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A voice in sport lost
Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver
December 31 12:20 AM
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‘Closure & comfort’
•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:18 AM
‘Closure comfort’
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December 31 12:16 AM
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Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline
Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
December 31 12:14 AM
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RIDING THE WAVE
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RIDING THE WAVE
ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:12 AM
More work to do
BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
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BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
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December 31 12:10 AM
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New Lucea mayor pushes cruise ship plans
Observer Reporter 
July 4, 2003
LUCEA, Hanover -- Chairman of the Hanover Parish Council and mayor of Lucea, councillor Lester Crooks, says he will be "vigorously" pursuing plans to ...
Regional, Western
Poor turnout at Westmoreland agri show
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
July 4, 2003
LLANDILO, Westmoreland -- A poor turnout of farmers and patronsmarked Westmoreland Chapter of Jamaica Agricultural Society's (JAS) first show, which w...
Regional, Western
St James policing banking on community relations
Observer Reporter 
July 4, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- The St James police are counting on strong community relations to help them fight crime in the parish and have made a concerted atte...
Regional, Western
Falmouth Hospital to receive $1.5 m generator
Observer Reporter 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Newly-elected chairman of the Friends of Falmouth Hospital (FOFH), Wendell "Bull Bull' Stewart, has pledged to use his office to acq...
Regional, Western
Destiny Youth Club launched in Flankers
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- To help change the negative reputation that has dogged the inner city community of Flankers for years, a group of area youth have co...
Regional, Western
MoBay Credit Union offers $4.8M in dividends
STACYANN GABBIDON, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- For the first time in 15 years, the Montego Cooperative Credit Union (MCCU) has been able to pay its members dividends amounting to ...
Regional, Western
ISCF Association helps ex-cop
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- When George Campbell was dismissed from the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) in 1972, for medical reasons, he was not entitl...
Regional, Western
Rapes on the increase in St James
Observer Reporter 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- A 62 per cent increase in the number of rapes in St James has the police in the parish worried. There have been 47 cases of rape to ...
Regional, Western
Donaldson vows to pursue Bogue Lands issue
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 27, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Allegations of impropriety at the St James Parish Council's 10.5-acre Bogue Lands in Montego Bay are among the range of issues to be...
Regional, Western
Women’s Centre gets TV, microwave
Observer Reporter 
June 27, 2003
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland -- The Westmoreland chapter of the National Association for Hairdressers and Cosmetologists (NAHC) recently donated a tel...
Regional, Western
Slain Negril teen’s family bemoans case’s slow pace
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 20, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Clifford Wedderburn, father of slain teenager, Amanie Wedderburn who was killed by a police Constable in Negril some seven weeks ago...
Regional, Western
Footballer back to court June 30
Observer Reporter 
June 20, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- The case against Fabian Blake, the former Under-20 footballer facing ganja charges, is scheduled to continue on June 30. The case co...
Regional, Western
Westmoreland cane cutters win land
Observer Reporter 
June 20, 2003
FROME, Westmoreland -- Westmoreland cane cutters, Kevin Spence and Devon Stone, each won parcels of land valued at a total of $1.4 million after being...
Regional, Western
Female gun thief to be sentenced Monday
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- The sentencing of Nicola Richards for the theft of Montego Bay land baron, Joe Witter's gun, has been pushed back to next Monday to ...
Regional, Western
MoBay may get more street lights from Atlanta
STACYANN GABBIDON, Observer staff reporter 
June 13, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Montego Bay may soon be receiving more traffic lights as a result of its close ties with sister city, Atlanta, USA. "Atlanta is doin...
Regional, Western
Westmoreland woman chopped to death
Observer Reporter 
June 13, 2003
LITTLE LONDON Westmoreland -- Up to press time, the Little London police still had no leads in Thursday's violent slaying of Violet McFarlane, 39, who...
Regional, Western
$4-mil bail for MoBay businessman on drug charges
Observer Reporter 
June 13, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Anchovy businessman, Joseph Ward, who was caught with cocaine valued at over $2.5 million on Sunday, was on Thursday offered bail in...
Regional, Western
Beaches GM named honourary citizen of New Orleans
Observer Reporter 
June 6, 2003
NEGRIL, Westmoreland -- Beaches Negril's general manager, Clifton Reader, has been named honourary citizen of the City of New Orleans. Mayor of New Or...
Regional, Western
Hanover gets bookmobile
DALTON LAING, Observer correspondent 
June 6, 2003
HANOVER -- At least 39 communities in this parish will benefit from a new bookmobile that was recently handed over during a ceremony on the grounds of...
Regional, Western
Sister Cities committee enters AIDS fight
Observer Reporter 
June 6, 2003
THE Montego Bay chapter of Jamaica Aids Support (JAS) has been adopted by the Montego Bay/Atlanta Sister Cities Committee. The partnership will result...
Regional, Western
Monday court date for woman accused of stealing Witter’s gun
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 6, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- Nicola Richards, the 23 year-old Kingston woman accused of stealing 73 year-old Montego Bay businessman Joe Witter's gun, is to reap...
Regional, Western
JAMAL walkathon next Friday
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
May 30, 2003
WESTERN BUREAU -- JAMAL, St James will next Friday stage a walkathon in Montego Bay to raise funds to facilitate infrastructure improvement work at it...

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