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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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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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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

Rainforest Recipe Corner...Recipe Corner...Recipe Corner

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Man accused of robbing insurance agents refused bail

Paul Henry

December 10, 2006

STEVE McCalla, the man accused of robbing two Life of Jamaica sales agents in March, with the aid of two young women, was refused bail in the Home Cir...

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Man found dead at upscale Kingston apartment

By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter

December 10, 2006

HOMICIDE detectives from the St Andrew Central Police Division were yesterday probing the gruesome murder of a man whose partially decomposed body was...

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Gravediggers don’t need to dig deep this Christmas

December 10, 2006

GRAVEDIGGERS employed by leading burial home, Madden's, should have a good Christmas this year, based on a new collective agreement between their empl...

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Best community competition gets $10-m boost

December 10, 2006

THE Digicel Foundation has pledged an annual support of $10 million in cash and prizes to the Better Environments for Social Transformation (BEST) Com...

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Career challenges as perceived by tertiary level students

Career Advisor With Merrit Henry

December 9, 2006

This column has, over the past three weeks, explored some of the career challenges students face and recommended ways in which they may be addressed. ...

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Organisation assisting local basic schools gets Can$20,000

December 9, 2006

Women for PACE (Canada), which has adopted more than 180 basic schools in Jamaica, is the beneficiary of a Can$20,000 donation from Air Canada and Wes...

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Picture (not) perfect

BY KIMONE THOMPSON Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 9, 2006

A 59-year-old freelance photographer, who said he was taking pictures of the new US Embassy building in Liguanea, St Andrew for job-related purposes, ...

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JA/US friendship group fetes kids

December 9, 2006

Dozens of smiling faces were at the University of Technology's Sculpture Park yesterday as over 200 children from eight children's homes from across t...

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Conway expects Air J will do better this winter

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 9, 2006

Air Jamaica's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway says he expects the airline to do substantially better during the coming winter season than...

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‘No plans to mine Cockpit Country’

BY KARYL WALKER Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 9, 2006

Executive director of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI) Parris Lyew-Ayee says the Government has no plans to allow bauxite mining in the Cockpit Cou...

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‘Fix our roads now!’

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 9, 2006

Just over five months after they had complained publicly about bad roads in their parish, residents of Portland are again pleading for the problem to ...

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Registration now compulsory for all early childhood institutions

December 9, 2006

AS of May 2007, all operators of early childhood institutions will be required to register their institutions with the Early Childhood Commission (ECC...

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Education critical element in country’s ICT strategic plan

December 9, 2006

DIRECTOR of telecommunications policy and management at the Mona School of Business, Dr Hopeton Dunn, has emphasised that education and infrastructure...

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Senators pass Electronic Transactions Bill, urge more support for local investors

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 9, 2006

Opposition senators Friday supported the passage of the Electronic Transactions Bill but urged that in the process of transforming business procedures...

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NYS lauds behaviour modification programme

December 9, 2006

THE National Youth Service (NYS) is hailing its 2006 Behaviour Modification Programme as a major success, with the initiative having had a positive im...

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Cabinet still awaiting Tinson Pen submission

by Ingrid Brown Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 9, 2006

The Cabinet has not yet received a submission for the proposed relocation of commercial aviation operations from the Tinson Pen Aerodrome to the Norma...

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Our relationship not fractured, PM tells Press

BY KERRY MCCATTY Sunday Observer staff reporter

December 9, 2006

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller Friday night said her relationship with the media was by no means broken and urged journalists to work with the s...

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Frome Tech student is Sav’s new junior mayor

December 9, 2006

THE 2006 junior mayor for the Westmoreland Parish Council is Davey Haughton, a 19-year-old upper sixth form student at the Frome Technical High School...

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Teachers to receive classroom furniture

JIS

December 9, 2006

THE Ministry of Education and Youth has awarded contracts valued at more than $77 million for the provision of classroom furniture for teachers across...

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No compromise of GSAT exam process, says report

JIS

December 9, 2006

THE three-member committee appointed by Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson to examine the circumstances that led to the delay in the publication o...

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St Ann Primary receives five scholarships

December 9, 2006

THE St Ann Primary School has benefitted from the donation of four scholarships, in addition to several high speed Pentium computers with accompanying...