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Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
March 26 12:04 AM
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TEF presses ahead with nicer Negril
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Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer 
March 26 12:02 AM
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NBC’s Today show takes on Jamaica
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NBC’s Today show takes on Jamaica
March 25 09:36 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—NBC’s Today show is on the sun-soaked shores of Jamaica for an unforgettable multi-day feature series with co-hosts Jenna Bush Hager...
#Champs2026: Ryan Achau learns lesson, lands 1500m gold
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#Champs2026: Ryan Achau learns lesson, lands 1500m gold
March 25 08:53 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—After learning his lesson from his disastrous first 1500m race last year, St Jago High’s Ryan Achau produced a masterpiece of middle...

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Alleged sex deacon, co-accused get slight reprieve
Paul Henry 
November 7, 2006
FORMER deacon of the Church Dayton Diamond Ridge, Donovan Jones and his three co-accused in the child sexual assault case, which recently morphed into...
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Early returns boost Democratic hopes
AP 
November 7, 2006
WASHINGTON, USA (AP) - Resurgent Democrats defeated a Senate ally of President George W Bush, as early returns in yesterday's election gave them hope ...
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Magistrate blasts idling cops
T K Whyte 
November 7, 2006
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Senior St Catherine Resident Magistrate Lorna Errar Gayle blasted the lackadaisical attitude of cops on duty at the Spani...
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Kids who witnessed murder of coach get counselling
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
November 7, 2006
CHILDREN from four Kingston primary schools who witnessed last week's slaying of the assistant coach/security guard of the Chetolah Park Primary have ...
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Vin Lawrence threatens to sue contractor-general
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
November 7, 2006
FORMER chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Dr Vincent Lawrence plans to take legal action against the Contractor General for what he ...
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St Jago to honour three distinguished alumni
November 7, 2006
THREE distinguished alumni of the St Jago High School, will be honoured at the annual awards banquet of the school's Past Students Association at the ...
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Researchers to determine economic cost of a quake on country
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior staff reporter 
November 7, 2006
THE Institute of Sustainable Development (ISD) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona is working on a project to determine the economic cost...
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Trafficking in Persons bill for House next week
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 6, 2006
THE Government is to table a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) prevention bill in Parliament next week in time for this month's interim assessment of the c...
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Hannah Town residents protest for ‘Dasheen’
Observer Reporter 
November 6, 2006
Residents of Hannah Town in Kingston yesterday set up burning roadblocks as they protested against Sunday's killing by the police of Conroy Slater, a ...
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1,200 to benefit from water system
Observer Reporter 
November 6, 2006
CONTRACTS for the Broadgate Water Supply in St Mary as well as the re-instatement of road surfaces in the Enfield and Lennox Bigwoods area of Westmore...
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Hit child sex offenders hard
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
November 6, 2006
AFTER a spirited 'parliamentary debate' which threw out a call to castrate child sex offenders, scores of Jamaican youth yesterday called on the Gover...
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Dalley knocks health sector bureaucracy
Observer Reporter 
November 6, 2006
HEALTH Minister Horace Dalley has said that a review of the regional health authorities was being undertaken to assess whether they were serving the p...
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Students, teachers locked out at Marcus Garvey High
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
November 6, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Classes at the Marcus Garvey Technical High School in St Ann's Bay were suspended yesterday as students and teachers who turned up...
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JLP looking better than PNP after Trafigura
STONE POLL 
November 6, 2006
More Jamaicans say they now have less confidence in the ruling People's National Party (PNP) compared with those who feel the same way about the Oppos...
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Manchester homecoming celebrations
Observer Reporter 
November 6, 2006
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Manchester Homecoming Foundation begins its homecoming celebrations for 2006 with a round-table discussion, starting at 4...
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Cool news for heated firefighters in Sav
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 5, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Firefighters assigned to the Savanna-La-Mar Fire Department who last Tuesday protested against the deplorable condition...
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Ganja for cocaine trade between J’ca and Curacao
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter 
November 5, 2006
DRUG mules are trading marijuana for cocaine in Curacao then reintroducing the cocaine to the streets of Jamaica, says Senior Superintendent Carlton W...
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Sandals Montego Bay gets Green Globe certification again
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 5, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James-Sound environmental practices at Sandals Montego Bay in this resort city, continue to rake in big rewards for the flagship resor...
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Saddam Hussein sentenced to hang
AFP 
November 5, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - A shaken but defiant Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging on Sunday, as the dramatic end to his first trial drove an...

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