KSAMC warns against destruction of entertainment billboards
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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...
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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New York drops subway photography ban proposal
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May 22, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) - A proposal to ban cameras in subways to prevent terrorism has been dropped by police and transit officials. The move comes a year afte...
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You can’t escape God, Simpson Miller tells Shanika’s murderer
BY KERRY MCCATHY Observer writer 
May 22, 2005
Grief and anger hung heavy in the Whitfield Town Seventh-day Adventist Church yesterday as mourners reflected on the thwarted life of six-year-old Sha...
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Don’t help criminals destroy Ja
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
May 22, 2005
A large congregation of community and political leaders turned out at the May Pen funeral of slain businessman Maurice Azan yesterday to hear the Roma...
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Cop among three men killed
Observer Reporter 
May 22, 2005
Police reported three more murders yesterday, among them a policeman who was shot dead on Molynes Road, Kingston 10 just before dawn. The Constabulary...
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7 killed in 14-hour period
Observer Reporter 
May 21, 2005
Within a 14-hour period between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning, seven people were fatally shot and two others wounded - including a constable ...
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Slow going for Heroes’ Park project
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
May 21, 2005
FOUR years after a Sunday Observer article embarrassed the government into unveiling a $200-million development plan for the bushy and overgrown Natio...
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They big up dons, ‘dis’ the cops
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
May 21, 2005
IN a thinly-veiled swipe at PNP politicians - including security minister Peter Phillips - who attended Willie Haggart's funeral three years ago but w...
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What to do about Swallowfield?
Observer Reporter 
May 21, 2005
THE Island Traffic Authority has been thrown into a tailspin by last week's Sunday Observer lead story, which highlighted the illegal sale of motor ve...
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Guns alone won’t do it!
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
May 21, 2005
Seven years after the Jamaica Constabulary Force made community policing an integral part of crime-fighting, the idea appears to be finally catching o...
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Yes, I bought my driver’s licence
BY CARL GILCHRIST Observer reporter 
May 21, 2005
Twenty-one years ago, it cost Martin $2,000 to buy his driver's licence. All he had to do was prove that he could read. These days, the cost of a driv...
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Shields takes aim at big bikes
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
May 21, 2005
Concerned about the increasing use of high-performance motorcycles in several brazen murders, including the killings of at least two police officers, ...
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Judge considering sanction of Jackson attorney
AP 
May 20, 2005
SANTA MARIA, California (AP) - The judge in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial said yesterday he may sanction lead defence attorney Thomas Mese...
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Police wage dispute drags on
Observer Reporter 
May 20, 2005
THE wage dispute between the government and the Police Federation dragged on for another day yesterday, after the police failed to show for an afterno...
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Shutdown
Arlene Martin-wilkins, Observer staff reporter 
May 19, 2005
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) is spearheading an islandwide lock-down of businesses next Wednesday to protest against the spiralli...
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May Pen, Old Harbour say enough is enough
John Tavares 
May 19, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon - Commercial activities came to a halt in May Pen, Clarendon and Old Harbour, St Catherine yesterday as hundreds of business operat...
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THANK YOU, OBSERVER READERS
Observer Reporter 
May 18, 2005
The 11 year-old Daily Observer is read, on average, by more people than its 171 year-old competitor, The Gleaner, reports the 2005 All Media Survey, r...
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Zeeks held as suspect in double murder
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2005
Matthews Lane area leader Donald 'Zeeks' Phipps was yesterday arrested on suspicion of double murder by senior cops from the Criminal Investigation Bu...
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Gov’t sticks to MOU
TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
May 18, 2005
PRIME Minister P J Patterson yesterday ordered the finance ministry to seek ways to settle those areas of the police wage claim that can be accomplish...
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It’s all in the TASTE
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 18, 2005
Let the tastings begin. Our taste buds are excited and the large table now seems inadequate. The judges however, make room and tastings begin. Forks r...

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