Former Reggae Boyz captain named head coach of CT United
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Former Reggae Boyz captain named head coach of CT United
December 23 10:09 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former Reggae Boyz captain Shavar Thomas has been appointed Connecticut (CT) United FC 2 head coach for the upcoming season. CT Un...
48-hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Police Division
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48-hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Police Division
December 23 07:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in the St Andrew South Police Division, has been extended. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Tu...
KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards
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KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards
December 23 06:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is warning the public against the destruction of entertainment billboards...

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Orlando ‘bomber’ said to be on
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 27, 2008
THESE days, Lucille Rodney is longing for one thing. She wants her 'son' Kevin Brown to be reunited with his family. For months she has waited and pra...
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Planting a seed
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
September 27, 2008
Malvern, St Elizabeth - For eight years, Sania Patrick has been working alongside other women in her village, weaving craft goods such as baskets, tab...
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Portmore vulnerable to natural hazards – MGD study
September 27, 2008
A recent study carried out by the Mines and Geology Division (MGD) has revealed that Portmore and specifically the communities of Waterford, Caymanas ...
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JPS promises 31-day billing cycle by next year
Taneisha Lewis 
September 26, 2008
THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has given its assurance that it will be taking the necessary steps to ensure that its billing cycle does not ...
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Sandals, Beaches resorts staff clean four beaches
September 26, 2008
MORE than 100 staff from Sandals and Beaches resorts collected approximately 150 bags of debris from four of the island's beaches last Saturday in obs...
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$2.1b Gov’t help for sugar-producing communities
September 25, 2008
The government will be spending $2.1 billion over the next five years to assist sugar-producing communities to survive the divestment of its sugar fac...
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JLP politician on murder rap
KARYL WALKER, Crime/court co-ordinator walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 24, 2008
Police will today interrogate Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) politician Lennox Hinds, who was on Tuesday arrested and slapped with murder, conspiracy and ...
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Samuda extends CET waiver on cement importation
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 24, 2008
Industry and Trade Minister Karl Samuda has extended a waiver of the Common External Tariff (CET) on cement importation for another six months to allo...
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Two alleged bus robbers shot dead in Kingston
COREY ROBINSON, Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 24, 2008
TWO of approximately six armed men who held up a passenger bus were shot dead yesterday morning by a licensed firearm holder in Kingston, Jamaica's ca...
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PNP president begins hunt for new spokespersons
September 24, 2008
A day after dissolving the Council of Opposition Spokespersons, Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller has begun the hunt for new representatives wit...
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Companies shun HIV/AIDS meeting
INGRID BROWN, Observer senior reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 24, 2008
Representatives from only six of 25 companies showed up for a breakfast meeting Friday to explore HIV/AIDS risk reduction among employees and non-disc...
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New disaster legislation critical
Helene Coley Nicholson 
September 23, 2008
'Wata come een a mi room, mi sweep out some wid di broom, de likkle dawg laugh to see such fun and di dish run away wid di spoon...' - Lloyd Lovindeer...
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Observer reporter wins Ja Broilers Fair Play Award
September 23, 2008
OBSERVER senior reporter Ingrid Brown yesterday won the top prize in the prestigious Jamaica Broilers Fair Play Award, announced at a luncheon held at...
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Sanitation and disaster management
Indi MClymont-Lafayette 
September 23, 2008
HURRICANE Ivan in 2004 taught me a valuable lesson about sanitation; it was the first time in my adult life that I could not bathe when I wanted to, s...
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More PNP resignations
September 23, 2008
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP), rocked by the resignation of several of its key spokesmen in the aftermath of another bitter leadership ...
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A 15-hour boat ride and a ‘glimpse’ of Santiago de Cuba
KIMONE THOMPSON, Observer senior reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 23, 2008
I don't get car-sick and I'm not afraid of flying. A 15-hour ride on the open seas is, however, an entirely different matter. "We have flat seas," the...
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Mahlung tipped to head climate change unit
PETRE WILLIAMS, Environment editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 23, 2008
CLIFFORD Mahlung is tipped to head Jamaica's first-ever climate change unit, which is scheduled to open its doors by yearend, sources have said. "Mr M...
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US$2,100 hotel bill lands foreigner in jail
September 23, 2008
MONTEGO BAY, St James - An Estonian man, Stan Puust, a 26-year-old construction worker, is facing charges of obtaining credit by fraud after he found ...
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‘Nuh Linga’
Eleanor B Jones 
September 23, 2008
WHILE Jamaica was still basking in the glory of Olympic triumph and the Homecoming Planning Committee was organising four days of celebration, Tropica...

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