48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
December 29 08:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...

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Slow but peaceful voting in St. Andrew
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer senior reporter douglasl@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2011
A slow electronic identification system marred an otherwise relatively uneventful election day in South East and North East St Andrew on Thursday, two...
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Moderate voter turnout in St Ann, St Mary
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter edwardsa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2011
OCHO RIOS, St Ann — There seemed to have been little enthusiasm among voters in several constituencies in St Ann and St Mary during the national polls...
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Sector leaders hail PNP win
BY CONRAD HAMILTON Observer senior reporter hamiltonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 29, 2011
THE country's sector leaders last night poured congratulatory messages on the Portia Simpson Miller-led People's National Party (PNP). President of th...
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Hot sun, slow technology fail to deter voters in E St Andrew
BY JANICE BUDD Associate Editor -- Sunday buddj@jamaicobserver.com 
December 29, 2011
Voters party in East Rural St Andrew, Port Royal THE huge deployment of members of the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard seemed at odds with the slow ...
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Heroy Clarke says he’ll create history in new constituency
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
December 28, 2011
MONTEGO BAY, St James  — Heroy Clarke, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for the newly created constituency of Central St James, has predicted ...
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23 per cent of voters already cast ballots
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
THE Electoral Office of Jamaica is reporting that some 23.7 percent of Jamaicans or 380,169 individuals have already voted as at 11 this morning as th...
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PNP country
December 28, 2011
All Island Preliminary Results as at 11:00 PM 6629 of 6629 boxes counted. The PNP now has 41 declared constituencies to the JLP's 22. CLARENDON CENTRA...
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Electronic Voter ID system causes delays in Eastern St Andrew, but…
BY JANICE BUDD aasciate editor sunday buddj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
PELTING sun notwithstanding, orange-clad voters congregated at the open lot at the entrance to Jarret Lane in the Eastern St Andrew constituency, wait...
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Has Tivoli Gardens operation caused low voter turnout?
BY INGRID BROWN Senior Staff Reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
ELECTION Day workers are reporting a low voter turnout at polling stations in West Kingston, some of which were empty when the Observer visited.Observ...
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Broderick confident of winning North Clarendon victory
By COREY ROBINSON Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
JAMAICA Labour Party candidate for North Clarendon, Lawrence Broderick, said he is confident of his chances of winning the constituency. "Voting has b...
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Voters want to see what else Holness can do
December 28, 2011
Dear Editor: I am not feeling any anticipation for today's elections. I do not know why, but I just get the sense that other persons are either disint...
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42 per cent of voters cast ballots
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
WITH some 30 minutes to the close of the polls the Electoral Office of Jamaica is reporting that some 42.35 percent of Jamaicans or 697,937 individual...
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PNP supporters in St Ann say JLP using bogus voters list
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2011
SOME People's National Party supporters in North West St Ann have accused the Jamaica Labour Party of using a 'bogus' voters list. This resulted in a ...
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JLP predicts eight-seat majority win
December 27, 2011
POLLSTER Don Anderson's prediction that the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) is on track to triumph in a close poll has not gone unnoticed by ...
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The JLP should be nervously home by a few seats
MARK WIGNALL 
December 27, 2011
BY the end of this day's exercise, all of the political hype, the impossible promises and the catchy radio and TV ads will mean nothing... to one side...
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Battle for the West – JLP, PNP, confident of victory in western Ja
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
December 27, 2011
MONTEGO BAY, St James — THE two major political parties are brimming with confidence of winning the majority of the 16 parliamentary seats being conte...
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PNP: No election money from gay groups
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer senior reporter douglasl@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 27, 2011
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) yesterday declared that it had not received any funding from any gay rights organisation locally or overs...
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Last lap – JLP, PNP wrap up campaigning
December 27, 2011
Holness, Simpson Miller make final pitch to voters JAMAICA'S two major political parties wrapped up campaign activities last night as they prepare for...
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Were election stories balanced?
December 27, 2011
Election coverage fairly balanced MOST media houses would have benefited enormously from the election campaigns mounted by both political parties and ...
Elections Candidates, Letters
Disappointing debates or unrealistic expectations?
December 27, 2011
Dear Editor Now that the debates have come and gone it almost seems naïve that persons would genuinely think that it should come down to a set of arti...
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Politics shroud move to ‘formalise’ Galleon Beach
December 27, 2011
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth — The green shirts of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the orange of the opposition People's National Party (PNP) w...
Columns, Elections Candidates
More like sports than elections
Michael Burke 
December 27, 2011
THE commission of enquiry to determine who it was that hired Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to defend Christopher 'Dudus' Coke dominated the news for a m...

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