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After environmentalists victory…
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter 
May 27, 2006
LAWYERS for the Pinero Group skirted comment on the court ruling that has shut down its hotel project in St Ann, but declared Friday that the victory ...
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A gift of computers for five schools
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May 27, 2006
FIVE schools in St Elizabeth were outfitted with 60 refurbished computers and audiovisual equipment, sourced for them by the Bull Savannah Past Studen...
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BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Sunday Observer writer 
May 27, 2006
FIVE years ago faculty members at Columbia University advised Saleem Josephs against attempting the "incredibly difficult" task of combining the schoo...
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Grant proposes severe punishment for child killers
Lloyd Williams 
May 27, 2006
SENATOR Norman Grant on Friday advocated "extraordinary measures" to ensure that murderers of children are brought to justice and receive the highest ...
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World beater!
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‘We are having crashes and collisions, not accidents’
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May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The National Road Safety Council wants to phase the word "accident" out of the Jamaican psyche and current national road safet...
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$25-m restaurant fire in MoBay
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer staff reporter 
May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Fire yesterday destroyed a Chinese restaurant in the heart of Montego Bay's tourist centre known as the "Hip Strip", leaving d...
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North Trelawny MP upbeat about major water project
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 26, 2006
MARTHA BRAE, Trelawny - North Trelawny Member of Parliament Dr Patrick Harris is confident that the completion of the US$40 million (J$24.8 b) Martha ...
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Maureen Webber denies she is to head NHDC
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 26, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Maureen Webber, the People's National Party deputy general secretary who it has been reported is on her way out of the party's...
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Carib Cement boss denies he is leaving
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
ANTHONY Haynes, general manager of the Caribbean Cement Company, last night flatly denied rumours that he had resigned as head of the company's Rockfo...
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Jamaican teacher gets Thurgood Marshall award
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
Jamaican teacher Shirley Wynter-Smith shows off the Thurgood Marshall African American Educators Award presented to her by the National Association fo...
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Adams’ fate hangs in the balance
Observer Reporter 
May 25, 2006
THE fate of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams was unclear yesterday, as two months after completing psychological evaluation and counselling followin...
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Hastert pitted against US Justice Department
AP 
May 25, 2006
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert accused the Justice Department Thursday of trying to intimidate him in retaliation for c...
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CDA holds consultation on children’s registry
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May 24, 2006
THE Child Development Agency (CDA) yesterday held consultations with experts in child care as it moves to set up a Children's Registry, where persons ...
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Teen diagnosed with scoliosis in urgent need of surgery
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
May 24, 2006
GLORIA Grant, who is still reeling from the death of her husband just under five years, is now worried about her 15-year-old grandson, Courtney Barcle...
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Lukewarm support in Westmoreland
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2006
SUPPORT for Labour Day activities in Westmoreland was lukewarm, with most attention being paid to the parish's main project - the beautification of St...
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Easy ways to put fruits in your daily diet
Observer Reporter 
May 24, 2006
NOT sure how to increase your fruit and vegetable intake? Start the day with 100 per cent fruit or vegetable juice. Slice bananas or strawberries on t...
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Raid on US congressman’s office seen as threat to separation of powers
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May 24, 2006
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Dennis Hastert demanded Wednesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) surrender documents it seized and rem...
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Soldiers mistakenly kill 10 Colombian cops
AP 
May 23, 2006
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia authorities yesterday were investigating why soldiers killed 10 elite anti-drugs policemen and their civilian informa...
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Thousands put work into Labour Day
Observer Reporter 
May 23, 2006
MICHAEL Manley would have been proud yesterday. Thirty-four years after he first rallied the nation to put work into Labour Day, Jamaicans again turne...
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Man wanted in 10 murders, crony slain in ‘shoot-out’ with cops
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May 23, 2006
Montego Bay, St James - Two men, one of whom was a top ranking member of the notorious Bone Crusher gang and who was being sought by the police in con...
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Several St Ann institutions get help
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
May 23, 2006
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - St Ann residents yesterday turned out in large numbers to 'put work into Labour Day', with several institutions benefiting from th...
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