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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
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Jade-Ann Smith wins Triple Jump at UAB Blazer Invitational
January 9 10:16 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Excelsior High standout Jade Ann Smith of Florida A&M University (FAMU) set a new personal best (12.34m) to win the women’s...
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
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Stray animals endangering Trelawny motorists, says Gager
January 9 09:08 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Mayor of Falmouth and chairman of the Trelawny Municipal Corporation (TMC), C Junior Gager, has expressed concern about road fatal...
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Anger over Minneapolis shooting probe fuels protests
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January 9 08:57 PM
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Local officials in Minneapolis slammed federal agencies Friday for excluding them from the probe into an immigratio...
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West Indies players named among best in ESPN 2025 cricket roundup
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A number of the West Indies’ players across both men’s and women’s squads have been picked by ESPN as some of the standout players of 2025. The ESPNcr...
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Fire guts multi-storey Manchester home
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January 9 07:49 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Firefighters are now conducting a cooling-down operation after fire gutted the top floor of a multi-storey house in Hope Village...
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Market Bag: Hot pepper as low as $500 as food prices cool at ‘Curry’
January 9 07:29 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – There’s good news for shoppers this week as Scotch bonnet pepper prices – a ‘hot’ topic during the recent Christmas holidays – are...
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
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KFC Jamaica says third party vending machine not affiliated with company
January 9 07:08 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — KFC Jamaica is distancing itself from reports of a third-party vending machine purporting to carry boxed and ready meals from ...
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
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Jakes Hotel takes on Kingston with a night of dub & roots music for charity
January 9 06:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Renowned boutique hotel Jakes Hotel in Treasure Beach, will be hosting what it describes as a powerful celebration of Reggae Cultu...
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US strike sparks protest in Pakistan
AFP 
January 14, 2006
DAMADOLA, Pakistan(AFP) - Pakistani officials said yesterday that al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was likely not killed in a US air strike, a...
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Police probing stolen car ring
Roland Henry 
January 14, 2006
ONE man has detained for questioning at the Constant Spring Police Station following the discovery of five stolen motor vehicles at the Hermitage Dam ...
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Licensing regime for river cleaning to be introduced
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 14, 2006
LICENCES are to be issued by the Ministry of Land and the Environment for the periodic desilting of the island's rivers, under the supervision of the ...
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Brits drop rule for ‘neutral’ expression on passport photos of babies
AFP 
January 12, 2006
LONDON, (AFP) - A rule obliging British parents to undertake the near-impossible task of making their babies adopt a "neutral" expression on passport ...
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Young man shot dead at Espeut and Waltham intersection
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January 12, 2006
KEMAR Harris, alias "Onie", 22, who relatives said had left his home yesterday morning to purchase car parts, was killed by gunmen at the intersection...
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Judges to get training in criminal case management
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2006
MEMBERS of the judiciary will today and tomorrow receive hands-on training in criminal case management at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston. A...
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Unions want new MOU
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2006
THE Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) has formed a sub-committee which is to commence exploratory talks soon with government on a new Memor...
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Bodies of 24 Haitians found in Dom Rep
AP 
January 11, 2006
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) - The bodies of 24 Haitian migrants, who apparently died of asphyxiation crossing the border in a sealed truck, have been found in ...
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Cops close to making arrest in Slipe mobbing
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2006
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Chief of police in St Elizabeth, Supt Fitzgerald Barrett suggested yesterday that his investigators were close to making ar...
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Use PetroCaribe money to fix police stations
TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2006
The Opposition affiliated group, Generation 2000 (G2K), said yesterday that 70 per cent of Jamaica's 172 police stations are in disrepair and would re...
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162 cops promoted
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2006
Commissioner Lucius Thomas yesterday announced the promotion of 162 members of the constabulary and said they had the skills to help reform the police...
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US border proposal worries Central America
AFP 
January 10, 2006
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) - Colombia and Central American countries are urging Washington to reconsider building a wall on the US-Mexico border as the...
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Pinochet gets bail
AP 
January 9, 2006
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A judge yesterday granted bail to former military strongman Augusto Pinochet in the case of nine dissidents who disappeared dur...
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Police move downtown signal for criminals to run
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 9, 2006
PRIME Minister P J Patterson said yesterday that the decision to relocate the police headquarters to downtown Kingston was a sign of a declaration of ...
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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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Belafonte calls Bush ‘terrorist’, praises Chavez in Venezuela
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January 8, 2006
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called US President George W Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" yesterd...
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Make cadet training mandatory
Rachael Barrett, Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2006
Assistant Commissioner of Police Delworth Heath proposed yesterday that cadet forces be mandatory in Jamaican schools, saying that it was one way to h...
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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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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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Jamaican woman’s 4-year-old son shows up on US terror list
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January 7, 2006
HOUSTON (AP) - Edward Allen's reaction to being on the government's 'no-fly' list should have been the tip-off that he is no terrorist. "I don't want ...
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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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