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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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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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TEF presses ahead with nicer Negril

Anthony Lewis | Observer Writer

March 26 12:02 AM

TEF presses ahead with nicer Negril

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From coastlines to crops…

US$10-m Adaptation Fund Programme leaves lasting mark on Jamaica’s climate resilience

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

March 26 12:01 AM

From coastlines to crops…

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15 vendors fined for praedial larceny

TK Whyte

April 27, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Fifteen of 22 vendors who were arrested and charged for transporting agricultural produce without the required receipts l...

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August 2009 deadline for teachers to get registered

JIS

April 27, 2007

THE Ministry of Education and Youth has set August 2009 as the deadline for teachers to register with the Teachers' Service Commission in order to acc...

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Briton attempting to smuggle ganja fined and imprisoned

April 27, 2007

FORTY-eight-year-old Briton Mark Sullivan was yesterday ordered to pay $505,400 in fines and spend two years behind bars after he plead guilty to a ch...

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Conmen to spend 18 months behind bars

VAUGHN DAVIS

April 27, 2007

TWO men who conned a woman out of $250,000 cash earlier this month were each sentenced to 18 months in prison at hard labour yesterday in the Half-Way...

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Mob beats cross-dresser

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

April 27, 2007

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - A cross-dreser was set upon and severely beaten by a mob in Falmouth's Water Square yesterday morning. Police who were called to ...

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Focus on jobs

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

April 26, 2007

Bruce Golding yesterday placed job creation at the centre of an economic strategy that his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) would pursue if it is elected to...

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PM, JEA hail Ray Hadeed

Observer Reporter

April 26, 2007

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the death of Ray Hadeed represents the closure of a significant chapter in the history of the local manufact...

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Teenage sex high on agenda for boys’ conference today

April 26, 2007

MORE than 500 boys from high schools from five parishes will today attend a one-day conference in Kingston, aimed at addressing the high prevalence of...

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11 new cases of malaria reported

April 26, 2007

A total of 11 new cases of Malaria have been reported since the beginning of April, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. According to a release from...

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Fiesta discussions to resume Wednesday

April 26, 2007

TALKS between the representatives of the Fiesta Hotel Group and the trade unions seeking to represent some 2,000 workers on their site in Point, Hanov...

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No suspect in Woolmer murder

April 26, 2007

AFTER more than a month of investigations, including the assistance of Britain's Scotland Yard and the Pakistani police, no suspect has been identifie...

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PAC draft report raps UDC, ANDCO board

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

April 26, 2007

PROJECT manager for the controversial Sandals Whitehouse hotel, the state-run Urban Development Corporation (UDC), was not as proactive and assertive ...

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KPH gets new radiology equipment

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

April 26, 2007

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Wednesday commissioned into service radiology equipment valued at $8.8 million at the Kingston Public Hospital...

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DPP wants 7-year child-rape sentence increased

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

April 26, 2007

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions Kent Pantry has recommended that the seven-year sentence currently served by adults who sexually assault children unde...

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US Embassy denies KSAC access to inspect property

Claudienne Edwards | Writer

April 26, 2007

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in discussion with the United States Embassy to get permission for the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) to...

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Phillips says low pay keeping qualified men from JCF

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

April 26, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips yesterday said low pay is the biggest negative keeping qualified men from joining the Jama...

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Sandals/Beaches Resorts celebrate ‘Earth Day’ with tree-planting

April 26, 2007

STAFF at Sandals and Beaches resorts joined more than 500 million people worldwide to mark 'Earth Day' last Sunday with tree-planting in communities i...

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It was an error, says ministry

Observer Reporter

April 26, 2007

THE Ministry of Labour says Minister Derrick Kellier made an error when he told reporters Monday that only one person died in the September 2005 explo...

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Cops kill car thief after high-speed chase

April 25, 2007

A man who yesterday held up and robbed a taxi operator of his motor car in Greater Portmore, St Catherine, was shot and killed by the police at the in...

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‘I have no intention of crossing the fence’ – Notice

T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent

April 25, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Former mayor of Spanish Town, Dr Raymoth Notice, has denied claims that his recent criticisms of the management of the St...

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Four killed in market truck spill

April 25, 2007

FOUR persons were killed when a Mack panel market truck transporting vendors from Kingston to the popular Falmouth bend down market in Trelawny, plung...