Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...

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$5-m leg-up for Seville Great House
June 9, 2012
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com SEVILLE, St Ann -- The effort by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) to renovat...
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‘If yuh have a Chinese guinep tree, yuh nice’
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
Lychee vendors reap big in Castleton A bearing lychee tree usually means little sleep for its owner Josephina Peart, who spends many a night guarding ...
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Labour Day highlights
May 27, 2012
OVER 300 volunteers from across St Ann came together in the parish capital last Wednesday and cleaned several streets, drains, gullies and open lots. ...
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Cockfighting big business in St Mary
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
Huge sums bet on centuries-old blood sport YOU could easily drive through Belfield Works in St Mary without noticing anything special about the farmin...
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Child guidance clinic for Steer Town
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
Observer North East STEER TOWN, St Ann — The Steer Town Health Centre here last week received a major boost from the Joan Duncan Foundation, an affili...
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St Mary residents happy bridge being rebuilt after four years
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
‘Wi look ’til wi eye dem nearly drop out’ RESIDENTS of several communities served by the Westmoreland Bridge in Georgia, St Mary, which was washed out...
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Fern Gully work resumption welcome
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
Observer North East OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Members of the business community and residents alike have welcomed news that work on the $500-million repair ...
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‘Re-open our hospital’
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 27, 2012
People dying, babies delivered on journey to hospitals far from Buff Bay ANN-MARIE Gordon is convinced that had the Buff Bay Hospital been up and runn...
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St Ann centenarian, other senior hailed for community spirit
BY DYHANN BUDHOO-FLETCHER 
May 18, 2012
MABEL Brown and her neighbour Collin Williams have 196 years between them. For that milestone and their contribution to their Hazel Wood District, Bam...
News, North & East, Regional
Lives, properties at risk
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18, 2012
St Ann councillors worried about state of fire hydrants ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann — Councillors in the St Ann Parish Council have expressed concern about t...
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Irish moss vendor wants to get into export
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18, 2012
Observer North East THE average traveller often goes by without stopping to enquire about the dried-up-looking seaweed adorning stalls on the main roa...
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NCU pushes entrepreneurship
May 13, 2012
Observer North East NORTHERN Caribbean University, through the Morris Entrepreneurship Centre and the Training and Consultancy Services and Career Ser...
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Dawgen chartered accountants expands in Ocho Rios
May 13, 2012
Observer North East OCHO RIOS, St Ann -— UHY Dawgen Chartered Accountants has upgraded its satellite location in the Pineapple Complex in Ocho Rios to...
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No public order – Senior cop bemoans state of tourist town
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
Observer North East ST ANN'S BAY, St Ann — Head of the Area 2 police Assistant Commissioner Elan Powell has called for greater support from the St Ann...
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45 attend math teachers’ workshop
May 13, 2012
Observer North East OCHO RIOS, St Ann — In an ongoing drive to improve Mathematics instruction at the primary level, local biscuit company Butterkist ...
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Sky’s the limit for kite-maker Alphanso Edwards
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
Observer North East KITE-MAKING is more than a hobby for Alphanso Edwards who spends thousands of dollars to outdo each masterpiece created by him the...
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Cultural school coming for St Mary
May 13, 2012
Observer North East ORACABESSA, St Mary — Non-profit group Grow Youth Universal is planning to build a cultural school in the parish. According to spo...
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$8 million to relocate Port Maria Police Station
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
PORT MARIA, St Mary — Minister of National Security Peter Bunting has described as unacceptable the Port Maria Police Station in St Mary and has assur...
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FISH FEAST – Residents see thriving industry in Yallahs Pond
BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
Observer North East HUNDREDS of fish are washed up from the Yallahs Pond in St Thomas daily unto land where some residents sell and eat what they can ...
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New skills training centre opened in Discovery Bay
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
Observer North East DISCOVERY BAY, St Ann — A multimillion dollar skills training centre has been opened at Brown's Town Community College Technical C...
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Faster Internet speeds for schools, public facilities
BY ALESIA EDWARDS Observer staff reporter alesiae@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 13, 2012
Observer North East ORACABESSA, St Mary — The Ministry of Mining, Energy and ICT, through the Universal Access Fund and in collaboration with E-Learni...

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