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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

Athletics, ...

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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Committee prepares to wrap up deliberations on Proceeds of Crime Bill

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

THE Joint Select Committee of Parliament which has been examining the Proceeds of Crime Bill is expected to complete its deliberations next week, and ...

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Roads in Hanover being repaired to the tune of $13 m

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover - The National Works Agency (NWA) is rehabilitating and patching the Riley to Glasgow and Glasgow to Green Island roads in Hanov...

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Foodie News.Foodie News.

November 22, 2006

DeliWorks launches Island-Hopping Sundays FANCY a trip down South without having to take out your passport, go through immigration and several securit...

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500 more cops for Christmas

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

THE police yesterday announced plans to deploy 500 additional cops to the nation's streets during the Christmas season. The move, the constabulary sai...

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Youngsters want more youths as MPs, councillors

ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer

November 22, 2006

THE PNPYO, the youth arm of the ruling People's National Party, proposed yesterday that more young people (under age 30) be put as candidates in natio...

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Man convicted for raping cop’s girlfriend

Paul Henry

November 22, 2006

A man convicted of raping a policeman's girlfriend, after promising to help recover her stolen $33,000 cellular phone, will be sentenced at the Home C...

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US to implement passport requirement for air travellers Jan 23

November 22, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite the lobby by Caribbean tourism interests, the United States is pushing ahead with it passport requirement for virtually all ...

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Man accused of killing priest gets bail

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

PRINCE Vale, the man accused of murdering St Jude's Anglican Church rector Richard Johnson last week, was granted bail when he appeared in the Corpora...

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Hotel worker hit by bus, dies

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann - A worker contracted to the Bahia Principe Hotel here in Runaway Bay died after being hit by a motor vehicle at the entrance to t...

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Contractor-general clarifies ‘value for money’ statement

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 22, 2006

STUNG by criticisms over his 'value for money' statement in regard to the contentious Sandals Whitehouse hotel project, Contractor-General Greg Christ...

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Court extends Fullerton’s $6-m bail

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

FORMER Caldon Finance group director Nicole Fullerton yesterday had her $6-million bail extended when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magi...

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Audit of secondary schools ready

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

THE islandwide space audit of secondary schools that was commissioned by the Education Ministry for secondary schools has been completed and is being ...

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Jamaica again placing focus on testing for World AIDS Day

TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

THE Ministry of Health will again use this year's World AIDS Day activities on December 1 to encourage sexually active persons to get tested for the d...

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One killed, four injured in Bodles crash

November 21, 2006

A man was killed and four other persons in a motor vehicle collision on the Bodles main road in St Catherine early yesterday morning. The dead man was...

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JAS to launch rural development campaign next year

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 21, 2006

THE Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS) is to launch a rural development campaign aimed at creating a unified voice for the economic development of rur...

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JLP announces plans to finance education programme

November 21, 2006

THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), which is seeking to form the government in the upcoming general elections, has promised to abolish statutor...

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2nd sex assault case at school

November 21, 2006

For the second time in under two months, the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse (CISOCA) is probing a sexual assault case inv...

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‘The system broke down,’ Alston Stewart admits

BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter

November 21, 2006

ALSTON Stewart yesterday continued to deflect blame from himself for the massive US$43 million cost overrun on the beleaguered Sandals Whitehouse proj...

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Nicole Fullerton held by cops at airport

Karyl Walker

November 21, 2006

FORMER Caldon Finance director, Nicole Fullerton, was yesterday held trying to leave the island a day after she was found guilty of fraudulent convers...

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HIV cases grow to 39.5 million infections

November 21, 2006

GENEVA (AP) - The global HIV epidemic is growing, leaving an estimated 39.5 million people worldwide infected with the deadly virus, the United Nation...

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NEPA to track building applications online

BY PATRICK FOSTER Observer writer

November 21, 2006

LEARY Myers, chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Environ-ment and Planning Agency (NEPA), says inadequate staffing is responsible for the pr...

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Consultation of Women’s Groups takes place today

November 21, 2006

WOMEN'S groups from across the island will air their views on issues that are of concern to them, at a national consultation today at the Stella Maris...