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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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Last lifeline

Blake says Reggae Boyz ‘know what’s at stake’ in crucial World Cup play-off vs New Caledonia

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

March 26 12:06 AM

Last lifeline

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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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800,000 J’cans will not benefit from pension at retirement – Nelson

BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU roxboroughp@jamaicaobserver.com

March 4, 2007

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Senator, Dwight Nelson predicted an inevitable crisis over the inability of the average Jamaican worker to access health ca...

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‘Human chain’ to highlight desperate need for peace

March 4, 2007

A new organisation, Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), headed by Professor Barry Chevannes, is urging Jamaicans to join it in forming a "human chain"...

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Seven persons slain in busy weekend for cops

March 4, 2007

Homicide detectives had another busy weekend as police blotters indicate that at least seven persons were slain between Friday and Sunday morning. Amo...

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Drought reigns in some parts of the island

March 4, 2007

The National Water Commission (NWC) has stopped just short of announcing widespread water lock-offs, instead urging consumers to conserve, as hot, dry...

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Effluent from cesspool truck used to douse gas station fire

March 4, 2007

A quick-thinking cesspool truck operator prevented major disaster yesterday morning after he emptied effluent from his truck to douse a fire which bro...

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BITU seeking first toehold on bauxite sector

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

March 4, 2007

The powerful Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU), hoping to break the near stranglehold on the bauxite sector by the National Workers Union (NWU)...

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Samuda accuses cops of bias, mishandling Common conflict

March 4, 2007

Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) general secretary, Karl Samuda has accused the police of bias and mishandling the conflict which in two months has claimed ...

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Golding issues caution in reparations debate

March 4, 2007

Leader of the Opposition, Bruce Golding, has cautioned Parliament against allowing the history of slavery to undermine Jamaicans' self-confidence. "Wh...

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‘Impotent’ grandfather acquitted of having sex with 12-year-old

by Paul Henry Observer reporter

March 4, 2007

An all-female jury took a mere 35 minutes to acquit an octogenarian of charges that he had sex with a 12-year-old girl, after he admitted he was impot...

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Live botanical museum opens at Dolphin Head

BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU roxboroughp@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

DOLPHIN HEAD, Hanover - Some 20 residents from the communities of Riverside, Kingsvale, Rugland and Retirement in Hanover were on Friday certified as ...

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Using books to counter violence

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Senior Sunday Observer reporter williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

WHILE the police in St James have been busy trying to get dangerous weapons out of the hands of criminals, 10 New York-based Jamaicans have, without f...

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Surprise, Surprise!

BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter mccattyk@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

HOWELL'S CONTENT, Clarendon - For almost a month starting November last year, Norma Nelson kept secret from her co-worker and friend, Chatealine 'Debb...

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10 charged in St James lottery scam get bail

March 3, 2007

The 10 persons hauled before the courts after being implicated in the St James-based international lottery and sweepstakes scam were Friday granted ba...

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Sparks could fly over cut in education transformation budget

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

March 3, 2007

A cut of $1.9 billion from the education transformation budget, in the first supplementary estimates for 2006/2007 should be one of the most explosive...

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Pay attention to professional standards, students – Henry-Wilson

March 3, 2007

MINISTER of Education and Youth Maxine Henry-Wilson, has urged Jamaican students to keep on top of the standards prescribed for the various service pr...

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BOJ seal, governor’s signature forged in lottery scam

BY Vaughn Davis Sunday Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

Police probing the St James-based international lottery and sweepstakes scam have found that Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) seals and the forged signature of t...

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Cop says child sex abuse rampant in St Elizabeth

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

Constable Yvette Graham of the Santa Cruz Police Station believes that St Elizabeth is facing a moral crisis as sexual child abuse and paedophilia, sh...

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Tough life for parents accused of ‘pimping’ daughter

BY TYRONE S REID Sunday Observer staff reporter reidt@jamaicaobserver.com

March 3, 2007

At about 6:00 pm on Wednesday, February 28, cops from the Santa Cruz Police Station entered a small farming district two miles outside of Santa Cruz i...

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Latin American leaders pursue poverty agenda to renew Rio Group

March 3, 2007

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Latin American leaders called for greater attention to poverty and social problems at the 20-nation Rio Group summit yesterd...

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HEART workers to resume tomorrow

March 3, 2007

Protesting HEART Trust/NTA workers are to return to their posts tomorrow. A back-to-work summons went into effect Friday after union representatives f...

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Cricket World Cup will change Jamaica, region forever

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer

March 3, 2007

Some say it's a colossal waste of money. But the Jamaican Government counters that the hosting of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 is a visionary project th...