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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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Cream Cheese Cucumber Bites with Rainforest Smoked Salmon

March 26 12:03 AM

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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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Cops save three alleged homosexuals from angry crowd

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

February 14, 2007

THREE men branded as homosexuals were yesterday rescued by the police from an angry mob outside a pharmacy in Tropical Plaza, where they had been hole...

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No barking… please

KERIL WRIGHT, Observer reporter

February 14, 2007

ROUND HILL, Hanover - German Ambassador Volker Schlegel said yesterday that if his Jack's Hill neighbours fail to respond favourably to his written re...

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Woman found with throat slashed

February 14, 2007

GLENGOFFE, St Catherine - The police were up to late yesterday evening investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman, whose throat ...

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Definition of rape stays

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

February 14, 2007

THE Joint Select Committee considering the Offences Against the Person Act yesterday rejected suggestions that the offence of rape in the Bill be made...

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Health ministry to increase malaria prevention expeditions to Pedro Cays

ROLAND HENRY, Observer staff reporter

February 14, 2007

HEALTH officials will set sail for the Pedro Cays at least four times for the year, as the Ministry of Health moves to regularise its malaria preventi...

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British Airways tightens travel from Caribbean

February 14, 2007

BRITISH Airways will, as of February 21, be requiring passengers travelling between Great Britain and six Caribbean countries, including Jamaica, to c...

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CG dismisses charges by Petcom chairman

February 13, 2007

CONTRACTOR general Greg Christie yesterday countered a claim made by Petcom chairperson Barbara Clarke that his office, during an investigation into t...

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Labour ministry to monitor overseas Jamaican workers

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

February 13, 2007

LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier says the ministry's liaison offices will soon be monitoring Jamaican workers who are recruited by private agencies to ...

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Woman on gun charge remanded in custody

T K WHYTE, Observer correspondent

February 13, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - A St Catherine woman who was allegedly found with a loaded .38 revolver strapped between her legs was remanded in custody...

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Front-line policeman named Lasco Top Cop

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

February 13, 2007

SERGEANT Linroy Edwards was overcome with joy yesterday when RJR Communications Group head of news, Moya Thomas, announced his name as the Lasco Top C...

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UTech dispute sent to IDT

February 13, 2007

THE strike by academic staff at the University of Technology (UTech) has been referred to the Industrial Disputes Tribunal. The Ministry of Labour, in...

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Cop killer cut down

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

February 13, 2007

THE police acted swiftly yesterday morning to Monday night's shooting death of one of their colleagues, killing one of the chief suspects in an allege...

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Children’s Advocate investigates Kgn family

Taneisha Lewis

February 13, 2007

THE Office of the Children's Advocate is investigating the living conditions of the three children whose father used them to block a section of Red Hi...

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J’can among 100 African Americans honoured by US president

February 13, 2007

A Jamaican, Lissette Wade, who resides in Lake Park, Florida, was among 100 African Americans honoured on Monday by United States President George W B...

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PAC hopes to wrap up Whitehouse probe by end of March

February 13, 2007

After close to six months of painstaking investigations into the US$43-million cost overrun on the Sandals Whitehouse project, the Public Accounts Com...

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Licensing of new public passenger vehicles resumes

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

February 13, 2007

THE Transport Authority will tomorrow resume the acceptance of public passenger vehicle licensing applications, and will at the same time introduce it...

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Hotels said resisting plan to install condom machines

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

February 13, 2007

THE Health Ministry says it is experiencing widescale resistance from local hotels which are still without condom dispensing machines, but Jamaica Tou...

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Cops cut down another Joe Benbow gangster

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

February 13, 2007

A member of the notorious Joe Benbow gang, Miguel Eubanks, alias Macky Boy, was shot dead by the police on Monday, while two other members of the grou...

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Dogs’ incessant barking irritates ambassador

February 13, 2007

The ambassador's letter complaining that his neighbours' dogs were making it impossible for him to sleep, and his request that the dogs be restricted ...

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Islands want insurance support for climate change fall-out

PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter

February 12, 2007

INSURANCE support from developed countries for small island states impacted by natural disasters linked to climate change, were among the key consider...

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Accused rapist to face several ID parades

February 12, 2007

A man who is alleged to have raped several persons in the Corporate Area, including a 77-year-old woman, is to face several more identification parade...

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‘Prove it, Mr Christie’

February 12, 2007

Petcom chairperson Barbara Clarke is challenging Contractor-General Greg Christie to show conflict of interest in her dealings with the state-run comp...