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...
Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
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Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
December 29 05:08 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Information has now indicated that, contrary to earlier information which suggested that Christopher Clarke died from injuries sus...
Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
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Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
December 29 03:15 PM
KINSTON, Jamaica — Style, colour and confidence were on full display as patrons turned out in their numbers for the Pic-Nic Festival, held on Saturday...

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‘The time is drawing nigh,’ says PM
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 24, 2007
Portia Simpson Miller yesterday signalled that she was near to calling general elections, telling the National Executive Council (NEC) of her ruling P...
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Students march to highlight children’s rights
BY ELLIOT BLAKE Observer writer 
June 24, 2007
Mandeville, Manchester - Schoolchildren in Manchester recently took to the streets in this south-central town in song and dance to highlight the need ...
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Paradise Prep. champions of a clean environment
June 23, 2007
PARADISE Preparatory School in St James is the regional winner of the National Solid Waste Management Authority's clean school competition. The Westmo...
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Glenmuir High to help new May Pen school
BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
A new school to be built in May Pen, Clarendon, is to be aided in its establishment by Glenmuir High, which is considered the leading high school in C...
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‘Hurricane Charlie’ houses sparking controversy in Port Royal
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
CONTROVERSY is brewing over some row houses in Port Royal, which were built as part of the 1951 Hurricane Charlie relief effort. Residents claim manag...
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‘Tek weh yuhself’
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
OPPOSITION leader Bruce Golding yesterday said the ruling People's National Party (PNP) needed to "tek weh" itself from Jamaica House, after close to ...
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US passport regime unlikely to be extended, says Mitchell
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
WASHINGTON DC, USA - The recent decision by the United States Government to suspend, until September, a Homeland Security mandate requiring Americans ...
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New chapters in Jamaican cuisine at Sandals
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
June 23, 2007
It was billed as a Vineyard Dinner in the Courtyard, but it actually proved to be more than that. Local and top international lifestyle writers sat do...
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PNP steps up election campaign
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 23, 2007
THE People's National Party (PNP) will kick-off phase two of its current general election campaign tonight in Bog Walk, St Catherine, following two da...
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Electoral crisis looms
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 23, 2007
A decision by the Senate to amend three electoral bills containing provisions against open voting has set the Upper House on a collision course with t...
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Living on tenterhooks
BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
JUNE is here, and scores of families are busy cutting the grass, packing boxes and stacking furniture. But these residents of Nightingale Grove in sou...
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‘Wi ready!’
By Karyl Walker Sunday Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 23, 2007
With expectations heightening that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller will call general elections for July, the major political parties yesterday in...
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Parish councils defend issuing of stop orders
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
June 22, 2007
THE island's parish councils are insisting that injunctions issued on real estate developers are legal and are done only as a last resort. "Unless the...
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ODPEM stages hurricane preparedness expo today
June 22, 2007
THE Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) will host its annual Hurricane Preparedness expo today at the Portmore Mall, St C...
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Council managers say lack of funding hurting local bodies
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 22, 2007
LACK of funding was this week identified as one of the most fundamental setbacks for parish councils, as a Joint Select Committee of Parliament contin...
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Opposition bans motorcades in the west
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 22, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Breaking with a popular election tradition, the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday slapped an immediate ban on al...
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Caricom, US agree to work together
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
June 22, 2007
WASHINGTON DC, USA - Caribbean Community (Caricom) and the United States have pledged to support each other in the region, through the expansion of ec...

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