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A voice in sport lost

Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver

December 31 12:20 AM

A voice in sport lost

News

‘Closure & comfort’

•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus

Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:18 AM

‘Closure comfort’

Entertainment, ...

New location, no problem!

I Love Soca delivers premium vibes at Heroes’ Circle

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

December 31 12:16 AM

New location, no problem!

Business

STAGE ECONOMICS

Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline

Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter

December 31 12:14 AM

Standing ovations for stand-ups 2025

Sports

RIDING THE WAVE

ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:12 AM

More work to do

Business

BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access

BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

BOJ pushing

News

‘Arrive alive’

Increase in road fatalities pushes authorities to intensify strategies to change driver behaviour

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

‘Arrive alive’

News

‘It’s about people, not buildings’

Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds

Jerome Williams | Reporter

December 31 12:09 AM

‘It’s about people, not buildings’

Elections Candidates, News

JLP suggests love for women will work for party

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

December 17, 2011

JUNCTION, St Elizabeth — They shied away from specifics while using vague language. However, leading platform speakers appeared to suggest at a Jamaic...

Elections Candidates, Letters

Try a government of national unity

December 17, 2011

Dear Editor, Let's face it, with the general election fast approaching it is quite obvious that neither of the two major political parties will be dis...

Elections Candidates, News, Politics

Shaw vs Phillips – Unions, private sector weigh in

BY COREY ROBINSON Sunday Observer staff reporter robinsonc@jamaicaobserver.com

December 16, 2011

Last Thursday saw the staging of the second in the series of debates between representatives in the country's two major political parties, hosted by t...

Elections Candidates, News, Politics

Promises made, promises kept, says JLP

December 16, 2011

LAST Wednesday, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party presented what it called its Achievements 2007-2011, ahead of tomorrow's official presentation of its ...

Elections Candidates, News, Politics

Who won? – Experts score Shaw vs Phillips debate

BY CONRAD HAMILTON Sunday Observer senior reporter hamiltonc@jamaicaobserver.com

December 16, 2011

AS the country braces for Tuesday's debate showdown between Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, the dust is sti...

Elections Candidates, News

Richard Azan focused on returning to Gordon House

BY H G HELPS Editor-at-Large helpsh@jamaicaobserver.com

December 16, 2011

Former North West Clarendon MP wants a second chance WHEN the People's National Party's (JLP's) Richard Azan defeated the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP'...

Auto, Elections Candidates

Taxi groups urge drivers to be careful

December 15, 2011

TAXI associations islandwide are urging their members to be extremely cautious to the run-up of the December 29 general election. "Taxi drivers are op...

Editorial, Elections Candidates

Withholding our votes could never be the answer

December 15, 2011

With the approach of elections it is not uncommon to hear people expressing a reluctance to vote on the basis that neither of the two major political ...

Elections Candidates, Letters

Have fact-finding discussions after debates

December 14, 2011

Dear Editor, Analysts have declared that members of the PNP were the better team in the recently concluded national debates by youth representatives f...

Columns, Elections Candidates

Does Holness know what he did?

December 14, 2011

So we have a week to go before the general election. Yesterday, December 14, was 67 years since our first general election under Universal Adult Suffr...

Elections Candidates, News, Politics

No political adverts, campaign, polls from midnight Dec 27

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer senior reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com

December 14, 2011

THERE will be a full day free of election campaigning on the ground and without partisan political advertising in the media, following a voluntary agr...

Elections Candidates, News, Politics

Phillips: We won’t do it again

Jamaica Observer

December 14, 2011

OPPOSITION spokesman on finance Peter Phillips said the People's National Party would not repeat the mistakes that led to the financial meltdown and F...

Elections Candidates, News

Ex-soldier running as independent candidate

BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer senior reporter douglasl@jamaicaobserver.com

December 14, 2011

BRYON Patton's 20 years in the Jamaica Defence Force taught him to be brave, resourceful, and exercise leadership skills. All these and more will be p...

Elections Candidates, Regional, Western

‘People power’ will decide East Hanover seat — Duncan

BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com

December 14, 2011

SANDY BAY, Hanover — VETERAN People's National Party (PNP) politician Dr DK Duncan says it will be "people power" that will give him the edge in his c...

Elections Candidates, News

Ask the US Embassy: Election warning

December 14, 2011

Q: I have both Jamaican and US citizenship, and I am concerned about the possibility of violence and rioting around the time of the upcoming elections...

Columns, Elections Candidates

Not so, Lenford Danver

December 14, 2011

Dear Editor, I must respond to a letter written by Mr Lenford Danver on December 4, 2011, "Get the facts on South East Saint Mary...". I was a bit dis...

Elections Candidates, Letters

Be civilised, end political violence

December 14, 2011

Dear Editor, I am calling on all Jamaicans to stop and think about the future of our country and our children. Life will continue after December 29 an...

Columns, Elections Candidates

Will unemployment, poor roads bite the JLP?

MARK WIGNALL

December 14, 2011

This is the season where much sense will be diverted into boredom and loads of nonsense will be elevated to heated political passion, all in an effort...

Elections Candidates, Letters

What if Bunting, Holness, Robertson lose and Sharon Hay Webster wins?

December 14, 2011

Dear Editor, As a former policeman carrying out duties during the 1980s, I have seen a number of negative incidents regarding politics and the differe...

Columns, Elections Candidates

Blow Portia’s trumpet, not PJ’s

December 14, 2011

Dear Editor, Valentine Pearson's letter on Tuesday, "Don't forget PJ's superb leadership skills" which lauded Mr P J Patterson's tenure as prime minis...

Elections Candidates, Regional, Western

Will Foote ‘cross it’?

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

December 14, 2011

JLP’s three-time loser makes another bid for East Westmoreland seat DARLISTON, Westmoreland — EVEN the least discriminating gambler would not bet his ...

Elections Candidates, Letters

My Jerry Lewis movie might be better than a debate

December 13, 2011

Dear Editor, I watched the "team" debates and at the end, was extremely disappointed for a number of reasons. First, I must declare that I had grown h...