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Education minister accepts classes will resume with lingering challenges from Melissa
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 5 12:30 AM
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Melissa-battered St James schools reopening today
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Roofless but resilient
Westmoreland schools using creative solutions to ensure no student is left behind
BY ROSALEE WOOD-CONDELL Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 5 12:24 AM
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Sandals Foundation takes holistic approach to school restoration post-Melissa
January 5 12:22 AM
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Beauty queens, politics and demonstrations
BY PATRICK FOSTER Sunday Observer writer fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 9, 2007
FORMER Miss World Lisa Hanna's foray into representational politics is certainly not the first for a beauty contestant, but hers appears to be the mos...
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Downtown wholesalers co-operating with labour ministry
Kerry McCatty 
June 9, 2007
Downtown wholesalers have been "receptive and co-operative" of the Ministry of Labour's requirements for working conditions at their stores, after it ...
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Financing tertiary education a must
Career Advisor With Merrit Henry 
June 9, 2007
The cost of obtaining a tertiary education is one of the most important factors which must be considered when planning for higher education. Ideally, ...
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Man meets fiery death inside firebombed Kingston home
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 9, 2007
ONE man was burnt to death inside his Slipe Pen Road, Kingston, home early yesterday morning after culprits firebombed the premises, which was complet...
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Threats turn TV cameraman off from political meetings
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
June 9, 2007
Mandeville, Manchester - Concerned that he is being targeted, a television videographer in south-central Jamaica says he is "seriously" contemplating ...
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UNEP launches mangrove rehab project
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior staff reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 9, 2007
THE United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) last week launched a mangrove replanting project. The launch, which took place on Thursday, came ahead...
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Job seekers urged to develop their own brand
June 9, 2007
Minister of State for Tourism, Entertainment and Culture, Dr Wykeham McNeil, has urged job seekers to develop their own brand, noting that individual ...
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Making a mockery of parliament
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 9, 2007
WHAT is presently happening in both the Senate and the House of Representatives should really be of some concern to the public. It seems like the adve...
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PNP defends PM’s use of helicopter on campaign
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
June 8, 2007
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) has defended the prime minister's use of a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) helicopter, which transports her to ma...
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Lisa Hanna not registered to vote
Erica Virtue 
June 8, 2007
THE ruling People's National Party's plan to install Lisa Hanna as its candidate in South-East St Ann was given another blow yesterday when it emerged...
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JLP pulls controversial ad
June 8, 2007
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) last night confirmed that it had pulled a radio advertisement about which the People's National Party (PNP) had complai...
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Inmates tear-gassed
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
June 8, 2007
SIX inmates were seriously injured yesterday when police fired tear gas into their cells at the May Pen police lock-up in Clarendon. Deputy Superinten...
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Counterfeit warning!
June 8, 2007
THE police say 46 counterfeit US$100 notes were Wednesday found in the possession of a man seen "acting in a suspicious manner" at the Ocho Rios Jerk ...
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MP wants councils to operate rural water systems
June 8, 2007
OPPOSITION Member of Parliament Joseph Hibbert (East Rural St Andrew) says that rural water systems should revert to parish councils. "It is a call wh...

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