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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
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Curfew extended in sections of Red Hills Road
December 28 11:57 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew imposed in sections of Park Lane and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road, Kingston 19, has been extended. The curfew wil...
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US lawmakers condemn Trump plan targeting Caribbean immigrant families
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US lawmakers condemn Trump plan targeting Caribbean immigrant families
December 28 11:35 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) – Immigration leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives in the United States have condemned President Donald ...
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
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Bishop Clarke’s love for Trelawny fuels major hurricane relief drive
December 28 10:50 AM
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — For Bishop Maurice Clarke, Jamaica is not simply home — it is “my heartbeat.” And when Hurricane Melissa tore through sections of...
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WATCH: Car crashes into utility pole on St Thomas roadway, two hospitalised
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WATCH: Car crashes into utility pole on St Thomas roadway, two hospitalised
December 28 09:27 AM
ST THOMAS, Jamaica – A driver and his passenger were rushed to hospital Sunday morning after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a utilit...
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St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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Three charged in Mandeville couple case remanded
Observer Reporter 
January 18, 2007
THREE people charged in connection with the abduction, robbery and murder of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn were remanded into custod...
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20 held in Norwood raid
Observer Reporter 
January 18, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police yesterday arrested 20 people, less than 24 hours after commencing a curfew in the violence-torn Glendevon/Norwood a...
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Alicia’s Keys’ to Half Moon’s kitchen
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 17, 2007
MONTEGO BAY'S Half Moon hotel was recently featured in Morgan Freeman & Friends - Caribbean Cooking for a Cause - a cookbook that features various cel...
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$3-m electricity shocker!
KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter 
January 17, 2007
A large but unnamed financial institution yesterday threatened to sue the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) for going public with news that the ent...
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Woman facing child-stealing charge
Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter 
January 17, 2007
A woman is facing a charge of child-stealing in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court after allegedly abducting a child she formerly babysat, ...
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NEPA moves to improve policing of beaches
PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter 
January 17, 2007
THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is moving to improve its policing of Jamaica's beaches, with the addition of new regulations to th...
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The art of bubbly
LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG, Observer staff reporter 
January 17, 2007
FRENCH novelist from the early 19th century, Honoré de Balzac said that "Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane." However, it see...
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Two Glengoffe cops taken off the frontline
Observer Reporter 
January 17, 2007
THE two cops implicated in the fatal shooting of two men at Big Road Square, Glengoffe, St Catherine on Tuesday night were yesterday taken off frontli...
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Mayor Lee stands firm on gun statement
T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent 
January 17, 2007
PORTMORE, St Catherine - George Lee is not backing away from his statement that illegal guns are being stockpiled in a division in the Portmore munici...
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OAS launches Caribbean seminar series
Observer Reporter 
January 17, 2007
CONTEMPORARY development issues and challenges facing Caribbean governments and regional inter-governmental agencies will be the focus of a new semina...
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Auditor general raises concerns about Universal Access Fund
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 17, 2007
AUDITOR General Adrian Strachan has raised a number of concerns about the operations of the Universal Access Fund Company Limited (UAFCL), a governmen...
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Italian Calypso and Tortuga treats
January 17, 2007
TORTUGA Caribbean Rum Cake now boasts a new home at Reading, Montego Bay. Truth be told, the 10,000 sq ft headquarters and state-of-the-art bakery is ...
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Christie’s report erroneous, says Clarke
Observer Reporter 
January 17, 2007
Barbara Clarke last night said that Contractor General Greg Christie's unwillingness to correct inaccuracies in his report on a probe of contract arra...
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G2K wants end to political handouts
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 17, 2007
GENERATION 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is opposed to the practise of politicians, incl...
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Could EU’s global sway be rising as US clout ebbs?
AP 
January 16, 2007
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - The European Union's 27 member states are deadlocked over a constitution, while enlargement has shifted into low gear and sup...
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Strachan wants Ashtrom Building Systems to face PAC
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
ASHTROM Building Systems Limited, the main contractor on the contentious Sandals Whitehouse Hotel Project, is to face the Public Accounts Committee of...
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Body, human skulls found near May Pen Cemetery
January 16, 2007
FORENSIC tests are to be conducted on a decomposed body, three human skulls and bones, appearing to be human, which were found on Monday on land near ...
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Minott to discuss transcripts dispute with Campion parents
BY KERRY MCCATTY Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
HEAD of A-Quest Dr Dennis Minott will this afternoon hold a meeting with parents of Campion College sixth form students, regarding what he claims are ...
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Traffic court issues arrest warrants for 818 motorists
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent 
January 16, 2007
THE Kingston Traffic Court on Monday issued 818 warrants for the arrest of traffic offenders who were ticketed by the police, but failed to turn up in...
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Taxi association head charged with carnal abuse
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
THE National Transport Authority, the regulatory body of public transportation in the island, has distanced itself from the pending criminal case agai...
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Cuba mum on report that Castro worsening
AFP 
January 16, 2007
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) - Cuban authorities remained mum yesterday about the condition of ailing President Fidel Castro, providing no immediate comment on ...
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Two now charged with murder of Mandeville couple
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
January 16, 2007
TWO men were yesterday charged with the murder of elderly Mandeville couple Richard and Julia Lyn, following the positive DNA test results on two bodi...
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