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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
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Trump tells Cuba to ‘make a deal, before it is too late’
January 11 09:18 AM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flo...
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
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Three children among four killed in St Elizabeth/ Westmoreland border crash
January 11 09:12 AM
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica —Three children and an adult died following a two-vehicle collision on the Crawford to Font Hill main road near the St Elizabeth...
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Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Fruits of farm work
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Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
Fruits of farm work
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Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
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MoBay city council makes first official tour
BY CHARMAIN E CLARKE Western Bureau Editor 
June 28, 2002
THE Montego Bay City Council had its first tour of the city this week and has identified several areas that need immediate attention. But president Ge...
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Regional, Western
St James parish council to launch website
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
June 28, 2002
Western Bureau: The St James parish council will next month launch its website, which is currently being designed at a cost of $167,000 by Interlinc C...
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Regional, Western
UDC health fair fills gap in St James
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
June 28, 2002
SIXTY-FOUR year old Perlene Smith has had a pain in her stomach for months, she thinks it's an ulcer but she hasn't been able to afford to go to the d...
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Fierce competition for today’s hotel netball competition
June 28, 2002
TWO time defending champions, Sandals Negril Beach Resort and Spa, will face a stiff test this afternoon when they take on Hedonism II in one of two m...
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Regional, Western
Water shortage sparks protest in Orange District
June 27, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- About 300 residents of Orange District in East Central St James took to the streets for several hours yesterday, to protest against ...
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Regional, Western
PNP putting regional court on election platform
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Arguing that the UK-based Privy Council had outlived its time, Attorney-General AJ Nicholson said Wednesday that the ruling party wo...
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Regional, Western
Barbed wire mixed with love
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
June 27, 2002
ALL the trees have been removed from near the perimeter fence that surrounds the St James High School, barbed wire now sits atop the fencing, guards u...
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Regional, Western
MoBay teens facing attempted murder charge
June 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The case of the two Montego Bay teenagers facing charges of attempted murder and the malicious destruction of property has been set ...
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Regional, Western
MoBay woman shot dead on veranda
June 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- A 30 year-old Montego Bay woman, who is said to be mentally challenged, was murdered as she slept on her veranda in the city late Mo...
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Regional, Western
Public defender says offer to help Frome boys still open
June 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Public Defender Howard Hamilton says his offer to help the 10 boys expelled from the Frome Technical High School for gang violence l...
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Regional, Western
St James man accused of raping teenager denied bail
June 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Doyle Anthony Virgo, 21, of Flamstead Gardens in St James, who is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl after calling her from inside...
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Regional, Western
Truck driver to stand trial for triple manslaughter
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 25, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Resident Magistrate Valerie Stephens ruled Monday that there was sufficient evidence for truck driver Darien Moulton to be tried for...
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Regional, Western
Guard kills man at Westmoreland
June 24, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The Westmoreland police have seized the firearm of a security guard for ballistic testing and is to submit the case file to the dire...
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Regional, Western
Boy, 14, to answer gun charge tomorrow
June 24, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The 14 year-old Westmoreland boy who has been charged with illegal possession of firearm and assault in connection with a gun-toting...
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Regional, Western
MoBay cop laid to rest
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 23, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU: Police Inspector Rupert Gardener, who was shot dead in Montego Bay on June 10, was hailed on Saturday as a conscientious police office...
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Regional, Western
Jamaica seeks bigger share of incentives travel
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
June 23, 2002
THE Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) is hoping that with its current staging of its market exchange show, Jamex, in Montego Bay, Jamaican hotels will get a...
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Regional, Western
Still no place for Whitehouse dead
BY GERALD MILLER Observer correspondent 
June 21, 2002
DESPITE two years of consistent pleading for lands belonging to the state-owned Urban Development Corporation (UDC) to be handed over to the Westmorel...
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Regional, Western
Taking a spiritual ‘journey’ with Nicole Sharpe
BY TAMARA LIGHTBOURNE Observer writer 
June 21, 2002
NICOLE Sharpe is a woman on a mission: she has a desire to take God's message of inner healing to everyone she meets. Sharpe has just released her deb...
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Regional, Western
Americas’
June 21, 2002
JAMAICA Labour Party spokesman on tourism, Ed Bartlett, has described the recently concluded Americas' Sail event as "a monumental failure and a signi...
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Regional, Western
MoBay abattoir being refurbished
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 21, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The St James Parish Council has commenced a $2-million refurbishing exercise at the Montego Bay abattoir which was ordered closed by...
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Regional, Western
Briton fined for cocaine-filled bammies
BY PETRE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter 
June 21, 2002
A British man, Albert Wallace, who tried to smuggle 52 pounds of ganja from the island inside a number of bammies earlier this week, was fined a whopp...
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Regional, Western
Americas’ Sail was a monumental failure — JLP
June 21, 2002
JAMAICA Labour Party spokesman on tourism, Ed Bartlett, has described the recently concluded Americas' Sail event as "a monumental failure and a signi...
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