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Man held with slain cop’s gun charged
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU - The Westmoreland police yesterday arrested a man who was allegedly found in possession of a firearm that was assigned to a policeman ...
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Food security now a serious regional issue
RICKEY SINGH, Caribbean writer 
January 12, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Real concerns about food security and the viability of regional agriculture has prompted a two-day special meeting of the 'Alli...
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2,000 to lose jobs
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2005
CLOSE to 2,000 employees will lose their jobs at the Kingston Freezone garment manufacturer, Arh Enterprises, when it shuts down soon, Freezone offici...
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Mmm…The First Bite
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
January 12, 2005
Island Outpost's marketing rep Terri Kay James works through her meal deal with such precision that Thursday Food is forced to ask about this obvious ...
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Seaga does the rounds and reveals a cousin
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
January 11, 2005
EDWARD Seaga formally tendered his resignation as an MP and leader of the opposition yesterday and was hailed by the governor general for his "great c...
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BSI probing death of taxi operator
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2005
THE Bureau of Special Investigations is now probing the death of Leonard 'Junior' Jackson, 32, a taxi operator who went missing Friday and whose body ...
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Alleged police shooting sparks protest on Slipe Pen Road
JULIEN NEAVES, Observer writer 
January 11, 2005
The shooting of a man by the police at the corner of Slipe Pen and Paisley roads on the outskirts of Jones Town sparked an angry demonstration yesterd...
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Fingerprint bill for parliamentary debate by March
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 10, 2005
After more than two years of deliberations, the controversial bill amending the Fingerprint Act is expected to be debated in Parliament during the fin...
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Hubert Chang will ‘Stop-A-Gap’ no more
ANN-MARGARET LIM, Observer staff reporter 
January 10, 2005
FOR some commuters on their way home from work, a break at 'Stop-A-Gap', manned by Hubert Chang, 59, for whom the fruit stall was named, refuels them ...
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Special focus this week on earthquake’s secondary hazards
BY TANEISHA DAVIDSON Observer staff reporter 
January 9, 2005
The head of Jamaica's emergency management agency says it will use this week's earthquake awareness campaign to highlight natural disasters such as ti...
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Asian tsunami lends urgency to new UNEP report
January 9, 2005
A just-released report on the state of the Caribbean environment which highlights three decades of environmental degradation and the unsustainable use...
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Halse Hall vendor dies
January 9, 2005
Thirty-six year-old Halse Hall vendor Paulette Powell died in the May Pen Hospital Saturday from gunshot wounds she received on January 3 at Halse Hal...
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Hundreds mourn Kenneth Rattray
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTE Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2005
Hundreds of mourners packed and overflowed onto the lawns of the University Chapel, Mona, in St Andrew yesterday to pour accolades on outstanding publ...
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Honesty really pays
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2005
Tiffany Evans, the nine-year-old St Ann student who turned over $10,000 that she found on the bathroom floor, is finding out that honesty really pays....
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Where is the national road safety policy?
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
January 8, 2005
THE three horrific traffic accidents that claimed six lives each during the Christmas holiday, and the continued carnage on the roads since then, have...

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