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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

Food, ...

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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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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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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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...

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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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$1.5-m Marcus Garvey training centre opens

By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter

November 21, 2006

A three-year dream by Mayor of St Ann's Bay Delroy Giscombe to establish a skills training centre, named for late National Hero Marcus Garvey, finally...

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Assamba’s withdrawal may delay PNP’s announcement of candidates

By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter

November 21, 2006

PLANS by the ruling People's National Party (PNP) to name its slate of 60 candidates for the next general elections at a National Executive Committee ...

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Cop kills girlfriend, shoots self

By Karyl Walker Observer staff reporter

November 21, 2006

THEY may not have been able to hear the sound of the bullets that ended 35-year-old Rosemarie Grey's life yesterday. But several hearing imparied chid...

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Five held for shooting death of Retirement four

Observer Reporter

November 20, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Five men have been held for questioning in connection with Saturday night's shooting death of four family members and injury o...

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Computers, supplies stolen from office at stadium swimming pool

KAYON RAYNOR, Observer staff reporter

November 20, 2006

THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has offered to replace lost equipment and fix damage done to facilities at the National Stadium swimming pools by suppo...

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Red Hills Road houses fire-bombed

Observer Reporter

November 20, 2006

A number of people from the tough uptown community known as Common, on Red Hills Road, spent last night with relatives and friends after arsonists yes...

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Island placed on flash flood watch

Observer Reporter

November 20, 2006

THE entire island was last night put under flash flood as more rains were expected from a frontal system that has been affecting the island since yest...

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Former police federation chairman remembered

TK WHYTE, Observer correspondent

November 20, 2006

POLICE commissioner Lucius Thomas headed hundreds of mourners who attended Sunday's memorial service for former Police Federation chairman deputy supe...

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Solicitor-general defends Christie

Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter

November 20, 2006

SOLICITOR-General Michael Hylton has defended Contractor-General Greg Christie's ignorance of a 2001 Cabinet decision allowing for special employment ...

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‘Not our job’

Garfield Myers | Observer Writer, Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 20, 2006

The Government, in one of its clearest indications that it wants parish councils o take more control in communities, said yesterday that central gover...

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Accountant accused of hacking wife on murder rap

Observer Reporter

November 20, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Ashton Campbell, a 42-year-old accountant accused of hacking his wife to death after beating her, was yesterday charged with m...

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Uptowners’ dirty habits affecting downtown residents, says Chuck

November 19, 2006

Opposition MP Delroy Chuck believes that some residents of upper St Andrew are doing those in the lower sections of the parish and Kingston a disservi...

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Don’t give up on Ja

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 19, 2006

Bruce Golding yesterday appealed to uncommitted voters to support the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the next general election, imploring them not to g...

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Bloody weekend claims 14 lives

November 19, 2006

An internal feud that turned deadly in a community known as 'Common', off Red Hills Road in St Andrew, and the slaughter of four family members at Ret...

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Colour and contrasting behaviour at JLP conference

BY Erica Virtue Observer writer

November 19, 2006

In September, the People's National Party (PNP) promised to stage "the mother of all conferences" - and they did. On Saturday, the Jamaica Labour Part...

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New sanitary block for Rock River All-Age

BY KERRY MCCATTY Observer staff reporter

November 19, 2006

When the next school term begins in January, the students of the Rock River All-Age School in St Mary, which spawned three members of parliament for t...

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Social security, welfare services to be improved

November 19, 2006

The Government is to revamp the social security and welfare services offered to Jamaicans, Labour and Social Security Minister Derrick Kellier said on...

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Courts (Jamaica) sold to Latin American firm

BY DENNISE WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter

November 19, 2006

The sale of furniture retailer Courts (Jamaica) to a Latin American interest is a done deal, reliable sources have told the Observer. Details of the p...