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...
Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
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Man found dead at crash scene was murdered
December 29 05:08 PM
ST JAMES, Jamaica — Information has now indicated that, contrary to earlier information which suggested that Christopher Clarke died from injuries sus...
Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
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Ladies shine at Pic-Nic Festival at UWI Mona Bowl
December 29 03:15 PM
KINSTON, Jamaica — Style, colour and confidence were on full display as patrons turned out in their numbers for the Pic-Nic Festival, held on Saturday...

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J’can man loses long battle against extradition
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2004
DAVE Antonio Grant yesterday lost his almost two-year fight against his extradition to the United States to face drug trafficking charges. Grant, 36, ...
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Three guards shot during Clarendon robbery
John Tavares 
July 12, 2004
Mason River District, Clarendon - Up to late yesterday evening, residents of Mason River District and police officers from the parish's Crafts Hill po...
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G2K yet to decide on role in JLP leadership race
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
July 12, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - Generation 2000, the young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is undecided as to what its role will be in the campai...
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Interim president threatens death penalty for insurgents
AP 
July 12, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's interim president lashed out yesterday at guerrillas who have killed hundreds of Iraqis in recent months, promising to use...
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Activists demand billions more for AIDS fight
AFP 
July 12, 2004
BANGKOK, (AFP) - The crisis over funding the global fight against AIDS emerged as a key issue at the world AIDS forum yesterday, as activists demanded...
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He’s a hero in our eyes
ANN-MARGARET LIM, Observer staff reporter 
July 12, 2004
Twenty year-old Yohance Johnson's father drowned when he was only five years old, so he didn't have any solid memories of the man who fathered him. Bu...
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Two double murders in MoBay
July 11, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - Janice Baker, 24, and Courtney Peterkin, alias "Dragon", 33, were yesterday morning shot and killed during a party at the Urban Devel...
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Condom-dispensing machine commissioned in Mobay
BY VIVIAN TYSON Observer staff reporter 
July 11, 2004
THE first of 12 condom-dispensing machines was last Friday commissioned in Montego Bay, one of several resort areas recording high rates of HIV/AIDS i...
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Caricom/Haiti relations again on tenterhooks
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent 
July 10, 2004
New tensions emerged yesterday between the Caribbean Community and Haiti's interim government in the face of Gerard Latortue's seeming rejection of a ...
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Former US defence lawyer urges Ja to oppose Patriot Act
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 10, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - A former United States defence attorney Friday urged the Jamaican Government to oppose the US Patriot Act, saying it had severely lim...
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Prof Shirley begins tenure as envoy to Washington
JIS 
July 9, 2004
WASHINGTON, DC, USA - Professor Gordon Shirley, former head of the Mona School of Business at the University of the West Indies, assumed office on Wed...
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Senate passes Civil Aviation Act
DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter 
July 9, 2004
THE Senate yesterday passed the Bill amending the Civil Aviation Act, which gives more powers to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) - the state agency...
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No need to worry
Everton Wallace 
July 8, 2004
Maggotty, St Elizabeth - With rumours of an increase in HIV/AIDS cases in some St Elizabeth high schools, the parish's health department this week vis...

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