48-hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Police Division
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48-hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Police Division
December 23 07:47 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica   — The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in the St Andrew South Police Division, has been extended. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Tu...
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,...

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Five murders on ‘violence-free day’
Observer Reporters 
February 6, 2005
Jamaica's wish for a violence-free day yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the birth of reggae icon Bob Marley was dashed with the brutal murder...
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How bloody a nose for Patterson?
Observer Reporter 
February 5, 2005
BY any measure, Prime Minister P J Patterson staked a fair bit of his political, and personal, prestige on the establishment of the proposed Caribbean...
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Supreme Court orders air traffic controllers back to work
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 5, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU- The Supreme Court yesterday ordered air traffic controllers who have been off the job since Friday to go back to work. After wage talk...
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Obituary of the elderly
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
February 5, 2005
Feeling helpless and vulnerable in their twilight years, elderly Jamaicans are increasingly becoming prisoners in their homes as the murder rate among...
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Thieves rob, rough up Douglas Manley and his sons
Observer Reporter 
February 5, 2005
Gunmen Friday night roughed up and robbed Douglas Manley, former Cabinet minister, and his son, Norman Manley Jr, an attorney, at their 4 Washington D...
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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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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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NEWS BRIEF….NEWS BRIEF….NEWS BRIEF….
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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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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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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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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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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