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 ...

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Domestic violence a major concern as St Elizabeth murder toll climbs
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
November 13, 2005
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - All agreed that there was no need to panic but as National Security Minister Peter Phillips himself conceded at a forum her...
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Antigua changes three DPPs in 18 months
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
November 13, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Fresh claims of political interference have surfaced in Antigua and Barbuda with the appointment of a new director of public pr...
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Five arrested, two guns seized in MoBay
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 13, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Montego Bay police say five men arrested over the weekend were involved in the recent spate of robberies in the resort cit...
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POLICE REPORTS
November 13, 2005
Contractor hit by stray bullet, dies CHESLAN Simpson otherwise called 'Youth', 61, of Paisley Drive in May Pen, Clarendon died Saturday after he was h...
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Gun smuggler assassinated
Observer Reporter 
November 12, 2005
A triple killing in Sandy Bay, Clarendon yesterday was believed by the police to have been a targeted hit of a suspected gun smuggler who failed to de...
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Ready to revolt
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 12, 2005
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A historical Georgian building in Falmouth, which the Government wants preserved, is now seen as a hindrance to the development o...
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One gang down, 11 to go, says Kingfish commander
Observer Reporter 
November 12, 2005
IN one year of intense activity, Operation Kingfish has wiped out one of 12 major criminal gangs, severely disrupted or impacted seven others, arreste...
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Crawle Trial
November 12, 2005
Each week, the Sunday Observer will give a round-up of key events in the murder trial of six policemen, members of the disbanded Crime Management Unit...
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UWI lecturer proposes Ministry of Human Development
Patrick Foster 
November 12, 2005
ACADEMIC Robert Buddan on Thursday called for the creation of a Ministry of Human Development under which all poverty programmes would coalesce for be...
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Cummings returned as Negril Chamber president
November 12, 2005
HOTELIER Wayne Cummings was re-elected president of the Negril Chamber of Commerce. His executive includes: first vice president Grace Lee of Choices ...
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Ting wins top prize at Texas food festival
JIS 
November 12, 2005
Ting, the popular Jamaican grapefruit drink, won the People's Preference Award for first place in the Beverage Category at the annual ZestFest food fe...
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Workshop to improve social studies in schools
November 12, 2005
SOCIAL Studies teachers across the island attended a series of workshops to develop their skills in the teaching of Social Studies. The workshops were...
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BGLC case collapses against Internet bookmaker
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
November 12, 2005
SPIROS Athanas, whose Montego Bay based Internet gambling company was shutdown last year for breaches of the Betting Gaming and Lotteries Commission A...
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Paris bans public meetings amid fresh rioting
AFP 
November 12, 2005
PARIS, France (AFP) - The French government invoked emergency powers to ban public meetings in Paris yesterday as car-burning rioters called for "acts...
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LEPTO SCARE
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
November 11, 2005
THE number of confirmed cases of leptospirosis in Clarendon has jumped from 10 last week to 50, forcing the authorities to launch a major clean-up of ...
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The BITU’s Franklyn McDonald is dead
Observer Reporter 
November 11, 2005
FRANKLYN McDonald, assistant island supervisor of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), is dead. McDonald, 71, died last weekend after a long ...
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NEWS BRIEF…..NEWS BRIEF
November 11, 2005
MoBay businessman shot dead MONTEGO BAY, St James - Fifty-year-old businessman Sammy Ramchandani was yesterday shot and killed by gunmen during a dari...
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Poverty levels cut in half since 1992, says official
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
November 11, 2005
THE number of Jamaicans living below the poverty line has been sliced by more than half in the 12 years up to 2004, according to Jaslin Salmon, nation...
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Wolfe orders dismantled M16 rifle be reassembled
Observer Reporter 
November 11, 2005
CHIEF Justice Lensley Wolfe, who is presiding over the Crawle murder trial, yesterday ordered the prosecution to reassemble a dismantled M16 rifle all...

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