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Arson suspected in $2m St George’s College fire
Observer Reporter 
February 9, 2005
THE fire that destroyed a business office of the Jesuit Centre on the compound of the St George's College Monday night has left damage amounting to $2...
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JPs urged to stamp out cronyism and corruption
Observer Reporter 
February 9, 2005
SENIOR deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn has called on Justices of the Peace to be armour bearers of honesty and integrity in the...
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$50m invested in goat meat production to meet local demand
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 8, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU- The government has allocated $50 million to a goat-rearing project, aimed at boosting production of local mutton to satisfy a growing ...
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Police kill labourer, recover firearm and phones at Sweet River
DALTON LAING, Observer writer 
February 7, 2005
VINCENT McGrowder, a 40-year-old labourer from Logwood in Whithorn, Westmoreland, was killed Sunday night in what the Savanna-la-Mar police allege was...
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Police claim progress in probe of constable’s murder
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 7, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - The Montego Bay police yesterday claimed they were close to a breakthrough in Sunday's fatal shooting of police constable Joshua Bris...
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Another family bitter after police shooting
PETE SANKEY, News editor 
February 7, 2005
UNLIKE Michael Gayle, there was no blocking of roads or public demonstration. Neither was it a major story in the media. However, the January 24 shoot...
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Bogle hailed as wonderful entertainer
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
February 6, 2005
Amid the restlessness and party atmosphere that prevailed at the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingston yesterday, murdered dancehall persona...
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Golding tables questions on Angus Commission
Observer Reporter 
February 6, 2005
Opposition senator Bruce Golding on Friday tabled a number of questions in the Upper House regarding the appointment of a "Special Investigative Commi...
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Thousands attend Marley birthday bash in Ethiopia
AP 
February 6, 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Thousands of Ethiopians and Rastafarians were jamming on a hot Sunday in the capital's main square as Ethiopia threw a bi...
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Air traffic controllers return to work
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
February 6, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - Air traffic controllers who have been off the job since Friday returned to work yesterday following a Supreme Court order. The court ...
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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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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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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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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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