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EU says it’s standing by Jamaica
August 23, 2007
THE European Commission (EC) says it is ready to respond actively and rapidly to help Jamaica with its hurricane relief efforts. "Our humanitarian exp...
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CRISIS LOOMS
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 23, 2007
THE Government, up to late last night, kept the country in the dark over the new date for the general elections, dragging the country closer to a poss...
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Phased resumption at the Pegasus
August 23, 2007
The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel says it has effected a phased resumption of activities following the fire on Tuesday that damaged a storeroom and some essen...
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GraceKennedy, Western Union launch relief fund
August 23, 2007
GRACEKENNEDY Limited yesterday announced the launch of the "GraceKennedy/Western Union Hurricane Dean Relief Fund", with an initial commitment of appr...
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Disaster committees to make distribution of relief
August 23, 2007
The bi-partisan committee set up to monitor and ensure equitable distribution of hurricane relief supplies agreed yesterday that parish disaster commi...
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UNICEF aid for 2,000 families
August 23, 2007
IN response to emergency appeals following the devastation by Hurricane Dean last Sunday, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) office in Jamaic...
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Nation adrift in dangerous waters
August 23, 2007
After an exhaustive search of our national history, we have been unable to find a period like this one that our country is now passing through. The un...
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Two JLP workers shot and injured in Vineyard Town
August 22, 2007
TWO Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) workers were yesterday shot and injured along Wexford Road, Vineyard Town in what appears to be the latest spate of pol...
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PM sidesteps election date
August 22, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller steered clear of confirming an election date and stuck to her guns on keeping the State of Public Emergency in fo...
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A touch of jerk in Dubai
Leisha Chen-Young 
August 22, 2007
When Lij Heron was younger, he wanted to do electrical engineering. Now, at 29 years old, he is the chef de partie at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers, th...
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JDF: Individuals stranded at Pedro Cays safe
August 22, 2007
THE Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) on Tuesday said the 20 individuals who defied evacuation orders from the National Meteorological Office and remained o...
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Hurricane causes millions in damage at Caribbean Maritime Institute
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
August 22, 2007
OFFICIALS at the Caribbean Maritime Institute (CMI) on Tuesday said preliminary assessment of the damage to its Palisadoes Road facility caused by Hur...
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‘Butch’ Stewart pledges $10 million to hurricane relief
August 22, 2007
CHAIRMAN of the Sandals/ATL Group of Companies, Gordon 'Butch' Stewart, yesterday pledged J$10 million to assist in the relief efforts of persons affe...
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Oil tanker overturns, catches fire on busy Kingston street
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
August 22, 2007
THE driver of an oil tanker escaped serious injuries after the truck he was driving overturned and caught fire along the Michael Manley Boulevard just...
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Take two tins.
Jacqui Sinclair 
August 22, 2007
First, I just want to express my joy of surviving another day. I want to give God thanks that Jamaica was spared the worst of Dean. I want to extend m...
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Dean the third most intense hurricane
AP 
August 22, 2007
FLORIDA, USA (AP) - Hurricane Dean was the third most intense Atlantic hurricane to make landfall since record-keeping began in the 1850s, based on it...
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Woman dies in early morning blaze on Whitehall Avenue
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
August 22, 2007
AFTER escaping a raging fire that was quickly engulfing her wood and concrete home, 67-year-old Veronica Narcisse bravely rushed back into the furnace...
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British Commission congratulates Jamaicans on hurricane bravery
August 22, 2007
THE British High Commission on Tuesday congratulated the Jamaican people for their courage in facing Hurricane Dean and at the same time announced tha...
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‘Be patient’
PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter 
August 22, 2007
THERE is no telling when residential areas will be cleared of downed trees and other debris caused by Hurricane Dean as the agency responsible for the...
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Hurricane Dean recovery
August 22, 2007
Digicel almost fully back CEO of Digicel, David Hall, yesterday reported that 95 per cent (or 1.6 million) of their customers were on the network and ...
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Portland Cottage residents angry
August 22, 2007
MAROONED residents of the seaside community of Portland Cottage in Clarendon, one of several battered by the force of Hurricane Dean on Sunday, are an...
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Gov’t eyes importation of vegetables to ease shortage
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
August 22, 2007
THE government is to move swiftly to get the production of vegetables back on track, following last weekend's severe blow from Hurricane Dean, Ministe...
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