Police identify body found on Manchester haul road
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Police identify body found on Manchester haul road
December 23 10:34 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A man whose body was found with what appeared to be gunshot wounds on a haul road in Brokenhurst, Manchester, on Monday morning ...
UPDATE: Police identify Manchester double murder victims
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UPDATE: Police identify Manchester double murder victims
December 23 10:29 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two men who were shot dead by gunmen at a bar on Manchester Road in Mandeville on Monday night have been identified. Police name...
Motorist shot at in attempted carjacking in Mandeville
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Motorist shot at in attempted carjacking in Mandeville
December 23 09:35 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A motorist narrowly escaped serious injury on Monday night after two gunmen opened fire on his vehicle during an attempted carjac...
Suspect held in Guyana after mercury from Suriname seized
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Suspect held in Guyana after mercury from Suriname seized
December 23 07:49 AM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) -The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) in Guyana says one person is assisting its investigations after mercury, valued at GU...
Two shot dead in Manchester
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Two shot dead in Manchester
December 23 07:23 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two men were shot dead by gunmen at a bar on Manchester Road in Mandeville on Monday night. Their identities have not yet been r...

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Will the real Nanny please stand up!
BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer 
February 26, 2005
WHEN Jamaicans ask for "a Nanny", they are expecting to receive a $500 note. But it is also confirmation of their widespread acceptance of the image o...
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Wichita police say BTK serial killer has been arrested
AP 
February 26, 2005
WICHITA, Kansas (AP) - Police said yesterday they have arrested a man they believe is the notorious BTK serial killer who terrorised Wichita throughou...
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A summary of the recommendations
February 26, 2005
The Dr Frederick Hickling subcommittee, which proposed the University Town Centre and the Caribbean Institute of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, al...
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CFNI, health ministry launch food safety campaign
Observer Reporter 
February 24, 2005
DR Fitzroy Henry, director of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), warned yesterday that the Caribbean was at risk of ruining its touris...
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Mayor warns Long Mountain developers
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 24, 2005
Mayor of Kingston Councillor Desmond McKenzie warned yesterday that any further development in the Long Mountain area of the capital must have the ful...
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Stolen money went into PNP campaign, says convict
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 24, 2005
A former regional director of the Government's Rapid Response Unit stunned the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday when he admitted t...
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Sports broadcaster held up on UWI hall
JULIEN NEAVES, Observer writer 
February 24, 2005
ORAL Buchanan, a sports broadcaster and student at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona campus, was held up Monday morning on Irvine Hall by a...
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American dies in fall from hotel balcony
Observer Reporter 
February 23, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - A United States national registered as a guest at the Holiday Inn Hotel Sunspree Resort, one of Montego Bay's largest hotels, died fr...
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FISH FARE
Michael A Edwards, Observer writer 
February 23, 2005
At the recent launch of its fish sticks product, executives of Jamaica Broilers subsidiary, Best Dressed Foods, stated openly (to no one's surprise) t...
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Police, Steer Town residents clash over accused killer
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
February 23, 2005
Incensed that they were not allowed to dispense their own form of justice on an accused killer, residents of Steer Town in St Ann clashed with police ...
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Three suspects held in exotic dancer murder probe
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 23, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Up to late last night Montego Bay detectives were still interrogating three suspects in connection with Sunday night's murder of 28 y...
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Fewer Jamaican women in UK prisons
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 23, 2005
DESPITE a drop in the number of female Jamaican drug couriers locked up in the United Kingdom, concerns are still fresh about the reintegration into s...
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Blythe breaks ranks with Gov’t on CCJ
Observer Reporter 
February 22, 2005
People's National Party vice-president Dr Karl Blythe has broken ranks with his party on the Government's desire to replace the London-based Privy Cou...
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Organic food producers forging ahead
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
February 22, 2005
THE Jamaica Organic Agricultural Movement (JOAM) is forging ahead with plans to expand organic agriculture in the island, assisted by $20 million in f...
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Al-Jaafari chosen as Shiite’s candidate for PM
AP 
February 22, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Interim Vice-President Ibrahim al-Jaafari was chosen as his Shiite ticket's candidate for Iraq's next prime minister yesterday, a...
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Another plea for judicial review in Janice Allen case
TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
February 21, 2005
THE Janice Allen murder trial of March 2004, in which the prosecution offered no evidence resulting in the acquittal of the policeman charged with her...
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Golding’s destiny
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
February 20, 2005
IT appeared clear yesterday that many Labourites believed that Edward Seaga would keep his word and stay away from the party's 61st annual conference....
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Media – the new source of sin?
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Observer writer 
February 19, 2005
THE brisk business done by peddlers of sex toys during a recent expo in the parking lot of a popular, upscale New Kingston supermarket has spurred eve...
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Be careful where you party!
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
February 19, 2005
ON New Year's Eve, a deadly fire raced through a crowded nightclub in Argentina, killing 170 people. Kingston Mayor Desmond McKenzie is determined tha...

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