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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Another suspicious fire in Portland
Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2004
Comfort Castle, Portland - The Port Antonio fire department is investigating Wednesday morning's fire at the home of Carl White, the brother of Jamaic...
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PM says gov’t will not change anti-homosexual laws
Observer Reporter 
July 1, 2004
PRIME Minister PJ Patterson made clear again this week that his government would not be forced into changing Jamaica's anti-homosexual laws because of...
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Murder figures continue to climb
Observer Reporter 
June 30, 2004
Murders rose by 64 per cent last week in comparison to the seven-day period spanning June 14-20, according to the statistics released by the office of...
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$16.8-m IDB loan to pump up irrigation system
Observer Reporter 
June 30, 2004
THE Inter-American Development Bank on Wednesday announced the approval of a $16.8-million loan to Jamaica to finance a programme designed to improve ...
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Double murder linked to stolen guns
Observer Reporter 
June 30, 2004
THE fragile peace that had reigned in the Mountain View Avenue area of Kingston for almost a year was shattered Tuesday morning when two men were slau...
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Another controversial cop killing
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 30, 2004
THE police said he was killed after he opened fire on them, but the friends and relatives of Carvel "Ratty" Coley claimed that his gun never left his ...
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NYS says summer jobs programme uncertain
Observer Reporter 
June 29, 2004
THE fate of more than 6,000 young people who should have started work next week, under the National Youth Service's (NYS) Summer Employment Programme ...
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NWA to repair Sligoville main road
John Tavares 
June 29, 2004
Sligoville, St Catherine - Manager for the National Works Agency's St Catherine branch Douglas Moody says work should begin, within three weeks, on a ...
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Seaga on his way out
Observer Reporter 
June 29, 2004
Finally bowing to the pressure of more than a dozen years of internal wrangling and fights, Edward Seaga last night announced that he will step down a...
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If Golding becomes party leader…
Observer Reporter 
June 29, 2004
IF Bruce Golding, the man who is one of the front runners for the leadership of Jamaica Labour Party, wins in November the JLP will have a party leade...
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$134-m for drain-cleaning
Observer Reporter 
June 29, 2004
CABINET has approved $134 million to undertake an immediate programme of drain-cleaning in some flood- prone communities, prime minister P J Patterson...
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Get involved, priest urges parents
Observer Reporter 
June 28, 2004
Roman Catholic priest Father George Phillips yesterday urged parents to get more involved in their children's education. "Education begins at home," P...
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Elderly woman shot dead in church
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
June 28, 2004
ENA Grant, 56, was shot dead and another elderly woman injured as they worshipped at the Bethel Born Again True Faith Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ...
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Call for restaurant association
Observer Reporter 
June 28, 2004
Local restaurateurs yesterday took the first step towards establishing an association against the backdrop of complaints of the difficulties faced by ...
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Jampro given lead role in new export growth plan
BY LAVERN CLARKE Sunday Finance editor 
June 26, 2004
After a near decade, with little that the Patterson Administration can truly lay claim to as a success of its industrial policy, a new 'vision' called...
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Golding readies for the race
June 26, 2004
A substantial block of the JLP's Central Executive is expected to gather in Montego Bay today in an act of defiance against Edward Seaga, whose troubl...
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A date all J’cans better know!
Desmond Allen | Executive Editor 
June 26, 2004
Every tick of the clock in the countdown towards January 1, 2008 is critical. It is a date all Jamaicans had better underline in their diaries. On tha...

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