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Sprint domination

Douglas, East storm to Class 1 and 2 100m glory

March 26 12:20 AM

Sprint domination

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Champs 100 years ago

March 26 12:18 AM

Champs 100 years ago

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IMC impacting future

Alpha students leverage 2026 conference exposure for industry insight

March 26 12:16 AM

IMC impacting future

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More than just teachers

Award-winning educators highlight nation-building inside the classroom

Jerome Williams | Reporter

March 26 12:14 AM

More than just teachers

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REID RULES!

March 26 12:12 AM

JC surge into Boys’ Champs lead

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Blue Latte Rio by Léo Moço

March 26 12:10 AM

Countdown to the 27th staging of the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards

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Last lifeline

Blake says Reggae Boyz ‘know what’s at stake’ in crucial World Cup play-off vs New Caledonia

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

March 26 12:06 AM

Last lifeline

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Jamaicans urged to step up in tree recovery effort

Holness calls for national volunteer push

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

March 26 12:04 AM

Jamaicans urged to step up in tree recovery effort

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Three awarded Order of Jamaica

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com

July 24, 2007

THREE distinguished Jamaicans were yesterday conferred by the Governor General with the Order of Jamaica, the nation's fourth highest honour, at a spe...

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Advertisers vote Observer Media of the Year

July 24, 2007

THE Jamaica Observer yesterday copped the coveted Media of the Year award at the Advertising Agencies Association of Jamaica's awards luncheon at the ...

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Cops, gunmen again trade bullets in Mountain View

BY KARYL WALKER Observer staff reporter walkerk@jamaicaobserver.com

July 24, 2007

POLICE yesterday arrested one man and recovered an illegal pistol and ammunition after a running gunbattle with armed men at Saunders Avenue, a tough ...

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Meet the candidates

July 23, 2007

South East St Mary Harry George Douglas, MP - PNP Born: Belfied, St Mary Family: Married, 4 children Presently, Minister of State in the Ministry of L...

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JPS removing asbestos material from Hunts Bay station

July 23, 2007

THE Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is now in the process of removing Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) from the retired station at Hunts Bay, material ...

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PM avoids toll issue at Portmore rally

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

July 23, 2007

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller Sunday night said nothing about the controversial Portmore toll issue during a People's National Party (PNP) mass...

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Maternity nurse wins top prize

PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter

July 23, 2007

NADINE Anderson-Lawrence, a maternity nurse employed to the Victoria Jubilee Hospital, was Saturday night crowned the Nurses' Association of Jamaica/L...

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Former MoBay mayor praised for service to city, country

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

July 23, 2007

MOUNT CAREY, St James - Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Saturday hailed former Montego Bay mayor Milton Stewart as a distinguished son, who ga...

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New design competition for Shearer monument

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

July 23, 2007

THE Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT) has relaunched the design competition for a monument at National Heroes Park in honour of the late Prime Mi...

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Mtn View gunfight

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

July 23, 2007

THE police yesterday detained 12 men following a gunfight with gunmen at Jacques Road, a volatile community off Mountain View Avenue in Kingston. The ...

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A cloud of dust over Fort Georges Road

DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE, Observer staff reporter

July 23, 2007

DESMOND Espeut is a very bitter man. He says his wife, daughter and granddaughter had to leave the family home on Fort Georges Road, Annotto Bay, beca...

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One dead, two hurt in bizarre billboard accident

July 23, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - A 30-year-old Hanover man was yesterday electrocuted and two others hurt when a billboard they were about to install came into...

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PNP politician facing drug charge

July 23, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - A People's National Party (PNP) politician was, up to late last night, being interrogated by senior narcotics police in connec...

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Battle of the ads

BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com

July 22, 2007

A People's National Party (PNP) TV advertisement showing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Bruce Golding and general secretary Karl Samuda criticising...

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$100-m gov’t complex for Portmore

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

July 22, 2007

The Portmore Municipal Council (PMC) has announced plans to erect a $100-million one-stop shop for government agencies in the sprawling St Catherine c...

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‘In the name of our ancestors’

By Diana Hall Observer writer

July 22, 2007

Tourism, Entertainment and Culture minister Aloun Assamba has asked journalists to help in reinforcing the public awareness in the Transatlantic Trade...

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$15.4-million facility no home-sweet-home for nurses

July 22, 2007

Retired nurses are apparently not beating a path to the doors of the Seymour Avenue retirement home, St Andrew, which the Nurses Association of Jamaic...

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PBCJ gets ready for non-stop broadcasting

July 22, 2007

The Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ) is expected to move into continuous broadcasting shortly after completing its fourth programme s...

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Coming full circle

BY RUTH HOWARD Sunday Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

July 21, 2007

JUNE Adelle-Lene Spence has worked in education for more than four decades, and is proud of every day spent in service to Jamaica's children. Now afte...

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Fishes haven’t been biting in Alligator Pond

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com

July 21, 2007

THE mid-morning heat is unbearable as a female vendor, with one hand akimbo and the other holding a measuring scale, is bargaining feverishly with a c...

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Norman Horne’s university vision

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

July 21, 2007

Junction, St Elizabeth - Norman Horne says his vision of a university in the hills of Malvern funded and run by overseas investors primarily for overs...