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Melissa-ravaged Treasure Beach ambush Portmore in JPL return
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Melissa-ravaged Treasure Beach ambush Portmore in JPL return
December 21 08:47 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica – Treasure Beach made a winning return to action in the Jamaica Premier League on Sunday, ambushing Portmore United 2-0 at the S...
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JFJ moves to clarify position on decriminalising consensual sex among minors, close-in-age exemptions
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JFJ moves to clarify position on decriminalising consensual sex among minors, close-in-age exemptions
December 21 06:18 PM
Human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has sought to clarify its recommendation to decriminalise consensual sex among minors, including its pr...
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Stony Hill teen on wounding rap after stabbing incident
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Stony Hill teen on wounding rap after stabbing incident
December 21 04:40 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 17-year-old student of Temple Heights district, Stony Hill, St Andrew, has been charged with wounding with intent following an i...
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St Catherine South police take steps to ease traffic congestion
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St Catherine South police take steps to ease traffic congestion
December 21 03:58 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —St Catherine South police will be increasing their presence on roads to address the problem of traffic congestion, according to Ass...
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Nigerian government frees 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren
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December 21 03:53 PM
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP)—Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November,...
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Labourer charged with 2011 double murder in St Elizabeth
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Labourer charged with 2011 double murder in St Elizabeth
December 21 03:04 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A 41-year-old labourer has been charged in connection with the murder of two men in Middle Quarters, St Elizabeth in 2011. The...
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WATCH: Barnswell honoured for rescuing abducted six-year-old
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WATCH: Barnswell honoured for rescuing abducted six-year-old
December 21 02:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Councillor for the Hayes Division, Scean Barnswell has been honoured by the Clarendon Municipal Corporation after he and his wife ...
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Kamla faces backlash for statements on US visas and Caribbean relations
Kamla faces backlash for statements on US visas and Caribbean relations
December 21 01:37 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar is facing mounting criticism at home and abroad following...
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Republican divide on immigration pushes White House to a ‘split-the-baby’ plan
AP 
August 27, 2005
PHOENIX (AP) - Struggling to pacify his party's warring wings, President George W Bush is moving toward allowing illegal immigrants who came to the US...
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Stocktaking
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August 27, 2005
Mindful of the legacy he would like to leave behind, Prime Minister P J Patterson earlier this year disclosed a formidable wish list of things he woul...
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‘LENA’ GETS NEW SONG
By Michael Edwards Observer writer 
August 27, 2005
Lena Baker, a black maid who was executed in Georgia's electric chair 60 years ago has been pardoned by the state and will have a proclamation present...
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Chavez considers US$200m highway loan
Observer Reporter 
August 27, 2005
VENEZUELA seems set to lend Jamaica up to US$200 million to help government accelerate the construction of Highway 2000 and retire more expensive debt...
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Uncovering the ‘underworld’ in your school
By Hopeton Henry 
August 27, 2005
THE issue of violence in Jamaican schools is always a controversial matter. Principals feel that if it is discussed publicly it will smear their schoo...
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Sugar company makes operating profit
Observer Reporter 
August 27, 2005
THE Sugar Company of Jamaica is showing a healthier financial position than it ever has since the turn of the decade, recording an $84 million operati...
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Guns blaze on Maxfield
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
August 26, 2005
THREE men were killed within of six hours in the volatile Maxfield Avenue area of Kingston yesterday. The dead men have been identified as 31 year-old...
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Be careful of G8 gifts, warns Rev Ernle Gordon
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
August 26, 2005
Anglican priest the Rev Ernle Gordon says African countries should be cautious about the debt relief offer from the Group of 8 (G8) industrialised nat...
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Cops kill four robbers in Morant Bay
Observer Reporter 
August 26, 2005
MORANT BAY, St Thomas - Four men were fatally shot by the police in Morant Bay, St Thomas on Thursday evening following the robbery of a hardware stor...
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Jamaican wanted for murder in US held on arrival in island
Observer Reporter 
August 26, 2005
A Jamaican man wanted in the United States for murder has been convicted in the local court for uttering forged documents when he arrived in the islan...
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Aruba re-arrests two brothers in missing teen case
AP 
August 26, 2005
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - Two Surinamese brothers who had been detained and released in the Natalee Holloway case were arrested again yesterday based o...
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Highway 2000 contractor willing to negotiate with disgruntled workers
Observer Reporter 
August 26, 2005
BOUYGUES Construction Company, contractors for Highway 2000, says it is willing to negotiate with disgruntled workers who walked off their jobs Thursd...
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Chavez remark not the first time Robertson has spoken of ‘taking out’ leaders
AP 
August 25, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev Pat Robertson's suggestion that the United States assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was the latest in a long line o...
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Light bill protests
Observer Reporters 
August 25, 2005
JAMAICA Labour Party supporters demonstrated in two Jamaican cities and a parish capital yesterday against spiralling electricity bills, but it was ap...
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US postal worker charged with urinating in co-workers’ coffee
AP 
August 25, 2005
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - A postal worker has been charged with putting urine in the coffee of co-workers who set up a video camera in their break room after...
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Protest against high petrol prices, taxi fare hike
Observer Reporter 
August 24, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Scores of people yesterday mounted roadblocks on Barnett Street and Fustic Lane to protest against the hike in taxi fares, pet...
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Seabed Assembly pays tribute to the late Ken Rattray
Observer Reporter 
August 24, 2005
THE Assembly of the International Seabed Authority, meeting in Kingston yesterday, paid tribute to the late Kenneth Osborne Rattray, a prominent Jamai...
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Baking, filling and icing with Sylvia Weinstock
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 24, 2005
Sandals Whitehouse European Village & Spa got a taste of Hollywood celebrity fever as eager Beaches and Sandals pastry chefs huddled close, not wishin...
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Temporary lift of travel ban on Mark Thwaites
Observer Reporter 
August 23, 2005
MARK Thwaites, former chief operator of the now bankrupt Dyoll Insurance company, had a stop order against him temporarily lifted and his passport ret...
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US$200-million Petrojam expansion
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August 23, 2005
JAMAICA and Venezuela last night agreed on the broad outlines of an initial US$200-million modernisation and expansion of the Petrojam oil refinery in...
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JTA president calls for debate on Education Task Force report
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
August 23, 2005
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) president Ruel Reid has called for a national debate on how to adequately fund the government'...
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US$200-million Petrojam expansion
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August 23, 2005
JAMAICA and Venezuela last night agreed on the broad outlines of an initial US$200-million modernisation and expansion of the Petrojam oil refinery in...
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