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Beating the odds
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Beating the odds
Public health measures, Jamaicans’ response, blunt post-Melissa disease threat
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16 12:20 AM
Beating
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Rights group backs call for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
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Rights group backs call for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 16 12:18 AM
Rights group backs call for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
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Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
Art & Culture, ...
Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 16 12:16 AM
Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
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JAAA hails Riley’s appointment to World Athletics Coaches’ Commission
Athletics, ...
JAAA hails Riley’s appointment to World Athletics Coaches’ Commission
December 16 12:14 AM
JAAA hails Riley’s appointment to World Athletics Coaches’ Commission
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SUPPORTING SHALLOW
Cricket, ...
SUPPORTING SHALLOW
JCA President Donovan Bennett backs CWI boss’s dual role
December 16 12:12 AM
What conflict?
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Sustainable Weddings
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Sustainable Weddings
December 16 12:10 AM
Sustainable
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Sts Peter and Paul beat Lannaman’s to lift Henriques Cup
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Sts Peter and Paul beat Lannaman’s to lift Henriques Cup
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16 12:07 AM
Sts Peter and Paul beat Lannaman’s to lift Henriques Cup
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Ben Francis Cup semi-finals places up for grabs
Football, ...
Ben Francis Cup semi-finals places up for grabs
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 16 12:06 AM
Ben Francis Cup semi-finals places up for grabs
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March 2023

Marley movie boon
Entertainment, Music
Marley movie boon
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2023
For all his fame and fortune, Bob Marley never forgot Trench Town — an expanse of tenements when he first arrived there from St Ann as a boy in the mi...
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HYDEL ‘HIGH’
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HYDEL ‘HIGH’
BY SHERDON COWAN Staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2023
A series of top performances, including a one-three finish in the 400-metre hurdles Open, has placed Hydel High within striking distance of their firs...
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Money Monster takes aim at King’s Plate
Horse Racing, Sports
Money Monster takes aim at King’s Plate
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
March 31, 2023
With three runs under his belt this season, the Fitzroy Glispie-bred, owned, and trained Money Monster should be more than fit and ready to put away t...
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‘SUPER IMPRESSIVE!’
Athletics, Champs, Sports
‘SUPER IMPRESSIVE!’
BY SHERDON COWAN Staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2023
Sprint great Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce believes the sensational sub-10 and sub-11 seconds clockings by two of Jamaica's future prospects at the Inter-se...
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Discus champion Broderick looks to draw US colleges
Athletics, Champs, Sports
Discus champion Broderick looks to draw US colleges
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
March 31, 2023
After dismantling the field to win the boys' Class One discus throw at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships on Thursday, Jam...
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Coach says two-time jump champion Phillip lived up to expectations
Athletics, Champs, Sports
Coach says two-time jump champion Phillip lived up to expectations
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
March 31, 2023
Jeremy Delisser, coach of Kingston College's (KC) freshly minted Class Three high jump and long jump champion Amani Phillip, believes that his young c...
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Champions KC enter final day in pole position
Athletics, Champs, Sports
Champions KC enter final day in pole position
March 31, 2023
Defending champions Kingston College (KC) are on course to retain their Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys' Athletics...
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K9ngston K9ng on path with Navigator
Entertainment, Music
K9ngston K9ng on path with Navigator
Kediesha Perry 
March 31, 2023
Dancehall artiste K9ngston K9ng has been on a steady momentum with the single Navigator and its accompanying dance the Navigator Skank. "The feedback ...
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KC’s Patrick battles to decathlon win
Athletics, Sports
KC’s Patrick battles to decathlon win
Paul A Reid 
March 31, 2023
Kingston College's Isaiah Patrick tallied 6,969 points to win the decathlon at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships at the N...
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Valiant pumped up for WiFETE
Entertainment, Music
Valiant pumped up for WiFETE
Kevin Jackson 
March 31, 2023
Since he shot onto the musical radar last September, dancehall artiste Valiant has continued to churn out hits one after the other within the dancehal...
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Thesarus pledges ‘Loyalty’
Entertainment, Music
Thesarus pledges ‘Loyalty’
March 31, 2023
One has to radiate extreme self-confidence to adapt a stage moniker like Thesarus in the world of dancehall. But 29-year-old dancehall young blood is ...
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Boney Derrington explores Tomorrow
Entertainment, Music
Boney Derrington explores Tomorrow
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2023
As the child of a Jamaican, Boney Derrington heard a lot of reggae growing up in his hometown of Brooklyn, New York. He belted out the chorus to Madoo...
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Davman back at it
Entertainment, Music
Davman back at it
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 31, 2023
At the dawn of the millennium, rapper/deejay Davman was in Miami recording songs he hoped would catch the ears of dancehall and hip hop fans. Those tr...
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Lifestyle, Page2, Page2 Section
Saturday, April 1, 2023
March 31, 2023
No better place to enjoy a cup of java than in the Blue Mountain valley and at the annual Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival, now thankfully back a...
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
Cartoon
Saturday, April 1, 2023
March 31, 2023
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Red Force crush Scorpions to register first win of disappointing campaign
Cricket, Sports
Red Force crush Scorpions to register first win of disappointing campaign
March 31, 2023
TAROUBA, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago Red Force clinched their only victory of the West Indies Championship when they whipped bottom-of-the-ta...
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How to recover that winning habit at The Office
Editorial
How to recover that winning habit at The Office
March 31, 2023
It's settled. Jamaica's Reggae Boyz won't be in the final four of the Concacaf Nation's League elite group when competition resumes in mid-year. That'...
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#Champs2023: St Jago’s Dawkins upgrades silver to gold in triple jump
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#Champs2023: St Jago’s Dawkins upgrades silver to gold in triple jump
March 31, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - St Jago High’s Jade-Ann Dawkins upgraded her silver medal in the Girls' triple jump Open to a gold on Friday after she jumped 13.0...
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Two men in custody in connection with death of 18-year-old Hanover woman
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Two men in custody in connection with death of 18-year-old Hanover woman
March 31, 2023
HANOVER, Jamaica - Two men have been taken into police custody as the Hanover police launch an investigation into the death of 18-year-old Tecia Hall ...
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#Champs2023: JC’s Hamer wins triple jump for JC
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#Champs2023: JC’s Hamer wins triple jump for JC
March 31, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica College’s Trevon Hamer jumped a personal best 15.61m (0.8m/s) to win the Class 1 boys" triple jump on Friday at the ISSA/G...
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#Champs2023: Wolmer’s Boys’ Campbell wins pole vault gold after placing fifth in 2022
Latest News
#Champs2023: Wolmer’s Boys’ Campbell wins pole vault gold after placing fifth in 2022
March 31, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Wolmer's Boys’ Daniel Campbell won the Pole Vault Open on Friday at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships...
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#Champs2023: Vere Technical’s Caven wins Girls Class 1 high jump
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#Champs2023: Vere Technical’s Caven wins Girls Class 1 high jump
March 31, 2023
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Vere Technical’s Torian Caven won the Girls' Class 1 high jump title on Friday at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics...
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Public health measures, Jamaicans’ response, blunt post-Melissa disease threat
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver’com 
December 16, 2025
Beating
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Rights group backs call for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
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Rights group backs call for decriminalisation of consensual sex between minors
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Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
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Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
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Yard Mas curates moving masterpieces for ‘Galleria’
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JAAA hails Riley’s appointment to World Athletics Coaches’ Commission
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