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JN Foundation brings ‘Comfort for Christmas’ to Mustard Seed Communities

December 23 07:22 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For the fourth consecutive year, the JN Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to Mustard Seed Communities, spreading holiday ch...

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KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards

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...

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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,...

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Cash assistance programme launched to support 50,000 Jamaicans post Melissa

December 23 04:45 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), on Tuesday...

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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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SERHA reports temporary delay in supplier payments due to banking issue

December 23 03:37 PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has advised that some suppliers will experience a delay in receiving payments tha...

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Bartlett commends united response behind swift post-hurricane repatriation of 25,000 tourists

December 23 03:23 PM

ST JAMES, Jamaica—Jamaica’s swift repatriation of 25,000 tourists in just one week following Hurricane Melissa has demonstrated the island’s resilienc...

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‘Klansman’ held in police raid

Observer Reporter

June 20, 2005

A leading member of the notorious Spanish Town-based Klansman gang was held by police on Sunday in the Kingston community of Brook Valley, Duhaney Par...

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Courts too easy with bail, says Shields

Observer Reporter

June 19, 2005

Mark Shields, the deputy commissioner of police with responsibility for crime-fighting, insists that Jamaica's courts are too lenient in granting bail...

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Rajiv Thompson, GSAT’s Marcus Garvey Scholar

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

June 19, 2005

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - He thought he had done badly in some subjects in the Grade Six Achievement Test, but as it turns out, Rajiv Thompson had n...

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46 killed in Iraq

June 19, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber walked calmly into a popular Baghdad kebab restaurant at lunchtime yesterday and killed at least 23 people waiti...

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Reneto Adams will walk – Amnesty Int’l

Observer Reporter

June 19, 2005

Amnesty International, the global human rights group, says the ground is being prepared for the return of Senior Superintendent Reneto Adams to front-...

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Two suspects held as LG Brown laid to rest

BY JULIEN NEAVES Observer writer

June 18, 2005

AS hundreds of mourners paid final tribute yesterday to Lloyd George "LG" Brown, the immediate past president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Associ...

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Children’s home shake-up

BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter

June 18, 2005

New managers, who had to go through an intensive two-day assessment programme, have been hired for all of the island's 13 government-run children's ho...

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Adventists won’t bury lawbreakers

June 18, 2005

Determined not to bury people who have "lived lawlessly", Seventh-day Adventist Churches in Jamaica, The Bahamas, Cayman and Turks and Caicos will now...

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US minister performs daughter’s lesbian wedding, suspended

June 18, 2005

SCHENECTADY, New York (AP) - Leaders of the Reformed Church in America suspended a New Jersey minister, ruling that he violated the denomination's tea...

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Major drain cleaning for Corporate Area

Observer Reporter

June 17, 2005

The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) says it has identified 43 drains and gullies to be cleared as it embarks on a cleaning programme in 20 d...

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Jet-set thief who stole from luxury hotels on the run again

June 17, 2005

LONDON (AP) - A high-flying thief who travelled the world stealing cash and jewellery from luxury hotel rooms is on the run from a British jail, polic...

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Power cuts to continue until next Tuesday

Observer Reporter

June 17, 2005

THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) said last night that power cuts, now being experienced islandwide due to a shortfall in its generating capacity, will...

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European diplomats to convey concerns of sugar industry to governments

KERRY MCCATTY, Observer writer

June 17, 2005

HIGH commissioners and ambassadors of European countries assigned to Jamaica told local sugar industry officials and union representatives Thursday th...

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Jet-set thief who stole from luxury hotels on the run again

June 17, 2005

LONDON (AP) - A high-flying thief who travelled the world stealing cash and jewellery from luxury hotel rooms is on the run from a British jail, polic...

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US refuses to release video tape on J’can facing extradition

Observer Reporter

June 17, 2005

DESPITE a request by defence attorneys and Resident Magistrate Martin Gayle, the United States Government has refused to release video tapes deemed cr...

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House passes bill to cut funds to UN unless reforms carried out

June 17, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - Culminating years of frustration with the performance and behaviour of the United Nations, the House voted yesterday to slash US con...

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Fourth suspect in Aruba missing-girl case is disc jockey

June 17, 2005

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) - A fourth man detained in the case of a missing US teen is a disc jockey aboard a tourist boat offering nightly party cruises,...

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British police study suggests African children being smuggled for human sacrifice

June 16, 2005

LONDON (AP) - Police in London have found testimony suggesting African children are being smuggled into Britain for use as human sacrifices, the Briti...

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Negotiations begin in Nigeria for kidnapped oil workers

AFP

June 16, 2005

LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Negotiations for the release of six oil workers, two Germans and four Nigerians, taken hostage in Nigeria's volatile, oil-rich ...

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Brazil’s Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu resigns amid vote-buying scandal

June 16, 2005

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's Cabinet-level Chief of Staff Jose Dirceu resigned yesterday amid accusations he knew of a vote-buying scheme in Congr...

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Cops seek husband of acid victim

Observer Reporter

June 16, 2005

MICHAEL Anthony Laoe, the husband of the woman who was doused with acid outside the Constant Spring tax office last Friday, was yesterday being sought...

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JN Foundation brings ‘Comfort for Christmas’ to Mustard Seed Communities

December 23, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — For the fourth consecutive year, the JN Foundation has reaffirmed its commitment to Mustard Seed Communities, spreading holiday ch...

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KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards

December 23, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) is warning the public against the destruction of entertainment billboards...

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WIP Terminal Limited lists on Jamaica Stock Exchange

December 23, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica — West Indies Petroleum Terminal Limited (WIP Terminal) officially commenced trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) on Tuesday,...

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Cash assistance programme launched to support 50,000 Jamaicans post Melissa

December 23, 2025

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), on Tuesday...

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