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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United Way launches Dean Restoration Fund
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Obsever staff reporter davisv@jamaicaosberver.com 
August 27, 2007
THE United Way of Jamaica yesterday added itself to the list of charitable organisations assisting with hurricane relief efforts, with the launch of i...
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PM begins handing out hurricane relief cheques
August 27, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday handed out the first batch of hurricane relief cheques to National Insurance Service (NIS) pensioners a...
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How ‘Dean’ turns box eve into deadly weapon
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
August 27, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - As Hurricane Dean raged outside, Avis Wilson and his wife Dawn Miller Wilson made plans for bed. "She decide that for the n...
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Expect power cuts at intervals, says JPS
BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 27, 2007
THE Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), the light and power company, said yesterday that while electricity been had restored to most areas, the powe...
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A close shave with Hurricane Dean
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
August 26, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Cleon Fagan will forever be thankful that on the night of Hurricane Dean last week Sunday he went to sleep with his head po...
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Who killed Kemesha Thomas?
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
August 26, 2007
BRESIDENTS of Central Avenue, a quiet middle-class section of May Pen, Clarendon, were last Friday still searching for answers about the shooting deat...
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Estimate of hurricane damage to hospitals expected today
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26, 2007
THE health ministry should know by today the preliminary estimates of the damage its facilities across the island sustained as a result of the passage...
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Waiting for relief
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 26, 2007
RESIDENTS of parishes that took most of the battering when Hurricane Dean struck Jamaica last week Sunday say they are yet to receive much needed reli...
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Mixed compliance with school fees
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
SEVERAL high schools are reporting a reduction in the level of payment of tuition fees for the new academic year, with suggestions of a correlation wi...
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John Junor says ‘so long’
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
THE rain is audible, but can't be seen, and its soft, lashing sounds intercept the contemporary jazz on the mini component set in the corner of John J...
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They’re third in the world!
August 25, 2007
NORTHERN Caribbean University's Imagine Cup Software Design team are third place winners in the Microsoft Imagine Cup world finals! The achievement ca...
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Act now!
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior Sunday Observer reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
DESPERATE to stave off the devastating effects a heavy shower of rain could have on Treasure Beach, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) h...
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When the sea becomes your ‘worst’ enemy
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
IT'S difficult for residents along coastline communities of St Thomas and Portland to look at the sea - still muddy and filled with booty from their h...
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‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
THE afternoon after Hurricane Dean wrecked sections of South Manchester, Jennifer Kerr was standing on the street in her district of Plowden picking p...
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Dean damage won’t affect integrity of elections, says Walker
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
Hurricane damage to a number of buildings, including schools, that will be used as polling stations will not compromise the integrity of the September...
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‘We’re not divided’
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 25, 2007
The People's National Party (PNP) yesterday denied that there was division in the Cabinet over the new date for general elections and announced a vigo...
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Energy the wind’s way
August 25, 2007
TIRED of high monthly electricity bills, but unsure of an alternative source to meet your domestic energy needs? Think wind. Now on the market are min...
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USAID donates US$398,000 in hurricane relief aid
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
August 24, 2007
GOVERNMENT on Wednesday received US$398,000 worth of aid from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to boost relief efforts i...
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State of Emergency lifted
August 24, 2007
THE State of Public Emergency, which became effective on Sunday night with the approach of Hurricane Dean, was lifted yesterday. Prime Minister Portia...
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PM: Don’t inject politics in this disaster
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
August 24, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the country should be focusing on the relief effort rather than on "politics" in th...
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$6.9m assistance for Old Harbour Bay
Karyl Walker 
August 24, 2007
RESIDENTS of hurricane-ravaged Old Harbour Bay in St Catherine are set to benefit from a $6.9-million donation from new owners of the Jamaica Public S...

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