48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
December 29 08:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...

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Police probing $3-million fraud at MoBay company
Observer Reporter 
June 21, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Area One Fraud Squad has confirmed that it has been called in to investigate a case of fraud, which sources say amounts to...
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Keeping it light and full of surprises
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
June 21, 2006
With even the weather as unpredictable as the World Cup scores, at this time of the year your meals should begin to be not only a tad lighter, but a l...
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Water strike hits hard
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 21, 2006
UNION bosses and management of the National Water Commission (NWC) were in tense negotiations at press time last night, as a two-day strike of NWC wor...
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Police chief welcomes text messaging to 119
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
June 21, 2006
POLICE Commissioner Lucius Thomas has welcomed the new facility that allows citizens to send a text to the police's 119 emergency number, and has aske...
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Portmore residents want smelly treatment plants fixed
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
June 20, 2006
CARMEN McKenly does not wake up to the smell of strong black coffee or sun-kissed roses in the mornings. Instead, she starts each day with a familiar ...
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Pearnel still seeking compensation for 1976 detention
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Observer writer 
June 20, 2006
THIRTY years ago while he was detained without charge in a state of emergency called by Michael Manley's People's National Party government in 1976, P...
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New twist in Whitehouse saga
Observer Reporter 
June 20, 2006
Karl Samuda yesterday painted a picture of reckless management of the Sandals Whitehouse project by a company headed by influential People's National ...
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JUTC workers strike for more pay
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
June 20, 2006
SEVERAL commuters in the Corporate Area were left stranded yesterday afternoon as more than 2,400 employees of the state-run Jamaica Urban Transit Com...
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$25m to stage Denbigh Agricultural Show
Observer Reporter 
June 20, 2006
THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is spending $25 million to stage the 2006 Denbigh Agricultural Show, and is planning to re-invest the profits i...
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Carifolk singer dies suddenly at NHT
BY NADINE WILSON Observer writer 
June 19, 2006
YVONNE Haynes, 47, a member of the Carifolk Singers, died suddenly Friday afternoon after she fell ill while on the job at the National Housing Trust ...
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Villagers flee from military hunting Tamil Tigers
AP 
June 18, 2006
PESALAI, Sri Lanka (AP) - Tamil villagers, terrified by an approaching Sri Lankan government patrol, sought shelter Sunday in the same church where th...
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Give small hotels a tax break, says Shaw
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 18, 2006
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Opposition spokesman on finance Audley Shaw has called for reform of the tourism tax regime to ease the financial crunch on the...
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Cops kill teenager alleged to be goat thief
Observer Reporter 
June 17, 2006
DUANVALE, Trelawny - A teenager accused of stealing goats was Friday shot and killed in what police claimed was a shoot-out at Martha Brae in the pari...
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Employers need to check networking sites
Copley News Service 
June 17, 2006
EMPLOYERS may want to consider using social networking websites, such as MySpace, Friendster and Facebook, to market their company to new employees, a...
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Drain cleaning set back by illegal garbage disposal
BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU 
June 17, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The National Works Agency (NWA), which is responsible for cleaning the country's main drains, expects to complete in a week al...
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Ronnie returns
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
June 17, 2006
Deacon Ronald Thwaites yesterday clipped a narrow margin of votes over rival Victor Cummings to clear his most difficult hurdle in his renewed bid to ...

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