Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
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Gas prices down $0.67, $0.69; Diesel down $2.25
December 24 05:23 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 25, according to the latest ex-re...
Holness thanks China for support after Hurricane Melissa
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Holness thanks China for support after Hurricane Melissa
December 24 04:35 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, has expressed gratitude to the Government of the People’s Republic of China for its unwavering supp...
Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.90 to one US dollar
December 24 04:27 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Wednesday, December 24, ended trading at $159.90, up 14 cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s...

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Pennicook upbeat about tourism industry
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 18, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Buoyed by last year's 4.8 per cent increase in tourist arrivals and a number of tourism-related projects now under way, Tourism Direc...
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Firefighters tackle massive bush blaze in St Elizabeth
Observer Reporter 
February 17, 2005
Up to late last night, firefighters from the Junction and Santa Cruz fire stations in St Elizabeth were battling a massive bush fire in the Woodside a...
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‘Radiator Man’ killed after quarrel
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 16, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU- A man who had a domestic dispute with another man on Tuesday night that lingered into yesterday morning, was fatally shot in front of ...
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February 16, 2005
Thousands mourn at Hariri's funeral BEIRUT: Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese mourners bid farewell to former prime minister Rafiq Hariri at a politic...
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Fisherman loses appeal against rape sentence
Observer Reporter 
February 16, 2005
A fisherman who raped a mother and her 14 year-old daughter six years ago lost his appeal against his 20-year sentence on Tuesday. The Appeal Court, h...
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Farmers unfazed by postponement of CSME
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 15, 2005
Caribbean farmers, who have been co-operating on exploiting the benefits to be offered by the proposed Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), wil...
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‘The war is on’
JULIEN NEAVES, Observer writer 
February 15, 2005
Kingston and St Andrew Mayor Desmond McKenzie has promised a full frontal assault on companies that breach the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSA...
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Holness seeks help for war-torn communities
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
February 15, 2005
Opposition Jamaica Labour Party MP for West Central St Andrew, Andrew Holness has called on the Government to allocate money in the 2005/2006 budget f...
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KSAC shuts down construction of Grants Pen Police Station
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
February 15, 2005
The Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) has shut down construction of a new police station in Grants Pen because the project does not have appro...
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Kilancholly children buried, thousands attend funeral
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
February 14, 2005
AMIDST an outpouring of emotions, the three children killed in an early morning attack on January 28 in Kilancholly, St Mary, were laid to rest in a f...
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New immigration rules announced by Britain
JIS 
February 14, 2005
THE United Kingdom (UK) government has announced new immigration and asylum regulations, some of which are likely to affect Jamaicans living, studying...
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Two die in rural community shooting puzzle
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 13, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Clarks Town residents yesterday were still struggling to understand the motive behind Saturday evening's shooting of eight persons by...
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Maxine pummels Phillip in party race
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 13, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Maxine Henry-Wilson comfortably fought off a political challenge from the youthfully exuberant Phillip Paulwell, whipping him by a tw...
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‘Stop sleeping with your daughters’
BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter 
February 13, 2005
PROFESSOR Rupert Lewis has called on Jamaican men to take control of their sexuality and refrain from having sex with their daughters, having cited in...
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Eagle takeover was a shock, says Chen-Young
Observer Reporter 
February 12, 2005
For most of the 1980s through the mid '90s, Paul Chen-Young epitomised a new entrepreneurial spirit in Jamaica. As his Eagle Financial Network expande...
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Federation wants Braeton cops back on the job
Observer Reporter 
February 12, 2005
THE Police Federation, which paid roughly $10 million in legal fees for the six cops who were on Friday cleared of the Braeton Seven murders, is now m...
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Still no word on new ballistics machine
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
February 12, 2005
Ballistics evidence played a major role in the just-concluded Braeton 7 trial, as the prosecution and defence teams tried to use it to show if bullets...

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