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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Holland High School’s Shanoya Douglas became the fourth-fastest ever Jamaican junior, after running a big personal best and world-...
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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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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Edwin Allen’s Kevongaye Fowler dedicated her win in the Girls Class 2 1500m on Wednesday’s second day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys ...
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Autopsy to be done tomorrow on body of teen in ‘dutty wine’ dance
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
October 31, 2006
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A government pathologist will tomorrow conduct an autopsy on the body of Taneisha Henry, the 18-year-old woman who died S...
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Media get more space in House, but Peart’s door remains
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
October 31, 2006
MORE space will be allocated to accommodate the growing Jamaican media in the Parliament, but the door that sparked accusations that the government ha...
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Judge tells six accused in ATM murders to get lawyers
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
October 31, 2006
THE four young men and two teenage girls charged with the murders of financial analyst Jamie Lue and Jamaica Aids Support Unit employee Steve Harvey l...
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Sav firefighters protest against deplorable working conditions
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Firefighters assigned to the Savanna-la-Mar Fire Department yesterday protested in front of the station on Dalling Stre...
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Danhai arrested
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
October 31, 2006
Well-known East Kingston businessman and People's National Party (PNP) activist Danhai Williams was last night arrested by the police as they moved to...
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Trial of SuperPlus five starts today
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October 31, 2006
THE trial of the five employees of the SuperPlus Food Store at Park Crescent, Mandeville, who are accused of assaulting two other employees of the sup...
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NSWMA prosecuting operators of illegal dumps
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
October 30, 2006
OPERATORS of illegal dumps will be targeted and prosecuted, warns the National Solid Waste Management Agency (NSWMA). Director of Enforcement and Comp...
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Violence in the east
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
October 30, 2006
Violence erupted in the normally volatile neighbourhoods of Rockfort and August Town in the eastern end of the Corporate Area yesterday, causing the e...
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Jamaica Red Cross training volunteers
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
October 30, 2006
THE Jamaica Red Cross is presently training volunteers to deal with medical crises that may occur during Cricket World Cup 2007, which is expected to ...
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Court discontinues murder cases against Bayshore Park three
Paul Henry 
October 30, 2006
THE Crown yesterday entered a nolle prosequi order discontinuing the murder case against three men charged with the 2005 'reprisal' killing of three r...
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Christie puts public officials on warning
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October 30, 2006
CONTRACTOR-GENERAL General Greg Christie yesterday threatened criminal proceedings against public officials who continued to ignore requests from his ...
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Golding now expecting general elections before Christmas
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
October 30, 2006
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Opposition Leader Bruce Golding says he expects Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to call parliamentary elections before C...
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E-Commerce Bill for House today; Cyber Crimes law next
Observer Reporter 
October 30, 2006
THE e-Transaction Bill which is expected to usher Jamaica into the modern era of -commerce, is to be tabled in the House of Representatives today. It ...
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Medical records workers back on the job
Observer Reporter 
October 30, 2006
THE island's hospitals and health centres returned to normal yesterday with the work resumption of the 120 workers responsible for medical records. Th...
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Injured firefighters released from hospital
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 30, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The five firefighters who were hospitalised when the fire truck in which they were travelling overturned along the Howard Cook...
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UWI to train more teachers by distance learning
LUKE DOUGLAS, Observer writer 
October 30, 2006
THE University of the West Indies is planning to train more teachers to the degree level through its distance learning programmes across the region, a...
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Media bosses, gov’t to discuss Gordon House restrictions today
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October 30, 2006
MEDIA bosses will today demand an explanation from the Speaker of the House for the recent ban on journalists accessing the public galleries and the H...
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‘Fly the gate’
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 29, 2006
KINGSTON Mayor Desmond Mckenzie says the 22 Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillors in Kingston and St Andrew are prepared to march on Jamaica House to...
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Smith pushing for meeting to discuss Gordon House press restrictions
October 29, 2006
LEADER of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Derrick Smith, says he is still awaiting a response from House Speaker Michael Peart to...
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Port Royal residents eagerly sign up for internet, telephone and digital cable
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter 
October 29, 2006
RESIDENTS of Port Royal will no longer have to trek to the library to access the Internet, or kick and punch their television sets in the vain hope of...
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Scholarship winner among 18 newly-qualified med techs
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau 
October 29, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James -Alesha Coleman isn't making a lot of money as a medical technologist, but she's very grateful. For come this Saturday she, alon...
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Gov’t urged to include key players in Cricket World Cup planning
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 29, 2006
CHAIRMAN of G2K, the Jamaica Labour Party's professional arm, Dr Christopher Tufton, has warned that the government could end up with "egg on its face...
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