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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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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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From coastlines to crops…

US$10-m Adaptation Fund Programme leaves lasting mark on Jamaica’s climate resilience

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

March 26 12:01 AM

From coastlines to crops…

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Widening definition of rape on House agenda

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

December 6, 2006

A joint select committee of parliament yesterday began deliberations on the Incest (Punishment) Act and the Offences Against the Persons Act to, among...

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Sharon Reid wins Lasco’s Principal of the Year award

Vaughn Davis, Observer staff reporter

December 6, 2006

IF Sharon Reid has an extra spring in her steps as she enters her office at the St Andrew High School for Girls in Kingston this morning, it's because...

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Bills postponing local gov’t elections tabled

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

TWO bills postponing local government elections by another six months were tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday by Minister of Local Gover...

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Consumer Affairs Commission resolves 646 complaints

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

SOME 76 per cent, or 646, of the more than 850 complaints to the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) have been resolved this financial year, with all bu...

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House passes Trafficking in Persons Bill

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

THE House of Representatives yesterday passed the Trafficking in Persons (Prevention, Suppression and Punishment) Act, which will implement provisions...

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Portia puts Phillips in charge

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

PETER Phillips was yesterday put in charge of the Government for the first time since he unsuccessfully challenged Portia Simpson Miller for the leade...

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Abolish Official Secrets Act – JLP

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

THE Jamaica Labour Party yesterday called for the immediate repeal of the Official Secrets Act, as the nation marks National Journalism Week. The JLP ...

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PAC bombshell

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

December 5, 2006

THE National Investment Bank of Jamaica (NIBJ), which has kept mostly quiet in the midst of the furore over the contentious Sandals Whitehouse Hotel p...

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Senate pays tribute to Perry Henzell

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 5, 2006

THE Senate on Monday paid tribute to Perry Henzell, co-author, director and producer of one of Jamaica's first feature films The Harder They Come, who...

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Press Association honours three veterans

Observer Reporter

December 5, 2006

THE Observer's T K Whyte was among three veteran journalists honoured yesterday by the Press Association of Jamaica at a luncheon held at the Wray and...

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Third protest in Slipe over poor roads

PAUL HENRY, Observer writer

December 5, 2006

ABOUT 200 angry residents of Slipe, South St Elizabeth, yesterday blocked the nearby Lacovia main road for the third time this year, to protest agains...

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Mayor seeks compensation for Port Maria flood victims

OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL, Observer staff reporter

December 5, 2006

THE Office of the Public Defender has launched an investigation into complaints by Mayor of Port Maria Councillor Bobby Montague, who is seeking redre...

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JLP calls for expansion of anti-malaria programme

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

December 5, 2006

OPPOSITION spokesman on health, Dr Kenneth Baugh, yesterday called for the expansion of the anti-malaria programme to Jamaica's 14 parishes, while acc...

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Two men attacked by gunmen outside Kingston funeral home

Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter

December 5, 2006

GUNMEN yesterday sprayed a Honda CRV with bullets shortly after the vehicle drove out of the Brite Lite Funeral Home on Dillon Avenue in Kingston, whe...

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Roadblock forces closure of four Trelawny schools

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

December 4, 2006

ZION, Trelawny - Four schools - two high and two preparatory - were yesterday forced to close their doors, shutting out more than 3,000 students, afte...

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Phillips promises to review pay, reward for cops

Observer Reporter

December 4, 2006

BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth - A review body that will among other things look at "the whole structure of pay and reward" for the police force is to be e...

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Gov’t to postpone local polls again

Observer Reporter

December 4, 2006

DEAN Peart, the local government and environment minister, is expected to table two bills in the House of Representatives tomorrow, postponing local g...

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US holds out possibility of working with Chavez

December 4, 2006

WASHINGTON USA (AP) - The State Department, long at odds with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, yesterday responded to the populist leader's landslide...

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J’can-born truck driver convicted in US human smuggling case

December 4, 2006

HOUSTON, USA (AP) - A Jamaican-born truck driver was convicted yesterday for his role in the United States' deadliest human smuggling attempt, in whic...

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Gang-violence chasing people out of Common

Observer Reporter

December 4, 2006

POLICE have confirmed that gang-related violence has forced at least nine families to flee their homes in the tough uptown community known as Common, ...

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Jamaican agencies active in US passport initiative

Observer Reporter

December 4, 2006

A number of Jamaican agencies are partnering with overseas entities to cushion any serious fallout that could result from a new travel policy by the U...

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Lest we forget

ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer

December 4, 2006

FORMER Jamaican prime minister Edward Seaga told a group of business leaders on Saturday night that Jamaica's tourism industry remained the driver of ...