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Global economy shows resilience, but risks loom–UN

January 8 09:50 PM

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The global economy is expected to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2026, slightly below last year’s pace and well under pre-pan...

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Trump to meet top US oil execs after seizing Venezuela leader

January 8 09:20 PM

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump will meet the heads of major US oil companies on Friday, aiming to convince them to support ...

WATCH: Scores gather for candlelight vigil in memory of Donald Oliver

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WATCH: Scores gather for candlelight vigil in memory of Donald Oliver

January 8 09:05 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — There was a sombre mood at Statue Park at the National Stadium in Kingston on Thursday as scores of family, friends and colleagues...

Coffee farmers bat for climate resilient industry on Blue Mountain Coffee Day

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KTHS students triumph at Project STAR Business Pitch Competition

January 8 07:14 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Two fifth-form students from Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) emerged winners of Project STAR’s inaugural Business Pitch Comp...

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Four charged following seizure of illegal gas cylinders in Hanover

January 8 07:09 PM

HANOVER, Jamaica—Four men, including a minor, have been arrested and charged in connection with the seizure of 280 illegal gas cylinders valued at $1....

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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Andrew South Police Division

January 8 06:34 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica—A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in the St Andrew South Police Division. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Thursday, January 8 and wil...

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Keon West is no ordinary scholar

BY DEANNA McFARLANE mcfarlaned@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31, 2005

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Keon West is the classic example of a well-rounded individual. He is this year's recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship and, will nex...

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Keon West is no ordinary scholar

BY DEANNA McFARLANE mcfarlaned@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31, 2005

TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Keon West is the classic example of a well-rounded individual. He is this year's recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship and, will nex...

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Elusive gold

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter

December 31, 2005

AUSTRALIAN gold miners, Ausjam Limited, closed down its operation at Pennants, over a year ago with no clear indication of when it will reopen, but go...

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Payola on the increase, say music industry sources No pay,no airplay

BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter

December 31, 2005

IT'S hard to prove and those who get involved are extremely tight-lipped, but music industry sources say payola, an old unethical pay-to-play or publi...

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Patterson in last New Year’s message sees new hope for a secure Jamaica

December 31, 2005

PRIME Minister PJ Patterson, acknowledging the depths of criminal evil to which Jamaica has sunk, said however that hope has emerged from recent polic...

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Violence high on last day of year in Iraq

December 31, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Violence escalated in Iraq on the last day of the year yesterday, with at least 20 people killed in a series of bombings and shoo...

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Glum New Orleans puts on party face for New Year’s

December 31, 2005

NEW ORLEANS, USA (AP) - Ringing out one of the worst years in its colourful history, New Orleans launched into a rollicking New Year's Eve of memorial...

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Danhai remains in PNP inner circle

BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer

December 31, 2005

DANHAI Williams remains a member of the influential inner council of the ruling People's National Party, a top minister of government confirmed yester...

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Africa 2005: more deaths, more suffering

AFP

December 31, 2005

PARIS, France (AFP) - Highlights of the year just ending in Africa: - The Khartoum government signed a peace deal with the Sudan People's Liberation A...

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Church service to launch Maroon celebrations

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

December 31, 2005

SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - The Accompong maroons in northern St Elizabeth will today begin a week of celebrations marking the anniversary of a peace t...

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New levels of sophistication emerge in PNP presidential campaign

BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Sunday Observer reporter

December 31, 2005

IN what is perhaps the most intense leadership battle in the history of the People's National Party (PNP), a new level of sophistication has emerged, ...

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Police pin hope on new task force to boost criminal convictions

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter

December 31, 2005

DEPUTY commissioner of police Mark Shields is shortly to launch his new crack team of investigators whose job it will be to outwit criminal offenders ...

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Katrina tops the Top 10 stories of 2005

December 31, 2005

NEW YORK (AP) - The onslaught of Gulf Coast hurricanes, notably Katrina and the deadly flooding which devastated New Orleans, was overwhelmingly picke...

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Police demolishing criminal hideouts

BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Sunday Observer reporter

December 31, 2005

THE police have started demolishing derelict ghetto structures used by gangs to mask their violent assaults on inner-Kingston communities and as cover...

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Pope stresses importance of family based on marriage

December 31, 2005

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI remembered his beloved predecessor yesterday and again stressed the importance that a family based on marriage h...

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Cop shot and injured

Observer Reporter

December 30, 2005

GUNMEN yesterday shot and injured a newly-appointed corporal as he responded to an emergency call on Mahoe Drive in the St Andrew South police divisio...

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Animal rights activist legally changes name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com

December 30, 2005

NEW YORK (AP) - A 19-year-old animal rights activist has legally changed his name to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com. Chris Garnett, youth outreach coordinat...

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Policeman charged in stealing ring

Rachael Barrett

December 30, 2005

CONSTABLE Horace Roberts, attached to the Mandeville Police station in Manchester, has been charged with robbery with aggravation following his arrest...

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Driver in highway smash-up charged with manslaughter, on bail

Tyrone Reid

December 29, 2005

THE man accused of fatally hitting a police corporal and injuring two highway patrol officers in a smash-up on Highway 2000 two weeks ago has been for...

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MoBay businessman ordered extradited

Observer Reporter

December 29, 2005

A St James man who the American government said was wanted in the USA for drug trafficking was ordered extradited Tuesday in the Half-Way-Tree Crimina...

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Pope orders lay movement to fall in line

AFP

December 29, 2005

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI has issued a reprimand to an evangelical Catholic lay movement which was praised by his predecessors John Paul ...

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Global economy shows resilience, but risks loom–UN

January 8, 2026

NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — The global economy is expected to grow by 2.7 per cent in 2026, slightly below last year’s pace and well under pre-pan...

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Trump to meet top US oil execs after seizing Venezuela leader

January 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump will meet the heads of major US oil companies on Friday, aiming to convince them to support ...

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WATCH: Scores gather for candlelight vigil in memory of Donald Oliver

January 8, 2026

KINGSTON, Jamaica — There was a sombre mood at Statue Park at the National Stadium in Kingston on Thursday as scores of family, friends and colleagues...

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