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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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Mayor says ‘unapproved’ construction under

Observer Reporter

January 12, 2007

KINGSTON Mayor Desmond McKenzie yesterday accused the US Embassy of starting "preparatory work" on the construction of a new two-storey office annex a...

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FIRE! …..Goodyear building gutted in 10-hour blaze

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

January 12, 2007

It took 110 firefighters 10 hours to subdue a massive blaze that gutted the Goodyear Tyre Distribution Centre and destroyed a section of the adjoining...

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CDA launches toll-free line for cases of human trafficking

January 12, 2007

THE Child Development Agency (CDA) has launched a new toll free telephone line dedicated to handling cases of human trafficking, particularly as it re...

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Brothers shot dead in Central Village

Observer Reporter

January 12, 2007

THE Central Village police say an ongoing gang feud in Central Village, St Catherine, was responsible for yesterday's murder of two brothers in the ar...

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Cops detain 35 in raid on Common

Observer Reporter

January 12, 2007

The police yesterday detained 35 persons during an operation in the volatile garrison community of Common, which runs off Red Hills Road in St Andrew....

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Caribbean countries urged to strengthen bird flu-fighting capabilities

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

January 12, 2007

With the malaria outbreak barely under control in Jamaica, regional health and agricultural officials are emphasising the need for the Caribbean to br...

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Scotland marks 300th anniversary of increasingly disunited union with England

January 12, 2007

EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) - With barely the raising of a glass, Scotland is preparing to mark 300 years since accepting the Treaty of Union with Englan...

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Firefighters issue two-week ultimatum

Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter

January 12, 2007

THE island's firefighters have given the government two weeks within which to honour its end of the second public sector Memorandum of Understanding (...

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Debris removal from Old Harbour Road

Patrick Foster

January 11, 2007

REMOVAL of debris from the Old Harbour Road commenced on Monday after being left beside the roadway since last December when a drain-cleaning exercise...

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St James PC to mark Earthquake Awareness Week

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

January 11, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The St James Parish Council's disaster committee will host a raft of events throughout this month to help raise public awarene...

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One more crime plan for MoBay

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

January 11, 2007

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Ministry of National Security Dr Peter Phillips yesterday announced the setting up of a mobile police station, the installatio...

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Blood supplies malaria-free, says NBTS

JIS

January 11, 2007

JAMAICANS receiving blood at public health facilities can be assured that the supplies are malaria-free, as the National Blood Transfusion Service (NB...

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BSI to probe police shooting in Westmoreland

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

January 11, 2007

HATFIELD DISTRICT, Westmoreland - The Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) has been called in to probe the fatal shooting of a member of this communi...

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Cops investigating reports that guns are being stockpiled in Portmore

TK Whyte

January 11, 2007

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - Superintendent of Police Terrence Bent, in command of St Catherine South division (Portmore), admitted yesterday that he ...

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Health ministry gets $6.2-million boost for malaria prevention

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

January 11, 2007

THE Ministry of Health on Wednesday received a J$6.2-million boost from the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to strengthen its malaria pr...

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Beckles denied bail

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

January 11, 2007

RODNEY Beckles, the son of principal of the UWI's Cave Hill campus Professor Hillary Beckles, who is charged for the murder of Khalil Campbell, was fu...

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Reports on investigations into procurement practices likely to be tabled next Tuesday

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

January 11, 2007

THE Contractor-General's reports on investigations into procurement practices at the National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) and the Petrole...

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Bodies of Lyns positively ID’d

KERRY MCCATTY , Observer staff reporter

January 11, 2007

THE bodies of elderly Manchester couple Richard and Julia Lyn, who had been missing for three weeks since December 10, were yesterday positively ident...

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Prison service probing gender mix-up

Observer Reporter

January 11, 2007

Just how a male juvenile ended up being imprisoned at the all-female Fort Augusta Adult Correctional Centre last week is now the subject of a probe by...

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PNP candidate for SE St Ann still undecided

CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter

January 11, 2007

THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) is still to decide on a candidate to replace tourism minister Aloun Assamba in South-East St Ann to contest t...

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Teen girl shot at school

OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter

January 11, 2007

A 15-year-old student of the Norman Manley High School in Kingston was yesterday treated and released from hospital after being shot and injured on th...