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Nickole Donaldson’s relentless work ethic turns adversity into award-winning success
June 4 03:43 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — At just 31 years old, Nickole Donaldson has established herself as one of Jamaica’s most accomplished financial advisors, earning ...
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Sundays After Church shines a light on faith, power and hidden realities
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — A bold new television series is sparking conversations about faith, relationships, leadership and accountability within church com...
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Broadcasters warn against piracy as World Cup approaches
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Television Jamaica (TVJ) and Caribbean Premier Sports Ltd, operators of RUSH Sports, are reiterating that they are the only offici...
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Former Liverpool star John Barnes reveals prostate cancer diagnosis, urges men to seek help
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Portmore and Cavalier to kick off Concacaf schedule in early August
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Portmore United and runners-up Cavalier SC will begin their respective Concacaf Caribbean C...
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CMU employee charged over alleged misappropriation of student funds
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CMU employee charged over alleged misappropriation of student funds
June 4 12:11 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — An accounting officer/customer service officer employed at the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) was arrested and charged on Wed...
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Treasure Bay Estates highlights investment opportunities at THROP-X 2026
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BY BRIAN PITTER Observer writer pitterb@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 4 12:04 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Treasure Bay Estates has reaffirmed its dedication to real estate investment, national development and diaspora engagement through...
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Parliamentary committee to review flexible work options amid rising fuel prices
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Parliamentary committee to review flexible work options amid rising fuel prices
June 4 11:50 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Chairman of Parliament's Economy and Production Committee, Alando Terrelonge, has announced that the committee will undertake a co...
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AIDS education campaign for St Ann
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2002
DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann -- The Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company in Discovery Bay, St Ann in collaboration with the Ocho Rios region of the Jamaica Informa...
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No deadline for students’ loans
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2002
SEVERAL students entering colleges and universities in September and others continuing their studies, who failed to meet the April 30 deadline for stu...
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Alzheimer’s’ cruel double blow
INDI MCLYMONT Observer staff reporter 
May 2, 2002
BEVERLY Morrison had always tried to keep her father at home. There were times, though, when he would elude her and wander onto the streets. Tuesday, ...
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Minister, fishermen fail to reach agreement
Observer Reporter 
May 2, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU: Two meetings on Wednesday with Horace Dalley, the environment minister, and the Whitehouse Fishermen Co-operative, failed to resolve a...
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Broilers donates former HQ to EOJ for election centre
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
May 1, 2002
THE Jamaica Broilers Group yesterday made its former corporate headquarters on Hope Road in Kingston available, free of cost, to the Electoral Office ...
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Man shot dead in Rema
Observer Reporter 
May 1, 2002
A 35 year-old man was shot dead in Rema Tuesday night, just hours after three persons, including a two-year-old boy and a 19-year-old pregnant girl, w...
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Esmie Jones trial delayed again
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
May 1, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The case against failed pyramid scheme operator, Esmie Jones, was hit with another delay yesterday after prosecution lawyers appeare...
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Lawyers taking Von Cork case to Privy Council
PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer 
April 30, 2002
LAWYERS representing former resident magistrate Norma Von Cork yesterday filed an application for leave to challenge in the United Kingdom-based Privy...
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NHT rates cut
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2002
HE government yesterday announced a three percentage point chop -- from 12 per cent to nine per cent -- in mortgage rates charged by the National Hous...
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MoBay students march against drugs
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- More than 200 students from schools across Montego Bay turned out for an anti-drug road show by the National Council on Drug Abuse (...
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Police say murder victim had dispute with US-based narco traffickers
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2002
HOMICIDE detectives said yesterday that Monday's murder of Mark Anthony Yap Shing, 32 and Patrick Ramsay, 40, could have been committed by men linked ...
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PM rejects claims of corruption in his gov’t
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2002
WITH his administration being battered in recent months by a wave of scandals, Prime Minister P J Patterson yesterday rejected claims of endemic corru...
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Now dairy, beef farmers want duties hiked on imports
Observer Reporter 
April 30, 2002
DAIRY and beef cattle farmers yesterday asked the government to place import restrictions on imported milk powder and meat, similar to measures taken ...
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Bodies of two St Ann men found along Portmore Causeway
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2002
THE bodies of two men found with machete wounds to the head, off the Portmore Causeway in St Catherine early yesterday, have been identified as those ...
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Von Cork loses appeal
PAT ROXBOROUGH, Observer court writer 
April 29, 2002
NORMA Von Cork, the former resident magistrate, was yesterday taken into custody after the local appellate court upheld her conviction for attempting ...
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North Coast Highway hit by another delay
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Segment one of the North Coast Highway, from Bogue in St James to Negril in Westmoreland, which has been a source of embarrassment t...
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It’s a dog’s life
ARLENE MARTIN, Observer staff reporter 
April 29, 2002
LESS than two years after they were imported from England to help sniff out illegal drugs, the police have put up for sale 10 dogs which the authoriti...
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Barbados crime wave sparks appeal from private sector
RICKEY SINGH, Observer Caribbean correspondent 
April 29, 2002
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The president of the Barbados Private Sector Agency, Allan Fields, at the weekend made an impassioned plea for a national assa...
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POLICE REPORTS…POLICE REPORTS
Observer Reporter 
April 29, 2002
Manchester man being sought for fatal stabbing A man identified as Oneil Daley of Manchester is being sought by the police following the stabbing deat...
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Businesses blast St Catherine PC
T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
April 29, 2002
THE St Catherine Parish Council last week received a tongue-lashing from that parish's business community who described the local government as inept ...
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ACROSS JAMAICA
April 28, 2002
Clean-up project for Rio Grande Valley RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Portland -- Portland observed World Earth Day last week with the staging of a festival in Po...
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Pursuing environment quality in Caribbean
Observer Reporter 
April 28, 2002
EACH Caribbean island along the chain has its own persona whether its waterfalls, coral reefs and pristine waters, dense rainforests, song, dance, lan...
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