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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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JTA wants to present policy position to political parties

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

April 12, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James-President of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA), Hopeton Henry, wants the association to present its policy position on edu...

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Two brothers charged with murder of cop

April 12, 2007

TWO brothers taken into custody following the discovery of the body of Constable Richard Dwayne Alexander in a gully at Juno Crescent, May Pen, Claren...

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Inflation? They all got it wrong, says Omar

BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com

April 12, 2007

Finance and Planning Minister Dr Omar Davies says financial experts "all got it wrong" in their predictions that the administration would not be able ...

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$1.7b in new taxes

Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager

April 12, 2007

A 20 per cent increase on the Special Consumption Tax (SCT) on cigarettes, and an environmental levy of 0.5 per cent on the Cost Insurance and Freight...

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Notice wants St Catherine PC dissolved

BY T K WHYTE Observer correspondent

April 12, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The monthly general meeting of the St Catherine Parish Council exploded in anger yesterday after Councillor Dr Raymoth No...

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Grange calls on communities to support Spanish Town High

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

April 11, 2007

MEMBER of Parliament for Central St Catherine, Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, has called on the surrounding communities to support the development of Spanish ...

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‘Butch’ Stewart appeals for jobs

Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager

April 11, 2007

"THE best thing that you can give a human being is a job," Observer chairman, Gordon "Butch" Stewart said yesterday as he lamented Jamaica's high unem...

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Maxfield Avenue taxi operators stage protest

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

April 11, 2007

MEMBERS of the Maxfield Taxi Association yesterday staged an early morning protest on Maxfield Avenue against what they said were continued acts of ag...

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Entertainment writer found dead

April 11, 2007

THE body of musical director and entertainment writer Justin Leo Whyte was found with a gunshot wound to the head at his Mona, St Andrew home yesterda...

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School violence cost gov’t $30 million last year

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

April 11, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson says government spent $30 million last year on violence-related incidents that occurred...

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Fire leaves 17 family members homeless

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

April 11, 2007

FIRE yesterday destroyed a seven-bedroom house at 2H First Avenue, in Vineyard Town, leaving 17 members of the Samuels family homeless. The house was ...

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‘Cheese Trix’ involved in triple killing near May Pen Cemetery – police

PAUL HENRY, Observer staff reporter

April 11, 2007

THE police are now claiming that slain "cop killer" Christopher 'Cheese Trix' Williams was among the group of four gunmen who murdered three people in...

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US Embassy wants go-ahead to erect USAID building

Claudienne Edwards | Writer

April 11, 2007

THE United States Embassy has made an appeal to Local Government Minister Dean Peart following the Town and Country Planning Authority's (TCPA) decisi...

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It’s Budget Day

April 11, 2007

THE West Indies may be on their way out of Cricket World Cup 2007, but the schedule for the rest of the tourney will extend the annual budget debate i...

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Woolmer murder inquest starts April 23

April 11, 2007

THE coroner's inquest into the March 18 murder of Pakistan's cricket coach Bob Woolmer is scheduled to start on April 23 at the Jamaica Conference Cen...

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Punish political parties!

Julian Richardson | Online Content Manager

April 11, 2007

Christopher Zacca, the president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) wants public disclosure of campaign donations, backed up by crim...

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UWI group wants policy to address acquaintance rape

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

April 11, 2007

THE Society for the Upliftment and Advancement of Women via Education (SUAWVE) - a student group at the University of the West Indies Mona - has calle...

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Cop-hitting taxi operator fined

T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent

April 11, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Gary Brown, the operator of a robot taxi who hit down two motorcycle cops in February, had his driver's licence confiscat...

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Three St Mary fishermen rescued off MoBay coast

April 10, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The three St Mary fishers who went missing Saturday were rescued at sea yesterday morning by a crew of St James fishermen in w...

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God is the captain of my ship – PM

BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com

April 10, 2007

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller has vowed that her administration will continue to partner with the church community despite harsh criticisms ove...

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Cop killed by ‘friendly fire’?

April 10, 2007

Police yesterday appeared to back-track from earlier claims that Constable Mark Haughton was killed by gunmen, amidst accusations by residents that he...