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Political appointments?
Russell points to defeated JLP candidates in senior roles at SDC
Lynford Simpson | Observer Writer 
June 18 01:17 AM
Opposition Spokesman on Rural and Community Development, Dr Kenneth Russell has expressed concern at the appointment of losing Jamaica Labour Party (J...
WHEATLEY’S WOES
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Minister vows vigorous defence after IC rules he should be charged
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
June 18 12:20 AM
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LIONS ROAR!
Football, ...
LIONS ROAR!
England launch World Cup bid with impressive win over Croatia
June 18 12:12 AM
Tuchel team talk transformed ‘nervy’ England in World Cup win
‘Help a struggling child’
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‘Help a struggling child’
Crawford says diaspora support doesn’t have to go through official channels
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Environment, News
Farmers’ market, Digicel’s act of ‘green’
Ainsworth Morris 
April 30, 2011
DIGICEL'S Earth Day event was five days late, but the telecoms firm simply would not allow the occasion to go unmarked. And so on Wednesday, the telec...
Slain family of four to be buried today
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Slain family of four to be buried today
BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer staff reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 30, 2011
HUNDREDS of mourners are expected to cram themseves into the small Seventh Day Adventist Church on Milford Road in Ocho Rios today to pay their last r...
William, Kate try to carve out some private time
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William, Kate try to carve out some private time
AP 
April 30, 2011
LONDON, England (AP) — Shunning an immediate overseas honeymoon and opting instead for a quiet weekend at a secret British location, Prince William an...
News
Obituary: Bin Laden took path of fanaticism and terror
AP 
April 30, 2011
Killed in Pakistan by US forces THE most intense manhunt in history finally caught up with Osama bin Laden, but his life's story will be told many dif...
Politics and protest in the time of electioneering
Columns, News, Politics
Politics and protest in the time of electioneering
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
April 30, 2011
THE flap between the Bruce Golding Administration and the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) over political management of the massive US$400-mil...
Environment, News
Students engaged
April 30, 2011
An Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management representative engages a group of young students at the April 15 Earth Day Expo hosted by ...
News
VIDEO: Gunman kills Hawkeye security guard
April 29, 2011
A Hawkeye security guard was shot dead yesterday morning and one of his colleagues injured as they allegedly attempted to apprehend a gunman who had r...
Fuelling science and technology
News
Fuelling science and technology
April 29, 2011
Hisatsugu Hirai, chairman of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), listens attentively as Penwood High School students (from 2nd left) Daynard Joh...
News
12 CVM workers get the axe
CMC 
April 29, 2011
KINGSTON, Jamaica — At least 12 employees with the CVM Television (CVMTV) have been dismissed from their jobs as part of a restructuring exercise at t...
News
Nine Klansman communities under curfew
Jamaica Observer 
April 29, 2011
NINE curfews which were imposed in sections of the St Catherine North Police Division will remain in effect until 6:00 pm tomorrow. North along an ima...
Business, News
Gov’t seeks external debt swap
April 28, 2011
THE Government plans to restructure its external debt through "buy-backs and interest rate swaps", but only if market conditions are right. In its out...
No problems at Capital and Credit
Caribbean Region, News
No problems at Capital and Credit
Alicia Roache roachea@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2011
Principals of Capital and Credit Financial Group (CCFG) have responded with strong denial that the institution is in trouble and is being plagued by b...
News
Klansman gang member held in Bahamas
Jamaica Observer 
April 28, 2011
Charged with forgery and uttering forged documents KLANSMAN gang member Renard Harrison, other wise known as 'Roderick', is now in the custody of the ...
Interest rates on student loans slashed by 25%
News
Interest rates on student loans slashed by 25%
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer senior reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2011
Gov’t says further review to take place in August INDIVIDUALS borrowing from the Students' Loan Bureau are set to benefit from several improved loan o...
Caribbean Region, News
US banks suffer 149 per cent rise in bad loans
By Bill Dedman Investigative reporter msnbc.com 
April 28, 2011
Looking for worrying signs Foreclosures and bad loans raced through the banking industry in 2008, with the more than 8,000 U.S. banks registering a 14...
Guardian bounces back into good health — Part I
Caribbean Region, News
Guardian bounces back into good health — Part I
BY AL EDWARDS 
April 28, 2011
REGIONAL insurance giant Guardian Holdings has come storming back after a terrible two years which saw the group posting lacklustre financial performa...
Old empire celebrates newly wedded William, Kate
News
Old empire celebrates newly wedded William, Kate
April 28, 2011
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — They gathered today in distant outposts of what used to be the British empire, a world of not-quite-subjects watching the wedd...
The Royals — what they didn’t tell you
News
The Royals — what they didn’t tell you
By MERRICK NEEDHAM 
April 27, 2011
AS the royal wedding brouhaha works towards its Friday crescendo, we've seen and heard all the previous old favourites, from repetitive television foo...
Henry: No politics in JDIP
News, Politics
Henry: No politics in JDIP
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter jacksons@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 27, 2011
GOVERNMENT yesterday denied political favouritism in the disbursement of the US$400-million roadwork being done under the Jamaica Development Infrastr...

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