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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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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...
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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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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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Elderly watchman dies in road accident
Observer Reporter 
January 8, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Seventy-four year-old Adrian Perry who lived in Canterbury, St James died yesterday morning after he was hit by a motor car on...
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Portia warns against bribes
Observer Reporter 
January 8, 2006
Portia Simpson last night warned PNP delegates not to be bribed against voting for her in the party's leadership contest after key campaign workers ha...
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Six deaths overnight
January 7, 2006
SIX persons, including a good Samaritan who had gone to the assistance of an elderly man, were shot dead during the night in incidents involving gunme...
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Media heads suggest review of mob coverage
January 7, 2006
THE Media Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has rapped residents of Slipe, St Elizabeth and insisted on compensation for a TV cameraman, for their violent ...
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TRN fraud on the rise
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
January 7, 2006
THE tax authorities have been detecting an average of five incidents per month, of persons who try to register as taxpayers with stolen identities, an...
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Bluefields IT project secures scholarships
January 7, 2006
THE Bluefields People's Community Association (BPCA) has secured three scholarships valued at $150,000 from the Caribbean Institute of Technology, for...
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Assessing risky real estate
BY DESIREE MCEACHRANE Sunday Observer Writer 
January 7, 2006
DEVELOPERS' plans and their environmental permits are, by right, accessible to potential property buyers, says planning authority NEPA, which urged re...
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$1.75-m for UWI ‘patois’ projects
BY TYRONE S REID Observer staff reporter 
January 7, 2006
THE University of the West Indies' Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy got a much needed boost last Thursday with a $1.75-million donat...
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Sugar shipment deadline looms
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 7, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Sugar expert Karl James last week attempted to introduce an optimistic tone in a demotivated industry, insisting that, despite...
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Bingo party to aid UWI’s physically challenged
January 7, 2006
THE Lions Club of Kingston will host a bingo party on January 20 the proceeds of which will part-fund a Hi-Tech Resource Centre for physically-challen...
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‘There is no split’
January 7, 2006
DR Omar Davies last night denied rumours of a split in his campaign, saying there was absolutely no truth to reports that DK Duncan and Beverly Anders...
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Guide to higher education in the US now available
January 7, 2006
A NEW publication to help students from around the world learn about opportunities for higher education in the United States is now available from tha...
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Excellent fare at 3,100 feet
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 7, 2006
Temperatures are pretty comfortable in the city - truth be told, it's pretty perfect - but there's nothing like making that turn from Papine and up th...
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Lock up abortionists, says Archbishop
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter 
January 7, 2006
ROMAN Catholic Archbishop of Kingston Lawrence Burke has slammed attempts to legalise abortion in Jamaica, even as government winds down consultations...
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Westmoreland youth benefiting from training
Observer Reporter 
January 6, 2006
THE Bluefields People's Community Association (BPCA) says it is reaping success from its information technology project, which targets at-risk youth a...
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DPP slams critics
Observer Reporter 
January 5, 2006
Kent Pantry, the DPP, yesterday defended the rigour with which his office prosecuted the Crawle murder case and argued that political activist Danhai ...
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Mayhem in Slipe
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 5, 2006
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - As is so often the case, the stories from the police and the residents are diametrically opposed. What is not in dispute is...

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