Unpaid traffic fines top $3b

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ONE LOCAL transport operator who has accumulated at least two tickets per day within a two-year period has not been paying the fines. Transport Minister Mike Henry told Parliament yesterday the driver has accumulated more than 1,500 tickets…

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Drama as truck rams house

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A teenage householder escaped death after a water truck smashed into a house in Top Hill, St Catherine, yesterday, However, the driver, 49-year-old Franklyn Hunter, also from Top Hill, sustained injuries to his head…

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US eyes extradition of high-profile Jamaicans

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A SENIOR member of the Obama administration revealed yesterday that a “series” of extradition requests have been made by the United States government for Jamaicans to be sent abroad for trial, but US officials are tight-lipped as to whether local elected officials …

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Technology finds root in potatoes

Gleaner on July 28th, 2010 | File Under Headline News -

A cross-fertilisation of state-of-the-art technology and the ability of Jamaicans to be inventive - as in ‘tun yuh han mek fashion’ - is taking root at the Christiana Potato Growers’ Cooperative in Manchester….

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Hit thugs in pocket - US

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The United States wants the Jamaican Government to use a powerful tool in its possession called the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to cripple gang networks in the country.Addressing journalists yesterday at a press…

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Mom to honour slain hero cop

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WESTERN BUREAU:The mother of police Corporal Omar St Clever Duncan, who was shot dead by gunmen in Haughton Grove, Hanover, early Tuesday morning, plans to build two libraries in his honour. A grieving Beverley Brown…

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Today I am a …Farm-theft woes

Gleaner on July 28th, 2010 | File Under Headline News -

As part of The Gleaner’s focus on agriculture, from day to day we use this weekly column to raise issues from the perspective of products or people in the sector. Today, I am a 13-year-old boy still…

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Gov’t to save on phone calls

Gleaner on July 28th, 2010 | File Under Headline News -

THE GOVERNMENT is planning to roll out an ambitious information communication platform aimed at significantly reducing the amount of money the State now pays for telephone calls.Daryl Vaz, the minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime…

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Police target Stinger, Rat Bat gangs

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Two of the most notorious criminal networks operating in the Corporate Area, the Stinger and the Rat Bat gangs, are the focus of the latest curfew imposed by the security forces….

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70 new jobs at Captain’s Bakery Ocho Rios

Gleaner on July 28th, 2010 | File Under Headline News -

The opening of The Captain’s Bakery and Grill in Ocho Rios, St Ann, in three weeks’ time will see the creation of 70 new jobs in the parish, a move welcomed by new president of the St Ann Chamber of Commerce, Kumar…

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