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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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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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NSWMA to do one-time cleaning of MoBay South Gully

March 26 12:03 AM

NSWMA to do one-time cleaning of MoBay South Gully

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Mayor says MoBay drains can’t manage heavy flood water

BY KERIL WRIGHT Observer staff reporter kerilw@jamaicaobserver.com

May 31, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St James Parish Council Noel Donaldson says the city will continue to suffer severe f...

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Work on in earnest on Palisadoes road, says minister

May 31, 2007

ROBERT Pickersgill, the housing, water, transport and works minister, says 'work has started in earnest' on the Palisadoes road which suffered severe ...

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Tara Abrahams – Clivio and Wendy Facey – Cannonball Café

May 30, 2007

Contrary to popular belief, Cannonball Café was not created as a place for designer mums to hang their Hermès handbags. "We didn't just start it becau...

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Lifetime Achievement, Chairman’s awards for Stona, Mahfood

May 30, 2007

CULINARY pioneer Winston Stona and businessman Derrick Mahfood will be this year's recipients of the Jamaica Observer Lifetime Achievement Award and C...

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First woman Chief Justice named

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

May 30, 2007

JUSTICE Zalia McCalla yesterday wrote her name in Jamaican history as the nation's first woman Chief Justice, but immediately faced controversy over h...

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Gov’t, Opposition agree on separate reports for Whitehouse probe

May 30, 2007

PARLIAMENT'S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) now seem destined to table two separate reports on their investigations into the Sandals Whitehouse Hotel...

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Mario and Fiona Machado – Mac’s Gourmet Market

May 30, 2007

By night, Mario and Fiona Machado are elegant hosts serving up delectable dishes with panache to a largely corporate clientele, but by day they're lun...

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House amends bills to tighten voting rules

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

May 30, 2007

PARLIAMENT on Tuesday amended the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation Act, the Representation of the People Act and the Parish Councils Act, as part of...

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Claudette Tenn – Homestyle

May 30, 2007

It's all in the packaging, they say, but no one knows this more than Claudette Tenn, innovator of Homestyle, the product responsible for delectable Ja...

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Jacqui Sinclair – Food Stylist

May 30, 2007

When it comes to communicating, Jacqui Sinclair speaks best through food. "People eat with their eyes," she says, explaining her decision to communica...

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Observer vendor, taxi operator shot dead

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

May 30, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Detectives from Montego Bay were last night trying to find the killers of outstanding Observer vendor, Raymond "Big Head" Sinc...

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Storm anxiety in the air as Caribbean prepares for start of hurricane season

May 30, 2007

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Caribbean islanders still get night sweats recalling the dark hours in 2004 when Hurricane Wilma's shrieking gales and dr...

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The rocky – but rewarding – road to the big food idea

May 30, 2007

Cecile Levee is the kind of entrepreneur your business ethics professor, back in college, warned you never to become. "I take the risks that every MIT...

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Chaos as heavy rains lash MoBay

May 30, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Several streets in Montego Bay were yesterday left under water as heavy rains pelted the western resort city, causing chaos an...

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Gov’t MPs reject suggestion to drop sectoral debate

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

May 30, 2007

A suggestion by the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party to abandon the sectoral debate and allow MPs to devote the time to campaign activities for the upc...

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Motor vehicle import licence system goes paperless

May 30, 2007

PERSONS applying for motor vehicle import licences will now be able to complete the entire process online without the need for printed documents. The ...

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Jamaica gets poor rating in Global Peace Index

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

May 30, 2007

JAMAICA has been placed at number 81 of 121 countries in the first study to rank countries around the world according to their peacefulness and the fa...

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Teen wounded in church attack unconscious in hospital

May 29, 2007

THE 17-year-old boy, who with his father was attacked during Sunday's worship service at the Paradise United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands ...

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Council places stop order on RIU construction

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

May 29, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James -The St James Parish Council yesterday issued a stop work notice on the development of the 701-room ClubHotel RIU at Mahoe Bay, ...

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Off-duty guard kills two in attempted robbery

May 29, 2007

AN off-duty security guard Monday night shot and killed two armed men who attempted to rob him and his wife when they boarded a taxi on Main Street in...

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Speeding bus kills two

BY KIMONE THOMPSON Observer staff reporter thompsonk@jamaicaobserver.com

May 29, 2007

THE Cooreville Gardens community in Kingston awoke to tragedy outside its doors yesterday after a speeding minibus ploughed into a group of commuters ...

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Smith says JLP will hold on to Corporate Area seats

May 29, 2007

DERRICK Smith, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) deputy leader in charge of the Corporate Area, says his party will keep the eight seats it currently hol...