Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
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Police seize ammo on Dyke Road, Portmore
January 2 09:57 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica— Police assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division seized a total of 93 assorted rounds of ammunition on Dyke Road, St C...
Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
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Manchester labourer charged with 2023 murder
January 2 08:59 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A Manchester labourer has been arrested and charged with the murder of 34-year-old Glenford Isaacs, who was stabbed to death on S...
UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
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UN chief calls on Israel to reverse NGOs ban in Gaza
January 2 07:55 PM
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for Israel to end a ban on humanitarian agencies that provi...
Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
January 2 07:26 PM
CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
STEAM gifts for children in the west
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STEAM gifts for children in the west
January 2 07:00 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica—Approximately 1,400 STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) gifts have been distributed to children in Monteg...
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...

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Lawyer says he’s unable to interview Andem
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
October 27, 2005
Queen's Counsel Berthrand McCaulay, who is representing the alleged former leader of the Gideon Warriors gang, Joel Andem, on Monday told the court th...
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2,200 companies implicated in Iraq’s oil-for-food scandal
AP 
October 27, 2005
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - About 2,200 companies in the UN oil-for-food programme, including corporations in the United States, France, Germany and Russia,...
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Rains pelt the west
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 26, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The heavy rains that have been lashing western Jamaica over the last two days yesterday caused widespread flooding and landsli...
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NEWS BRIEF….NEWS BRIEF….NEWS BRIEF….
October 26, 2005
Cops shot, injured in Naggo Head A constable assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division in Portmore was shot and injured yesterday at Naggo He...
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JLP wants action to halt attacks against women
Observer Reporter 
October 26, 2005
THE Jamaica Labour Party is demanding urgent action to halt what the party described as the "brutal attacks" against women and suggested expert interv...
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Sugar fall-out
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
THE government announced yesterday that it will close two sugar factories - Bernard Lodge in St Catherine and Long Pond in Trelawny - as part of a maj...
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Negril hotels hit by Wilma say they will bounce back
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
WEST END, Negril - Despite the heavy battering that some hotels in the north west resort town of Negril experienced on the weekend due to storm surges...
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Montego Bay flooded again
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Heavy rains in this resort city yesterday left several residents flooded out of their homes and scores of businessmen counting...
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Vin Lawrence under fire
Observer Reporter 
October 25, 2005
THE Opposition last night claimed that Vin Lawrence, the chairman of the Urban Development Corporation was a director of a Bahamas incorporated subsid...
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Deadly blasts hit Baghdad
AFP 
October 24, 2005
BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least 17 people were killed yesterday when triple car bomb blasts slammed heavily-protected hotels used by foreigners in the centre...
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Davies’ campaign team stands by Alston Stewart
Observer Reporter 
October 24, 2005
OMAR Davies' campaign organisation yesterday stood behind its decision to reinstate Alston Stewart to his key management role, saying that not only di...
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Cops kill two in Olympic Gardens
Observer Reporter 
October 24, 2005
THE police's Bureau of Special Investigation has commenced a probe into the killing of two men during pre-dawn police operations in Olympic Gardens, K...
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Barnes Avenue vigil
October 23, 2005
Kimone Guthrie, the mother of murder victim Sasha-Kaye Brown (inset), and Sasha's brother, Kimar Palmer, hold candles in memory of the 10-year-old, wh...
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Mafia boss arrested
AFP 
October 23, 2005
ROME, Italy (AFP) - A Mafia boss who ran extortion rackets and was considered one of the 30 most dangerous men in Italy was arrested Sunday at one of ...
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Ex-cop held in G’wich Town kidnap case
BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
October 23, 2005
POLICE last were interrogating one of the alleged kidnappers of three women taken from a bar at gunpoint Thursday, and arrested a former cop and the m...
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Shoddy engineering cause of flooding – Mullings
BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
October 23, 2005
THE Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ), an umbrella group of builders, is blaming flood damage to homes and roadways on what it...
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Patterson to unveil sugar plan
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 22, 2005
PRIME Minister PJ Patterson is to speak to Parliament on Tuesday on the government's plans for the future of the local sugar industry. This could be o...
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The privileges of prison
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Sunday Observer Reporter 
October 22, 2005
THE penal system's rehabilitation programme, specifically its new music component, has put public spotlight on the privileged within the prisons, with...
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Choosing a career under the CSME, Part 2
Career Advisor with Merit Henry 
October 22, 2005
JOBSEEKERS have to be aware of what are the demand areas for jobs globally and regionally. They therefore need to do research and try to choose those ...

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