48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
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48-hour curfew imposed in sections of St Elizabeth
December 29 08:27 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica –  A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in sections of Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The curfew began at 6:00 pm on Monday, and will remai...
Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
December 29 06:38 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — The Trelawny police are currently on the scene of a double murder on  Wellington Street in  Falmouth. It is not clear how they wer...
Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
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Chemicals used in mosquito fogging safe – Tufton
December 29 06:22 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Ministry of Health and Wellness is assuring the public that chemicals being used in fogging activities are considered safe for...
Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
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Forex: $159.92 to one US dollar
December 29 05:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The United States (US) dollar on Monday, December 29, ended trading at $159.92, up two cents, according to the Bank of Jamaica’s d...

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Two teens cut down in Benbow Street shooting
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
January 3, 2005
TWO teenagers were shot dead at Benbow Street in Jones Town, Kingston, yesterday. The teenagers - Leon McDougal, also known as "Lee", a 16 year-old st...
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NEW AIR JAMAICA BOARD
January 3, 2005
The interim board of directors for Air Jamaica met for the first time Monday at the airline's corporate headquarters at Harbour Street, Kingston. From...
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More rains cause road blocks in St Mary, Portland
Observer Reporter 
January 3, 2005
MORE rains in St Mary and Portland yesterday left several roads in the parishes blocked or reduced to single-lane traffic because of landslips and bre...
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West Kgn rejects ‘Babsy’
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 2, 2005
Edward Seaga has called a meeting of the Jamaica Labour Party's Selection Committee for this evening for a signal as to who would be the party's prefe...
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Five murders in first two days of year
Observe Reporter 
January 2, 2005
FIVE people have already been murdered in the first two days of the year, following on a trend from last year when a record 1,445 murders were reporte...
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Can Palisadoes survive another hurricane?
January 1, 2005
Ever since Hurricane Ivan battered the island in September, there has been a raging debate about the future of the Palisadoes peninsula, the main acce...
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Whew! Jamaicans safe in Malaysia
January 1, 2005
When four Jamaican teachers who were on the 25th floor of their hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, felt the building sway beneath them on Boxing Day, they ha...
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Religious faiths welcome 2005
BY ANN-MARGARET LIM Observer staff reporter 
January 1, 2005
Confetti, limousines, champagne, fireworks, ball gowns and tuxedos - these are now the regular fare for a Jamaican New Year's eve night. However, some...
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Forbes’ exit welcomed
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 1, 2005
WESTERN BUREAU- Business leaders across Jamaica yesterday embraced the news that Police Commissioner Francis Forbes is stepping down, while the Opposi...
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Keon West is no ordinary scholar
BY DEANNA McFARLANE mcfarlaned@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31, 2004
TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Keon West is the classic example of a well-rounded individual. He is this year's recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship and, will nex...
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Financial books worth buying
BY LYNN O'SHAUGHNESSY 
December 31, 2004
THE next time you are wandering through a bookstore or browsing Barnes & Noble's website looking for a book for yourself or to buy as a gift, you migh...
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Uganda postpones peace deal signing
AFP 
December 31, 2004
KITGUM, Uganda (AFP) - The signing of a ceasefire due today by Ugandan rebels and the government to end a brutal 18-year war in the north of the count...
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POLICE REPORTS. POLICE REPORTS.
December 31, 2004
Man dragged from house and shot; body found in open lot THE body of a 22 year-old man who was taken from his house at St Joseph Road, Kingston 11 and ...
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St James police recover four guns, detain two men
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
December 30, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - George Bingham, a 42-year-old carpenter, is in police custody facing charges of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, followi...
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St Mary, Portland roads blocked
Observer Reporter 
December 29, 2004
HEAVY rainfall in St Mary and Portland over the past two days have left several roads blocked, reducing traffic to single lane flow, the National Work...
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Man badly injured in boat mishap on Maiden Cay
Observer Reporter 
December 29, 2004
A man was badly chopped during a boating accident at Maiden Cay off the coast of Kingston, yesterday. The man, identified as Winston Bryan, was taken ...

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