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$145-m drought-mitigation plan
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$145-m drought-mitigation plan
Green announces interventions to assist farmers
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
May 14 12:20 AM
$145-m drought-mitigation plan
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Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
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Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
Injunction filed to stop Currie from holding election on May 22
Jason Cross | Reporter 
May 14 12:18 AM
Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
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Konshens ushers in summer vibes with Pool Party 2.0
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Konshens ushers in summer vibes with Pool Party 2.0
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
May 14 12:16 AM
Konshens ushers in summer vibes with
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‘Most unfortunate’
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‘Most unfortunate’
Malahoo Forte says neither she nor committee clerk received legal opinion tied to Gordon dispute
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 14 12:14 AM
‘Most unfortunate’
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Former SVG PM wants CWI to work with regional governments to help lift West Indies cricket
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 14 12:12 AM
Former SVG PM urges greater CWI collaboration with regional governments
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‘Rescue the JUTC’Phillips says State-run bus company in “most pathetic state” as losses mount
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‘Rescue the JUTC’Phillips says State-run bus company in “most pathetic state” as losses mount
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 14 12:07 AM
‘Rescue the JUTC’
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ODPEM says relief resources managed transparently, responsibly
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ODPEM says relief resources managed transparently, responsibly
May 14 12:06 AM
ODPEM says relief resources managed transparently, responsibly
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Tufton moves to tighten financial operations in public health sector
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Tufton moves to tighten financial operations in public health sector
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 14 12:05 AM
Tufton moves to tighten financial operations in public health sector
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UPDATED: Fraud and corruption at KSAC!
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UPDATED: Fraud and corruption at KSAC!
May 29, 2011
Contractor's allegations on tape – OCG KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Contractor General Greg Christie announced today that his office has uncovered evidenc...
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Police to increase presence in Park Lane
Corey Robinson 
May 28, 2011
ST Andrew North police are planning to increase their presence in the Park Lane area of Red Hills Road following a double murder in the community yest...
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ALINE SMITH — modern-day Job
May 28, 2011
BY CECELIA CAMPBELL-LIVINGSTON Life Tributes writer cecelial@jamaicaobserver.com THE Biblical story of Job tells how all his children were killed in o...
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Observer readers sick and tired of the political ‘dinosaurs’…
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Observer readers sick and tired of the political ‘dinosaurs’…
May 28, 2011
Observer online readers have reacted sharply to the Friday, May 27, 2011 editorial — "Mrs Simpson Miller's uneven blend" — calling into question the p...
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RUSSELL SLAMS BIG TON for Saints
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RUSSELL SLAMS BIG TON for Saints
May 28, 2011
WEST Indies pacer Andre Russell banged 137 for St Catherine yesterday as they are in a keen tussle for first-inning honours with Melbourne in their Na...
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Steering Committee too, finds fault with LNG tender process
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Steering Committee too, finds fault with LNG tender process
May 28, 2011
THE Steering Committee set up by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to review the operations of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project tender process under...
Telegram
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JHTA still worried about TEF/TPDCo merger
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JHTA still worried about TEF/TPDCo merger
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Sunday Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 28, 2011
OCHO RIOS, St. Ann — The Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association, (JHTA) continues to express concern over the proposed merger of the Tourism Enhancemen...
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Beloved family man
May 28, 2011
BY JANICE BUDD Associate Editor -- Sunday buddj@jamaicaobserver.com SPLASHES of bright rainbow hues mingled with the traditional funeral shades of bla...
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Curfew in Rockfort
May 28, 2011
A curfew has been imposed in the Rockfort community in the Kingston Eastern Division. The curfew, which began at 6 o'clock yesterday evening, will rem...
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Planners take on climate challenge in Portland Bight
May 28, 2011
THIRTY planners met recently to develop strategies to address climate change impacts on Jamaica's Portland Bight Protected Area. "Climate change is a ...
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Politicians face major battle to repair public image ahead of next general elections
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Politicians face major battle to repair public image ahead of next general elections
BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Career & Education editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 28, 2011
Study shows public more distrustful of leaders after Dudus/Manatt Enquiry JAMAICA'S politicians will have a tough time improving their public image ah...
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NCB looks to list on major North American Stock Exchange
Caribbean Region, News
NCB looks to list on major North American Stock Exchange
BY AL EDWARDS 
May 28, 2011
IPO aims to raise US$175 million NATIONAL Commercial Bank (NCB), Jamaica's largest and most profitable indigenous banking entity will be seeking to cr...
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Black market abortion pills in high demand
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Black market abortion pills in high demand
BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 28, 2011
JAMAICAN women have been secretly using a drug intended to treat something completely different, to abort unwanted pregnancies without a doctor's pres...
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Contractor General Report on LNG project is inconclusive and sullies my name — Moore
Caribbean Region, News
Contractor General Report on LNG project is inconclusive and sullies my name — Moore
BY AL EDWARDS 
May 28, 2011
IAN Moore, a local partner of the Exmar Marine LNG consortium, is of the view that Contractor General Greg Christie's 609-page report on the tendering...
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T&T gov’t mum on FIFA’s Jack Warner probe
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T&T gov’t mum on FIFA’s Jack Warner probe
Jamaica Observer 
May 27, 2011
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago government will await the outcome of a probe by the International Football Federation (FIFA) b...
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Nasty crash – 4 NSWMA workers killed, 13 injured
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Nasty crash – 4 NSWMA workers killed, 13 injured
By COREY ROBINSON Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2011
Speeding blamed for crash on Ewarton main road THE crash yesterday morning that claimed the lives of four National Solid Waste Management Authority (N...
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Ensuring healthy recreational waters
Environment, News
Ensuring healthy recreational waters
May 27, 2011
Health WATER-BASED recreational activities have long been recognised as having a positive influence on health and well-being. Since ancient times, bat...
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Strong defence
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Strong defence
May 26, 2011
Chairman of Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and ATL Group of Companies Gordon 'Butch' Stewart (2nd right) hands over the keys for a Volkswagon Ama...
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Carib Cement turns to exports
Caribbean Region, News
Carib Cement turns to exports
BY AL EDWARDS 
May 26, 2011
Jamaica's largest manufacturer of cement is increasingly turning to the export market in an effort to boost sagging revenues. Caribbean Cement Company...
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Auto, Caribbean Region, News
Honda plans to double production
May 26, 2011
Japan's Honda Motor Company yesterday said it plans to more than double production capacity in India, announcing fresh investments for the country on ...
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Caribbean Region, News
Jamaican economy heading in the right direction says BNS’s Jason Morris
BY KEITH COLLISTER 
May 26, 2011
TWO weeks ago, in a brilliant presentation, one of Jamaica's leading economists, Bank of Nova Scotia's Jason Morris, addressed the very timely issue o...
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A night of unbelievable terror
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A night of unbelievable terror
May 26, 2011
Claudine Clarke, who describes herself as the proud (older) daughter of the late Keith Oxford Clarke, recounts the events of the night of May 27, 2010...
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