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Gayle says deliberate steps required to increase productivity in Jamaica
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Gayle says deliberate steps required to increase productivity in Jamaica
March 27 10:12 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica  —  Government Senator Kavan Gayle says partnership and a balanced consultative approach are required to achieve the much needed imp...
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Johnson finally wins 200m steeplechase
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Johnson finally wins 200m steeplechase
March 27 09:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Sushana Johnson finally won the Girls 200m steeplechase gold medal, running 7:00.04 to lead home a gold and silver medal finish for...
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Gov’t mounting strong response to access to affordable housing concern, says Fitz-Henley
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Gov’t mounting strong response to access to affordable housing concern, says Fitz-Henley
March 27 08:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, says the Holness-administration is sensitive to the ...
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#Champs2026: Marquies Page breaks Class 2 110m hurdles record
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#Champs2026: Marquies Page breaks Class 2 110m hurdles record
March 27 07:53 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marquies Page shattered Vashaun Vascianna’s seven year old Boys Class 2 110m hurdles record after he ran 12.98 seconds in Friday’s...
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards ends Champs career in style with jumps double
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards ends Champs career in style with jumps double
March 27 07:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica College’s Michael-Andre Edwards ended his ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic Championships career in style with a b...
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#Champs2026: Fireworks expected in girls’ sprint hurdles finals
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#Champs2026: Fireworks expected in girls’ sprint hurdles finals
March 27 07:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Fireworks are expected in the girls’ sprint hurdles final on Saturday’s final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic...
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48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
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48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
March 27 06:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in sections of the St Andrew South Police Division, has been extended. The curfew will continu...
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#Champs2026: William Knibb’s Seymore on course to repeat Class 1 200m gold
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#Champs2026: William Knibb’s Seymore on course to repeat Class 1 200m gold
March 27 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - William Knibb’s Sanjay Seymore is on course to retain his Boys Class 1, 200m title while Kingston College’s Jason Pitter will hope...
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CAFFE to monitor campaign, election
July 5, 2007
LOCAL elections watchdog, Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), says it will be monitoring the election campaign as well as the electio...
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101-y-o ‘techo’ gets free lifetime high-speed Internet access
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
July 5, 2007
ALLAN Miller is no ordinary man. At 101, the centenarian spends most of his time not in bed but in front of his desktop computer where he plays games,...
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Deportee found dead
July 5, 2007
This is the unfinished house in Turner's District, Clarendon, in which the body of 32-year-old deportee Robert Johnson (inset) was found yesterday wit...
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Two die as delivery truck plunges over precipice
July 5, 2007
OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Two men were killed yesterday when the delivery truck in which they were travelling plunged 150 feet into a ravine along the Chalk...
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New chief medical officer appointed
July 5, 2007
DR Sheila Campbell-Forrester has been appointed chief medical officer, filling the vacancy left last September by the death of Dr Barry Wint. Dr Campb...
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D-day for cops
July 5, 2007
TODAY is the last date for members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) to register for the police voters' list, which will allow them to vote prio...
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JLP St Elizabeth candidates absent from code of conduct signing
July 5, 2007
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - A code of conduct signing ceremony for political candidates in St Elizabeth did not go according to plan as only ruling Pe...
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Pollster says election outcome hinges on campaign strategies of parties
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
July 5, 2007
POLLSTER Don Anderson has said that the outcome of the next general elections could depend heavily on the play-off between the groundwork being done b...
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Easy Summer Chillin’
July 4, 2007
Hello my fellow gourmands, you must be wondering what is going on, no labels this week - but goodness, it is so hot that I had to take a break and wel...
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Minister promises to address farmers’ fertiliser concerns
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
July 4, 2007
AGRICULTURE and Lands Minister Roger Clarke yesterday promised to address a preciptous and continuous increases in the cost of fertiliser, which, he s...
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First of summer
LEISHA CHEN-YOUNG, Thursday Life staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
Good times are here. The hot, lazy days of summer, perfect for entertaining friends, especially this holiday weekend. So, once you have organised the ...
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Appleton named to Drinks International’s Millionaires Club
July 4, 2007
Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum was again named to Drinks International's Millionaires Club list in its Millionaires 2007 edition. The list comprises spir...
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Red Palm mite detected in four parishes
July 4, 2007
THE Ministry of Agriculture yesterday reported that the Red Palm mite, a pest which affects coconuts, bananas, plantains and ornamental palms, has bee...
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Electoral Commission stands firm on open-voting proposal
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
July 4, 2007
THE Electoral Commission yesterday sought the intervention of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Opposition Leader Bruce Golding to break the de...
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House firebombed, two shot and injured
July 4, 2007
TWO people were yesterday shot and injured and their house firebombed in Olympic Gardens, a tough community in Kingston. According to a community sour...
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J’can man gets black, white twins
AFP 
July 4, 2007
LONDON, (AFP) - They were born within minutes of each other, but the British twins celebrating their first birthday yesterday are far from identical: ...
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PM commissions new facilities at Norman Manley International
Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
Persons travelling to and from Jamaica via the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) will no longer have to brave the elements as they board or d...
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Summer of Soup
July 4, 2007
Sometimes there is nothing better than a cup of hot, steaming mannish water - the meaty aroma and spicy flavour. There is just something about it that...
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Cell phone thief leaves family in mourning
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
July 4, 2007
DONNA-MARIE Smith who travelled hundreds of miles from Turks and Caicos to Jamaica to spend some quality time with her son, Dejon Hibbert, whom she ha...
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JDF pilots walk away from crash with minor injuries
July 4, 2007
TWO Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) pilots were yesterday treated at hospital for injuries they received in a helicopter crash at the Polo Field at Up Par...
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Portia ready to ‘fly di gate’
July 4, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller last night summoned People's National Party (PNP) faithfuls to a mass meeting on Sunday, July 8 in the Half-Way-T...
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It’s back…
July 4, 2007
Thanks to popular demand, the Yabba has at last returned to Island Grill. "We worked assiduously to bring back the Yabba for one simple reason...our c...
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