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Gordon summoned!

MP to return before ethics committee as scrutiny deepens over accuracy of statements made in closed-door meeting

Jerome Williams | Reporter

April 9 12:20 AM

Gordon summoned!

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‘JTA not making up stories’

NPTAJ says it also heard reports of inappropriate behaviour from hurricane shelterees

Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer

April 9 12:18 AM

‘JTA not making up stories’

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Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance

April 9 12:16 AM

Malie Donn closes Vacae Weekend with electrifying performance

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Manhunt!

Search intensifies for gunmen caught on video firing weapons in Jarrett Lane

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

April 9 12:14 AM

Manhunt!

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Blue dynasty

JC head coach planning to retain Boys’ Champs title for years to come after 2026 triumph

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

April 9 12:12 AM

Johnson looking to build on Champs legacy at JC

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Cocktail Hour @ D’ New Nostalgia Restaurant Day Club

April 9 12:10 AM

In a city that never runs short on vibe or style, D’ New Nostalgia Restaurant Day Club is carving out its own lane — one defined by elevated leisure, ...

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US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon

April 9 12:08 AM

US-Iran truce hangs in balance as war flares in Lebanon

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Pick up the pace!

MoBay business community concerned about delay in bypass project

April 9 12:07 AM

Pick up the pace!

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Waterford residents say police killed two men in cold blood

Claudienne Edwards | Writer

March 3, 2003

POLICE say a "shoot-out" in Waterford, St Catherine, on February 28 left two men dead, but residents say the men were shot in cold blood. "They took t...

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CHA implements contingency plan in the event of war in Iraq

March 3, 2003

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA) says it will be implementing a number marketing/public relations measures, on behalf of ...

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Hanover environment group looks to bamboo

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter

March 2, 2003

WESTERN BUREAU - The Dolphin Head Trust (DHT) in Hanover is to begin work on its Bamboo Conversion Utilisation Project this month. The project is aime...

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Acting custos appointed for St Catherine

March 2, 2003

FORMER assistant commandant of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), Lester Donald Smalling, 79, has been appointed to act as Custos of St Cat...

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Oil spill in Old Harbour Bay

BY TK WHYTE Observer staff reporter

March 2, 2003

FISHERMEN at the Old Harbour Bay fishing beach in St Catherine complained yesterday that an oil spill in the area on Saturday is threatening their liv...

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17,000 spring breakers expected this year

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter

March 2, 2003

WESTERN BUREAU - The first group of the more than 17,000 spring breakers expected to visit Jamaica this year, arrived in Montego Bay Friday. Their arr...

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Khalid Mohammed – the master terrorist

March 2, 2003

ISLAMABAD, March 2 (AFP) - Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is described as the master terrorist who dreamed up the carnage of September 11. Fluent in four lang...

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Jamaica gets good marks for narco fight

March 2, 2003

THE United States has given a relatively positive assessment of Jamaica's efforts to battle drug running through the island, but says the authorities ...

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St James farmers on the offensive against praedial larceny

March 2, 2003

NO longer able to cope with the growing number of praedial larceny, the St James farming community recently came together and launched a special commi...

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‘That’s not our Trevor’

Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network

March 1, 2003

In London he is known as Abdullah el-Faisal, a 39-year-old black Muslim cleric who was imam at a Mosque in Brixton and who has been convicted of incit...

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Can he do it?

BY Pat Roxborough-Wright Observer writer

March 1, 2003

Sam Wong Chew Onn doesn't seem like the best candidate for the job of resurrecting Spring Plains, the hi-tech farm at the centre of Agro 21, a Governm...

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Cop on rape, carnal abuse charge

February 28, 2003

WESTERN BUREAU - Richard McFarlane, 32, a constable who has been in the force for more than 15 years, is facing a rape charge in addition to one charg...

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Love triangle teen’s alleged killer for court March 18

BY LATOYA JOHNSON Observer correspondent

February 28, 2003

A Westmoreland man, one-third of a love triangle that left a teenager dead, will re-appear in the Savanna-la-mar Resident Magistrate's Court on March ...

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JLP warns Gov’t on US Marshals

February 28, 2003

Us Marshals, who are to set up office in Jamaica as they step up efforts to track fugitives who flee to the island, must be reminded firmly of the lim...

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NASA to release video of Columbia astronauts’ final minutes

February 28, 2003

SPACE CENTRE, Houston (AP) - NASA said it would release videotape shot by Columbia's astronauts in the final minutes of their lives - but before any h...

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Mom killed, two kids injured in MoBay crash

February 27, 2003

WESTERN BUREAU - A Trelawny woman, Vivienne Henry was killed early yesterday when her car, in which her two daughters were also travelling, developed ...

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Persons accused of defrauding six schools of $4.5m still on the job

Observer Reporter

February 26, 2003

THE Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament on Tuesday questioned the education ministry's decision to keep on the job, persons in six schools w...

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UWI students call for integrity in politics

STEVEN JACKSON, Observer staff reporter

February 26, 2003

ABOUT 80 students yesterday marched from the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and gathered about 200 metres from the gates of th...

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Lee, Pringle inducted into Air J Hall of Fame

Observer Reporter

February 26, 2003

VETERAN musician Byron Lee and independent Jamaica's first director of tourism, Frank Pringle, Tuesday night became the first inductees into the Air J...

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Malaysia financing 60% of $3.6-B MoBay bypass

Observer Reporter

February 25, 2003

THE Malaysian and Jamaican governments yesterday signed a letter of intent for the financing of the $3.64-billion (US$70 million) Montego Bay bypass. ...

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Cops to probe leak at DPP office

Observer Reporter

February 25, 2003

POLICE Commissioner Francis Forbes yesterday named deputy head of the Bureau of Special Investigations (BSI), Superintendent Maurice Goodgame to condu...

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US customs assist local businesses

Observer Reporter

February 25, 2003

A team of United States customs officials are currently in the island assisting Kingston businesses to acquire anti-smuggling certification. Jean Smit...