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Diaspora urged to get its share of opportunities in Jamaica
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J’cans featured on Billboard 200 #1 albums
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HEROES WEAR CAPES
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African debutants get shock draw with former champs Spain at FIFA World Cup
June 16 12:12 AM
No panic, says de la Fuente after Spain held by Cape Verde
The New Wedding MVP? Dad!
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The New Wedding MVP? Dad!
June 16 12:10 AM
The New Wedding MVP?
Turning crisis into classrooms
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US union leader sees opportunity in Jamaica’s labour shortage to train next generation of skilled workers
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
June 16 12:09 AM
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‘Sick minds’
April 10, 2009
Thirteen new Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) buses have been damaged, mostly by stoning, since the 50 new units were incorporated into the compan...
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‘Milking’ the most of it!
Roland Henry 
April 8, 2009
It's not the popular orange variety that's paired with bun at this time of year, but those looking to add a different flavour to how they eat this Eas...
News
Good Samaritan Inn: Touching lives on the streets
April 7, 2009
MORE than 300 of the less fortunate, including those who live on the streets in parts of the Corporate Area, have been benefiting from much needed att...
News
Vermont legalises gay marriage
AP 
April 7, 2009
MONTPELIER, Vermont (AP) - Vermont yesterday became the fourth state with gay marriage when lawmakers voted to override a veto by the governor. It is ...
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Huge debt
BY CAMILO THAME Business Co-ordinator thamec@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 7, 2009
Most ministries and government offices will have to work with less or the same amount of funds that they spent last year, while a huge jump in debt se...
News
Manchester mourns passing of leading businessman
April 7, 2009
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - The Manchester Chamber of Commerce yesterday expressed regret at the death of leading Mandeville businessman John Jay Cunning...
News
Court refuses application to freeze Issa’s assets
Paul Henry 
April 7, 2009
THE Supreme Court has refused an application by St Ann businessman Arthur Von Strolley to freeze the assets of Joseph 'Joey' Issa, his close friend of...
News
Wage freeze announcement premature, says JCTU
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer fosterp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 6, 2009
THE Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) yesterday accused Prime Minister Bruce Golding of acting prematurely in announcing a public sector wa...
News
Waulgrovians register narrow win over Tivoli ‘A’
Gerald Reid 
April 6, 2009
WAULGROVIANS 'A' returned to winning ways with a narrow 48-46 victory over Tivoli 'A' as the 2009 Berger Paints Jamaica Netball Association (JNA) Leag...
News
PM trims Cabinet
April 6, 2009
Just over 12 hours after announcing a public sector wage freeze and that he would take a 15 per cent cut in his salary, Prime Minister Bruce Golding c...
News
Spring-breakers heed call to avoid Mexico
AP 
April 5, 2009
PLAYAS DE ROSARITO, Mexico (AP) - A few years ago, thousands of American college students packed the streets outside Playas de Rosarito's hottest beac...
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‘There should be stricter rules’
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
April 5, 2009
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - For 20 years Brian Bragnalo and his family from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada have been coming to "beautiful" Jamaica. He wa...
News
Air J will survive current crisis – Nobles
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5, 2009
PRESIDENT and chief executive officer of national carrier Air Jamaica, Bruce Nobles, has expressed confidence that the struggling 40-year-old airline ...
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Killers on the loose
By HG Helps Editor-at-Large Special Coverage Unit specialcoverageunit@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 4, 2009
SEVERAL high-profile murders which rocked the Jamaican nation over the past decade, including that of the well-known politician Madame Rose Leon, rema...
News
‘They pose a threat’
BY KARYL WALKER walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 4, 2009
WITH the closure of Alumina Partners (Alpart) imminent due to the global economic recession, residents of south Manchester are concerned that the baux...
News
Hurry back, Nationwide Radio, we miss you
By The Spike 
April 4, 2009
I suspect that because in mainstream media we have some amount of contempt for spin, when we have to do it ourselves, it comes across as awkward. That...
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‘Water will continue to flow in St Bess’
April 4, 2009
RESIDENTS of farming communities in South St Elizabeth can breathe a collective sigh of relief, with news that bauxite company Alpart, despite decidin...
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Waste valuable
BY DR AUDIA BARNETT 
April 4, 2009
ECONOMISTS, strategists and politicians have been engaged in many a forum to discuss survival strategies for the current economic crisis. US President...
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Alpart promises continued help for social programmes
BY PATRICK FOSTER Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 4, 2009
ALUMINA Partners (Alpart) has pledged its continued assistance, at least for the next 12 months, to sports and other social programmes, despite its sc...

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