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February 2004

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Another little miracle
by Gwyneth Harold Observer writer 
February 29, 2004
A baby, whether a boy or a girl, was a distant dream for a couple last year, but thanks to modern fertilisation techniques their son is 9 days old tod...
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Aristide resigns, goes into exile
February 29, 2004
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide resigned and flew into exile yesterday, pressured by foreign governments and a bloody re...
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PALS shifts focus
BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
February 29, 2004
After a decade of promoting anger management and dispute resolution in Jamaica's schools, the PALS initiative disclosed yesterday that it would broade...
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Opponents slate Terrorism Prevention Bill
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Observer staff reporter 
February 28, 2004
Representatives of civil groups maintained their opposition to the proposed Terrorism Prevention Act in Parliament last week, arguing that the law wou...
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US$1-million bounty placed on narco chief’s head
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
February 28, 2004
With recent cocaine busts hitting them in the pocket, foreign-connected drug interests here have placed a US$1-million (J$60-m) bounty on the head of ...
News
$65-m in sales encourages Adventist book drive
February 28, 2004
Against a backdrop of sales of $65 million last year and confident claims that theirs is the fastest-growing denomination, Jamaican Adventists are abo...
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Lightbourne opposes fingerprinting
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 28, 2004
Opposition Senator Dorothy Lightbourne raised strong objection to the fingerprinting of juveniles under the Fingerprints Act at last Thursday's sittin...
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Bullet-riddled body found in bushes
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2004
Johnathon Bessieres, a 26 year-old Kingston building contractor, had been dead for more than 24 hours before his bullet-riddled body was discovered in...
Regional, Western
Hanover man electrocuted
Observer Reporter 
February 27, 2004
MOUNT PEACE, Hanover - Eustace "Mass U" Brown, 32, was electrocuted at his Q-Top home in Mount Peace, Hanover this week. His partially burned body, wh...
Regional, Western
St James man wanted for murder
Observer Reporter 
February 27, 2004
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Area One police have launched a search for Glenroy "Bud" Smith, of Rose Heights in St James, who is wanted in connection w...
Regional, Western
Thousands turn out for Hague Show, 2004
Observer Reporter 
February 27, 2004
HAGUE, Trelawny - An estimated 12,000 patrons turned out for the 49th annual staging of the Hague Agricultural Show in Trelawny on Wednesday. The show...
Regional, Western
Development plan for Falmouth a possibility – Robertson
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 27, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - A major development plan for Falmouth in Trelawny could be unveiled shortly, Development Minister Paul Robertson hinted recently. "Th...
Regional, Western
Rotary conference for Montego Bay in May
Vivian Tyson, Observer staff reporter 
February 27, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - The 30th annual conference of Rotary District 7020 is scheduled for May 4 and 8 in Montego Bay and will feature discussions on Polio ...
News
Boundaries Committee accepts recommendations, but.
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 26, 2004
PARLIAMENT'S Boundaries Committee yesterday adopted the recommendations of the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) to increase the maximum number of se...
News
Two bodies found in Clarendon cane field
JOHN TAVARES, Observer correspondent 
February 25, 2004
LIONEL TOWN, Clarendon - The decomposing bodies of a cabbie who had been stabbed in the chest and an exotic dancer whose throat had been slashed were ...
News
Trinidadian company wins text book contract
Observer Reporter 
February 25, 2004
THE Jamaican Government has again awarded the contract for the printing of textbooks for primary schools to an overseas firm. This time it has gone to...
News
Guyana takes Suriname to court
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
February 25, 2004
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Guyana yesterday referred an old maritime border dispute with neighbouring Suriname to international arbitration under the Unit...
News
Cop, music executive shot dead in Kingston
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 25, 2004
A policeman and a senior director of Shocking Vibes, the promotions company for popular entertainer Beenie Man, were among three people shot dead in K...
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G2K eyes the US
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 25, 2004
Generation 2000, the Jamaica Labour Party's young professional arm, is to launch at least two chapters in the United States by June. "We are in the pr...

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