Olivier Shield to be played on January 7
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Olivier Shield to be played on January 7
December 26 05:13 PM
The much-anticipated Olivier Shield clash between St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and Excelsior High will be played on Wednesday, January ...
A look back at the 13 biggest local stories of 2025
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A look back at the 13 biggest local stories of 2025
December 26 05:08 PM
From a once in a lifetime hurricane to a historic third term for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), a 30-year low in murders, and the major flop by the R...
Portland man slapped with murder and gun charges
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Portland man slapped with murder and gun charges
December 26 03:37 PM
PORTLAND, Jamaica — A 34-year-old man has been charged with murder, possession of a prohibited weapon and unlawful possession of ammunition following ...
Izizzi player hits $2.8 million jackpot on Greek Gods game
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Izizzi player hits $2.8 million jackpot on Greek Gods game
December 26 02:28 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A restaurant worker and long-time Izizzi player is celebrating a $2.8 million jackpot win after winning the Greek Gods game. A ded...
Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
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Guyana’s non-oil sector registers growth of more than 7%
December 26 02:19 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Guyana’s non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report. Touris...
Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
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Double murder mars Christmas Day on March Pen Road
December 26 12:58 PM
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — Despite an increased police presence, gunmen struck on March Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine on Christmas Day leaving t...

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Row over Russell land heats up
Pat Roxborough-Wright 
January 13, 2007
KETTERING, Trelawny - Residents in this community yesterday mounted a demonstration to protest the smashing of two illegal buildings which were recent...
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Mico launches BEd in Language and Literacy
January 13, 2007
The Mico University College's newest Bachelor's degree programme got off the ground following a brief orienation exercise at its Marescaux Road campus...
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PM commissions Cotterwood water supply system
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 13, 2007
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth - A project described by Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller as a "benchmark for community water supply systems across the i...
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Abilities Foundation gets $800,000-donation
JIS 
January 13, 2007
THE Abilities Foundation Skills Training Centre for persons with disabilities on Thursday received a well needed boost to their operations from the Un...
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Training sessions on new Early Childhood Act begin
JIS 
January 13, 2007
THE training workshop to kick-start the public education campaign on the new regulations and standards that will govern the early childhood sector was...
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Outsiders dumping garbage here, St Andrew farmers complain
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 13, 2007
Leaders of rural St Andrew's farming community yesterday complained that outsiders were dumping tons of garbage in their community and called on the a...
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Proper forensic audit needed
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
January 13, 2007
Jeremy Brown, Gorstew Limited's technical consultant on the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel project, says that the US$43-million overrun on the property cann...
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The high cost of garbage
by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter 
January 13, 2007
The high cost of cover material and equipment rental makes the management of garbage disposal sites an expensive venture which, if not done properly, ...
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Waste worry
BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter 
January 13, 2007
Two thousand tons of garbage is a lot of waste. It's what the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) had, in 1990s, projected would be the daily volume...
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NIC awards $220,000 in scholarships
BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer reporter 
January 13, 2007
JODI-ANN Wright, 21, a first-year secondary education major at the Northern Caribbean University, on Thursday became the first tertiary-level student ...
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Who says crime is rampant in Manchester?
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 13, 2007
Mandeville, Manchester - Even against the bleak backdrop of the murder of high-profile Mandeville business couple Richard and Julia Lyn at the close o...
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Basil and Imani say ‘I Do’
January 13, 2007
The bride, Grace Imani Duncan, was stunning in an ivory lace mermaid strapless Henry Roth gown. The groom, Basil Llewelyn M'Wallimu Burnett Waite, sua...
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Portmore hotels raided
BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent 
January 13, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The Portmore police, in what they said was a response to persistent complaints from residents of that St Catherine munici...
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Man held with ganja to be sentenced next Friday
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
January 12, 2007
MONTEGO BAY- Steve Cooper, a St Ann man who now resides in New York in the United States, pleaded guilty in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrates Court...
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New homes for ‘Samakan’ fire victims
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
January 12, 2007
ON October 18 last year, Israel Scarlett thought his world had come to an end. A raging mid-day fire destroyed Scarlett's house along with 13 other ho...
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No mercy!
T K WHYTE, Observer writer 
January 12, 2007
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Senior St Catherine Resident Magistrate Lorna Errar-Gayle on Tuesday made clear her disgust for men who abuse their women...
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Mayor says ‘unapproved’ construction under
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
KINGSTON Mayor Desmond McKenzie yesterday accused the US Embassy of starting "preparatory work" on the construction of a new two-storey office annex a...
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FIRE! …..Goodyear building gutted in 10-hour blaze
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
January 12, 2007
It took 110 firefighters 10 hours to subdue a massive blaze that gutted the Goodyear Tyre Distribution Centre and destroyed a section of the adjoining...
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Brothers shot dead in Central Village
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
THE Central Village police say an ongoing gang feud in Central Village, St Catherine, was responsible for yesterday's murder of two brothers in the ar...
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Cops detain 35 in raid on Common
Observer Reporter 
January 12, 2007
The police yesterday detained 35 persons during an operation in the volatile garrison community of Common, which runs off Red Hills Road in St Andrew....

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