US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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US reiterates OAS role in ensuring stability in Venezuela
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...
Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
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Minor earthquake felt in Kingston and St Andrew
January 9 08:03 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A minor earthquake rattled parts of Kingston and St Andrew late Thursday, according to a preliminary bulletin from the Earthquake ...
‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
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‘War is back in vogue,’ Pope Leo says
January 9 07:42 AM
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that war was "back in vogue" and highlighted the "ambition of belligerents", as his own coun...

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‘Tis the season for career growth
CNS 
November 26, 2005
CONTRARY to popular belief, the holiday months of November and December are an excellent time to develop and leverage new contacts for a job search. M...
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Pore over history at Pax Guest House
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
November 26, 2005
Ask about preferred tea spots in Jamaica, Antigua, Grenada, St Lucia and Barbados and you'll end up with enough names to keep you sipping for eternity...
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Employers need to tackle drug abuse in the workplace, says Tucker
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter 
November 26, 2005
DRUG and alcohol abuse in the workplace is a much larger problem than most Jamaicans know, says Michael Tucker, executive director of the National Cou...
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Heavy security to flood Spanish Town for gangster’s funeral
Dwight Bellanfante 
November 26, 2005
MORE than 150 police and scores of soldiers are expected to be deployed in Spanish Town for today's funeral of gangster Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett, main...
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No more Boys’ Town
BY DEANNA McFarlane Observer staff reporter 
November 26, 2005
BOYS' Town Basic School is no more. That's because it has been renamed the Cecil Boswell Facey Basic-school, the result of recommendations by the scho...
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Tackling the attitude that says.
By Leahcim Semaj work@ltsemaj.com 
November 26, 2005
A few weeks ago my office had a call from an employer who wanted advice on how to handle an employee who repeatedly made mistakes, and who when correc...
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When Red Hills Road lived… and why it is dying
BY PATRICK FOSTER Sunday Observer Reporter 
November 26, 2005
IT used to be the place to go for jerk and 'pan' chicken cooked on open flames in drums, night-time entertainment, and shopping. Red Hills Road hummed...
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18 students win literacy skills’ competition
JIS 
November 26, 2005
RYAN Gentles of Excelsior Primary School is the national winner of the Primary Education Support Project (PESP) third annual Literacy Kids (LitKids) c...
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Preparing for the workplace of the 21st century
Career Advisor With Merrit Henry 
November 26, 2005
HELEN S Astin, professor of Higher Education and Associate Director of the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California, Los An...
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Elderly deportee forced to beg, but eager to work
Petre Williams 
November 26, 2005
AT 60, jobless and homeless, begging does not come easy to Lester Henderson, who paints a picture of his life these days as one of constant rejection....
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$19m to defend Adams, cops
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
November 26, 2005
Government is shelling out a cool $19 million in legal fees for the six policemen accused of murdering the Crawle four, the majority of which, $9 mill...
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Are you in danger of being fired from your job?
Copley News Service 
November 26, 2005
RECENT statistics show that more than one million people are fired every year in the United States. Other than downsizing, employees are losing their ...
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Dalley pre-empts UTASP
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 26, 2005
THE Ministry of Labour and Social Security yesterday obtained an injunction in the Supreme Court aimed at blocking supervisory staff at Alumina Partne...
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NEWS BRIEF
November 25, 2005
Cops remanded TWO police constables who were arrested last week by members of the Office of Professional Responsibility, were remanded in custody when...
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JLP keeps Alexandria division with reduced majority
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
November 25, 2005
ALEXANDRIA, St Ann - The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) retained the Alexandria Parish Council divisional seat with a reduced margin Thursday when the par...
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Ugandan president defends rival’s arrest
AFP 
November 25, 2005
VALLETTA, (AFP) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, yesterday, denied that the arrest of his main rival was political, as Commonwealth leaders raised...
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JLP calls for reduction of cement duty
Observer Reporter 
November 25, 2005
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) spokesperson on industry, commerce and investment, Senator Shirley Williams, yesterday urged the government to immediately ...
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Cop critical after police beating
Horace Hines | Observer Writer, Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 25, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Police corporal Grantley Waite, 48, was last night in a critical condition in the Kingston Public Hospital, following the alle...

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