Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
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Trinidad PM says Caricom has ‘lost its way’
December 20 09:33 PM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday said the 15-member regional integration grouping...
STETHS outlast Glenmuir on penalties to win daCosta Cup
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STETHS outlast Glenmuir on penalties to win daCosta Cup
December 20 09:00 PM
St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) won the ISSA daCosta Cup on Saturday, beating Glenmuir High 8-7 in sudden death penalties in a dramatic finish in...
Top players to excite at JDA national championships
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Top players to excite at JDA national championships
December 20 08:44 PM
It will be a landmark day for intellectual sport as the Jamaica Draughts Association (JDA) stages its National Pool Checkers Championships at Port Rho...
JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
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JCF brings Christmas village to Hanover community
December 20 04:39 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Cold Spring, Hanover, came alive with laughter, colour, and community spirit on Thursday, December 18, as the Jamaica Constabulary F...
Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
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Rickey Teetz ready for ‘High Flight’
December 20 04:18 PM
Dancehall artiste Rickey Teetz is getting ready to release his upcoming single High Flight which is creating a buzz in the streets. He leaked an audio...

August 2023

Monday, August 21, 2023
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Monday, August 21, 2023
August 21, 2023
At an intimate dinner, Thursday last, at the haute Caribbean-inspired dining house Miss Likklemore's Kitchen & Bar in Toronto, Canada, Emmy Award-winn...
Blood bath rituals: A satanic indulgence
Letters
Blood bath rituals: A satanic indulgence
August 21, 2023
Dear Editor, Many people have consulted me about their spiritual problems so they can be set free. When I ask them if they have visited places of witc...
Sport could also be a big money spinner for Jamaica
Editorial
Sport could also be a big money spinner for Jamaica
August 21, 2023
The FIFA Women's World Cup at which Jamaica's Reggae Girlz made history by becoming the first national football team to reach the second round of a Wo...
A week of hope and suffering
Columns
A week of hope and suffering
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
August 21, 2023
It was a week of hope, starting with Yasus Afari's Jamaica Poetry Festival which sparkled with the classic poetry of Professor Edward Baugh, the youth...
Dejection!
Sports
Dejection!
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 20, 2023
Parchment shoulders men's sprint hurdles hopes BUDAPEST, Hungary — Jamaica's quest for a gold medal in the 110m hurdles will rest on the broad shoulde...
HEAT IS ON
Athletics, Sports
HEAT IS ON
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 20, 2023
Stage set for epic women's 100m finale BUDAPEST, Hungary — After sporting a flame-coloured wig which she likened to "fire at the end of the rockets", ...
Oblique admits mixed emotions after 4th-place run
Athletics, Sports
Oblique admits mixed emotions after 4th-place run
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 20, 2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Despite a disappointing fourth-place finish in the men's 100m for the second-straight World Athletics Championships, after clockin...
BUDAPEST SNAPSHOTS
Athletics, Sports
BUDAPEST SNAPSHOTS
August 20, 2023
Natasha Morrison (left) of Jamaica and Sha'Carri Richardson of United States embrace after a women's 100m heat race on day two of the World Championsh...
‘I’m ready’, says bubbly McLeod
Athletics, Sports
‘I’m ready’, says bubbly McLeod
Paul A Reid 
August 20, 2023
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Candice McLeod thinks she is peaking at the right time as she seeks to make it into back-to-back finals in the women's 400m at the...
What is your prediction for the women’s 100m?
Athletics, Sports
What is your prediction for the women’s 100m?
Trishana McGowan, broadcast journalist The women?s 100m is the biggest race at the World Championships, not just from a Jamaican point of view but also in terms of overall depth. I still believe we?ll walk away with the gold and silver medals but Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson [are] making it difficult to choose in which order. Sha?Carri Richardson looked controlled as well but more rounds to come, so let?s see. 
August 20, 2023
Donald Smith, international athletics commentator No surprises at all from the heats of the women’s 100m. All the athletes who were expected to advanc...
Oh, no!
Athletics, Sports
Oh, no!
August 20, 2023
Jamaica's Rasheed Broadbell falls while competing in the men's 110m hurdles heats during the World Athletics Championships at National Athletics Centr...
Fame Fest back-to-school treat in honour of selector
Entertainment
Fame Fest back-to-school treat in honour of selector
Kediesha Perry 
August 20, 2023
Shane "ZJ Vybz" Clarke, co-conceptualiser of Fame Fest, says he and his team are looking to give back to several hundred students at the August 26 sta...
World Champs 2023: Schedule – Monday, August 21
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World Champs 2023: Schedule – Monday, August 21
August 20, 2023
The 19th World Athletics Championships continues in Budapest, Hungary on Monday. See the schedule below, with events expected to feature Jamaicans in ...
Farmer sprayed with bullets in St James gun attack
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Farmer sprayed with bullets in St James gun attack
August 20, 2023
ST JAMES, Jamaica— A gunman sprayed a man with bullets during an attack in Wagon Wheel district in Lilliput, St James, Saturday. The deceased, identif...
#WorldChamps2023: Seville fourth, Forde eighth in 100m final
Latest News, Sports, World Champs
#WorldChamps2023: Seville fourth, Forde eighth in 100m final
Athena Clarke, Observer Online reporter 
August 20, 2023
In a highly anticipated 100m final, Jamaica’s Oblique Seville and Ryiem Forde finished fourth and eighth, respectively, at the 2023 Budapest World Ath...

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