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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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EU gives CAFFE $9.4 m to monitor polls
Observer Reporter 
September 17, 2002
LOCAL elections watchdog, the Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), on Monday received $9.4 million from the European Union (EU)to meet...
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Mayor of New York tells J’cans thanks
Observer Reporter 
September 16, 2002
THE Mayor of New York City Michael R Bloomberg, has sent a letter to the government, expressing his appreciation for the support and solidarity shown ...
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Dwight Whylie hailed for contribution to radio
Observer Reporter 
September 16, 2002
DWIGHT Whylie, who died suddenly in Barbados on Sunday, has been remembered as a world-class broadcaster who stood for excellence and the observance o...
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New Hanover school promises to get residents ready for work
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
September 16, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The Hanover Education Institute, which said it would be equipping residents of the western parish for the work environment, started ...
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Seagas get baby girl
OLIVIA CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter 
September 16, 2002
It's a girl! Baby Gabrielle Vendreyes Seaga made her appearance to beaming parents, Opposition Leader Edward Seaga and his wife, Carla, early yesterda...
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Dwight Whylie is dead
September 15, 2002
Dwight Whylie, the Jamaican broadcast journalist who had the distinction of becoming the first black voice on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BB...
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Growth threatens Puerto Rico’s national symbols: frogs
By IAN JAMES Associated Press writer 
September 15, 2002
CAIMITO, Puerto Rico (AP) - The resounding calls of "ko-KEE, ko-KEE" ring out in a cadence that brings music to Puerto Rican nights. The tiny frog tha...
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School rape fans anger
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Education editor 
September 15, 2002
Avril Griffith is angry! Her 11-year-old daughter was lured out of McAuley's Primary School in St Catherine and raped last Tuesday. She is angry at th...
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Portlanders happy, excited about marina
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 15, 2002
The new US$15 million Port Antonio Marina which was opened last Thursday by Prime Minister P J Patterson has apparently impressed Portlanders, many of...
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CMEx III set for Half Moon next month
September 15, 2002
WASHINGTON DC, USA - The Third annual Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) on Sustainable Tourism is scheduled for October 17-21 at the Half Moon Golf, Ten...
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RGD opens non-cash office in Kingston today
September 15, 2002
The Registrar General's Department (RGD) will today open its first non-cash office in Kingston to serve persons in the Corporate Area, the Jamaica Inf...
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ACROSS JAMAICA
September 15, 2002
NHT donates computers to Fellowship Primary and Junior High PORT ANTONIO, Portland - The computer education programme at Fellowship Primary and Junior...
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Britain backs US on UN demand
September 14, 2002
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Britain backed U. demands for the United Nations to hold Iraq responsible for its defiance of Security Council resolutions as Ar...
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NDM saddened but hopeful
BY BYRON BUCKLEY Senior political reporter 
September 14, 2002
The leadership of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) seems resigned to the possibility that Bruce Golding, its founder, may rejoin the Jamaica Lab...
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Reggae trio on target in England
September 14, 2002
LONDON (CMC) - Jamaica's 1998 World Cup star, Ricardo Gardner, led five Caribbean scorers in English football yesterday, but his effort was not good e...
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PNP BY A NOSE
September 14, 2002
The Ruling People's National Party made a near 11-percentage point surge between July and August to nose ahead of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) - by ...
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Saga of a medical scheme that went terribly wrong
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent 
September 14, 2002
ANTIGUA and Barbuda, often caricatured by critics of the successive governments of the Bird family as "Birdsland", is embroiled in an escalating polit...
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$3.5 m to combat child labour in Ja
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2002
THE International Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) has approved funding for two action programmes aimed at implementing activities...
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New Jamaica Alliance presents 13 more candidates
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2002
THE New Jamaica Alliance on Thursday presented another 13 new candidates to run for seats in the upcoming general elections. This brings to 34 the num...
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Woman shot dead while walking past bar
Observer Reporter 
September 13, 2002
TISHANA Facey, a 22 year-old resident of Joseph Road in Kingston 13, was shot dead Thursday night while walking past a bar on the Waltham Park Road in...
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CXC offers free resits to students affected by flood
VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS, Education editor 
September 12, 2002
THE Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will be allowing the 243 students who were affected by the May/June flood rains, to resit the exams free of c...

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