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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

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‘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

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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

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‘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’

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‘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’

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Cement Company wants concrete plans from burnt-out families

By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter

December 3, 2006

The Caribbean Cement Company says it is ready to hand over 150 bags of cement to 13 displaced families in the volatile community of Rockfort in East K...

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Golding pledges bauxite levy funds to restoring mined out communities

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

December 2, 2006

Alligator Pond, Manchester - Bruce Golding says a Government led by him will rededicate billions of dollars earned from the bauxite levy to restore mi...

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Females can help put music videos meaning in context

By Marcia Forbes

December 2, 2006

Last week I started a discussion about the kinds of ways in which we watch TV and how the overall context of viewing can influence the ways in which w...

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What makes you an outstanding achiever?

December 2, 2006

Two weeks ago, the Sunday Observer travelled to the St Mary High School in Highgate and engaged four sixth formers on that question. Here are their th...

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Dalley emphasises importance of education for children

December 2, 2006

HEALTH Minister Horace Dalley has stressed the importance of ensuring that every child is educated and has access to health care and the love and guid...

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National Land Agency hosts open day for students

December 2, 2006

AS part of its observance of Geographic Information System (GIS) Week, the National Land Agency (NLA) hosted high school students last month at an "op...

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Three ways to reduce political tribalism

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 2, 2006

Opposition senator, Colonel Trevor MacMillan has suggested that the leader of the opposition be consulted on all decisions to appoint members of publi...

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Silence or death

BY KARYL WALKER Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 2, 2006

When 46-year-old Isroy Panther swore that he did not own an illegal firearm, even hardened cops wanted to believe the shy, softspoken resident of Sout...

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‘I’ll say why, when the right time comes’

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

December 2, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Francis Tulloch, the former tourism minister who has returned from retirement to contest the West Central St James constituenc...

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Golding says he’s getting 1980 victory feeling in South Manchester again

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

December 2, 2006

Alligator Pond, Manchester - Such was the size of the crowd in this South Manchester fishing village, Opposition Leader Bruce Golding claims he became...

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Where will we go, what will we do?

BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 2, 2006

As the biggest spending season of the year draws near, vendors at the D C Tavares market on Spanish Town Road are uncertain of where they will go and ...

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Rhodd wants NYS expanded

December 2, 2006

MINISTER of state in the Ministry of National Security, Dr Donald Rhodd is calling for the short-term expansion of the National Youth Service (NYS) to...

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MoBay Hope shrugs off elitist image

BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU

December 2, 2006

ROSEHALL, St James - As far as local hospitals go, MoBay Hope's on the upper end of the scale with its salubrious waiting rooms, which are open to the...

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Davies expects profits from Petrocaribe fund loans

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 2, 2006

The Government flexed its majority in the House of Representatives over proposals from the Opposition to give Parliament more authority over the use o...

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‘Reading Pals’ to improve literacy in primary schools

JIS

December 2, 2006

TO improve the literacy level among primary school students, the Education Transformation team at the Ministry of Education will launch an activity du...

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Responding to students’ career challenges through planning and advising: Part III

Career Advisor Merrit Henry

December 2, 2006

We have, over the last two weeks, looked at some career challenges faced by tertiary level students and how to deal with them through career planning ...

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Choose to use your lives wisely, Davis tells young men

December 2, 2006

Cable & Wireless Jamaica President and CEO Rodney Davis last Thursday delivered the second in his series of motivational talks to high school male stu...

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Government moving to increase access to low-cost computers

December 2, 2006

MINISTER of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce, Phillip Paulwell has said that the government was moving to increase public access to reasonabl...

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Look before you leap into a new job

December 2, 2006

FEELING burned out? Looking for a change? Take some time to think and plan before beginning the search for that new job. "It's better to lay the groun...

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JIS wins international Website award

December 2, 2006

THE website for the Jamaica Information Service (JIS), located at www.jis.gov.jm, was adjudged the Best Website Representing a Nation last Tuesday. Th...

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Spare a thought for children with disabilities

December 2, 2006

OPERATORS of early childhood institutions are being reminded that the construction of any new complex must have facilities to accommodate children wit...

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Principals groups want school security and safety policy

BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 2, 2006

Jolted by last Tuesday's incident at Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Clarendon in which a security guard accidentally shot and injured five male ...