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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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BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 10 12:20 AM
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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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JUTC drivers receive training ahead of Cricket World Cup
March 2, 2007
SOME 96 Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) drivers, who have been selected to transport patrons to Sabina Park and the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadiu...
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Mayor Giscombe freed of gun and assault charges
INGRID BROWN 
March 2, 2007
Mayor of St Ann's Bay and Councillor for the Exchange Division, Delroy Giscombe, yesterday resumed his duties after he was freed of gun and assault ch...
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Cops say murder of Jones Town couple as morbid as ever
Karyl Walker 
March 2, 2007
A couple was murdered in bed at their Jones Town home in Kingston yesterday in what the police say appeared to be linked to an ongoing feud between me...
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Call for George Headley to be posthumously awarded OM
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
March 2, 2007
FORMER President of the West Indies Cricket Board, Patrick Rousseau, on Wednesday batted for world great cricketer George Headley to be posthumously a...
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No mixing of GSAT scholars this year
March 2, 2007
A proposal from a government-appointed committee that some high-performing students in the annual GSAT exam be allocated to non-traditional high schoo...
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60 per cent drop in major crimes in St Ann
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
March 2, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - The St Ann police are reporting a 60 per cent decline in major crimes in the parish, a move they attribute to the support received...
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No more fee waivers for CWC billboards, banners
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
March 2, 2007
THE Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC), which has already given up more than $15 million in fees through the granting of waivers for the erecti...
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Proposed Portmore hospital suffers setback
March 2, 2007
The proposal to build a private hospital in the municipality of Portmore in St Catherine has suffered a setback because of the need for additional lan...
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Sugar sector gets $454m
March 2, 2007
THE European Union yesterday signed a J$454-million (euro5.218-million) financing agreement with the Jamaican government as part of a seven-year assis...
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Ministry of Education to overhaul PR Department
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
March 2, 2007
EDUCATION Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson has admitted that there have been foul-ups in the dissemination of information by her ministry, but has denied ...
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Yet another fire at Riverton landfill
Kimone Thompson 
March 2, 2007
ALMOST two months after the Riverton City dump puffed huge amounts of thick, black smoke around the Corporate Area and sections of St Catherine, the l...
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Conway defends change of Air J’s fleet to Boeing
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
March 1, 2007
MIKE Conway, Air Jamaica's president and CEO, defended the change of the national airline's fleet from A320 to Boeing as part of a loss-reducing measu...
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Ex-banker Nicole Fullerton gets 12 months
March 1, 2007
NICOLE Fullerton, former acting operations manager of the failed Caldon Finance Group, was yesterday sentenced to 12 months in prison for fraud. Fulle...
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More unscheduled holidays for HEART Trust/NTA students
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
March 1, 2007
ALTHOUGH Ministry of Labour conciliators agreed to meet next week with the management of the HEART Trust/NTA and union leaders to settle a dispute ove...
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Teacher dies in class
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
March 1, 2007
A popular teacher collapsed and died within minutes Wednesday in front of her class, sending screaming students into a panic-stricken rush from the bu...
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J C Hutchinson cleared
March 1, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament for north-west St Elizabeth J C Hutchinson was yesterday cleared of charges...
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Golding leading JLP team to Atlanta
Observer Reporter 
March 1, 2007
A Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) team, headed by leader Bruce Golding is now in Atlanta, United States for a two-day visit. The team, which included the o...
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Couple accused of trading 12-y-o girl for land arrested
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
March 1, 2007
THE Santa Cruz couple, who allegedly gave their 12-year-old daughter to a man in exchange for a piece of land, was yesterday slapped with criminal cha...

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