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Stinking sore at UHWI

Hospital admits it owes $40b in taxes and backtracks on claim missing files were lost to flooding

April 15 12:20 AM

Stinking sore at UHWI

News

US$15 million enough for FAST, says Holness

BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer

April 15 12:18 AM

US$15 million enough for FAST, says Holness

Entertainment, ...

Loyalty or liability?

Big Wall shooting reignites entourage debate

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

April 15 12:16 AM

Loyalty or liability?

Cricket, ...

‘FULLY ON-BOARD’

Grange says Government better equipped to support new CPL franchise

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

April 15 12:12 AM

Grange promises Gov’t support for Kingsmen

News

Little support for petition to pay school ‘shadows’ more

Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter

April 15 12:11 AM

Little support for petition to pay school 'shadows' more

Business

Cash is still king

Digital push grows, but Jamaicans keep reaching for cash

April 15 12:11 AM

Cash is still king

News

Flood theory sinks!

PAC told missing procurement files not lost to water

Jerome Williams | Reporter

April 15 12:09 AM

Flood theory sinks!

Business

Three scenarios, one strait: IMF warns on global growth

Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter

April 15 12:09 AM

Three scenarios, one strait: IMF warns on global growth

Regional, Western

Trelawny woman on ammo charge

November 17, 2000

THIRTY one year-old Sharon Williams, charged with illegal possession of ammunition was granted bail in the sum of $20,000 and her case transferred to ...

Regional, Western

MoBay could lose $4m from cruise ship delay

November 10, 2000

MONTEGO Bay stands to lose more than $4 million over the next three weeks, because of a delay in the start of visits of a new cruise ship to the city....

Regional, Western

Calm returns to Negril

November 10, 2000

CALM returned to the tourist resort town of Negril yesterday following Thursday's demonstration to protest against the fatal shooting of teenager Keen...

Regional, Western

Tussle to replace Chen as JLP caretaker

November 10, 2000

A keen tussle is on in the Jamaica Labour Party camp in South Trelawny, as at least three persons are now lining up to replace Alfred Chen, who died i...

Regional, Western

‘It was not a JFJ press conference’

November 3, 2000

THE human rights group, Jamaicans for Justice, has denied any involvement in Tuesday's press conference that was held in support of Joycelyn Guthrie w...

Regional, Western

MoBay business operators get more commercial space

November 3, 2000

AFTER years of doing battle with the St James Parish Council, Fred Smith hopes to finally open his three-storey commercial building at 33 St James Str...

Regional, Western

Infirmary accepts JLP wheelchairs

October 27, 2000

IN a reversal of its earlier snub, the Trelawny Parish Council on Wednesday allowed Jamaica Labour Party caretaker for North Trelawny, Christopher Job...

Regional, Western

Negril struggles to find solution for garbage problem

October 27, 2000

MEMBER of Parliament for Western Westmoreland, Wykeham McNeil, has only a few days left to convince his constituents in Negril that it will be in thei...

Regional, Western

Teen on cocaine rap

October 27, 2000

A teenager who allegedly stole her passport from home in an attempt to smuggle cocaine out of Jamaica, was remanded in custody when she appeared befor...

Regional, Western

Village win Trelawny under-20 football competition

October 20, 2000

VILLAGE United won the recently-concluded Social Development Commission (SDC) Trelawny under-20 football competition, when they defeated Kinloss Unite...

Regional, Western

Key Summerfest director quits

October 20, 2000

A key director of Summerfest Productions Limited, organisers of the annual Reggae Sumfest stage show, has resigned and said the popular festival may n...

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Ritz-Carlton treats 250 on Heroes Day

October 20, 2000

IN a continued effort to enhance their community relations in the Montego Bay area, the recently opened Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall Hotel, treated a group ...

Regional, Western

Negril goes green

October 13, 2000

IN keeping with the worldwide trend towards environmental awareness in tourist resorts, Negril on Thursday launched their $4.5-million 'Greening of Ne...

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Glen Brown promoted

October 13, 2000

SENIOR Resident Magistrate for St James, Glen Brown, has been promoted to high court judge and is now presiding over the current sitting of the Kingst...

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Trelawny mourns Alfred Chen

October 13, 2000

THE constituency of South Trelawny was still in shock Thursday, following the death of Jamaica Labour Party Caretaker for the constituency, Alfred Che...

Regional, Western

Gov’t orders review of MoBay plan

October 6, 2000

DIRECTOR general in the Ministry of Land and Environment, Jacqueline daCosta, has ordered a review of the controversial Greater Montego Bay Redevelopm...

Regional, Western

Fountain to be removed from Sam Sharpe Square

September 29, 2000

THE St James Parish Council plans to remove the fountain from Montego Bay's historic Sam Sharpe Square, and replace it with a statue of the national h...

Regional, Western

Bishop raps treatment of locals in tourism sector

September 29, 2000

THE difference in treatment of locals and visitors to the island has drawn sharp criticism from head of the Anglican Church in Montego Bay, Bishop Alf...

Regional, Western

Sav mayor wants to quit

September 29, 2000

Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, Ralph Anglin, is hoping he will not be called upon to run for office again when the next local government elections are calle...

Regional, Western

PSOJ knocks critics in crime issue

September 13, 2000

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Regional, Western

PSOJ knocks critics in crime issue

September 13, 2000

WESTERN BUREAU: President of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), Peter Moses, has rejected a claim by Paul Burke, a high-ranking offici...