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Judge warns JPs

Careless character references can backfire

Kasey Williams | Reporter

May 2 12:20 AM

Judge warns JP

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Senator urges mandatory bodycam policy for JCF

BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

May 2 12:18 AM

Senator urges mandatory bodycam policy for JCF

Entertainment, ...

StGC is 2026 Best School Band

May 2 12:16 AM

StGC is 2026 Best School Band

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Need for NaRRA

Education minister points to delayed school fence approval as proof of legislation’s necessity

Jerome Williams | Reporter

May 2 12:14 AM

Need for NaRRA

Athletics, ...

PATIENCE IS THE WORD

Thompson-Herah determined to rediscover best form as World Relays gets under way

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

May 2 12:12 AM

Thompson-Herah determined to rediscover best form as

Football, ...

Cavalier, Los Perfectos look to secure JWL semi-final spots

Title holders Frazsiers Whip turn attention to Mile Gully

May 2 12:10 AM

Cavalier, Los Perfectos look to secure JWL semi-final spots

Horse Racing, ...

Legacy Isle returns for Reggae Trophy feature at Caymanas Park

May 2 12:05 AM

Legacy Isle

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New system, new problems?

Visitors complain of long lines after UHWI moves parking fee collections to hospital cashiers

Jerome Williams | Reporter

May 2 12:05 AM

New system, new problems?

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Killings at JLP meeting not political, say police

Observer Reporter

January 11, 2002

THE Spanish Town police said yesterday that Thursday night's shooting death of two men during an organisational meeting of the Jamaica Labour Party (J...

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New wage pact for sugar workers being signed today

Observer Reporter

January 10, 2002

A new wage and fringe benefits agreement for sugar workers is to be signed by unions representing the workers and the Sugar Producers Federation (SPF)...

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Funeral forces Soyinka out of Afro-Caribbean festival

CAROLINE TURRIF, Observer writer

January 10, 2002

THE second conference on Afro-Caribbean culture and Festival of the Word in honour of Caribbean literary icon Kamau Braithwaite, opened at the Univers...

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Davies tells how three years of peace died one afternoon

FERN WHYTE, Observer writer

January 10, 2002

FINANCE Minister Dr Omar Davies took the witness stand yesterday and told the West Kingston commission of inquiry how three years of relative peace be...

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Diver’s shark-bitten hand sent to forensic lab

Observer Reporter

January 10, 2002

A human hand, believed to be that of 29 year-old water sport operator, Frank Blake, of West End, Negril Westmoreland, which was found on the ocean flo...

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Slain men had false passports

Observer Reporter

January 9, 2002

POLICE yesterday said that they incorrectly identified the three men killed by gunmen in the Mountain View area of Kingston on Tuesday because they we...

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Delectable Irish Town fare

Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content

January 9, 2002

2002 is the year of the mountains worldwide and for us at The Foodpage it's a perfect excuse to take you on a trip to Irish Town. The rains over the p...

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America contributes US$6-m to local environmental project

Observer Reporter

January 9, 2002

THE United States Government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed US$6 million to a "Ridge to Reef" watershed p...

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Residents continue protest against MoBay man’s shooting

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

January 9, 2002

WESTERN BUREAU -- As the Bureau of Special Investigations continues its probe into Saturday night's fatal shooting of a Montego Bay man who was report...

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Defence lawyer blasts RM who jailed Von Cork

PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer

January 9, 2002

DEFENCE attorney, R N A Henriques Q C, has blasted the resident magistrate who last year convicted her former colleague, Norma Von Cork, for conspirin...

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ICIs unhappy with new customs forms

MICHELLE BARRETT, Observer reporter

January 8, 2002

INFORMAL commercial importers (ICIs) will be allowed to use the old C79 form to clear goods imported between January 2 and 8, tax officials agreed yes...

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Visitor dies

Observer Reporter

January 8, 2002

THE Government Forensic Laboratory is trying to find out what killed a 40 year-old visitor to the island on Saturday after a post-mortem conducted at ...

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Police Reports

January 8, 2002

Pedestrian killed in traffic accident Lascelles Burnett, 54, of Waterloo Close, Spanish Town, was killed in a motor vehicle accident on the Greendale ...

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Three men executed in Mountain View

Observer Reporter

January 8, 2002

THE bodies of three men, who the police believe were robbed and then executed, were found yesterday on Saunders Avenue and Vernon Lane, in the depress...

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SLB announces new application and processing dates

January 7, 2002

THE Students' Loan Bureau has announced changes in its application and processing dates which will also "make it easier for applicants to take care of...

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Police Reports

January 7, 2002

Woman arrested on capital charge Glereen Green, 38, is now facing the capital charge following the stabbing death of her common-law-husband, Uton Mitc...

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Munro 5 sorry

January 7, 2002

THE five boys whose expulsion from Munro College for smoking marijuana ignited a bitter dispute over discipline at the school, returned to classes yes...

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JTB starts promotions to support Winter ad campaign

January 7, 2002

TOP British model turned photographer, Helena Christensen, was expected to arrive in the island yesterday to do a week-long photo shoot as part of a r...

Environment, News

Secret club cripples UN environment talks – report

AFP

January 6, 2002

PARIS (AFP) -- A secret club of seven wealthy countries plotted to hamstring the United Nations' first conference on the environment in 1972 to protec...

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West Kingston Commission resumes sittings today

Observer Reporter

January 6, 2002

THE West Kingston Commission of Inquiry resumes its sittings at the Mutual Life Centre in Kingston this morning, following a three-week break for the ...

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Trelawny fire leaves 29 homeless

Observer Reporter

January 6, 2002

WESTERN BUREAU -- A fire, which destroyed three houses along Wakeland Drive in Falmouth, Trelawny on Saturday afternoon, has left 29 people homeless. ...