St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
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St Catherine taxi operator charged with murder
January 11 04:45 PM
St CATHERINE, Jamaica – A St Catherine taxi operator has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a man in Portmore, St Catherine on J...
Barca edge Real Madrid in thrilling Spanish Super Cup final
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Barca edge Real Madrid in thrilling Spanish Super Cup final
January 11 04:33 PM
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP)—Barcelona retained the Spanish Super Cup with a thrilling 3-2 Clasico win over Real Madrid in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Raphi...
Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
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Natesha defends wifeys with ‘Louis V’
January 11 04:19 PM
US-based dancehall artiste Natesha is one of those rare talents who proves with her latest release, Louis V , that modern-day female artistes don't al...

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PM urges completion of MoBay Civic Centre
Observer Reporter 
September 21, 2001
PRIME Minister P J Patterson has instructed the Urban Development Corporation to ensure that the delay- plagued Civic Centre being constructed in Sam ...
Regional, Western
No funds to move North Gully residents
Observer Reporter 
September 21, 2001
MONTEGO BAY: Residents who live near the flood prone North Gully area will not be receiving any financial assistance if they want to relocate, accordi...
Regional, Western
Sandals sponsors reading specialist at Flankers
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2001
SANDALS Montego Bay is assisting the Flankers Primary and Junior High School to arrest and reverse a reading problem at the school. On World Literacy ...
Regional, Western
‘I want to go home’
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
September 14, 2001
MONTEGO BAY -- Candace Rowlett loves Jamaica, but after a few minutes camped out on the floor of the Sangster International Airport, her luggage used ...
Regional, Western
Work starts on segment two of North Coast Highway
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
September 14, 2001
TRELAWNY -- Prime Minister P J Patterson on Friday broke ground for the US$60M second segment of the North Coast Highway Project that will span 95 kil...
Regional, Western
US ATTACK: Transportation sector already reeling
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
September 14, 2001
MONTEGO BAY -- With the Sangster International Airport a virtual ghost town and the flow of passengers dried up as a result of the Federal Aviation Ad...
Regional, Western
Bartlett predicts massive layoffs, bankruptcies
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2001
JAMAICA Labour Party spokesman on tourism, Ed Bartlett has predicted massive layoffs and bankruptcies in the travel industry as a result of Tuesday's ...
Regional, Western
One murder charge against deportee dropped
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2001
THE prosecution was on Monday forced to drop one of the two murder charges against deportee, Omar Lewis because of the failure of witnesses to come fo...
Regional, Western
$27-M repair work for Spring Mount Road
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
September 14, 2001
AFTER almost 10 months and at least one missed start-up date, work to rebuild the collapsed section of the Spring Mount main road in St James has fina...
Regional, Western
Briton fined $850,000, jailed for cocaine
Observer Reporter 
September 14, 2001
UNEMPLOYED Briton, Heather Canovan, who on Sunday tried to export 11 pounds of cocaine was on Monday sentenced to four years imprisonment at hard labo...
Regional, Western
ENTERTAINMENT OUT WEST
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
September 14, 2001
Fire Links for Caribbean Beach Park Selector Fire Links, fresh from his outstanding performance on sound systems night at Reggae Sumfest, appears toni...
Regional, Western
Hanover man beaten by mob
Observer Reporter 
September 7, 2001
Western Bureau: Junior Reid of Hopewell in Hanover, who allegedly robbed a taxi operator and engaged the police in a shootout, was hospitalised under ...
Regional, Western
PNP, JLP focus on the West this weekend
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
September 7, 2001
MONTEGO BAY: The two major political parties will focus on the western end of the island this weekend, as the political silly season appears to get un...
Regional, Western
MoBay Chamber woos prospective members
Observer Reporter 
September 7, 2001
MONTEGO BAY: As part of its thrust to attract new members and keep the current ones interested, the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry is no...
Regional, Western
Education study for St Elizabeth
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
September 7, 2001
WESTERN BUREAU: In an effort to identify and effectively solve the problems affecting education in St Elizabeth, the parish's Homecoming Foundation in...
Regional, Western
American sentenced and fined for ganja
Observer Reporter 
September 7, 2001
Western Bureau: Despite his impassioned plea for mercy on grounds that his imprisonment would mean "financial and personal devastation" for his family...
Regional, Western
Observer vendor dies from heart attack
CONROY WALKER, Observer writer 
September 7, 2001
WESTERN BUREAU: A September 16 funeral date has been tentatively set for former Observer vendor, Winston 'Papa Becky' Beckford who died in his wife's ...
Regional, Western
‘Bomblast’ ready to explode
GERALD MILLER, Observer Westmoreland Correspondent 
August 31, 2001
Savanna-La-Mar -- Cecil "Bomblast" Jenkins is well known in this town's music industry, but now that he has released two forty fives, he is hoping his...
Regional, Western
Negril pushes ahead with marketing plan
GERALD MILLER, Observer Westmoreland Correspondent 
August 31, 2001
Negril -- Even though the Miami branch of the public relations firm originally selected to help market this resort town has closed its doors, tourism ...
Regional, Western
Ganja in cheese tins
Observer Reporter 
August 31, 2001
Western Bureau: Unemployed Briton, Pauline McDonald, who claimed she had not known there was 10 pounds of ganja concealed in tins of cheese placed ins...
Regional, Western
Lawyer’s ill-health plea fails to move judge
Observer Reporter 
August 31, 2001
Western Bureau: Her lawyer's claim that she was not in the best of health and his plea for a lesser custodial sentence could not save Briton Isis Cons...

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