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Prime Minister urges hope, resilience in Christmas message amid hurricane recovery
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Prime Minister urges hope, resilience in Christmas message amid hurricane recovery
December 24 09:12 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has urged Jamaicans to hold on to hope and unity as the country recovers from the effects of Hurr...
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GSAJ,  free zones  spread holiday cheer to hurricane victims
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GSAJ, free zones spread holiday cheer to hurricane victims
December 24 08:27 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — In a powerful display of corporate synergy and seasonal goodwill, the Montego Bay Free Zone (MBFZ), in partnership with the Global...
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Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
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Popular Holland Bamboo coconut vendor resumes trade
December 24 06:57 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The iconic Holland Bamboo, in St Elizabeth, once a lush covering of bamboo trees which intersect over the road, now shows signs of...
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Jamaica Draughts Association crowns first female national champion, Dr Mishka Chung
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Jamaica Draughts Association crowns first female national champion, Dr Mishka Chung
December 24 06:36 PM
The Jamaica Draughts Association crowned its first female champion during the National Pool Checkers Championships at the Port Rhoades Sports Club in ...
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WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
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WATCH: Citizens commend St Elizabeth police
December 24 06:19 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Even as St Elizabeth police chief Superintendent Coleridge Minto has assured citizens of safety and security in the southern p...
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Jamaicans’ holiday cash demand softer than expected, central bank data shows
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Jamaicans’ holiday cash demand softer than expected, central bank data shows
December 24 05:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The public’s demand for physical cash ahead of the Christmas holidays was softer than both the central bank and last year's patter...
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Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
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Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
December 24 05:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 25, according to the latest ex-re...
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‘Winter Champions’ Racing on track after JPL first round, says Patrick
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‘Winter Champions’ Racing on track after JPL first round, says Patrick
December 24 04:35 PM
Racing United’s sojourn to the top of the standings after the first round of games in the Wray and Nephew Jamaican Premier League (JPL) this season is...
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THE JAZZ RUN ……Great food, no fuss in MoBay
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 24, 2007
WITH all roads leading to Montego Bay, you'll need, in addition to a Jamaica Observer Page 2 chair, a culinary map. so read on, as we reveal the best ...
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A little more help, please
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer senior staff reporter 
January 24, 2007
IT's a new year, but Kingston residents Georgia Wood and her daughter Shushanne Johnson, 24, who are battling lupus and hypothyroidism respectively, a...
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Man escapes from broken-down police vehicle
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
January 24, 2007
THE St Catherine South police are now hunting for 24-year-old Andre Martin, also called 'Steppa', who escaped from a police vehicle after it broke dow...
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Hanover businessman cut down by gunmen
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
CHESTER CASTLE, Hanover - Detectives were yesterday probing Monday's brutal murder of businessman Oliver Kerr, who was gunned down while his wife and ...
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Hamaty calls for ‘Cane Fires Prevention Act’
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
FROME, Westmoreland - Fred Hamaty, a former People's National Party (PNP) senator, is recommending that government enact a 'Cane Fires Prevention Act'...
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Auditor general raises questions about ONR’s accounts
January 23, 2007
THE Office of National Reconstruction (ONR), formed as a temporary institution to oversee the national recovery following Hurricane Ivan in 2004, has ...
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Malaria hits Greenwich Town
January 23, 2007
THE government says there has been an unusually high number of malaria cases in the South West St Andrew community of Greenwich Town, which was not on...
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Mother arrested after daughter, 15, gives birth
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 23, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The mother of a 15-year-old girl who gave birth to a baby in December and the father of the child had their $50,000 bail ...
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UDC’s site manager signed off on cost variations – quantity surveyors
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
January 23, 2007
A consultant on the contentious Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project said yesterday that variations in costs from the construction budget were approved by...
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Consultant to help identify boundaries of Cockpit Country
January 23, 2007
CABINET has approved proposals for the appointment of a consultant to help identify the precise boundaries of the Cockpit Country. This followed discu...
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Minimum wage up
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 23, 2007
THE National Minimum Wage will go up by 14 per cent as of next Monday, increasing rates for the least paid workers from $70 to $80 per hour and from $...
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EC appoints new Head of Delegation to Jamaica
January 23, 2007
Jamaica's governor-general, Professor Kenneth Hall, yesterday morning received Marco Mazzocchi-Alemanni, the new Head of Delegation of the European Co...
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POLICE REPORTS
January 23, 2007
Mentally-ill man injured in house fire A mentally-challenged man was injured in a house fire which he allegedly started at Dunoon Road, Kingston 2 on ...
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Consultant to help identify boundaries of Cockpit Country
Observer Reporter 
January 23, 2007
CABINET has approved proposals for the appointment of a consultant to help identify the precise boundaries of the Cockpit Country. This followed discu...
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Contractor General’s report and Barbara Clarke
January 23, 2007
On January 17, we published an article in which we made a certain statement with regards to the award of contracts by the chairman of PETCOM, Ms Barba...
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Regional consultations on NAC’s interim report under way
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
January 23, 2007
THE reform of the local government sector seems to finally be under way with the publishing of the national advisory council's interim report on refor...
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Child abuse public education programme coming
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 23, 2007
CONCERNED about the number of children who are victims of sex crimes and other abuses, the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse...
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NO WAY!
Petre Williams, Senior Observer reporter 
January 22, 2007
CONSTRUCTION of the proposed ClubHotel RIU Resort in Montego Bay will not be permitted if in fact a design flaw has put the development in the flight ...
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‘We’ll just not bother to travel’
January 22, 2007
ONE in five Americans interviewed for a travel industry survey publicised by USA Today newspaper, the largest circulation daily in the United States, ...
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Cabinet mum on crime plan
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 22, 2007
THE Cabinet yesterday approved additional budgetary support for the latest crime-fighting efforts of the security forces, but no details of any new me...
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Men accused of human trafficking out on bail
Paul Henry 
January 22, 2007
ACCUSED human traffickers Narcott Graham, 54, and Agon Stephens, 52, were offered bail in the sum of $300,000 when they appeared in the Kingston Home ...
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Stolen Heart Foundation’s bus found scrapped
January 22, 2007
THE 2007 Toyota Hiace mini bus which was robbed at gunpoint from a Heart Foundation driver has been found scrapped. It was apparently a well organised...
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