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March surge drives fuel prices up 20 per cent
April 3 08:49 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica --A burst of weekly increases in March pushed fuel prices in Jamaica up by as much as 20 per cent since the start of the year, as co...
‘Victory’ Morgan earns baseball scholarship
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‘Victory’ Morgan earns baseball scholarship
BY KEVIN JACKSON Observer Writer 
April 3 05:51 PM
Memmalatel ‘Victory’ Morgan, the 18-year-old son of reggae artiste Mojo Morgan, has earned a scholarship to Bryant and Stratton College in Virginia Be...
WATCH: Manchester woman killed, soldier turns himself in
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WATCH: Manchester woman killed, soldier turns himself in
April 3 05:43 PM
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are at the scene of a homicide in Three Chains, Manchester where a soldier is accused of killing his female partner on Fr...
WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
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WATCH: High spirit at Black River police concert
April 3 02:51 PM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — The inaugural staging of the St Elizabeth police’s gospel concert in Black River on Thursday is being hailed as a success with...

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Sugar industry welcomes J$6.3-b loan
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 1, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- The sugar industry has welcomed the Government's plan to pump 90 million euros (J$6.3 billion), which it will borrow from a Belgium-...
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Police up in arms against gov’t vehicle insurance policy
Observer Reporter 
May 31, 2003
THE Police Federation is calling for a review of state policy under which certain government vehicles are uninsured, claiming that its members are suf...
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US youths rebel at harsh school in Costa Rica
TIM WEINER 
May 31, 2003
OROTINA, Costa Rica -- A torrent of teenage rage, hard and fast as the tropical rain on this Pacific coast, washed away the Academy at Dundee Ranch in...
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JTB sells Jamaica seductively, virtually
OLIVIA CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter 
May 31, 2003
FROM an internet-ready computer in the back street of even the most remote place on the globe, the wonders of Jamaican tourism -- lush greenery, majes...
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NORMA’S passion
Observer Reporter 
May 31, 2003
When Norma Shirley left Jamaica in the 1950s it was to prepare for a career taking care of people. On hospital wards, that is. She was to be a nurse. ...
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It gets better every year
Observer writer 
May 31, 2003
Craig Young (Programme Host): Now Oswald Harding, let me ask you now to put your expertise to work and give us an idea, your review then, of the Table...
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Wheels of justice grind agonisingly slow
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Observer writer 
May 31, 2003
NURSE Ruby Kelly's representative sounded tired as he discussed the matter of the money she deposited on a 1/4-acre lot of land almost 10 years ago in...
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Patterson appeals for the vote in Westmoreland, Hanover
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
May 31, 2003
IT was the importance of the upcoming local government elections scheduled for June 19 that Prime Ministe PJ Patterson was attempting to explain when ...
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JDF head says it takes time to get the drug dons
Observer Reporter 
May 31, 2003
HEAD of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF), Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin said investigators were building cases against major drug kingpins, but noted that...
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Senate debates safeguard regulations
Observer Reporter 
May 30, 2003
OPPOSITION senator, Bruce Golding warned Thursday that the Safeguard Act was not designed to accommodate inefficiency among local producers, as the Se...
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All set for Nomination Day
ARLENE MARTIN, Observer staff reporter 
May 29, 2003
THE three political parties contesting the June 19 local government elections yesterday said they were ready for today's nomination, while the Elector...
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PNP confident of retaining control of St James
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 29, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Vice-president of the ruling People's National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, yesterday expressed confidence that the party will re...
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Melanie Tapper to be sentenced today
May 28, 2003
FORMER bank managers Melanie Tapper and Winston McKenzie will today be sentenced after the court found them guilty, Monday, of obtaining money by fals...
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Portland flood damage repairs placed at $40 m
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 28, 2003
PORTLAND -- Preliminary estimates of the cost of repairing the damage done to Portland roads during last weekend's flood rains has been placed at abou...
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Regional restaurateurs exchange culinary ideas
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer writer 
May 28, 2003
IF you think the latest cable channel story on jerked chicken means Caribbean food has made it to the top of the menu, don't tell that to Orlando Satc...
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Increased NIS benefits
May 28, 2003
THE wage ceiling on which National Insurance Scheme (NIS) contributions is calculated will move from $250,000 to $500,000 as of October 1, providing t...
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Table Talk Food Awardbest bar picks
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
May 28, 2003
From Negril in Westmoreland to Braemar Avenue New Kingston, bars are the still the one place to sip away the daily trials and tribulations, catch up w...
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George Lamming to be lauded
May 27, 2003
George Lamming, Barbadian novelist and social critic will be this year's honoured guest at Caribbean Reasonings, an annual event to laud outstanding C...
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10 children pull through open heart surgery
May 27, 2003
A team of doctors recently performed successful open heart surgery on the first 10 of 35 children slated for medical attention this year under the Jam...

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