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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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Prof Errol Morrison is new UTech president

February 6, 2007

RESPECTED Jamaican professor Errol Morrison has been appointed as the new president of University of Technology (UTech). He takes up office on March 1...

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UN boss, PM and Golding hail Angela King

February 6, 2007

ANGELA King, the late former United Nations special adviser on gender issues and the advancement of women, was yesterday hailed by new UN secretary ge...

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St Ann’s Bay mayor to answer gun, assault charges today

February 6, 2007

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - St Ann's Bay Mayor Delroy Giscombe is to appear before the Brown's Town Resident Magistrate's Court today to answer to gun and ass...

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‘It wasn’t me!’

BY Alicia Dunkley Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com

February 6, 2007

A second partner in the contentious Sandals Whitehouse hotel project said yesterday that it too had been in the dark about the extent of the cost over...

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Peart promises Palisadoes study next month

February 6, 2007

THE results of the study done by a Cuban firm researching ways to rehabilitate and protect the Palisadoes peninsula in East Kingston should be ready n...

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‘Step in now, minister’

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

February 6, 2007

THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday called on Health Minister Horace Dalley to intervene immediately to put an end to what it termed a...

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Teachers are angry, says JTA

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

February 5, 2007

THE Jamaica Teachers' Association has given the government until today to indicate whether it will be keeping its promise to release funds under the J...

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$11-million road rehabilitation work starts in Trelawny

February 5, 2007

FALMOUTH, Trelawny - The National Works Agency (NWA) has commenced an $11-million rehabilitation and patching programme for several sections of roadwa...

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Nationwide going to RJR Digital AM

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

February 5, 2007

THE Nationwide News Network (NNN) and the RJR Communications Group officially inked the deal yesterday to launch Nationwide Radio, which will be trans...

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JLP has nothing to gain from Cricket World Cup flop, says McKenzie

February 5, 2007

Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Desmond McKenzie, says that the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has nothing to gain if the island failed to succes...

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Court to set trial date for teen on murder rap

February 5, 2007

A trial date is expected next month in the case of the 13-year-old boy accused of killing his five-year-old neighbour by giving him a deadly brew of t...

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5th cop killed

T K WHYTE and TANEISHA LEWIS

February 5, 2007

TWO policemen were yesterday shot and injured in the volatile St John's Road area of Spanish Town, less than 24 hours after the shooting death of a co...

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PM outlines key issues for trade, single market economy

PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau

February 5, 2007

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday identified five key issues which, she said, need to be resolved during the Caribbean Community's (Caric...

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Maverley woman shot dead

February 5, 2007

DESPITE police presence, the fatal shooting of a most wanted man and the arrest of his cronies two weeks ago, guns continue to bark in the community o...

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Talk, music and movie to honour Bob Marley

February 5, 2007

SEVERAL activities are scheduled across the island, and the world, to comemmorate the birth of late reggae king Bob Marley, who would have been 62 yea...

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Economic prospects bright, says PM

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

February 4, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Announcing that Planning Institute of Jamaica data have shown estimated economic growth of between 2.6 and 2.9 per cent last y...

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NWA promises repair for Discovery Bay to Brown’s Town road

February 4, 2007

The National Works Agency (NWA) says that relief is coming for concerned users of the Discovery Bay to Brown's Town road in St Ann, a section of which...

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Deacon’s bail terms changed again

February 4, 2007

The Home Circuit Court on Friday again reduced the bail terms awarded to Donovan Jones, the former church deacon who, along with two young men and a j...

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Now merchants complain about Caricom visa

Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter

February 4, 2007

Jamaican business operators say they stand to lose their line of credit from Panamanian merchants who are now required to secure the newly introduced ...

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5.3 quake shakes island

February 4, 2007

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook sections of the country yesterday. According to a bulletin issued by the Earthquake Unit at the...

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St Aloysius students get grooming lessons

February 4, 2007

Grade 1Y students of St Aloysius Primary School in downtown Kingston recently got a hands-on learning experience in personal grooming from members of ...