Body of abducted Trinidad fireman found
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Body of abducted Trinidad fireman found
December 30 08:35 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad  (CMC) –  Trinidadian police say the body of a 46-year-old fireman, who had been abducted from his home last weekend, was foun...
Six men charged following storehouse heist
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Six men charged following storehouse heist
December 30 07:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six men, including two taxi drivers and a 62-year-old, have been slapped with multiple offences for their alleged involvement in a...
Soldier charged with firearm offences
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Soldier charged with firearm offences
December 30 07:03 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — A member of the Jamaica Defence Force has been charged after allegedly firing shots in a public place. Charged with possession...
Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.83 to one US dollar
December 30 06:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 30, ended trading at $159.83, down nine cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica...
Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
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Campari signs partnership with Sandz; Skippa headlines Jan 1 staging
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
December 30 05:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Campari has signed a year-long title partnership with popular event series Sandz Music Festival.  The collaboration comes into eff...

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The versatile sandwich
Kinisha O'Neill, Freelance writer 
August 31, 2005
No, this is not your grandmother's sandwich. We're talking about stick-to-your-ribs sandwiches; sandwiches made with dumplings and tortillas; sandwich...
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Soweto wine festival
AFP 
August 31, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - Soweto, South Africa's most famous township, is staging its first ever wine festival over the weekend, challenging ...
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Court changes legal definition of adultery
AP 
August 31, 2005
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A man's affair with another man constitutes adultery and is grounds for divorce, a British Columbia Supreme Court j...
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Police shut down sex auction in Culloden
Observer Reporter 
August 31, 2005
THE police have effectively clamped down on the trading of exotic dancers in Culloden, where young girls and women gathered weekly to be auctioned off...
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Katrina kills 30 in two-storey apartment building
AP 
August 30, 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) - Joy Schovest swam for her life, fighting Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and its angry winds, brushing aside debris and flo...
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JFJ opens documentary centre in MoBay
Observer Reporter 
August 30, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) yesterday opened a library and documentary centre in Montego Bay. The facil...
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Hill bats for PNP
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 29, 2005
Aubyn Hill mounted a People's National Party (PNP) platform on Sunday to declare the party's founder, Norman Manley, as a greater mind than the Americ...
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‘No strings attached’
Observer Reporter 
August 28, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson made clear last night that Venezuela's concessionary oil deal and other offers of assistance to Jamaica were without a po...
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Pope shares pain of families of Paris fire victims
AP 
August 27, 2005
VATICAN CITY, Italy (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday he was united in the pain of those who lost loved ones in the Paris blaze that killed 14 c...
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Prosperous cane farmer laments the fall of king sugar
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 27, 2005
GRANGE HILL, Westmoreland - In the days when sugar was undisputed king, cane farmer Lucius Jackson prospered. At the height of his prosperity, Jackson...
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Peter Phillips…
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
August 27, 2005
Starting this week, the Sunday Observer will be putting the candidates for presidency of the People's National Party under the microscope. This week, ...
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Importers ‘raping’ sugar
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Sunday Observer reporter 
August 27, 2005
KEY players and sugar officials agree that some policy refinement has to accompany, or precede, any plans to elevate sugar from its raw, loss-making s...
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Red Bones. Great blues, vibes, service and food
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 27, 2005
Soothing jazz clefs punctuate the musty air as we step gingerly (the bulb has blown) along the stone pavement and into the all-too-familiar embracing,...
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Annual textbook survey
August 27, 2005
THE annual textbook survey results have revealed what the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) refers to as "moderate" price movements, saying only three...

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