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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, is due to make an official visit to Grenada early next year...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyanese Government says it will launch a national consultation in January to address the growing abuse of social media...
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali says two containers of locally produced agro-processed goods are destined for Caribbean marke...
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•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus
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ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term
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December 31 12:12 AM
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ENTERTAINMENT OUT WEST
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 18, 2002
Saturday Night Vibes Party Continues Last week it was Pure Playazz. Tonight it will be King Midas as the regular Saturday night Vibes Party continues ...
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‘Lord Pakeye’ of Falmouth is dead
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
January 18, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Ashford "Lord Pakeye" Rothfynn may be dead and buried, but it will be a long, long time before he will be forgotten by people in Fal...
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New KFC restaurant for MoBay next month
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
January 18, 2002
MONTEGO BAY -- Restaurants of Jamaica expects to open its $50-million KFC store in Bogue, Montego Bay by the end of next month. The 4,200-square-foot ...
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Regional, Western
Help pours in for Noel Holmes Hospital
Observer Reporter 
January 18, 2002
FOUR years ago when David and Gloria Leslie visited a family member at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, they came face to face with some of the hosp...
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Regional, Western
Sandy Bay RM court’s fate still undecided
Observer Reporter 
January 18, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Following a meeting with residents of Sandy Bay and surrounding communities on Tuesday night, the ministry of justice has decided to...
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Teenaged girl on gun charges
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 18, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- Nineteen year-old Triciana "Tracy" Brown is to face the Western Regional Gun Court next Tuesday, on charges of illegal possession of...
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Regional, Western
Hunt on for MoBay city manager
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
January 18, 2002
MONTEGO BAY -- A city manager is expected to be in place to co-ordinate the activities of the newly-formed Montego Bay City Council by its next meetin...
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Profile on Apollone Reid
Observer Reporter 
January 18, 2002
With talk of a general election in the air, The Jamaica Observer's Western Bureau will help you get to know your candidates in this end of the island....
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Regional, Western
JSIF to do work on Granville Place of Safety
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 18, 2002
TRELAWNY -- The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) will provide funding for major rehabilitation work at the Granville Place of Safety in Trelawny....
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Regional, Western
Cops to face robbery charges next month
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
January 18, 2002
Western Bureau: The case against the three Montego Bay detectives charged for robbery with aggravation was on Tuesday put off until February 4, after ...
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Regional, Western
Council to take over South Gully on Thursday
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 11, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- The St James Parish Council is scheduled to assume responsibility for the South Gully Drainage and Improvement Project on January 17...
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Regional, Western
Acquitted ice cream vendor cries in relief
LATOYA JOHNSON, Observer correspondent 
January 11, 2002
THIRTY-FOUR year old ice cream vendor, Michael Hutchinson, shed tears of relief after he was cleared of carnal abuse charges in the St James Circuit C...
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Regional, Western
Council takes over MoBay Civic Centre
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2002
THE St James Parish Council this week assumed control of the Montego Bay Civic Centre, three months after it was officially opened by Prime Minister P...
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Regional, Western
Montego Bay says goodbye to Canute Gordon
Observer Reporter 
January 11, 2002
MONTEGO Bay bade farewell to one of its outstanding sons, Canute Octavius Gordon, at a thanksgiving service held at the Calvary Baptist Church earlier...
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Regional, Western
Accompong celebrations a success despite concerns about event date
CONROY WALKER, Observer writer 
January 11, 2002
DESPITE concerns that a Sunday staging would translate into smaller crowds, this year's Maroon celebrations at Accompong in St Elizabeth drew approxim...
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Regional, Western
MoBay hotels look to jazz festival to boost bookings
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
January 11, 2002
MONTEGO BAY -- Several hoteliers in Montego Bay have pinned their hopes on the upcoming Air Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, which they believe will h...
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Regional, Western
WPM to tackle garbage backlog
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
January 11, 2002
THE garbage pile-up in Montego Bay and other sections of Western Jamaica is expected to be alleviated by this week's dispatching of 10 trucks to Weste...
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Regional, Western
Profile on Barrington Gray
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 11, 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 end of the island. ...
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Regional, Western
DPP finally gets Steele file
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
January 11, 2002
Western Bureau -- The case file on last December's fatal police shooting of Falmouth resident, Dave "Bad Head" Steele, was earlier this week submitted...
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Regional, Western
New Chamber president to push environmental issues, international links
CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor 
January 11, 2002
RECENTLY elected head of the Negril Chamber of Commerce, hotelier Kenrick Davis, has big plans for the organisation; plans which will include an empha...
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Regional, Western
Profile on Donald Colomathi
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
January 4, 2002
Name: Donald Colomathi Date of birth: August 27, 1955 Constituency: East Central, St James Background: The married father of five was born at John's H...
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Regional, Western
Vandals destroy municipal Christmas tree claiming ‘shoddy’ Yuletide presentation
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 4, 2002
WESTERN BUREAU -- While hundreds of people were ringing in the New Year in Falmouth Monday night, vandals were busy destroying the municipal Christmas...
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