Gun battle in Tivoli - Five killed Policeman, soldier injured Nine weapons found
FIVE MEN were killed in a house on Keith Avenue in the western Kingston community of Tivoli Gardens yesterday in what the police said was a shoot-out with a police/military team. One soldier and a policeman were also shot and injured in the incident which residents say started....

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Manchester Chamber of Commerce continues to tackle crime and violence
Walderston, Manchester: In December 2006, the Manchester business community lost two of its stalwarts to violence. The decomposed bodies of Richard Lyn, 75, and his 71-year-old wife, Julia, were found at the Martins Hill Dump in the parish. As the year progressed, serious crimes...

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Jamaica crush Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC)
Jamaica, paced once again by their spin bowlers, including their captain and part-timer Tamar Lambert, defeated Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) by 10 wickets at Kensington Park yesterday and in the process jumped to maximum 24 points, in their bid to win the regional...

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EDITORIAL - Fail-safe electricity supply still uncertain
WHILE IT is irritatingly disingenuous for Mr.Dean Peart, the Shadow Utilities Minister, to pester the regulators about the failure of the light and power company, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), to have installed systems to prevent the kind of electricity outage...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - Security snafu hits anti-drug security
THE EDITOR, Sir: I NOTE with considerable consternation that Air Jamaica has been subjected to a US$1,000,000 fine for hashish oil which was found among luggage on one of its flights into Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In 1983, the country was crippled by a series of onerous fines...

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Huge 15th Tru-Juice Rebel Salute
When Jah Cure sang Sunny Day at the Port Kaiser Sports Club, St. Elizabeth, yesterday it was just that, the Sunday morning waxing warm at 8:17. So was he, before a bumper crowd, the vast majority waiting through the marathon Tru-Juice Rebel Salute 2008, duly dubbed '2000 and love'. ...

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Joan Davis: Jamaican-born nurse speaks of Iraqi war experience
Mary Seacole became a nurse in war time and dedicated her life to helping soldiers. Fast-forward to the present, Joan Davis a Jamaican-born nurse in the United States army finds fulfilment in caring for the sick even when they include the enemy. The 49-year-old army captain...

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