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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Judge expected to decide on start date today
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January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Athletics, Sports
July 29, 2013
Minister with responsibility for sports Natalie Neita-Headley (left) engages in conversation as she inspects the gold medal won by Alphanso Cunningham...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
July 29, 2013
JAAA names 45-member team to World Champs MONTEGO BAY, St James — Double world record-holder Usain Bolt and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce a...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 29, 2013
LONDON, England (AP) — Usain Bolt has a new challenger, and maybe even a new distance to think about. The biggest star in track is being sought out by...
Athletics, Letters, Sports
July 29, 2013
Dear Editor, I must commend Mrs Hyacinth Bennett and her Hydel Group of Schools for lifting the status of Miss Olivia McKoy. The entire Jamaica is exc...
Athletics, Letters, Sports
July 29, 2013
Dear Editor, I have noted with interest the various discussions and commentaries on the issue of drugs and doping in sports. Some events in the past f...
Athletics, News, Sports
July 29, 2013
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced plans for the introduction of health insurance benefits to cover some 1,500 Jamaican athletes. Minister with responsibi...
Athletics, Sports
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
July 28, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Dr Angela Samuels-Harris, principal of the Montego Bay Community College has come out in defence of Jamaica's track and field ...
Athletics, Sports
July 27, 2013
JAMAICA ended its campaign at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, yesterday with Sylvia Grant finishing eighth in the final in the ...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 27, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment will be in Moscow to compete in his first IAAF World Championships, says his coach F...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 27, 2013
LONDON, England (AP) — Usain Bolt sprinted to a second Diamond League victory inside 24 hours in London, yesterday, in what could be his last race in ...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
July 27, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — The deadline for teams participating in the 14th IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, to be submitted to the IAAF is 5:...
Athletics, Sports
By Norma Tavares 
July 27, 2013
In The Making of a Sprinting Superpower, Arnold Bertram presents an inspiring account of Jamaica's climb to the pinnacle of success in track and field...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
With Earl Bailey 
July 27, 2013
IN THE SHADE Veronica Campbell-Brown has the distinction of winning Jamaica's first medal at the first ever IAAF World Youth Championships held in Pol...
Athletics, News, Sports, ...
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
July 26, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — After running a world Leading 10.77 seconds in the semi-finals of the women's 100m, defending World Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 26, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic bronze medalist Warren Weir continued his dominance of the Diamond League circuit Friday winning the 200 metres at the Lon...
Athletics, News, Sports
July 26, 2013
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Milton Samuda has responded to claims that the recordings of two journalists were seized and censured after an interview with sprinter...
Athletics, News, Sports
July 26, 2013
Golden boy Alphanso Cunningham is a picture of concentration as he prepares to throw the javelin in the men's F52/53 competition at the Stade du Rhone...
Athletics, Sports
July 25, 2013
THE temperature at the IPC Athletics World Championships rose yesterday and it had nothing to do with French weather in the revered wine city of Lyon....
Athletics, Sports
July 25, 2013
Shane Hudson and David Bascoe advanced to the final of the men's T46/47 400m after securing their places from semi-final action at the IPC Athletics W...
Athletics, Sports
July 25, 2013
SPRINTER Tyson Gay failed more than one drug test this year, recording one of his positives at the US championships in June, where he won the 100 and ...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 25, 2013
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt gestures to the crowd as he is paraded in a 'rocket-ship' ahead of the start of the London Anniversary Games IAAF Diamond...
Athletics, Sports, World Championships 2013
July 25, 2013
LONDON, England (AP) — Insisting that he is running clean, Usain Bolt said yesterday that the recent spate of doping scandals in athletics will damage...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland