48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
December 29 08:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...

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Falmouth: prosperity on the horizon
By Olivia Leigh Campbell Observer Staff Reporter 
March 19, 2005
These days, for most people, Falmouth is either an inconvenient traffic bottleneck along the northcoast corridor between Montego Bay and Ocho Rios, or...
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Doctor/patient relationship
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
March 19, 2005
The allegation that a gynaecologist raped his patient at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital have triggered concerns that the trust accorded doctors has bee...
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Keep boys in school!
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
March 19, 2005
TWO of Jamaica's academic minds have suggested that efforts to keep boys and young men - especially those residing in the inner-cities - in school, sh...
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Guns silent as army/police move into August Town
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
March 19, 2005
The guns of death kept silent for the second straight day in August Town yesterday, as Jamaica Defence soldiers fanned out across the main trouble spo...
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What’s in the pipeline for Falmouth?
March 19, 2005
Optimism, especially among government officials, is high regarding Trelawny's development. Should all the planned developments come to fruition, resid...
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Customs clerks on firearm charges remanded
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
March 18, 2005
THREE customs clerks charged with the seizure of 16 high-powered weapons at the Kingston Wharves last month, were Thursday remanded in custody when th...
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Another cop shot dead
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
March 17, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - The Jamaica Constabulary Force has lost another of its police officers who was gunned down yesterday morning attempting to apprehend ...
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Doctor, nurse in rape scandal get bail
Observer Reporter 
March 17, 2005
MATT Myrie, the gynaecologist charged with the rape of a patient in the ultrasound room at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, was yesterday offered bail i...
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‘We’re at war’
Observer Reporter 
March 17, 2005
Declaring that the country is "at war" with criminal gangs, the Government yesterday announced the introduction of soldiers, including the National Re...
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Sixth form student robbed, slain
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
March 17, 2005
EIGHTEEN year-old Mesha-Gaye Tomlin probably had a premonition that death was near. Only two hours before she was mercilessly stabbed by two men near ...
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foodie news: foodie news: foodie news:
March 16, 2005
Bon Appetit food editor Kristine Kidd is in Jamaica on a taste tour. "I'm here to experience the cuisine in the hope of returning to cover the island ...
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GOLDING versus WITTER
Observer Reporter 
March 16, 2005
PRIME Minister PJ Patterson yesterday announced April 13 as the date for the by-election in the Jamaica Labour Party safe-seat of West Kingston, a vot...
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Guyana gets more help
Observer Reporter 
March 15, 2005
THE Florida-based First Data Western Union Foundation and Western Union Financial Services Inc, along with their authorised agent, Grace Kennedy Remit...
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Man gets life for murder of Kingston businessman
Observer Reporter 
March 14, 2005
DENVER Lyons, 32, of Mannings Hill Road, Kingston, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 murder of businessman Eugene Pitt. Pitt, 44,...
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Nurse in rape scandal again remanded in custody
Observer Reporter 
March 14, 2005
JANET Spence, the nurse who is charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice after she allegedly approached a woman who accused a doctor at...
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NEWS BRIEFS…..NEWS BRIEFS…..NEWS BRIEFS
March 14, 2005
Amended budget to be tabled in Parliament THE second supplementary estimates for 2004/2005 will be tabled in the House of Representatives today by fin...
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Thousands pay last respects to Togolese ruler
AFP 
March 13, 2005
LOME, Togo (AFP) - Thousands of Togolese lined the streets of the capital Lome yesterday to pay their last respects as a state funeral was held for th...

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