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THE security forces swarmed the Coronation Market in downtown Kingston, detaining several individuals today.

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BREAKING new ground for citizen journalism in Jamaica, TVJ moments ago broadcast footage supplied by a member of the public showing what appears to be a policeman executing a murder suspect.

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FOLLOWING a recent increase in crocodile sightings, the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is reminding people not to attempt to capture crocodiles seen close to their homes. Instead, persons are advised to call NEPA to have the animals relocated.

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THE palatial upper St Andrew home of deposed Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was burgled this week. Police remain tight-lipped about the incident but confirmed that several appliances and items of clothing were stolen.

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MONTEGO BAY, St James – Thirty-two-year-old mason, Omar Reid, was today sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole before 25 years, for the murder of Barbara Scott, a British nurse who was 61 years old at the time of her death.

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GOVERNMENT yesterday signed a contract valued at Can$19.9 million with Canadian company Intelcan Technosystems for the construction of air traffic control towers at the Norman Manley and Sangster international airports.

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ATTORNEY Terrence F Williams was yesterday sworn in as commissioner of the newly established Independent Commission of Investigations, a unit tasked with the responsibility of probing allegations of abuses against the citizenry by the police and other agents of the state.

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WASHINGTON, DC, USA — The identification of opportunities for investment in Jamaica and trade issues were among the topics discussed when Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks called on United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk at his downtown Washington, DC offices on Monday.

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THIEVES, on Monday night, emptied petrol from approximately 32 Jamaica Urban Transport Company (JUTC) buses stationed at the Rockfort depot in East Kingston, Transport Minister Mike Henry said Wednesday.

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THE Jamaica Employers’ Federation (JEF) yesterday told the Joint Select Committee of Parliament examining the proposed Protected Disclosures Bill (Whistle-blower legislation) that household helpers should be excluded from the proposed legislation.

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