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Jolyan Silvera murder trial set to begin Monday
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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...
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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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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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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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Police on alert for Bulbie’s burial
Observer Reporter 
November 24, 2005
THE Police High Command yesterday warned members and supporters of the Spanish Town-based Clansman gang against any disruption of activities in the to...
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40,000 tonnes of cement to be imported
Observer Reporter 
November 24, 2005
THE Caribbean Cement Company says it will be importing 40,000 tonnes of cement to make up for the current shortage. At the same time, the company anno...
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Statements from cops not admitted into evidence
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
November 24, 2005
THE prosecution yesterday failed to have statements about the May 7, 2003 shooting at Crawle, Clarendon that were given by the six accused policemen a...
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EU settles on 36% cut in sugar prices
AFP 
November 24, 2005
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) - EU farm ministers agreed yesterday to a "radical" reform of their sugar sector after a sweetened set of proposals broke a de...
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Witness says…Wounds to victims not from shoot-out
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
November 23, 2005
A United Kingdom forensic pathologist said the four people killed by the police at Crawle, Clarendon, on May 7, 2003 were shot dead in a "controlled w...
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Queen visits Malta
AFP 
November 23, 2005
VALLETTA,(AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Malta yesterday at the start of her fourth state visit to the former British colony, posing a major sec...
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Jamaica stages first Sorrel Festival
Observer Reporter 
November 23, 2005
Jamaica's first ever Sorrel Festival was staged last Saturday on the East Lawns of Devon House in Kingston as part of a raft of activities to mark Nat...
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Jamaica to seek advice from UK on proceeds of crime bill
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 23, 2005
BRITISH experts on proceeds of crime legislation are likely to be invited to Jamaica by early next year to advise a Joint Select Committee (JSC) of Pa...
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Cop says man shot dead while being searched
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
November 22, 2005
A policeman testified yesterday that even as he searched one of the victims of the Crawle killings and had found nothing that could bring harm to him ...

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