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A voice in sport lost

Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver

December 31 12:20 AM

A voice in sport lost

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‘Closure & comfort’

•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus

Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:18 AM

‘Closure comfort’

Entertainment, ...

New location, no problem!

I Love Soca delivers premium vibes at Heroes’ Circle

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

December 31 12:16 AM

New location, no problem!

Business

STAGE ECONOMICS

Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline

Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter

December 31 12:14 AM

Standing ovations for stand-ups 2025

Sports

RIDING THE WAVE

ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:12 AM

More work to do

Business

BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access

BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

BOJ pushing

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‘Arrive alive’

Increase in road fatalities pushes authorities to intensify strategies to change driver behaviour

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

‘Arrive alive’

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‘It’s about people, not buildings’

Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds

Jerome Williams | Reporter

December 31 12:09 AM

‘It’s about people, not buildings’

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JTB says bookings for December, Winter Tourist Season ‘quite strong’

Observer Reporter

December 1, 2005

PRELIMINARY figures show a 24 per cent increase in stopover arrivals for November, while bookings for December and the Winter Tourist Season "are quit...

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Crawle trial adjourns early

Observer Reporter

December 1, 2005

THE Crawle murder trial adjourned early yesterday after defence attorneys objected to the testimony of Cable & Wireless systems administrator, Howard ...

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Six tourists robbed at gunpoint

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

November 30, 2005

MONTEGO BAY St James - A top level police team headed by crime chief in charge of Area One, superintendent John Morris, has launched an investigation ...

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Danhai’s name called

TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter

November 30, 2005

Controversy-laden East Kingston businessman and political activist, Danhai Williams, figured briefly - and controversially - at the Crawle murder tria...

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Phone company to raise funds for AIDS charity

Observer Reporter

November 30, 2005

CABLE and Wireless yesterday announced that it will give Jamaica AIDS Support $8 from every $10-text message Jamaicans send to a dedicated phone numbe...

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Health ministry will today urge Jamaicans to get tested for HIV/AIDS

TANEISHA DAVIDSON, Observer staff reporter

November 30, 2005

TODAY, as Jamaicans observe World AIDS Day, the health ministry remains concerned over the low numbers of people turing up at health centres and hospi...

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Video footage shows kidnapped peace activists in Iraq

November 29, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Arab television broadcast an insurgent video yesterday showing four peace activists taken hostage in Iraq, with a previously unkn...

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The media sensationalise murders, says consultant

BASIL WALTERS Observer staff reporter

November 29, 2005

MEDIA consultant/producer Dennis Howard has lambasted the media, saying its coverage focused too heavily on murders and not enough on other crimes suc...

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Vatican publishes gay priest document

November 29, 2005

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican published its long-awaited document on gays in the priesthood yesterday, affirming that men with "deep-seated" gay ten...

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France’s National Assembly approves new anti-terror measures

November 29, 2005

PARIS (AP) - France's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved a tough anti-terrorism bill yesterday that includes increasing the use of vide...

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Some victims shot at close range, British forensic scientist tells court

TK WHYTE, Observer staff reporter

November 29, 2005

A British forensic scientist testified yesterday that some of the victims of the Crawle killings were shot at close range and that he found gunpowder ...

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PMs pension bill passed

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 29, 2005

GOVERNMENT MPs held ranks yesterday to ensure the passage of a bill to formalise the payment of retired prime ministers their full salaries - a provis...

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Cops fire shots to disperse angry John’s Hall crowd

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

November 29, 2005

JOHN'S HALL, St James - The Montego Bay police yesterday prepared summons to serve to five John's Hall residents in connection with breaches of the An...

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Kingfish going after mastermind of Cherry Gardens hit

Observer Reporter

November 29, 2005

Operation Kingfish, the police task force formed just over a year ago to bring down gangs, big drug traffickers and organised crime bosses, yesterday ...

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NHDC plans to offer more open-market schemes

Observer Reporter

November 29, 2005

THE National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) has announced plans to undertake a number of housing projects targeted at middle and upper middle ...

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Explosion at coal mine kills 134

AFP

November 28, 2005

QITAIHE, China (AFP) - An explosion at a coal mine in remote northeastern China killed 134 workers and left another 15 trapped underground, state medi...

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Saddam’s trial resumes with angry exchange

AFP

November 28, 2005

BAGHDAD (AFP)- A defiant Saddam Hussein on yesterday exchanged angry words with the presiding judge and heard testimony from the first prosecution wit...

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Police investigating triple murder at Little Kew Road

BY DEANNA McFarlane Observer staff reporter

November 28, 2005

RELATIVES of Orlando "Sando" Thompson residing in the United Kingdom, will not be receiving a visit from him next month. Thompson, who was in his earl...

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Judge threatens to ban reporters

BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter

November 28, 2005

CLAIMING misleading coverage of the Crawle murder trial of six police officers, Chief Justice Lensley Wolfe yesterday threatened to exclude reporters ...

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Murdered cop’s kids get help

November 28, 2005

Halicon Holdings Ltd yesterday presented two cheques valued at $110,000 and $50,000 to the children of the late Inspector Lascelles Walsh - Labonnia a...

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Commonwealth urges war on terrorism to respect int’l human rights laws

November 27, 2005

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) - Commonwealth leaders cautioned in a declaration at their summit yesterday that anti-terrorism measures must conform to internat...

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Spanish hotel investments will top US$1.3 b by next year, says envoy

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

November 27, 2005

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Spanish Ambassador Jesus Silva says investments by Spanish companies in Jamaica's tourism sector are expected to surpass US$1....