http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/ Jamaica Observer en-us http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Phillips-hits-Golding_7481403 FORMER National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips last night branded as "misguided" and a "political red herring", Prime Minis ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Christie-bemoans-corruption_7480463 CONTRACTOR General Greg Christie has described corruption as a scourge that is strangling Jamaica to death and used the conviction yesterday of ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/PNP-comments-on-bus-fare_7480612 THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) yesterday called on Transport Minister Mike Henry to provide a "clear and unambiguous" st ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Arsonist-released-on-bail_7472957 A man who attempted to burn down the house of his child's mother, while she and her new lover were inside the house on Valentine's Day, was of ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Courts-appeal-Viagra--ruling_7480573 FURNITURE retailer Courts Jamaica Limited has filed an appeal against the multi-million- dollar award to a 26-year-old man it had previously agr ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/tax-department-expects-increase_7476999 THE Taxpayer Administration Services Department (TASD) is predicting an increase in the level of tax collections this year. "The figures ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/help-for-young-women_7474650 KEMIESH Hamilton is a single mother who, having tried unsuccessfully to pass the entrance test to the HEART/NTA, simply gave up on the dream of be ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Bike-overload_7481315 This motorcyclist and his pillion rider play a balancing act as they travel with a 'heavy load' along Chisholm Avenue in Kingston, yeste ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Bartlett-on-Air-J-sale_7480451 BERLIN, Germany (CMC) -- Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett yesterday described the pending demise of Air Jamaica as a truly painstaking decision, but ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Air-J-wet-lease-clarification_7476872 THE Opposition People's National Party has called on the Government to explain the 'wet lease arrangements' it claims are currently be ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Fun-Snax-lose-multi-million-dollar-suit_7477305 LOCAL food manufacturer Fun Snax Limited and Midel Distributors Limited have lost their $100-million lawsuit against Shell Company (West Indies) L ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/children-in-lock-ups_7480713 GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that it would be removing children from adult penal facilities 'within weeks'. The security ministry ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/G4S-chairs_7481217 Ryan Peralto Jnr (right), CEO of Food for the Poor, chats with Windward Road Primary School student Shalise McKoy, following the presentation ye ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Pepperpot-March-12--2010_7481330 Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Word is, the staff, both current and former, are peeved and they're not prepared to keep quiet because they want wh ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Haiti-s-brightest-lost-in-the-ruins_7477140 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming gen ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Scrap-metal-hustler-_7477164 A man is seen pushing a cart loaded with scrap metal on Balmoral Avenue in Kingston, Wednesday. The scrap metal trade has flourished in the past ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Caricom-Summit-World-Bank_7480466 ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) -- Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders said yesterday that they were looking to the World Bank to "champion" the ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Hunger_7480017 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An estimated 2.17 million Zimbabweans -- perhaps a fourth of the country's population -- are in need of food aid, the ... International Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/jos_7479770 JOS, Nigeria, (AFP) -- Dressed in black and carrying wooden crosses, thousands of women marched in this Nigerian city on Thursday to express grief ... International Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Sugar-thieves-to-be-tried-in-May_7477052 THREE men accused of stealing over 4,500 bags of sugar valued at $17 million from a manufacturing and distributing company in Kingston will be tri ... Local News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/hate-crime_7479867 MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Nine Russians from a neo-Nazi group that called itself "Simbirsk White Power" were jailed yesterday for up to 22 y ... International Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/chile_7480045 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile yesterday as a new president was sworn ... International Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/History-MAR-12_7477951 Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2009. There are 294 days left in the year. Today's Highlight 1994: The Church of Engl ... General News Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Al-Faisal-barred-from-entering-Parliament_7477218 RADICAL Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal was yesterday denied entry to the House of Representatives where he turned up to attend a debate ... Local News Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:00 GMT http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/Big-fare-hike-3-11-2010 COMMUTERS in the Kingston Metropolitan Region could begin paying as much as $110 to travel on Government-run Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) ... 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