Opposition demands release of FLA report before staging walkout
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Opposition demands release of FLA report before staging walkout
BY JEROME WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter williamsj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 19 09:45 PM
Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) staged a walkout from the House of Representatives moments before tributes to former parliamentarian, the late ...
Floyd Green faces more grilling in cops’ murder trial
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Floyd Green faces more grilling in cops’ murder trial
BY JASON CROSS Observer staff reporter crossj@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 19 09:14 PM
Agriculture Minister Floyd Green faced a second bout of grilling from attorney-at-law Hugh Wildman during the Home Circuit Court murder trial of six p...
US enforces law to crack down on sexual deepfakes
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US enforces law to crack down on sexual deepfakes
May 19 06:52 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States on Tuesday began enforcing a law requiring tech platforms to remove sexual deepfakes and other non...

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PHOTO: Signed and sealed
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PHOTO: Signed and sealed
January 8, 2014
Digicel/MVP Grassroots Athletics Programme President of MVP Track & Field Club Bruce James (left) looks on as Digicel's Sponsorship Manager Tahnida Nu...
Simpson’s case pushed back to Feb 4, 5
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Simpson’s case pushed back to Feb 4, 5
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
January 8, 2014
OLYMPIC 100m silver medallist Sherone Simpson will have to wait another month to know her fate after her anti-doping hearing was pushed back to Februa...
Athletics, News, Sports
Alia arrives for awards ceremony
January 8, 2014
SPORTSWOMAN of the year nominee Alia Atkinson arrived in the island yesterday for tomorrow's RJR Sports Foundation Awards and made her first stop at t...
Athletics, Sports
Gordon wins athlete of the year
January 7, 2014
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — World Championships 400-metre hurdles champion Jehue Gordon grabbed the major prizes at the annual awards function of ...
Neita Headley issues warning on supplements
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Neita Headley issues warning on supplements
January 7, 2014
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — Minister with responsibility for Sport Natalie Neita Headley is urging athletes to exercise caution when taking dietary supp...
Athletics, Sports
Wright qualifies for Commonwealth Games
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
January 6, 2014
IT'S mission accomplished for Chad Wright as he threw 61.54m to win the men's discus open at the Pure Water/Jamaica College Track and Field Invitation...
Athletics, Sports
World Relays could surpass budget
January 6, 2014
NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC) — Organisers of the inaugural International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Relay Championships are trying to k...
Phenomenal finish at Training Camp 5K
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Phenomenal finish at Training Camp 5K
January 6, 2014
THE third staging of Training Camp annual 5K Road Race and walk promised to be a phenomenal event and delivered nothing less. This road race was enjoy...
‘No alarm bells’
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‘No alarm bells’
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
January 6, 2014
Simpson relying on mitigating circumstances at hearing ATHENS Olympics 4X100m relay gold medallist Sherone Simpson is relying on mitigating circumstan...
Simpson faces first day of hearing today
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Simpson faces first day of hearing today
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
January 6, 2014
On Your Mark... THE long awaited two-day hearing into the Sherone Simpson doping case is set to begin today at 10:00 am at the Jamaica Conference Cent...
Athletics, Sports
NACAC appoints new secretary general
January 5, 2014
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) — A Puerto Rican professor has been appointed the new general secretary of the North American, Central American and Caribb...
PHOTO: Lime 6k winners
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PHOTO: Lime 6k winners
January 5, 2014
LIME ambassador and former world 100m champion Yohan Blake (right) and LIME's head of Legal and Regulatory Division Rochelle Cameron (second left) pos...
Akeem ‘Blooms’ in 100m sprint at JC Invitational
Athletics, Sports
Akeem ‘Blooms’ in 100m sprint at JC Invitational
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
January 4, 2014
HE is no longer a secret weapon. Akeem Bloomfield's name has been all over the Internet chat forums of late and although Kingston College's officials ...
Training Camp 5K on today Manor Park Plaza
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Training Camp 5K on today Manor Park Plaza
January 4, 2014
THE third staging of the Training Camp annual 5K road race and walk will commence at 7:00 am today at the Manor Park Plaza, Constant Spring. Among the...
Kenyan Rotich wins Brazilian road race
Athletics, Sports
Kenyan Rotich wins Brazilian road race
December 31, 2013
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Edwin Kipsang Rotich of Kenya won the 89th edition of the prestigious Sao Paulo international road race Tuesday to retain hi...
Remembering Charlie Fuller
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Remembering Charlie Fuller
Alicia Sutherland 
December 30, 2013
January athletics meet to honour late statistician MANDEVILLE, Manchester — The annual Puma Track and Field Development Meet which has helped to nurtu...
Let’s remember the harsh lessons of 2013
Athletics, Editorial, Sports
Let’s remember the harsh lessons of 2013
December 27, 2013
IN terms of performances, 2013 will go down as another successful year for Jamaican athletics. The country placed third at the IAAF World Championship...

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