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...
Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
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Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch gets into the Christmas spirit
KEVIN JACKSON, Observer writer 
December 23 02:50 PM
Antiguan gospel-reggae artiste Enoch says Christmas is his favourite time of the year. He says the season is special because it reminds him of love, s...

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Prosecution witness supports defence’s shoot-out claim
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
February 4, 2005
A former assistant commissioner of police who once managed the constabulary's Forensics Laboratory was yesterday called by the prosecution but punched...
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Police Federation mum on talks at emergency meeting
Observer Reporter 
February 4, 2005
Police Federation officials emerged from a five-hour emergency meeting yesterday, saying that they had a mandate from their members to respond to the ...
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Police Federation calls emergency meeting over pay issue
Observer Reporter 
February 3, 2005
Disgruntled at the outcome of wage negotiations with junior finance minister Fitz Jackson, the Police Federation will today hold an emergency all-isla...
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Rio Grande rafters compensated for hurricane damage
Observer Reporter 
February 3, 2005
SIXTY-EIGHT raft captains who operate on the Rio Grande each got a $10,000 grant Friday to compensate for rafts damaged or lost during Hurricane Ivan....
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Overseas compulsory savings plan under threat
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
February 3, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Minister of Labour and Social Security Horace Dalley is reporting an increase of $84.564 million in savings through direct remittance...
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Moderate Georgian premier found dead
AP 
February 3, 2005
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania was found dead yesterday following an apparent gas leak from a heater, dealing a blow to Presiden...
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Powered by China…Jamaican trains to roll again
Arlene Martin-wilkins, Observer staff reporter 
February 2, 2005
Government yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the island's railway system, f...
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St Catherine church establishes wellness centre
Observer Reporter 
February 1, 2005
THE Old Harbour Church of God of Prophecy in St Catherine has opened a $2.5 million wellness centre for health care services directed particularly at ...
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Two dead, four injured in Hanover shooting
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 1, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Two men were yesterday shot dead and four others shot and injured by a gunman who went on a shooting spree in the usually quiet commu...
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February 1, 2005
Patriots backing incumbent PNP VPs THE Patriots, the caucus of young professionals within the ruling People's National Party (PNP), says its members w...
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Hundreds say goodbye to Laura Ewart
Observer Reporter 
January 31, 2005
HUNDREDS gathered yesterday at the University Chapel, Mona, to celebrate the life of Laura Mae Ewart, middle child of Barclay Ewart and Glynne Manley,...
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UK Home Office building named after Mary Seacole
JIS 
January 31, 2005
LONDON - The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has named one of the buildings in its new headquarters after Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole. She is one...
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Iraq’s vote still up in air
AP 
January 31, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's election has shown insurgents they "cannot win," Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared yesterday, urging national unity a da...
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18-year-old killed in Negril accident
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2005
The lives of two Montego Bay teens and their families were touched by tragedy this past weekend when the car in which they traveled ploughed into a wa...
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Judge orders arrest of absent witnesses in Braeton case
BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter 
January 31, 2005
THE absence of three prosecution witnesses in the trial of six policemen charged with the March 2001 murder of seven young men in Braeton, St Catherin...
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Bensonton residents get free health care
Observer Reporter 
January 30, 2005
More than 500 residents of Bensonton in South East St Ann received free health care and medication at a community health fair staged by Sandals Dunn's...
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Defiant Iraqis vote
AP 
January 30, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis embraced democracy in large numbers yesterday, standing in long lines to vote in defiance of mortar attacks, suicide bombe...

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