Haiti sees small rise in cholera cases after Sandy
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A spokesman for Doctors Without Borders in Haiti says the medical charity saw a small increase in the number of people infected by cholera after the destructive rains of Hurricane Sandy.
Source: Jamaica Observer
$600m committed to buy vehicles, says Bunting
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“This amount is more than the previous three years put together,” the security minister said. He was speaking at the graduation ceremony Friday for 202 graduates at the Police Academy in Twickenham Park St Catherine.
Source: Jamaica Observer
Water disruption in Stony Hill and environs Monday
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The National Water Commission (NWC) says that it will be carrying out improvement works on a section of the Stony Hill pipeline network in St Andrew on Monday, November 26, 2012 through to Wednesday, November 28, 2012.
Source: Jamaica Observer
No charges against Chris Brown in phone grabbing incident
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MIAMI, USA (AP) — Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown will not face criminal charges for snatching a woman's cellphone when she tried to snap a photo of him outside a Miami Beach club, prosecutors said Friday.
Source: Jamaica Observer
4 bodies found hanging from bridge in Mexico
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PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila say police found the bodies of four men hanging from a highway overpass in the capital city of Saltillo.
Source: Jamaica Observer
Smart returns to court next week for bail application
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Dwayne Smart, the police corporal charged with the murder of a pregnant woman in St Thomas, is to return to the Home Circuit Court next week for a bail application.
Source: Jamaica Observer
Olympic champ James to receive Caribbean Spirit award
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago will honour Grenada’s World and Olympic champion Kirani James with the Caribbean Spirit of Sport award next Friday for his “unparalleled spirit of humanity” displayed at this year’s London Olympiad.
Source: Jamaica Observer
St Ann police nab Jamaican wanted in Cayman
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A Jamaican wanted for several crimes in the Cayman Islands was captured in St Ann yesterday.
Source: Jamaica Observer