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Munroe defends Pensions Bill
JIS News 
August 6, 2004
Government Senator Professor Trevor Munroe has defended the passage of the Pensions Bill. The Act to make provision for the management of superannuati...
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Cops move on One Order stronghold
Observer Reporter 
August 6, 2004
Police yesterday carried out a raid in the One Order gang's stronghold of Tawes Pen in Spanish Town and took a number of men into custody. Cops had wa...
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Sugar alliance
Observer Reporter 
August 5, 2004
THE Jamaican government yesterday repeated its plea for more time - and money - to restructure its sugar industry, while farmers and trade unions took...
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Families defend suspects in US mosque raid
AP 
August 5, 2004
ALBANY, New York (AP) - Two mosque leaders arrested on terror-related charges were described by relatives and friends as peaceful family men who came ...
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Gun, ammo found in DVD player
Observer Reporter 
August 5, 2004
THREE men were arrested Wednesday after officers from the Area One Police in Montego Bay and the Jamaica Customs' Contraband Enforcement Team (CET) se...
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Six for Prime Minister’s Award tonight
Observer Reporter 
August 5, 2004
EASTON Lee, Marjorie Whylie, Leonie Forbes Harvey, Oliver Samuels, Peter Ashbourne and the group Third World will tonight be presented with the Prime ...
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One-week church meeting in Hanover
Pamela Drummond 
August 5, 2004
HOPEWELL, Hanover - The Hopewell Deliverance Centre is now hosting a one-week camp meeting on the church grounds under the theme "No Jesus no peace". ...
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South St Andrew police division has most murders
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
August 4, 2004
WITH 147 people murdered in the area, the South St Andrew police division has the dubious distinction of having the most murders in the island since t...
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Flour dialogue
Observer writer 
August 4, 2004
Effective baking techniques came under the microscope at a bakers' seminar recently staged by the Bakers' Association of Jamaica (BAJ). Over forty dif...
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NHF to spend $214m on health projects
Observer Reporter 
August 4, 2004
THE island's four regional health authorities will benefit from 12 projects being implemented by the National Health Fund's Institutional Benefits Pro...
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Half-a-million dollar funeral for One Order don
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
August 4, 2004
THE funeral for slain One Order leader Oliver "Bubba" Smith will cost in excess of $500,000, and will have most of the trappings that have now come to...
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Gay group rejects Beenie Man’s apology – BBC
Observer Reporter 
August 3, 2004
GAY rights campaigners have rejected dancehall star Beenie Man's apology to anyone he has offended with his strongly anti-gay lyrics, the BBC reported...
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Mob kills alleged goat thief, another injured
Observer Reporter 
August 3, 2004
THE police in Cottage, Manchester are investigating the circumstances surrounding the killing of a man who was said to be a goat thief, and the injuri...
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Bernal hails small victory in WTO subsidies deal
Rickey Singh, Observer correspondent 
August 3, 2004
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The director-general of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM), Dr Richard Bernal, regards the farm subsidies deal...
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Gov’t wants patience from Portmore
Arlene Martin-wilkins, Observer staff reporter 
August 3, 2004
Transport Minister Bobby Pickersgill yesterday appealed for patience from Portmore residents who have vowed to resist a toll for the use of a planned ...
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Riu contractors meet with Peart today
August 2, 2004
MAMMEE BAY, St Ann - The contractors on the US$45-million Riu 3 hotel in Mammee Bay, St Ann will meet with Minister of Land and Environment Dean Peart...
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The satirical Edward Seaga
BY ARLENE MARTIN-WILKINS Observer staff reporter 
August 2, 2004
EDWARD Seaga was at his satirical best yesterday when he accepted, on behalf of the country's six prime ministers, honours bestowed on them by the Kin...
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Sugar protest
August 2, 2004
Trade unions which represent sugar industry employees plan to stage peaceful demonstrations outside the European Union delegation offices this week to...

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