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January 7 04:33 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Fisheries Authority (NFA) is ready to accept applications for licences to fish for conch and the allocation of indivi...
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Jamaica’s senior men’s football team will face hosts Grenada in an international friendly in St George’s on January 18. With the date falling outside ...
PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
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PM reaffirms State’s support for Maroon communities
January 7 03:12 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has reaffirmed Government’s support for the Maroon communities. “You are part of Jamaica and you ar...
Treasure Beach and Dunbeholden seek elusive win
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Treasure Beach and Dunbeholden seek elusive win
January 7 01:25 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Treasure Beach FC and Dunbeholden FC will both be hoping for a well-needed win on Wednesday when they meet in a rescheduled fi...

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New JTB appointments, transfers
Observer Reporter 
December 10, 2005
THE Jamaica Tourist Board has appointed two sales managers, both promotions from within the organisation, and has made a number of personnel shifts. A...
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No end to gang extortion in Spanish Town
BY PAUL CLARKE Sunday Observer Writer 
December 10, 2005
NOTHING much has changed in the extortion zones of Spanish Town. For more than two years, an elaborate racket has turned the St Catherine capital into...
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Mona High preparing disabled students for life
BY TYRONE S REID Observer staff reporter 
December 10, 2005
MONA High School in upper St Andrew is one of several high schools in the Corporate Area equipped to handle the special needs of disabled students. Pr...
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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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Computer tutor
By Barbara Blake-Hannah 
December 10, 2005
THE most important educational influence in my son's life was the computer. When he was born I was using a typewriter for my writing, and he grew up d...
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Omar Davies to face PSOJ panel
December 10, 2005
FINANCE minister Dr Omar Davies, candidate for the presidency of the People's National Party, will be the guest speaker at this month's 44th PSOJ/Cabl...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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