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Rebuilding pains

April 19 12:20 AM

Rebuilding pains

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‘An act of evil’

Dr Sapphire Longmore examines the hidden drivers of incest, family abuse

Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com

April 19 12:18 AM

‘An act of evil’

Entertainment, ...

Reggae rocks Diane Warren

Renown American songwriter teams with Jamaican acts for new album

April 19 12:16 AM

Reggae rocks Diane Warren

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Trelawny stakeholders rue lack of cement

...but satisfied with availability of building materials in Melissa’s aftermath

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

April 19 12:14 AM

Trelawny stakeholders rue lack of cement

Cricket, ...

‘ALL TO PLAY FOR’

Scorpions, Pride in hot showdown at Sabina Park

April 19 12:12 AM

Scorpions, Pride lock horns at Sabina Park

Lifestyle

Girl Power

April 19 12:10 AM

Sagicor Jamaica:

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From St Andrew to St James

ROOFS beneficiaries travel miles for building supplies

April 19 12:10 AM

From St Andrew to St James

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Tarps still up, patience wearing thin in Westmoreland

Rosalee Wood-Condell | Observer Writer

April 19 12:09 AM

Tarps still up, patience wearing thin in Westmoreland

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Producing the world-famous Blue Mountain blend

Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content

January 16, 2002

If taking to the mountains opens the appetite for hearty Jamaican fare, then the beverage of choice amidst the clinging mist has got to be hot Blue Mo...

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Across Jamaica

January 16, 2002

Sports complex for Pleasant Valley PLEASANT VALLEY, Clarendon -- An Alcoa Foundation-funded project to develop the Chinee Playfield in Pleasant Valley...

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Deadlock over bonafides of charge against Von Cork

PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer

January 15, 2002

DAY two of Norma Von Cork's appeal against her conviction for conspiring to pervert the course of justice by casting doubt on the 1995 drug-smuggling ...

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600 teachers seek 60 jobs

Observer Reporter

January 15, 2002

APPROXIMATELY 600 teachers turned up at the New York City Board of Education's (NYCBE's) recruitment session at the Hilton Kingston Hotel Monday night...

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Hang narco traffickers, terrorists, says JLP

ARLENE MARTIN, Observer staff reporter

January 15, 2002

THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has proposed the application of the death penalty for convicted drug traffickers and terrorists as part of a...

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Burke tells of link between politics and guns

FERN WHYTE, Observer staff reporter

January 15, 2002

PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) chairman for region three, Paul Burke, yesterday told the West Kingston commission of inquiry that the use of illegal gu...

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Closed circuit cameras for ports

Observer Reporter

January 14, 2002

GOVERNMENT is taking steps to improve security at the island's major ports by installing closed circuit television systems at the Kingston Transshipme...

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Pastors pray with peace in 100 Lane, Park Lane

Observer Reporter

January 14, 2002

TWO separate "prayer breakfasts" for peace and reconciliation in the aftermath of the 100 Lane massacre and the earlier killing on neighbouring Park L...

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Girl, 5, killed in drive-by shooting

Observer Reporter

January 14, 2002

A five year-old girl, Shanti Hamilton of Cleveland Road in downtown Kingston, was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting Sunday night. Two men, ag...

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Priest flees extortionists

Observer Reporter

January 14, 2002

FEARING for his safety in the face of demands for protection money from thugs, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Kingston has temporarily withdrawn Fat...

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Burke to take the stand today

Observer Reporter

January 14, 2002

PAUL Burke, the People National Party (PNP) chairman for Region 3, is expected to take the stand today as the Commission of Inquiry into last July's v...

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Kamau Brathwaite in ‘all his glory’

CAROLINE TURRIFF, Observer writer

January 14, 2002

THE close of the second conference on Caribbean culture at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus last week was dominated by its guest of honou...

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Early skirmishes in Von Cork’s appeal

PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer

January 14, 2002

APPEAL Court president, Ian Forte, yesterday seemed unimpressed by early arguments from R N A Henriques, who is seeking to overturn the conviction of ...

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PM orders payment to man crippled by rogue cop

Observer Reporter

January 13, 2002

THE government says it will make an ex-gratia payment to a man who was crippled by a policeman's bullet in 1990, but whose suit for damages was dismis...

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Rev warns against funding ‘demonic underground’

Observer Reporter

January 13, 2002

THE president of the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC), Dr Howard Gregory, yesterday warned the private sector and government agencies that they helpe...

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Dad accused of killing daughter after she filed incest complaint

JOHN MYERS JR, Observer correspondent

January 13, 2002

MAY PEN, Clarendon -- Eleven year-old Raquel Fisher of Sevens Heights, May Pen died Friday in the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), after she was stabbe...

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Amnesty takes on gov’t after DPP’s Genius ruling

Observer Reporter

January 13, 2002

AMNESTY International, angered by last week's ruling by the director of public prosecutions (DPP) clearing two cops of being tried on criminal charges...

Environment, News

It’s ‘Earthquake Awareness Week’

Observer Reporter

January 13, 2002

THIS week is being observed as national 'Earthquake Awareness Week' and several organisations and schools are expected to participate in various activ...

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Drug mules spark visa debate in UK

CAROLINE TURRIFF, Observer writer

January 13, 2002

BRITISH immigration officers and some Conservative politicians have been agitating for a visa requirement to be introduced for all Jamaicans visiting ...

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Cyrus Vance is dead

January 13, 2002

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cyrus R Vance, who resigned as President Jimmy Carter's secretary of state over an ill-fated attempt to save American hostages from I...

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NHT completes 1,387 units in 8 schemes

EARL MOXAM, JIS News

January 13, 2002

THE National Housing Trust (NHT) is reporting that it completed 1,387 housing units in eight of its own developments islandwide last year as it contin...

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Prolific Gayle hammers a ton

RW MATHIAS

January 12, 2002

AN unbeaten century (114) by West Indies left-handed opener, Chris Gayle, put Lucas in a strong position against Boys' Town on the opening day of the ...