Ronald Sanders to Caribbean Board
December 9, 2006
Former Caribbean diplomat and current regional business executive and Sunday Observer columnist, Sir Ronald Sanders, has been appointed by the British...
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Portia’s doodle wins top photo award
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter 
December 9, 2006
Observer senior photo editor Michael Gordon won the Ashton Rhoden Award for News Photography for his picture 'Portia Doodling', at the 63rd Press Asso...
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Jamaicans urged to adhere to copyright laws
December 9, 2006
LONETTE Fisher Lynch, manager of Copyright and Related Rights at the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), has urged Jamaicans to adhere to the...
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Health ministry steps up house-to-house surveillance as malaria cases rise to 58
December 9, 2006
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Rising crime dominates upcoming St Lucia elections
December 9, 2006
CASTRIES, St Lucia (AP) - A former six-term prime minister who had retired from politics and St Lucia's current premier headed into the final stretch ...
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Cops angry after pathologist causes body to be left overnight in cemetery
BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer staff reporter 
December 9, 2006
Mt Carey, St James - Police were yesterday fuming at the attitude of a government pathologist who caused the decomposed body of 35 year-old Rohan Morr...
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Parents benefit from education programme in Manchester
December 9, 2006
PARENTS are benefiting from the parenting programme offered by the Manchester Early Childhood Training Centre, located at Church Teachers' College in ...
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Who Am I? It depends on your choice of music
By Marcia Forbes 
December 9, 2006
In order to determine whether we fit in or measure up, we compare ourselves with others who we perceive to be similar to us. The more favourable the c...
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MoBay warms to new store, Bohios
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December 9, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Christine Marzouca's contractor just couldn't understand why she chose to use imported African Mahogany for the 8 by 7 ft door...
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Gregory Isaacs honoured in London
December 9, 2006
INTERNATONAL reggae star Gregory Isaacs was honoured for his more than 30 years musical career, at the launch of a special set of his love songs distr...
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