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Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Great anticipation as Canadian Travel Golf tees off
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Great anticipation as Canadian Travel Golf tees off
Ruddy Allen | Sports Writer 
October 30, 2022
Maureen Barnes-Smith, vice-president of sales for Unique Vacations Canada, says organisers welcome the return of the Annual Canadian Travel Industry G...
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Three-peat for Jamaica at Golf Championship in Florida
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Three-peat for Jamaica at Golf Championship in Florida
October 27, 2022
JAMAICA put on a dominant show at the Caribbean Golf Association's Four-Ball Championship in Florida to successfully defend titles won in 2019 and 202...
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Successful staging of Couples Negril charity golf tournament
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Successful staging of Couples Negril charity golf tournament
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
October 12, 2022
NEGRIL, Westmoreland — After Sunday's successful restart of the staging of the Couples Resorts Negril Charity Golf Tournament, the organisers are look...
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Couples Negril golf tourney raises $1.4m for charity
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Couples Negril golf tourney raises $1.4m for charity
October 11, 2022
NEGRIL, Westmoreland — On Sunday, the Couples Resorts Negril Charity golf tournament returned after a two-year absence at the Negril Hills course and ...
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Jamaica on target at Four-Ball Golf Championship in Florida
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Jamaica on target at Four-Ball Golf Championship in Florida
October 6, 2022
Jamaica's 18-member team to the Caribbean Golf Association's (CGA) Four-Ball Championship at Golden Palm Golf Course in Florida improved their day one...
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55th Jamaica Open Golf Champs for Tryall Club next month
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55th Jamaica Open Golf Champs for Tryall Club next month
October 5, 2022
TRYALL, Hanover — ORGANISERS of the Jamaica Open Golf Championship are expecting even better support for this year's staging of the event, set for Nov...
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Uruguayans on top at Latam Travel Advisors Golf Tournament
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Uruguayans on top at Latam Travel Advisors Golf Tournament
October 5, 2022
Horizon Travel, a travel advisory based in Montevideo, Uruguay, is the champion team of the eighth Latin America Travel Advisors tournament. The team ...
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Mexican team takes early lead in Sandals golf tourney
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Mexican team takes early lead in Sandals golf tourney
October 2, 2022
THE Mexican team of David Naves, Edgar Lopez, Nora Deschamps, and Carlos Andrade took control after the first of two days of the Latin America Travel ...
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Sandals Latin American golf tournament tees off
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Sandals Latin American golf tournament tees off
October 1, 2022
ARLENES García, an organiser for the Sandals Latin America Travel Advisers Golf Tournament, is happy for its return. The two-day tournament, suspended...
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Good support for second staging of CUMI charity golf tournament
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Good support for second staging of CUMI charity golf tournament
September 28, 2022
TRYALL, Hanover — Organisers have hailed last Saturday's second staging of the CUMI-Tryall Charity Golf Tournament held at the Tryall Golf Course in H...
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CUMI golf tourney tees off
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CUMI golf tourney tees off
September 23, 2022
ORGANISERS of the second Tryall-CUMI Charity Golf Tournament, set to tee off this morning at 9:00 on the Tryall Club course in Hanover, are optimistic...
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Sandals pleased with USTA tourney —
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Sandals pleased with USTA tourney —
September 15, 2022
With the objectives of the 18th Sandals US Travel Advisors (USTA) Golf Tournament met, Jake Coldiron, national manager of golf sales, is intent on usi...
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Attractive prizes for CUMI Charity Golf Tournament
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Attractive prizes for CUMI Charity Golf Tournament
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 14, 2022
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Participants in the second Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill's (CUMI) Tryall-CUMI Charity Golf Tournament, set ...
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Fierce competition on day one of Sandals golf tourney
Golf, Sports
Fierce competition on day one of Sandals golf tourney
September 12, 2022
UPTON, St Ann — By all indications, the ongoing Sandals US Travel Advisors Golf Tournament is not all about fun and games. There is a serious side to ...
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Sandals US Travel golf tourney returns
Golf, Sports
Sandals US Travel golf tourney returns
Sherdon Cowan 
September 11, 2022
WITH golf being cons idered a serious part of Jamaica's sports tourism product, Minister Edmund Bartlett and Gary Sadler, Unique Vacation's executive ...
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Sports in Britain resume, pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
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Sports in Britain resume, pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
September 10, 2022
Wearing black armbands, test cricketers from England and South Africa held a minute's silence before a bell was chimed once by a high-ranking member o...
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TEE TIME!
COVID-19, Golf, News, ...
TEE TIME!
August 28, 2022
At their core golf tournaments offer the thrill of competition to every participant and amplify the importance of every shot in a way that a casual ro...
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Golf boost!
Golf, Sports
Golf boost!
BY SHERDON COWAN Observer staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 21, 2022
WITH female golfers now said to be the key driver of the sport's growth, president of Jamaica Golf Association (JGA) Jodi Munn-Barrow is greatly optim...
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Team Newnham/Gleichman top four-ball trial
Golf, Sports
Team Newnham/Gleichman top four-ball trial
August 21, 2022
THE two-man team of Dr Mark Newnham and Michael Gleichman was the runaway winner of last weekend's Jamaica Golf Association (JGA) trial for the Caribb...
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Team Newnham/Gleichman top CAGC Four-Ball Championship trials
Golf, Sports
Team Newnham/Gleichman top CAGC Four-Ball Championship trials
August 17, 2022
The two-man team of Dr Mark Newnham and Michael Gleichman was the runaway winner of the Jamaica Golf Association's (JGA) trials for the Caribbean Amat...
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Rose Hall Golf Academy pleased with 8th staging of summer camp
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Rose Hall Golf Academy pleased with 8th staging of summer camp
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 17, 2022
ROSE HALL, St James — Thirty individuals, age seven to 15 years, participated in the recent eighth staging of the four-week Rose Hall Golf Academy Ann...
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Newnham/Gleichman lead field in CAGC Four-Ball trials
Golf, Sports
Newnham/Gleichman lead field in CAGC Four-Ball trials
August 13, 2022
THE Jamaica Golf Association's (JGA) trials for the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship's (CAGC) Four-Ball Championship saw second-day action at Cayma...
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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