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HIGH HOPES
T UCKER, St James —Optimism is going to be notched up this weekend as the 2018-19 season of the Red Stripe Premier League kicks off with a full slate of matches for western based-clubs Montego Bay United and FC Reno starting their quest for the title, at... Read More
'Everything falling apart'
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Opposition spokesperson on tourism, and Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Dr Wykeham McNeil, is calling for the resumption of work on the stalled multi-million-dollar, Norman Manley Beach Park project in the resort town of... Read More
Hopewell High meet Frome Tech in daCosta Cup Zone B clash
KENILWORTH, Hanover - Minnows Hopewell High host former champions Frome Technical in an ISSA/Wata daCosta Cup Zone B top of the tables clash at the Kenilworth Heart Academy field today, after both teams opened their seasons with victories. Read More
Chuck seeks guidance on Mandeville Courthouse
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — All agree that the more than 200-year-old Mandeville Courthouse needs to be retired, possibly for conversion to a museum. Read More
Students benefit from Jamalco scholarships and grants
Hayes, Clarendon — Bauxite/alumina company Jamalco has awarded some $7m in scholarships and grants to 60 high school and tertiary level students in Clarendon and Manchester. Read More
Police Youth Club gives back
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The Battersea/Clark's Town Police Youth Club here was recently among organisations providing back-to-school support to the community. Read More
PHOTO: Classy Fabian
Vere Technical High past student and St Elizabeth native Fabian Allen turned in a breathtaking performance to help his team, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots, to victory over the Barbados Tridents in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 cricket tournament last week. Read More
NCU president pleased with first-generation grads
By Alicia Sutherland Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com | Monday, September, 10 2018
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Last month the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) headquartered here graduated 453 students in diverse disciplines and at different educational levels. Read More
New drain eases 'heavy water' in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth — Motorists and pedestrians on Pagon Drive, also known as the Santa Cruz Bypass, and 'back street' had reason to be pleased following heavy rain here on Saturday afternoon. Read More
Remembering the Kendal crash
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com | Monday, September, 10 2018
KENDAL, Manchester — In early September 1957, this quiet community a few miles north of Mandeville gained global notoriety after close to 200 people died when a Jamaica Railway Corporation train derailed. Read More
Cops appeal for info after schoolboy, two men shot in brazen attack
FALMOUTH, Trelawny — A 13-year-old male student of Muschett High School in Trelawny was among three people shot in a brazen attack by a gunman in Falmouth yesterday morning. Read More
A historic first international school for western Jamaica
Buju Banton said it best: “Many see the glamour and the glitter and think (it's) a bed o' rose…” For decades, generations even, many parents from western Jamaica — wanting an international education for their children — would dispatch them across the globe,... Read More
Sandals Resorts International hosts back-to-school treat for team members, family
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Team members from Sandals Resorts International (SRI) and their children gathered at Jarrett Park in Montego Bay on Saturday (September 1, 2018) for a day of fun and frolick as the company hosted its Back-to-School Extravaganza. Read More
Frasswel looks to Grateful to really launch career
MONTEGO BAY, St James —St James native Noel Swaby is on the cusp of pushing his career to the next level and possibly beyond. Read More
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