Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...

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Test-tube potatoes
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 7, 2012
Christiana Potato Growers use technology to increase local production CHRISTIANA, Manchester — In its heyday the 53-year-old Christiana Potato Growers...
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Music to their ears
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 7, 2012
Spalding Primary gets band instruments at last SPALDING, Clarendon — Nine hundred students at the Spalding Primary School in North West Clarendon will...
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Don’t panic! Police reassure Mandeville business leaders
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
October 7, 2012
Citizens urged to be neighbour's keepers MANDEVILLE, Manchester — A number of high-profile crimes in recent months, including the murder of two doctor...
Central, News, Regional
Barry Watson in rebuilding mode at Mile Gully
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer staff reporter tobiaso@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 7, 2012
'Leaving Manchester High was a blessing in disguise' MILE GULLY, Manchester — Barry Watson is easily the most recognisable coaching figure in Manchest...
Central, News, Regional
KFC opens reading room, homework centre in Santa Cruz
October 7, 2012
Observer Central SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Fast food giant KFC recently joined with the Jamaica Library Service to establish a homework centre and up...
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Jihan Cooke is happiest when dancing and teaching dance
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 7, 2012
Observer Central MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Her experiences as a dancer and performer have their roots in Kingston, and her professional profile gives d...
Central, Regional, Sports
PHOTO: First blood to STETHS
September 23, 2012
STETHS goalscorer Khesario Hall (left) celebrates with teammate Rohan Lindsay after scoring the equalising goal in their 2-1 win over rivals Munro Col...
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Help for Kellits – HEART Trust training centre to be refurbished
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer staff reporter tobiaso@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 23, 2012
Under our watch this school will never be closed, say Kellits students KELLITS, Clarendon — After months of struggling without piped water and electri...
Central, News, Regional
MCCU awards $400,000 to students
Alicia Sutherland 
September 23, 2012
Observer Central MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Two secondary school students are among this year's beneficiaries of the Manchester Co-operative Credit Unio...
Central, News, Regional
St Elizabeth Infirmary gets matron’s quarters
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
September 23, 2012
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth — Matron of the St Elizabeth Infirmary here, Joycelyn Bryan, recently took possession of a three-bedroom house adjacent to th...
Central, News, Regional
450 students awarded Alpart grants
September 23, 2012
Observer Central NAIN, St Elizabeth - It's been closed since 2009, but alumina processors Alpart, through its Russian owners UC Rusal in partnership w...
Central, News, Regional
‘An oasis at the centre of a very busy town’
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
September 23, 2012
Mandeville Hotel boasts green, natural environment MANDEVILLE, Manchester - It's smack dab in the centre of the town, but you'd never know; the Mandev...
Central, News, Regional
‘I’m willing to risk being a one-term MP’
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
September 23, 2012
SE St Elizabeth rep bridges political divide with CDF scholarships SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Arguing that political divisiveness has undermined progr...
Central, News, Regional
St Elizabeth Infirmary gets matron’s quarters
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
September 22, 2012
Observer Central SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Matron of the St Elizabeth Infirmary here, Joycelyn Bryan, recently took possession of a three-bedroom hou...
Central, News, Regional
New Rotary Administration pledges to support Manchester Fire Department
BY ALICIA SUTHERLAND Observer staff reporter sutherlanda@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 9, 2012
Observer Central MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Mandeville businessman and new president of the Rotary Club of Mandeville Basil Cameron says the Manchester ...
Central, News, Regional
CPJC launches domestic violence support group
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 9, 2012
Observer Central MAY PEN, Clarendon — The Clarendon Peace and Justice Centre (CPJC) is hoping its new social intervention programme — Moving Onward fr...
Central, News, Regional
Emergency response a boon to Treasure Beach
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
July 29, 2012
Observer Central SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth – James Sadock remembers very well that day, 11 years ago, when he saved a child from drowning and first rec...
Central, News, Regional
Historic St Peter’s struggling to fill pews
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
July 29, 2012
ALLEY, Clarendon — St Peter's Anglican Church here is perhaps the most enduring physical reminder of early English colonisers in south eastern Clarend...
Central, News, Regional
Mandeville moves to arrest domestic crimes
BY RHOMA TOMLINSON Observer writer 
July 29, 2012
Observer Central MANDEVILLE, Manchester —A high-profile task force comprising top cops, clergymen, community leaders and educators has been set up to ...
Central, News, Regional
Changing fortunes
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
July 29, 2012
Garvey Maceo coach hoping to build on Olympian’s success VERNAMFIELD, Clarendon — When Rusheen McDonald makes his Olympic debut in the 400m heats at L...

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