KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards
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December 23 06:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is warning the public against the destruction of entertainment billboards...
WIP Terminal Limited lists on Jamaica Stock Exchange
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WIP Terminal Limited lists on Jamaica Stock Exchange
December 23 06:10 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — West Indies Petroleum Terminal Limited (WIP Terminal) officially commenced trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) on Tuesday,...
Forex: $159.76 to one US dollar
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December 23 06:02 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Tuesday, December 23, ended trading at $159.76, down 35 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s...
Fisherman charged for Rocky Point triple murder
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Fisherman charged for Rocky Point triple murder
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 23 04:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 26-year-old fisherman, Daniel Henry has been charged with three counts of murder after allegedly using a machete to chop his mot...

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Acid attack case returns to court July 27
Observer Reporter 
July 18, 2005
MICHAEL Laoe, who is charged with aiding and abetting and conspiracy to douse his wife, Charmaine, with a pail of black acid, was remanded until July ...
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Couple to pay $50,000 each for $200,000 kidnap hoax
Observer Reporter 
July 18, 2005
A man and a woman who hatched a kidnapping hoax were fined in the in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court by judge Martin Gayle after they b...
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Six injured in Spanish Town shooting
Observer Reporter 
July 18, 2005
ARMED men yesterday morning opened fire at the busy Young Street/Old Market Street intersection in the volatile old capital of Spanish Town in St Cath...
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Life in a shelter
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
July 17, 2005
OLD HARBOUR, St Catherine - Yesterday, the Old Harbour High School was empty; all those who had sought refuge there as Hurricane Emily threatened on S...
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‘Sugar will rebound’
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 16, 2005
CLARKS TOWN, Trelawny - Cane farmer Delroy Anderson is hopeful. He has seen the contribution that the sugar industry has made to Trelawny's economy, e...
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Kennedy Grove flooding to end Oct
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 16, 2005
Minister of Water and Housing Donald Buchanan says the severe flooding which has been affecting residents of the Kennedy Grove housing scheme, near Pa...
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Trelawny should get out of cane, says Custos
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 16, 2005
AS Jamaica and other ACP countries fight to save their sugar industries from a massive price cut by the EU, their major buyer, at least one industry p...
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JUTC ready to assist with evacuations
Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2005
THE state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) was last night ready to assist with the transportation of persons being evacuated from areas thre...
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Emily draws closer
Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2005
EMILY shifted a bit to the south yesterday, but still threatened the island's southern shores with searing winds and rain, forcing Jamaicans to again ...
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Police hold 18-y-o suspect in Town Head double murders
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
July 14, 2005
TOWN HEAD, Westmoreland - The Frome police now have in their custody an 18-year-old male whom they suspect was involved in the brutal murder and rape ...
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KSAC lobbying for $50-m drain fund
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
July 14, 2005
WITH forecasts for a very active hurricane season, KSAC councillors Wednesday were demanding that local government ministry set up an annual fund for ...
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Mark Thwaites charged with insurance fraud
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
July 13, 2005
MARK Thwaites, the former chief operating officer of the bankrupt Dyoll Insurance Company, faced the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate's Court yester...
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$70m damage to Moy Hall coffee factory
JIS 
July 13, 2005
CEDAR VALLEY, St Thomas - The Moy Hall coffee factory in Cedar Valley has suffered significant damage in the wake of Hurricane Dennis, estimated at $7...
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14 London bomb victims identified
AP 
July 13, 2005
LONDON, England (AP) - Police and family members have disclosed 14 names of the 52 people confirmed killed in terrorist bombings in London last Thursd...
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Sugar lobby continues
JIS 
July 12, 2005
EXECUTIVE chairman of the Sugar Industry Authority (SIA) ambassador Derrick Heaven will be addressing the European Parliament today, to give the respo...
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Landslide leaves elderly woman homeless
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
July 12, 2005
JOHN'S HALL, St James - At least six families in John's Hall are facing home repair and cleaning bills that could run into thousands of dollars follow...
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White House cautious, Rove under fire
AP 
July 11, 2005
WASHINGTON (AP) - For the better part of two years, the word coming out of the Bush White House was that presidential advisor Karl Rove had nothing to...
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Another blow to bananas
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2005
PORT MARIA, St Mary - Just months after Jamaica resumed the export of bananas, following the devastation of the industry by Hurricane Ivan last Septem...
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79-year-old victim of hit-and-run accident
Observer Reporter 
July 11, 2005
KITSON TOWN, St Catherine - Everald Wilson of Willis Hill, Kitson Town, 79, was killed after he was hit by a motor car on the Kitson Town main road in...

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