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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:26 AM
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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
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January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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April 19, 2013
Haliya Gray of John Mills clears the bar at 1.55m to win the Class Two girls' high jump at the 2013 Insports Junior High & All-Age Athletics Champions...
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April 19, 2013
TELECOMMUNICATION giants LIME has thrown its support behind 18 local schools with a $1.8m sponsorship package to assist with their Penn Relays expense...
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BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer 
April 19, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Following the bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon that claimed three lives and left scores wounded, the organisers of the 11...
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April 19, 2013
FORMER president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Richard "Dick" Pound headlines a list of local and international speakers who will tackle issu...
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April 19, 2013
LONDON, England (AFP) — South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not be welcome at the Anniversary ...
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April 19, 2013
SEVERAL of Jamaica's top performers in the recent Carifta Athletic Championships in The Bahamas are preparing to represent their schools at the Penn R...
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April 19, 2013
LONDON, England (AP) — Any anxiety marathon runners have about competing in London after the Boston bombings is being allayed by memories of the succe...
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April 18, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AFP) — Shawn Crawford, the 2004 Olympic 200m gold medallist, has been banned for two years for failing to give anti-doping...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 18, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell Brown and American Allyson Felix, who have dominated the women's 200m for almost a dec...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
April 18, 2013
Poised to repeat DEFENDING champions John Mills lead with 69 points after seven finals on day one of the two-day Institute of Sports (Insports)/Hi-Lyt...
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April 18, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Double Olympic 100 metre champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will lead the Jamaican charge against the US when the two country's lon...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 17, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), the US-based non-profit organisation that has assisted the Jamaican teams that participate in the P...
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April 17, 2013
The 35th staging of the INSPORTS Junior High and All-Age Athletics Championships begins at the National Stadium today with defending champions John Mi...
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April 17, 2013
LONDON, England (CMC) — Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt will race here for the first time in four years in a Grand Prix when he lines up at the Lond...
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BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 16, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaican Wayne Levy, who completed Monday's 116th staging of the Boston Marathon before the tragic event that saw three person...
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April 16, 2013
YOHAN Blake has been sidelined for at least six weeks after medical reports indicated that his injury appears more serious than first thought. As a co...
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April 15, 2013
GraceKennedy continued its commitment to ISSA's track and field programme with the launch of the "From Champs to Penn" programme, which will cost a co...
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April 15, 2013
BOSTON, USA (AP) — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the title in the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon yesterday, winning a three-way sprint down Boy...
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April 14, 2013
Jamaica's Paralympic gold medallist, Alphanso 'Fanso' Cunningham, on his way to breaking the F52/F53 Javelin world record twice with throws of 22.731m...
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April 14, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of 400m specialist, American Natasha Hastings, in the 200...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 14, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Olympian Jason Morgan continued his good early season form on Saturday when he broke his own discus meet record at the McNeese...
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BY DANIA BOGLE Observer writer 
April 14, 2013
THE organisers of the annual Pennsylvania Relay Carnival and the University of Technology (UTech) are discussing ways to forge a partnership in which ...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
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
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland