Four injured in explosion at Guardsman facility
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Four injured in explosion at Guardsman facility
May 27 11:48 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — At least four people were taken to hospital on Wednesday following an explosion at Guardsman Group's corporate office on South Cam...
Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
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Holness appoints Antony Anderson to lead NaRRA
May 27 10:25 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced the appointment of Ambassador Major General Antony Anderson as chief executive officer...
YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
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YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
May 27 09:19 AM
PARIS, France (AFP) — YouTube will in future automatically detect artificial intelligence (AI) generated content and flag the information to viewers o...
Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
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Hibbert returns to action at JBL Jump Fest in Slovakia
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27 09:15 AM
Double World Under-20 record holder Jaydon Hibbert is set to return to competition on Wednesday when he competes in the men’s triple jump at the JBL J...
Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
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Unmatched male DNA discovered in vehicle from deadly 2013 police operation
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27 09:06 AM
An analyst from the Government Forensic Laboratory revealed on Tuesday that DNA belonging to an unidentified male was found in the motor vehicle in wh...
Caribbean Week opens in New York on June 1
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Caribbean Week opens in New York on June 1
May 27 08:07 AM
NEW YORK, United States (CMC) — Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), Albert Bryan Jr, will be part of a high-level Caribbean Tourism O...
US preparing Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya — WSJ
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US preparing Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya — WSJ
May 27 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) plans to open a quarantine centre in Kenya, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as a...

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Rape, sexual abuse of girls said at record levels
BY CAROLINE TURRIF Observer writer 
November 30, 2002
Rape and sexual abuse of girls under 16 has reached record levels, according to women's groups, and is directly responsible for soaring rates of HIV i...
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Three killed in taxi crash
November 29, 2002
THREE people died yesterday and two more were admitted to the Spanish Town Hospital in serious condition after a taxi-cab slammed into a GMC gas tanke...
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Tragedies of death and sex abuse
BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent 
November 29, 2002
PORT-OF-SPAIN - Tragedies relating to the death of two babies, and also of sexual molestation of a 10 year-old girl and her 12 year-old brother involv...
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Auto body repairman on five counts of rape
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Education editor 
November 29, 2002
JOMO Jackson, a 27 year-old auto body repairman, has been arrested and charged with five counts of rape by the police. Jackson, of Gordon Town, St And...
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Calm returns to JPSC
Observer Reporter 
November 28, 2002
ASEMBLANCE of calm returned to the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) yesterday after trade unions promised an end to work disruptions as part of ...
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Gaming body boss sacks legal officer
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Observer writer 
November 28, 2002
HOWARD Mollison, the acting chairman of the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), which has been experiencing sporadic outbreaks of industr...
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Young attorney is this year’s Rhodes Scholar
ARLENE MARTIN, Observer staff reporter 
November 28, 2002
CHANTAL Ononaiwu, a lawyer at the Attorney General's Chamber and part-time lecturer at the University of the West Indies' (UWI's) Faculty of Law, yest...
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US changing rules for foreign aid
AFP 
November 28, 2002
WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- The United States is to change the way it distributes overseas development aid, creating a new independent agency to administ...
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G2K changes leadership
Observer Reporter 
November 27, 2002
CHRISTOPHER Tufton, former chairman of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), has been appointed general secretary of Generation 2000 (G2K), a group ...
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Six kids left mourning after dad’s murder
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
November 26, 2002
NO one in Drewsland could say conclusively why 38 year-old Andrew Stephens was shot dead yesterday in broad daylight. Some persons speculated that the...
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Negril businessman gunned down
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
November 26, 2002
SHEFFIELD, Westmoreland -- Well-known businessman and owner of Elvis Bike Rental in Negril, 41 year-old Elvis Whyte, was gunned down and his licensed ...
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Labour ministry intervenes in JPSCo Bogue plant strike
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
November 26, 2002
MONTEGO BAY -- In an effort to get the JPSCo's US$126-million Bogue expansion project back on track, the Ministry of Labour has called an 11:00 am mee...
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$135m expansion project for University Hospital
INDI MCLYMONT Observer staff reporter 
November 26, 2002
THE University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI) will be getting two new operating theatres and an eight-bed intensive care unit under a $135-million...
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Across Jamaica
November 26, 2002
Multi-purpose hard court built at Mocho MOCHO, Clarendon -- A multi-purpose hard court has been constructed in this community by the Alcoa Foundation ...
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German city honours JFJ
Observer Reporter 
November 26, 2002
LOCAL human rights lobby group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) has been awarded the German Human Rights Award 2002. The award will be presented to the org...
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Court blocks JPSCo strike
Observer Reporter 
November 26, 2002
LABOUR Minister Horace Dalley yesterday acquired a Supreme Court injunction preventing disgruntled JPSCo workers from striking for 30 days and invited...
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Strike at JPSCo’s Bogue project
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
November 25, 2002
MONTEGO BAY -- About 100 workers employed to a sub- contractor working on the JPSCo's vital Bogue expansion project walked off the job yesterday, as t...
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McNeill given daily responsibility for tourism
Observer Reporter 
November 25, 2002
DR Wykeham McNeill has been assigned the day-to-day responsibilities for tourism, the Jamaica Tourist Board's new board of directors was told at their...
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British woman fined $225,000 for ganja, jailed
Observer Reporter 
November 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- A 37 year-old woman who was held with drugs Sunday was yesterday convicted in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court. The woman...
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Sewerage woes
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
November 24, 2002
THE sewerage system serving Calabar Mews Phase 1 at the corner of Red Hills Road and Washington Boulevard, has allegedly been overloaded by the additi...

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