World Athletics boss Sebastien Coe arrives in Jamaica
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World Athletics boss Sebastien Coe arrives in Jamaica
January 4 10:49 PM
World Athletics president Sebastien Coe has arrived in Jamaica ahead of several days of high profile meetings with key stakeholders in the island. Aft...
Daniel John buzzing with ‘Mixed Signals’
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Daniel John buzzing with ‘Mixed Signals’
January 4 04:32 PM
Fast-rising recording artiste Daniel John has many reasons to smile of late, considering the fact that he has scored a buzzing single. The multi-genre...
Maduro to appear before judge Monday in New York — court
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Maduro to appear before judge Monday in New York — court
January 4 03:44 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Venezuela's deposed president Nicolas Maduro is scheduled to appear before a federal judge in New York at noon Monday,...
Stylo G, DJ Mac go viral with ‘Mukky’
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Stylo G, DJ Mac go viral with ‘Mukky’
January 4 02:39 PM
United Kingdom (UK) based dancehall star Stylo G has once again captivated the dancehall space with another street banger.  The lyrically potent hitma...

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November 3, 2005
Davies says new MOU will not include wage freeze FINANCE Minister Omar Davies said yesterday that there will be a new public sector Memorandum of Unde...
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Pastor blames politicians for riot in Spanish Town
Observer Reporter 
November 3, 2005
REV Al Miller, pastor of the Fellowship Tabernacle, says this week's riot by members and supporters of the Clansman gang is cause for concern as the i...
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Gov’t has lost control, says JLP
Observer Reporter 
November 3, 2005
WITH this year's murder toll pushing past the 1,400 mark yesterday, shadow security minister Derrick Smith claimed that the government has lost contro...
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Riots in Paris suburbs take dangerous new turn
AP 
November 3, 2005
AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France (AP) - France's prime minister vowed yesterday to restore order to Paris' riot-hit suburbs as violence took a dangerous new t...
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Third Gregory Park resident dies from alleged food poisoning
TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter 
November 2, 2005
DENVER Taylor, 28, yesterday became the third person to die from suspected food poisoning after allegedly drinking a food drink distributed by Food Fo...
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’tis the season for HAM
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
November 2, 2005
Jamaicans consumed well over 100,000 hams between Christmas last year and New Year's Day 2005, an indication of the popularity of this meat that is ba...
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JUTA wants gov’t to drop tax hike on hotels
Observer Reporter 
November 2, 2005
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - The Negril chapter of JUTA has received backing from the town's chamber of commerce in its lobbying of the government to repeal...
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Ministry to recognise outstanding parents this month
Observer Reporter 
November 2, 2005
EDUCATION Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson yesterday launched Parent Month 2005 at her Kingston office, saying it was the ministry's way of acknowledging ...
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Few businesses open as problems continue in Spanish Town
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
November 1, 2005
A few businesses were opened in Spanish Town yesterday and classes resumed at some schools as normality slowly began to return to the town, which was ...
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Cops seek son of PNP councillor
Observer Reporter 
November 1, 2005
THE police appealed for help last night from PNP St Catherine councillor Ned (Enos) Lawrence for help in finding his son, called Devil, who has seemin...
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November 1, 2005
Cane farmers start work on take-over of factories THE All-Island Cane Farmers Association yesterday received the go-ahead from Minister of Agriculture...
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Gangsters rule
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON AND T K WHYTE Observer staff reporters 
October 31, 2005
RIOTING members and supporters of the notorious Clansman gang yesterday locked down Spanish Town as they protested against Sunday's police killing of ...
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PM offers sugar factories for $1
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
October 31, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson is offering the sugar factories owned by the Sugar Company Jamaica (SCJ) for one dollar to any investor with a sound fina...
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Businesses lost millions, says Chamber
Observer Reporter 
October 31, 2005
THE St Catherine Chamber of Commerce said businesses lost millions of dollars yesterday due to unrest in Spanish Town and projected that the losses co...
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Traffic changes downtown for Crawle trial
Observer Reporter 
October 30, 2005
Traffic changes are being made to sections of downtown Kingston this morning as the high-profile Crawle Murder Trial opens at the Supreme Court. The t...
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‘Bulbie’ shot dead
Observer Reporter 
October 30, 2005
Donovan 'Bulbie' Bennett, the infamous gang leader who Heather Robinson unmasked a decade ago as an emerging criminal 'don', was shot dead by police y...
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Brother Marco’s song
Observer Reporter 
October 30, 2005
Thursday, October 27, 2005. At approximately 7:30 pm, Brother Marco Laspuna offers to the Missionaries of the Poor choir a song he had written, appare...
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Gov’t pushing ahead with proposed new prison
LUKE DOUGLAS, Observer writer 
October 30, 2005
Spanish Town business interests are still adamant that the proposed US$71.2-million maximum security prison, the first in more than a century, should ...

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