Manchester communities to go under curfew
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Manchester communities to go under curfew
January 1 10:44 AM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A 48-hour curfew will be imposed in sections of Manchester, effective from 6:20 pm on Thursday, January 1, 2026, to 6:20 pm on S...
Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
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Residents protest New Year’s killing in Granville
January 1 10:37 AM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Residents took to the streets on New Year’s Day in Granville, St James, following what they said was the killing of three individu...
Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
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Coach Enzo Maresca leaves Chelsea
January 1 08:28 AM
London (AFP) – Enzo Maresca has left his role as Chelsea head coach after 18 months in charge, the Premier League club announced Thursday. "Chelsea Fo...

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Home – the first school
BY BARBARA BLAKE HANNAH jamediapro@hotmail.com 
October 29, 2005
Barbara Blake Hannah explores the benefits of home-schooling in a series of articles, starting this week. She is also writing a book on the issue. OVE...
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New banana ruling ‘devastating’
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Sunday Observer reporter 
October 29, 2005
AGRICULTURE minister Roger Clarke, has described as "devastating" the latest ruling against the proposed European Union (EU) banana tariffs, saying th...
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House schedule
October 29, 2005
BOTH the House of Representatives and the Senate have busy schedules this week. The House meets on Tuesday and Wednesday at 2:00 pm, while the Senate ...
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Tivoli Gardens
BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
October 29, 2005
AT the height of Tivoli Garden's much rumoured infamy in the 1970s and 1980s, PNP enclaves like Arnett Gardens, Olympic Gardens, and the Wareika Hills...
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Maintenance law passed, ushering in a more liberal era
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 29, 2005
THE Senate finally passed the Maintenance Bill on Friday, but the process only produced more evidence of the government's willingness to rely on its m...
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Forced to re-sit
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer 
October 29, 2005
IN rare consensus, the government, opposition and the teachers' union have condemned schools that force fifth form, or grade 11, students to re-sit ex...
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Maintenance Bill gets nod from senators
Observer Reporter 
October 28, 2005
THE Senate yesterday passed the controversial Maintenance Bill, despite the insistence of Opposition members that the bill be referred to a joint sele...
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Lawyer says he’s unable to interview Andem
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
October 27, 2005
Queen's Counsel Berthrand McCaulay, who is representing the alleged former leader of the Gideon Warriors gang, Joel Andem, on Monday told the court th...
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EU leaders commit to economic renewal
AP 
October 27, 2005
HAMPTON COURT, England (AP) - European Union leaders moved no closer to resolving their divisions over a new EU budget yesterday, nor how to appease r...
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JLP wants action to halt attacks against women
Observer Reporter 
October 26, 2005
THE Jamaica Labour Party is demanding urgent action to halt what the party described as the "brutal attacks" against women and suggested expert interv...
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Rains pelt the west
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 26, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The heavy rains that have been lashing western Jamaica over the last two days yesterday caused widespread flooding and landsli...
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October 26, 2005
Cops shot, injured in Naggo Head A constable assigned to the St Catherine South Police Division in Portmore was shot and injured yesterday at Naggo He...
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Negril hotels hit by Wilma say they will bounce back
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
WEST END, Negril - Despite the heavy battering that some hotels in the north west resort town of Negril experienced on the weekend due to storm surges...
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Montego Bay flooded again
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
October 25, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Heavy rains in this resort city yesterday left several residents flooded out of their homes and scores of businessmen counting...
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Vin Lawrence under fire
Observer Reporter 
October 25, 2005
THE Opposition last night claimed that Vin Lawrence, the chairman of the Urban Development Corporation was a director of a Bahamas incorporated subsid...

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