Broderick Wright is dead
BY Garfield Myers Editor-at-Large South/Central Bureau myersg@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, November 17, 2008
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - Broderick Wright, a long-serving, colourful, and sometimes controversial politician at the Local Government level, died in the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay on November 1 of kidney failure following a long struggle with diabetes.
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Submitted by publicrelations on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:49.Killing mars JLP confab
Three men shot, labourites blame, stone cops
By Kimmo Matthews Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, November 17, 2008
Three men were yesterday shot, one fatally, at the National Arena during the 65th annual conference of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), triggering chaos and a hostile stand-off between labourites and police who were blamed for the fatal shooting.
Exactly what caused the shootings was not immediately clear. However, one man attending the conference said it all started inside the arena behind the stage on which Prime Minister and JLP leader Bruce Golding and other Government ministers were seated.
"A from in the arena the shot them start fire right behind where the PM and the other MPs were sitting, yu nuh," said the man who requested anonymity.
"It all started from a scuffle and then all we hear is when the first shot buss' in the building. This was followed by two others."
Party supporters then claimed the men were chased out of the building and shot by police.
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Submitted by publicrelations on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:47.PM accuses Portia of backtracking on anti-crime measures
BY Balford Henry Observer writer balfordh@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, November 17, 2008
Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday accused Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller of backtracking on bipartisan agreements to control crime and violence reached at the Vale Royal talks in June.
"The Opposition needs to make up its mind on which side it wants to rest," Golding said, noting that he has written to Simpson Miller seeking further discussions to end the stand-off.
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Submitted by publicrelations on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:44.Vote on death penalty motion expected by mid-week
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Submitted by publicrelations on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:32.Gov't to establish one-stop facility for micro, small businesses
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Submitted by publicrelations on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 13:30.Graphic abortion video rattles parliamentarians
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Submitted by publicrelations on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 12:21.$1.4-b contract for Bogue development signed
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau
Friday, November 14, 2008
Courtesy of Jamaica Information Service
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Submitted by publicrelations on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 12:19.Agri ministry to undergo $426-m restructuring
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Submitted by publicrelations on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 12:13.Mayor sends strong warning to HWT vendors
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Submitted by publicrelations on Thu, 11/13/2008 - 12:16.Gov't, Opposition agree to continue debate on death penalty
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