$145-m drought-mitigation plan
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$145-m drought-mitigation plan
Green announces interventions to assist farmers
BY LYNFORD SIMPSON Observer writer 
May 14 12:20 AM
$145-m drought-mitigation plan
Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
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Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
Injunction filed to stop Currie from holding election on May 22
Jason Cross | Reporter 
May 14 12:18 AM
Accompong Maroons dispute heads to court
‘Most unfortunate’
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‘Most unfortunate’
Malahoo Forte says neither she nor committee clerk received legal opinion tied to Gordon dispute
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 14 12:14 AM
‘Most unfortunate’
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Former SVG PM wants CWI to work with regional governments to help lift West Indies cricket
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
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South Trelawny CDF gets tough
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 2, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The South Trelawny Community Development Fund (CDF) has been taking some of its delinquent borrowers to court in a get-tough campaig...
Regional, Western
Stabbing sparks attack on police station, roadblock
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
July 28, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Residents of Clarke's Town in Trelawny, angered by the police's refusal to hand them four men allegedly responsible for the near-fat...
Regional, Western
Summons served on foul-mouthed Ja Rule
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
July 28, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Popular US hip hop artiste, Ja Rule, has been served with a summons to appear before the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate's Court thi...
Regional, Western
Martin Nicholson is Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall’s new GM
Observer Reporter 
July 26, 2002
MARTIN Nicholson has been appointed general manager of The Ritz-Carlton Rose Hall, replacing Doug Brooks, the upscale resort's first man at the helm w...
Regional, Western
Scholarships for 10 inner-city youths
CLAUDINE HOUSEN 
July 26, 2002
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) candidate/caretaker for North West St James, Gordon Brown, will be awarding scholarships to 10 inner city youth in a mov...
Regional, Western
Mobay woman fined $70,000 for ganja
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
July 26, 2002
Western Bureau: A 21-year-old Montego Bay resident was this week fined close to $70,000 and sentenced to two months behind bars for trying to export g...
Regional, Western
Sav Rotary gets first female president
Dalton Laing 
July 26, 2002
SHE was the first female to join the Rotary Club of Savanna-la-mar, and after four years in the organisation, Jenepher Baugh, has added another first ...
Regional, Western
Good Shepherd Foundation gets a boost
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 26, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU- The Good Shepherd Foundation, a Montego Bay-based charitable organisation, got a much-needed boost last Saturday, when businessman and...
Regional, Western
Five receive Governor-General Achievement Awards
CLAUDINE HOUSEN 
July 26, 2002
THE five recipients of this year's Governor-General Achievement Awards for the county of Cornwall were honoured Wednesday for their service in the fie...
Regional, Western
Foundation launched to help MoBay’s street boys
Observer Reporter 
July 26, 2002
A half a million dollar donation from a philanthropist intent on helping the western city's street boys reclaim their lives has spurred the Montego Ba...
Regional, Western
Guinness Reggae Cari-fest for St Elizabeth, tonight
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 19, 2002
Guinness Reggae Cari-fest takes place for the first time in Jamaica at the Port Kaiser Sports Club in Nain, St Elizabeth. The event has been staged in...
Regional, Western
Digicel takes care of health workers
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 19, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU: Health sector workers employed by the Western Regional Health Authority (WRHA) are now benefiting from a reduction in cellular telepho...
Regional, Western
JLP caretaker predicts more job losses in garment sector
Observer Reporter 
July 19, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) caretaker for West Central St James Clive Mullings is predicting more job losses at the Montego Bay Freezon...
Regional, Western
Profile on Franklyn Witter
Observer Reporter 
July 19, 2002
WITH talk of a general election in the air, the Jamaica Observer's Western Bureau will help you get to know the candidates in this part of the island....
Regional, Western
Karate comes naturally for six-year-old champion
CLAUDINE HOUSEN 
July 19, 2002
SIX-YEAR-OLD Nye Lyn has always been an active child who gives every project -- from schoolwork to playtime -- his best shot. But even his parents wer...
Regional, Western
Delay, cost increase for MoBay’s urban park
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
July 19, 2002
THE first phase of the Montego Bay urban park project, already over budget by about $150,000, is expected to be completed 12 weeks behind schedule. Ac...
Regional, Western
Negril residents appeal to representatives for tax relief
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
July 12, 2002
RESIDENTS of Negril this week met with their elected representatives to voice their concern about the recent hike in land taxes. They complained that ...
Regional, Western
Another gun off MoBay’s streets
CLAUDINE HOUSEN 
July 12, 2002
A citizen, whose identity has been withheld, turned over a .38 revolver bearing serial number 57763 and loaded with five rounds of ammunition to the G...
Regional, Western
Work to begin on Kent Avenue sea wall within two weeks
Charmaine Clarke | Executive Editor, Regional Correspondents Network 
July 12, 2002
THE National Works Agency will begin corrective work on sections of the seawall and roadway along the heavily travelled Kent Avenue in Montego Bay wit...
Regional, Western
DPP to decide security guard’s fate
Observer Reporter 
July 12, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is to rule on last month's fatal shooting of 19 year-old Richard Coombs by a security guar...
Regional, Western
$2-m sports complex for Norwood
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 12, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The community of Norwood in St James is expected to get a $2-million sports complex within the next two months. According to project...

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