Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...

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Rituals Coffee to set up shop in Jamaica
BY STEVEN JACKSON 
November 19, 2009
Coffee Mill of Jamaica is scaling back whilst Rituals Coffee the Trinidad-based 91-unit chain will open this weekend in Kingston. "We are not closing ...
Business, Financials
National Export Strategy body calls for export led growth
BY ALICIA ROACHE roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
November 19, 2009
The call for export-led growth was made yesterday at the resource mobilisation meeting and presentation of the National Export Strategy (NES), held at...
Business, Financials
The resurgence of NCB Capital Markets
BY AL EDWARDS 
November 19, 2009
Earlier this month, NCB announced a staggering net profit of $10.2 billion from revenues of $35.4 billion for the year ended September 2009, an 18 per...
Business, Financials
US economy will grow in the final quarter of 09 – Obama
November 19, 2009
President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that the United States economy would grow again in the final quarter of 2009, pulling further out of a long...
Business, Financials
Digicel’s profits and subscribers continue to grow
BY AL EDWARDS 
November 19, 2009
Caribbean-based mobile phone company Digicel continues to improve its profits following the announcement earlier this year that it had reported its fi...
Business, Financials
How bad can it get!
BY AL EDWARDS 
November 19, 2009
Earlier this week, the international rating agency Moodys weighed in on Jamaica, pronouncing that its fiscal situation was perilous and that funds fro...
Business, Financials
Virgin America expands to Florida
November 19, 2009
Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming c...
Business, Financials
Increased World Bank funding for Jamaica
By Harold G Bailey New York USA 
November 19, 2009
Jamaica and the World Bank are currently in close collaboration which could see the bank providing US$100 million in budgetary support to the country ...
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Saving for Retirement in Jamaica
With Cherryl Hanson-Simpson 
November 18, 2009
Last week we examined the high cost of retirement and calculated the amount of savings that would be required to replace your income when you choose t...

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