Fire at the Retirement Dump
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Fire at the Retirement Dump
April 4 04:51 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Firefighters have responded to a fire at the Retirement Dump in St James. The blaze was noticed just before 3:00 pm, and the briga...
Kingston man facing firearm-related charges
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Kingston man facing firearm-related charges
April 4 04:25 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica— A Kingston man has been charged with possession of a prohibited weapon, assault at common law, and making use of a firearm to commi...
‘Don’t bomb’: Israelis call for ending Iran war
‘Don’t bomb’: Israelis call for ending Iran war
April 4 03:48 PM
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP)—Carrying anti-war banners and chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hundreds of Israelis rallied in Tel A...
‘Dem gyal yah heartless,’ says Rena
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‘Dem gyal yah heartless,’ says Rena
April 4 01:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Dancehall artiste Rena has released a new single entitled Yardie Girls No Love/Kingston City , which has sparked much debate. The si...

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Wake up to climate change
October 13, 2007
AS changes in global climate kill coral reefs, wipe out fish stock and threaten the livelihoods of people across the Caribbean, the region's people mu...
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Tensions high in test run for more vocal Opposition
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 13, 2007
THE Government's proposal to allow Opposition members a louder voice in the new Parliament came in for a severe test on Tuesday, even before the propo...
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‘They’re using us’
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 13, 2007
A recent study has found that Jamaican youths feel exploited by parents, the church and the police, prompting lead researcher Herbert Gayle to call fo...
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Want a new career? Think education marketing
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 13, 2007
INTERESTED in pursuing a career in a new, but growing field? Think education marketing. It's a new hot career area, and one which stands to yield cons...
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Roads reopened after rains
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 13, 2007
THE National Works Agency (NWA) reopened most roads including the Bog Walk Gorge yesterday, following last week's heavy rains, but encouraged motorist...
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Flood warning partially lifted
October 12, 2007
THE National Meteorological Service last night lifted the flash flood warning for eastern parishes but advised that low-lying and flood prone areas in...
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No major flooding event’ on south coast
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
October 12, 2007
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Disaster relief personnel in the south coast parishes of Manchester and St Elizabeth yesterday reported "inundated" and block...
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Dangerous drive!
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12, 2007
NEWS that more than 50 people who were trapped by flood waters had to be rescued by the Jamaica Defence Force in the perilous Bog Walk Gorge was appar...
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Sentamu gets key to the city of Montego Bay
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 11, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council at its regular monthly meeting yesterday, presented the Archbishop of York, Dr John Tucker Mugabi ...
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Gov’t team links Fiesta collapse to faulty work
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 11, 2007
A government team, which probed the recent collapse of a section of the Fiesta Hotel in Hanover, has attributed the accident to the failure of the con...
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Man survives 100-yard fall from roof of shopping mall
Karyl Walker 
October 11, 2007
A man yesterday fell about 100 yards from the roof of the Pavillion Mall in Half-Way- Tree while effecting repairs to the leaking roof. The man, accor...
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Want a job at the Fiesta hotel?
October 11, 2007
BRUSH up on your Spanish and make sure you have the 'right attitude' if you want to get a job at the Fiesta's Grand Palladium Resort in Point, Hanover...
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Dengue outbreak!
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 11, 2007
The health and environment ministry is reporting a spike in the number of cases of dengue fever in the island between July and September over several ...
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Men get huge settlements for false imprisonment
Paul Henry 
October 11, 2007
THE Supreme Court yesterday awarded a little over $26 million in damages to two men who sued the government following an overturn of their conviction ...
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Taxpayers to bear $18-billion loss from sugar privatisation
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 10, 2007
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding says the country's already overburdened taxpayers will be the ones to pick up an estimated $18-billion loss when the priv...
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NHF to roll out ‘one-card’ system next month
Taneisha Lewis 
October 10, 2007
THE National Health Fund is set to implement a new system next month that will integrate all its benefits on a single card, chief executive officer Ra...

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