Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
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Errol Wizdom set to release Reggae Dancehall album
January 2 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —For many years, Jamaican artistes who live overseas have returned to their country to work with musicians and engineers to get an a...
JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
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JPS dispatches more vehicles, linesmen
January 2 06:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) has commissioned another 270 trucks, other vehicles and equipment along with 470 new linesmen for t...
UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
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UDC fireworks festival signals renewal for Black River
January 2 05:45 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica—General manager of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Robert Honeyghan, says the staging of the inaugural fireworks displa...
Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.47 to one US dollar
January 2 04:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Friday, January 2, ended trading at $159.47, down 26 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s da...
Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
January 2 03:43 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...

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Government failed to protect Gayle from torture
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
November 10, 2005
THE Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the police investigation of Michael Gayle's death was botched, and has called on ...
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JUTA calls off protest; meets with Davies Monday
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 10, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Jamaica Union of Travellers Association (JUTA) has put on hold its planned protest for today, aimed at pressing government...
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USAID greenhouse project delivers the goods
Observer Reporter 
November 9, 2005
Manchester farmer Jervis Rowe is smiling all the way to the market. Rowe, one of 11 agriculturists benefiting from greenhouse technology under the Uni...
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NEWS BRIEF…..NEWS BRIEF…..NEWS BRIEF…..
November 9, 2005
Cement shortage to ease in two weeks THE Caribbean Cement Company Limited said yesterday that the supply of cement to the market should return to norm...
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Jamaica to commemorate abolition of slave trade
Observer Reporter 
November 9, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson has welcomed a proposal presented to him by representatives of the academic community of the University of the West Indie...
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Police recorder malfunctions in court
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
November 9, 2005
THE Court was yesterday unable to listen to the recording of a conversation about the May 7, 2003 Crawle shooting between Senior Superintendent Reneto...
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Liberians vote in historic election
AP 
November 8, 2005
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - War-ravaged Liberia voted yesterday to choose its first postwar president in a heated runoff pitting an international soccer ...
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Riot-hit France declares state of emergency
AFP 
November 8, 2005
PARIS(AFP)-The French government yesterday declared a state of emergency in riot-hit parts of the country in order to combat the worst outbreak of urb...
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Attempted break-in at police forensic lab
Olivia Leigh Campbell, All Woman Co-ordinator 
November 8, 2005
CRIMINALS attempted to break into the police forensic laboratory Monday night, allegedly in a bid to recovery the gun of slain Spanish Town gang leade...
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10 year-old prosecution witness unable to take stand
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
November 8, 2005
A prosecution witness, whose mother Lewina Thompson was one of four people shot and killed by police at Crawle, Clarendon on May 7, 2003, who was sche...
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Livestock show for St Ann tomorrow
Observer Reporter 
November 8, 2005
THE Jamaica Cattle Breeders Society, in collaboration with the Jamaica Livestock Association, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Develop...
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JUTA threatens islandwide protest against GCT
Observer Reporter 
November 8, 2005
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The Jamaica Union of Travellers Association (JUTA) has threatened protest action if government does not roll back the general cons...
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Chief justice warns journalists, photographers
Observer Reporter 
November 8, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday threatened to jail journalists who misrepresent the testimony of witnesses in the Crawle trial. At the same time...
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UCC’s global learning programme starts next year
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
November 7, 2005
THE University College of the Caribbean (UCC), living up to its motto "Breaking new frontiers in higher education", will be offering a Distance Educat...
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Off-duty cop shot dead
Observer Reporter 
November 6, 2005
DEANCOURT Wright, a 39 year old district constable attached to the Greater Portmore Police station, was shot dead yesterday in Windsor Heights, St Cat...

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