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Campari Boulevard: Not just a location; a whole vibe
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Over half of damaged community Wi-Fi sites up, running again
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Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
April 13 12:05 AM
Over half of damaged community Wi-Fi sites up, running again
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Criminals beware
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 9, 2002
TWO weeks into the government's latest anti-crime offensive, the security forces are not only claiming success, but have warned the criminals that the...
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Environmental ‘tool kit’ for communities
December 8, 2002
Jamaican communities are to be the beneficiaries of an "Environmental Education Manual" prepared by the St Ann Environmental Protection Association (S...
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34 detained in Grants Pen
By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter 
December 8, 2002
THIRTY-FOUR persons were detained by the police in the Grants Pen community yesterday as the security forces, for a second day, brought their new anti...
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Thwaites likely to run for KSAC
BY OLIVIA CAMPBELL Observer staff reporter 
December 7, 2002
Less than six months after he was forced to give up his parliamentary seat under a cloud of controversy and suspicion, Ronnie Thwaites is hoping to co...
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France maps strategy for deeper links with Caribbean
BY PAGET DEFREITAS Editor-in-chief 
December 7, 2002
Paris, France - France wants to deepen its economic and political relationship with Jamaica, but policymakers here suggest that a more aggressive Fren...
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Deep anger beneath the rafts
BY ARLENE MARTIN Observer staff reporter 
December 7, 2002
Beneath the warm, friendly disposition of the men who take tourists on scenic, relaxing raft rides down the Martha Brae River in Trelawny and the Rio ...
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Inner-city residents, police to co-operate in conflict solving
HILDE GRAN 
December 6, 2002
INNER city residents and police officers, who are to participate in a new programme aimed at resolving potential conflicts between citizens and the po...
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Trinity is back
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
December 6, 2002
KEITH "Trinity" Gardner, who built a reputation as a tough and colourful street cop in the 1970s and 1980s, was yesterday named to head a new operatio...
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Court rules against former gaming body accountant
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Observer writer 
December 6, 2002
SUPREME Court Judge Neville Clarke yesterday revoked Patrick Hall's right to a judicial review of the circumstances under which he was fired from the ...
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Tatham predicts good year for cruise industry in 2003
Observer Reporter 
December 5, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- William Tatham, the vice-president of cruise shipping and marina operations at the Port Authority of Jamaica, said next year will be...
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Six guns found
Observer Reporter 
December 5, 2002
FIVE handguns, part of an M-16 rifle and eight rounds of ammunition were yesterday found in Kingston by a team of police officers from the Special Ant...
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Cabinet approves new boards for NWC, NHDC
Observer Reporter 
December 4, 2002
CABINET has approved the appointment of members of two new Board of Directors for the National Water Commission (NWC) and the National Housing Develop...
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Musgrave medals finally awarded
HILDE GRAN 
December 4, 2002
AFTER being kept waiting for almost two months, this year's Musgrave Medal awardees finally received their awards yesterday. The ceremony was original...
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Blythe wants apology
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2002
FORMER Water and Housing Minister Dr Karl Blythe yesterday demanded a public apology from the Erwin Angus-led commission after it emerged that an asse...
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CARIBBEAN ROUND-UP
RICKEY SINGH 
December 4, 2002
Terror hits Guyana's capital GEORGETOWN -- Soldiers and cops of the Guyana Defence Force and the Guyana Police Force were yesterday engaged in a joint...
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Inner-city poverty, squalor stun police, soldiers
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
December 3, 2002
THE abject poverty and squalor in which people live in Kingston's inner-city communities stunned members of the security forces yesterday as they inte...
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Cop involved in shooting of motorist taken from front line duty
Observer Reporter 
December 3, 2002
THE police corporal involved in the shooting of motorist William Harty on the Old Harbour main road on Friday night has been ordered removed from fron...
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Unarmed motorist shot four times by cop, hospitalised
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
December 2, 2002
WILLIAM Harty, the unarmed motorist who was shot several times by a police corporal during Friday's traffic jam on the Old Harbour main road in St Cat...
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Bartlett takes tourism fight to Parliament
December 2, 2002
Ed Bartlett is today expected to move a resolution in Parliament renewing his demand for a forensic audit of Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) offices world...
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Sav car maker rolls out 2003 line
TEXT AND PHOTOS BY DALTON LAING Observer correspondent 
December 1, 2002
Savanna-la-mar, Westmoreland - Local car maker, Excel Motors Ltd, rolled out its 2003 line of Island Cruisers Friday evening with the Government of Ja...
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Judges scold, praise journalists
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
December 1, 2002
The media was again berated Saturday night for what judges said was a decline in standards. However, the judges, in their customary preamble to naming...
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Scientific Research Council develops environmentally-friendly septic tank
December 1, 2002
The Waste Research Management and Training centre (WRMTC) of the Scientific Research Council (SRC), has developed a Bio-Digester Septic Tank (BST) des...
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