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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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PM thanks staff, agency representatives for support

Erica Virtue, Observer staff reporter

December 1, 2006

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller yesterday sat down with Jamaica House staffers and sector agency representatives of the Office of the Prime Minis...

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Senate cautions the youth about AIDS

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

December 1, 2006

THE Senate yesterday acknowledged the observation of World AIDS Day, as well as next week's celebration of Disabilities Awareness Week. Government sen...

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Malaria alert ……Four cases reported

Observer Reporter

December 1, 2006

THE health ministry yesterday issued a warning about malaria, and local doctors have been placed on alert after four people in Kingston and St Catheri...

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Grenada to release three prisoners convicted in 1983 coup

December 1, 2006

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) - Three men convicted of killings in the 1983 coup in Grenada that triggered a US invasion will be released early from priso...

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Fisheries Division introduces new fishing device

Observer Reporter

December 1, 2006

A new fish-attracting device is being constructed by the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, which it is hoping will be used ...

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800 get free HIV/AIDS tests in Kingston

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

December 1, 2006

MORE than 800 people turned up yesterday at the Emancipation Park in Kingston to get free HIV/AIDS tests during the observance of World AIDS Day. Carl...

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Haiti rejects depiction as world’s most corrupt

December 1, 2006

MADRID, Spain (AP)- Haiti's prime minister has railed against a study ranking his impoverished Caribbean nation as the world's most corrupt country, s...

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$100 million expansion for Beaches Turks and Caicos

CARL GILCHRIST, Observer writer

December 1, 2006

THE 453-room Beaches Turks and Caicos is to undergo a US$100 million expansion, according to Sandals Chief Executive Officer, Adam Stewart. Stewart, w...

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Committee evaluating bids to develop resort towns

Observer Reporter

December 1, 2006

THE Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) has received tenders from six consultants who are vying for the opportunity to implement and execute a...

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Cadets hailed for services to St Catherine

T K Whyte

December 1, 2006

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - The Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (JCCF) was last Sunday presented with the key to Spanish Town by the St Catherine Parish...

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Kingfish for MoBay

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

November 30, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Faced with a rising crime wave that has already pushed the number of murders in this parish to 166 since January, Security Min...

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Perry Henzell is dead

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

PERRY Henzell, co-author, director and producer of one of Jamaica's first feature films The Harder They Come is dead. Henzell passed away at about 4:0...

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Finally! St William Grant Park to be rehabilitated

Kimone Thompson, Observer staff reporter

November 30, 2006

REHABILITATION work on the St William Grant Park in the heart of downtown Kingston is to begin in January 2007, at an estimated cost of $80 million pr...

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Jamaica/UK ‘Operation Airbridge’ to be launched in Ghana

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

FOLLOWING the success of Operation Airbridge - the joint undertaking between the Jamaican and United Kingdom (UK) Governments to tackle drug couriers ...

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Vere guard and boss granted bail

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

MAY PEN, Clarendon - The security guard charged with the shooting injury of five male students at Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Clarendon and h...

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It’s now the Electoral Commission

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

The Electoral Commission (EC), which replaces the Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC) in advising the director of elections on the performance of his f...

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Privy Council rules Trinidad’s top judge must face criminal proceedings

November 30, 2006

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidad's chief justice must face criminal proceedings to determine if he tried to influence a lower court judge's rul...

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Gov’t pensioners get increases

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

GOVERNMENT pensioners have been given increases of between $500 and $1,500 per month in new rates, effective from July 1. The new rates were announced...

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Asthma prevalence study gets under way next week

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

A study to determine the prevalence of asthma and allergies in Jamaica among children and adults will be undertaken by the University of the West Indi...

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Cubans anxiously await appearance of Castro

November 30, 2006

HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - Banners hanging from restored buildings in this seaside city encourage ailing leader Fidel Castro to live to 160, but Cubans are n...

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South Avenue will be closed this weekend

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2006

THE National Works Agency will be closing South Avenue, starting today, to facilitate re-paving of the roadway. South Avenue is located between Waterl...

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Cops kill man in Torrington Park shoot-out

Observer Reporter

November 29, 2006

A man, who the police said was among a group of men who fired on officers in the volatile Torrington Park area of Kingston on Tuesday, was cut down du...