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No angels died in St Toolies
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No angels died in St Toolies
• Residents praise police presence in community; • Cops say fourth alleged gunman killed at neighbouring Toll Gate
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
January 7 12:20 AM
No angels died in St Toolies
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Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
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Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
Jason Cross | Reporter 
January 7 12:18 AM
Yanique Taylor Wellington given nod as Indecom deputy commissioner
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Courtney Wilson returns to stage with Boopsie’s Homecoming
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Courtney Wilson returns to stage with Boopsie’s Homecoming
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer staff reporter entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:16 AM
Courtney Wilson returns to stage with
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:14 AM
Barita clears regulatory hurdle for JN Fund Managers acquisition
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Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:12 AM
Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change
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Digita Global invests $75 million in new production studio
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Digita Global invests $75 million in new production studio
Kellaray Miles | Reporter 
January 7 12:10 AM
Digita Global invests $75 million in new production
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AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
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AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
January 7 12:10 AM
AI, outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
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‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
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‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
Psychological first-aid group now in place for residents in hard-hit parishes
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:09 AM
‘Hope Beyond Melissa’ tackling post-storm trauma
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Dinner at Passa Passa
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
December 10, 2005
It's O'Neil Miles' birthday today (Wednesday). Perhaps this is why Passa Passa activities are off to an earlier start. Swatch International sound syst...
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J’ca must again set tone for liberation around the world – Sharpton
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
December 10, 2005
AMERICAN civil rights leader and politician, Rev Al Sharpton, cheered on by Jamaican government ministers, Portia Simpson Miller and Phillip Paulwell,...
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Judge to rule on no-case submission Monday
Observer Reporter 
December 9, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe will Monday rule on a no-case submission by defence lawyers who yesterday wrapped up their deliberations into the murder t...
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PM hails Cuba’s contribution to Caricom states
Observer Reporter 
December 9, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson, in acknowledging Cuba's significant contribution to the countries of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) in a variety of a...
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35 homeless after shacks destroyed
Observer Reporter 
December 8, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - More than 35 people are now homeless after the 21 wooden structures they occupied along the river bank near the Norman Manley B...
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Civilian to monitor cops’ probe of gay man’s murder
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2005
IN an apparent first for Jamaica, the police are to appoint an independent monitor of their investigation of the murder of AIDS and gay rights activis...
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Top Croatian war crimes suspect arrested
AP 
December 8, 2005
BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - Croatia's top war crimes fugitive was captured on Spain's Canary Islands after eluding international authorities fo...
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Two hospitalised after trying to flee from cops
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2005
A motorcyclist and his pillion rider were yesterday hospitalised after their cycle crashed in a wall of the Sandy Gully bridge on Molynes Road in King...
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104 Hondurans plead guilty to illegal fishing
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2005
ONE hundred and four of the 115 Hondurans who were apprehended in Jamaican waters last Saturday by the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard all pleaded g...
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House accepts report of working group on social policy goals
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2005
A technical working group, set up to evaluate Jamaica's progress towards a number of social policy goals, has identified seven key goals needed to be ...
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All set for Cuba/Caricom Summit
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
December 7, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - When the second CARICOM-Cuba Summit in three years gets underway at the Hilton Hotel here today, the extent of Cuba's aid and t...
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WINDALCO cutting 100 jobs
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
December 7, 2005
WEST Indies Alumina Company(WINDALCO) confirmed yesterday that approximately 100 of just over 1,000 positions will be made redundant in the first quar...
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Danhai fails to show
Observer Reporter 
December 7, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday rejected a prosecution attempt to have a statement by Danhai Williams adduced at the Crawle murder case in the f...
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Fight on for leadership of Clansman gang
Observer Reporter 
December 6, 2005
CHRISTOPHER Williams, 25, said to be a member of the Spanish Town-based Clansman gang, was Monday cut down by gunman in what the police believe is the...
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Caribbean countries should diversify economies to counter EU subsidy cuts, IMF official says
AP 
December 6, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) - Caribbean countries should seek trade opportunities in tourism and information technology to counter the blow from cuts in E...
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KSAC lauds charities for assisting needy Jamaicans
Observer Reporter 
December 6, 2005
TWO charities, Missionaries of the Poor and the Mustard Seed Communities, were commended by the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) for their wo...
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Nine years positive…
December 5, 2005
After having my fifth child - who died nine years ago - the doctors called me in to do tests for cancer and HIV. When they called I went willingly to ...
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Telecoms expert says cell calls traced to Crawle
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
A United Kingdom telecommunications forensic engineer said yesterday that telephone records showed that calls were made from three mobile telephones t...
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PNP finalising nomination procedures for delegates
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
THE much anticipated announcement of a date for the hosting of the Special Delegates Conference to choose a successor to lead the People's National Pa...
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Dr Carl Wells loved his family, life and country
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
December 5, 2005
VETERINARIAN Dr Carl Wells was yesterday remembered as a good father, loving husband and someone who served his country well, by scores of family memb...
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CXC to award first associate degrees next year
Observer Reporter 
December 5, 2005
DESPITE reservations from some stakeholders, the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is pressing ahead with its plan to award associate degrees to st...
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Caribbean leaders call on industry to support free trade
AP 
December 5, 2005
MIAMI (AP) - Finding their region winning growing international attention and eager to keep up with the free-trade momentum, Caribbean civic and indus...
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
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