Police on the scene of double murder in Falmouth
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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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Pay increase to police would breach MOU, says Jackson
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 13, 2004
Hopes of rank and file police getting a pay increase this year were dashed Friday by the Ministry of Finance's insistence that a pay increase would br...
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Caymanas bids close today
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
June 13, 2004
The government will today close its offer for the divestment of the Caymanas Park horseracing complex after giving bidders an extra fortnight to be ce...
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It’s phony
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2004
THE Canadian High Commission and the labour ministry are warning Jamaicans looking for jobs overseas to be wary of a phony company that is promising l...
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Regional lottery proposal for WI cricket almost ready
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 13, 2004
A proposal for a Caribbean powerball lottery that would pump more than US$10 million into West Indies cricket annually is being finalised and could be...
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Yardies head home
BY Erica Virtue Observer writer 
June 12, 2004
Jamaican security forces are nervously bracing for a mass deportation of Jamaicans from Britain and the United States, including some members of the f...
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Roger Gary wows at Caribbean Fashionweek
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
June 12, 2004
Guyanese designer Roger Gary reigned supreme at Caribbean Fashionweek (CFW) Friday night with a collection inspired by some of pop music's current fem...
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Negril cabbie protest fizzles
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2004
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - A protest planned by Negril cabbies fizzled Wednesday in the face of a heavy police presence and lack of cooperation among the ...
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New chief for police narcotic division
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2004
ASSISTANT Police Commissioner Errol Strong will leave his security attaché assignment in Washington month-end to head up the local narcotic division, ...
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More bribery, says Minott
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2004
THE Jamaica Labour Party is to haul Dennis Minott before its Central Executive over what the Standing Committee branded his "grossly inappropriate" ac...
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Dr Charlton Collie is Hubert Humphrey Fellow
Observer Reporter 
June 10, 2004
DR Charlton Collie, the chief and founder of the Pulmonary Unit at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), is this year's Hubert Humphrey F...
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The Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards
June 9, 2004
It's countdown time for us now at the Food page as we approach the 7th Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards. How time flies when there's good food ...
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Gay rights activist stabbed to death
Observer Reporter 
June 9, 2004
BRIAN Williamson, Jamaica's most prominent gay rights activist, was yesterday found stabbed to death at his Haughton Avenue residence in Kingston. Pol...
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Bush will be vindicated pt1
Sue Cobb 
June 9, 2004
One-day last week, US Ambassador Sue Cobb sat for two hours with the Observer's editor-in-chief, Paget deFreitas, for an interview that explored issue...
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Worried families wait back home
Ann-Margaret Lim 
June 8, 2004
Twenty-one year-old US Airman First Class Raymond Stewart Jnr is now in Baghdad, Iraq. He is part of the coalition force stationed there since last Ma...
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Teenage gangs blamed for Falmouth’s upsurge in crime
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2004
WESTERN BUREAU - Teenagers in Falmouth are said to be forming gangs and carrying out armed robberies and street fights in the town, prompting North Tr...
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UNESCO giving US$900,000 to Moore Town Maroons
Observer Reporter 
June 8, 2004
THE Moore Town Maroon community in Portland, which has been declared one of the world's 28 'Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage', is to r...
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It’s go time, don’t worry, I’m ready
ANN-MARGARET LIM, Observer staff reporter 
June 8, 2004
"Right now I'm prepared and ready to go. I'm Iraq bound after months of training. It's go time, don't worry, I'm ready." That's the last paragraph of ...

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