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POA chairman remains in place pending judicial review of commissioner’s decision to oust him
January 10 12:30 AM
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Wrong interpretation of my comments – Justice Robinson
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Wrong interpretation of my comments – Justice Robinson
January 10 12:28 AM
Wrong interpretation of my comments – Justice Robinson
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How “Butch” Stewart inspired a nation
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How “Butch” Stewart inspired a nation
January 10 12:26 AM
How “Butch” Stewart inspired a nation
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New MoBay vision
Bartlett sets sights on a rebirth of tourism city post-Melissa
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 10 12:22 AM
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Maitland’s get out of jail card flops
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 10 12:20 AM
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Extended grand market breathes life into Melissa-ravaged MoBay business sector
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Extended grand market breathes life into Melissa-ravaged MoBay business sector
January 10 12:18 AM
Extended grand market breathes life into Melissa-ravaged MoBay business sector
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JDF vows full cooperation after soldiers nabbed in drug bust
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JDF vows full cooperation after soldiers nabbed in drug bust
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 10 12:18 AM
JDF vows full cooperation after soldiers nabbed in drug bust
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Every dollar needed
Trelawny Municipal Corporation determined to strengthen financial position; clampdown on bogus parking tickets also coming
BY HORACE HINES Observer writer 
January 10 12:16 AM
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JLP constituency office manager shot dead
BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 20, 2007
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Corporate Area leadership yesterday withdrew from bipartisan discussion on political violence with the PNP...
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Petcom Portmore workers return to work
Alicia Dunkley 
July 20, 2007
UNIONISED workers of the Portmore Petcom Service Station in St Catherine, who walked off their jobs on Thursday, returned to work yesterday. The 30 di...
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St Catherine candidates say no to violence
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 20, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The PNP's Sharon Hay-Webster said Thursday's symbolic signing of the Political Code of Conduct in Spanish Town by politic...
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Cops increase security in Time and Patience
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
July 20, 2007
TIME AND PATIENCE, St Catherine - The Linstead police yesterday increased security in the once quiet district of Time and Patience, following an attem...
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JLP constituency office manager shot dead
July 20, 2007
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Corporate Area leadership yesterday withdrew from bipartisan discussion on political violence with the PNP...
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UWI lecturer among six to die violently in Kingston
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
July 19, 2007
DR Peter Vogel, a lecturer employed to the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), was among six persons who died violently in the Cor...
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Concerns raised over long-term effects of cheap, toxic first-line HIV drug
INGRID BROWN, Observer senior staff reporter 
July 19, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - Leading clinician and past president of the International AIDS Society (IAS), Dr David Cooper, has said the cheapest, most toxic f...
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Money for HIV/AIDS idle
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
July 19, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - Jamaica was yesterday named among Caribbean countries which have allowed money received from the World Bank to fight HIV/AIDS to s...
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Canada, Caricom working on new economic pact
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
July 19, 2007
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - A new "economic partnership" is in the works between Canada and the Caribbean Community which could effectively replace the exp...
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Not so!
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
July 19, 2007
OPPOSITION spokesman on Education Andrew Holness has refuted claims made by the People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) that a Jamaica Labo...
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PNP candidate labels opponent an ‘animal’
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
July 19, 2007
ROSEMARIE Shaw, the People's National Party (PNP) candidate for St Thomas Western, on Wednesday night labelled her opponent James Robertson an "animal...
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Woman allegedly swindles businessman of US$7,000 in visa scam
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
July 19, 2007
OLD HARBOUR, St Catherine - An Old Harbour businesswoman who allegedly swindled a Montego Bay businessman of US$7,000 after promising to provide him w...
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Two more shot, injured in Mountain View
July 19, 2007
THE guns yesterday barked again in Mountain View, injuring two men, a day after a symbolic peace walk through sections of the politically-divided Sout...
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Muslims welcome PM’s openness about religion, but.
RUTH HOWARD, Observer writer 
July 18, 2007
THE Islamic Council of Jamaica (ICJ) on Tuesday expressed appreciation for Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller's openness about her religion, but sai...
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Rocking Reggae Food
July 18, 2007
They say reggae is the heartbeat of the Jamaican people. This is absolutely correct as the sounds mirror the sensuality of our great people. Each corn...
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Forgotten in prison
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
July 18, 2007
People at the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's court were left astonished Tuesday on hearing the cases of two men who were left to languish in stat...
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Police: ‘We are ready’
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
July 18, 2007
THE police yesterday indicated their readiness to maintain law and order during the upcoming general elections on August 27. Deputy Commissioner in ch...
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Education, entrepreneurial capitalism key to economic growth – Jeb Bush
Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager 
July 18, 2007
FORMER governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, yesterday identified a government's commitment to entrepreneurial capitalism and a vibrant education system as t...
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Blair does Mtn View peace walk without politicians
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
July 18, 2007
Residents from both sides of the political divide on Mountain View Avenue, St Andrew are pointing the finger at each other as the cause of a recent fl...
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JDF soldiers take up duties today at Buckingham Palace
July 18, 2007
JDF soldiers from the First Battalion Jamaica Regiment will today take up duties in mounting The Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace, on alternate days...
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Inner-city electricity regularisation stalls
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
July 18, 2007
AFTER four years at the helm of a project geared towards regularising the electricity supply of inner-city residents, the Urban Electricity Regularisa...
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Trial of renowned UWI botanist rescheduled to September
July 17, 2007
THE trial of renowned botanist Dr George Proctor, 86, and a former employee he allegedly paid to kill his wife of over 30 years, was on Monday postpon...
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