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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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...
Judge rejects no-case submission in Maitland murder trial
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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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January 9 09:58 AM
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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Cop killed in highway smash-up
Observer Reporters Tyrone Reid and Arlene Martin-Wilkins 
December 17, 2005
A smash-up on Highway 2000 yesterday claimed the life of a cop, and left two of his colleagues injured, after a vehicle, that the traffic police alleg...
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Cops flood Sydney to prevent threatened racial violence
AP 
December 17, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - More than 1,500 police were mobilised around Sydney yesterday in a massive security operation to try to prevent a repeat of t...
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It’s a wrap, after seven weeks
December 17, 2005
Chief justice begins summing case to jury Berates JFJ director for 'dissent' Still on trial for murder: Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams, Corporal P...
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Farmers castigated as ‘criminal’ for stealing domestic water
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
December 17, 2005
JUNCTION, St Elizabeth - After years of thirst, water is again flowing into the homes of fast-growing Junction, and a range of other communities stret...
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In Montego Bay…
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
December 17, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St. James - A week before Christmas, street and market vendors, whose sales normally skyrocket at this time of the year, yesterday report...
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More tips from the handbook of unschooling
By Barbara Blake-Hannah 
December 17, 2005
MARY Griffith, in her book The Un-schooling Handbook - How To Use The Whole World As Your Child's Classroom, noted that "unconventional learners took ...
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Chief justice threatens to jail Gomes
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 16, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday threatened to jail Jamaicans For Justice's (JFJ) executive director Carolyn Gomes while continuing his summing u...
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Wife, fellow villager to face murder inquiry Jan 9
Observer Reporter 
December 16, 2005
THE St Thomas woman and a fellow villager who are charged jointly with murdering the woman's Finnish husband and with conspiracy to murder, are to fac...
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Kingfish says Andem gang has been dismantled
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
December 16, 2005
OPERATION Kingfish, the police task force formed just over a year ago to bring down drug barons, gangsters and crime bosses, Thursday announced that i...
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Judge warns women who dress immodestly
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
December 15, 2005
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - She is not disputing the right of women to dress in their preferred style. But Puisne Judge Paulette Williams is warning that...
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Thomas tells cops to shape up
Arlene Martin-wilkins, Observer staff reporter 
December 15, 2005
POLICE Commissioner Lucius Thomas last night warned incompetent and under-performing members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to get their acts...
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JPS warns of possible power cuts
December 14, 2005
THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) yesterday warned of possible load shedding between today and tomorrow because of a reduction in its reserve margin du...
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Christmas supper in the hills
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
December 14, 2005
Lorraine Fung, the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards caterer of the year, shares a great festive supper set high in the hills with a magnificent...
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Norman Manley International goes wireless
Roland Henry 
December 14, 2005
TRAVELLERS using Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) can now access the Internet through Cable and Wireless' wireless Internet acces...
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Duhaney Park man shot dead
December 14, 2005
A 22 year-old man was shot and killed by a gunman at Pasal Avenue in Duhaney Park, Kingston on Tuesday night. Police gave his name as Jermaine Edwards...

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