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Gayle says deliberate steps required to increase productivity in Jamaica
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Gayle says deliberate steps required to increase productivity in Jamaica
March 27 10:12 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica  —  Government Senator Kavan Gayle says partnership and a balanced consultative approach are required to achieve the much needed imp...
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Johnson finally wins 200m steeplechase
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Johnson finally wins 200m steeplechase
March 27 09:52 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica —Sushana Johnson finally won the Girls 200m steeplechase gold medal, running 7:00.04 to lead home a gold and silver medal finish for...
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Gov’t mounting strong response to access to affordable housing concern, says Fitz-Henley
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March 27 08:45 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — State Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Abka Fitz-Henley, says the Holness-administration is sensitive to the ...
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#Champs2026: Marquies Page breaks Class 2 110m hurdles record
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#Champs2026: Marquies Page breaks Class 2 110m hurdles record
March 27 07:53 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Marquies Page shattered Vashaun Vascianna’s seven year old Boys Class 2 110m hurdles record after he ran 12.98 seconds in Friday’s...
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards ends Champs career in style with jumps double
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#Champs2026: JC’s Edwards ends Champs career in style with jumps double
March 27 07:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica College’s Michael-Andre Edwards ended his ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic Championships career in style with a b...
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#Champs2026: Fireworks expected in girls’ sprint hurdles finals
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#Champs2026: Fireworks expected in girls’ sprint hurdles finals
March 27 07:15 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Fireworks are expected in the girls’ sprint hurdles final on Saturday’s final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic...
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48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
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48 hour curfew extended in St Andrew South Division
March 27 06:38 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The 48-hour curfew that was imposed in sections of the St Andrew South Police Division, has been extended. The curfew will continu...
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#Champs2026: William Knibb’s Seymore on course to repeat Class 1 200m gold
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#Champs2026: William Knibb’s Seymore on course to repeat Class 1 200m gold
March 27 06:34 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - William Knibb’s Sanjay Seymore is on course to retain his Boys Class 1, 200m title while Kingston College’s Jason Pitter will hope...
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Denham Town fire leaves eight homeless
TANEISHA LEWIS, Observer staff reporter 
November 15, 2006
EIGHT people, including four children, are now homeless after their four-bedroom wooden house on Chestnut Lane in Denham Town, Kingston, was destroyed...
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Our Top 5 Wine Picks
November 15, 2006
1) E&E Black Pepper Shiraz - Barossa Valley Estate (Australia) Recognised internationally as one of the top Shirazs in the world, with a price to matc...
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A brief walk through the world of wine: South to South
Observer Reporter 
November 15, 2006
For those not tuned into the world of the wine conoisseur, it can be like a foreign country. Its own language, own culture, traditions; with words lik...
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KSAC seeking legal advice over blocked sewer mains
Claudienne Edwards | Writer 
November 15, 2006
KINGSTON Mayor Desmond McKenzie says the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation (KSAC) is seeking legal advice to see what measures can be taken to stop C...
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Teen with scoliosis constantly taunted
TYRONE S REID, Observer staff reporter 
November 15, 2006
AS if the pain associated with her scoliosis that keeps her up most nights is not bad enough, 19-year-old Shenneil Flemmings also has to endure the co...
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200 community groups seeking project funding
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
November 14, 2006
TWO hundred community groups islandwide are waiting to hear from the Ministry of Local Government and Environment whether their applications for proje...
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J’can wanted in UK since 1995 held in Kingston
November 14, 2006
A Jamaican man who is wanted in the United Kingdom on a murder charge was yesterday apprehended by members of the constabulary's Fugitive Apprehension...
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Sav firefighters relocated to temporary home
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
November 14, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - Savanna-la-Mar firefighters who recently protested against the poor working conditions at their station, now have a lot...
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Jamaica Epilepsy Association looking to raise $4m
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter 
November 14, 2006
TWELVE prominent Jamaican women have shed some of their clothes to raise money for the Jamaica Epilepsy Association (JEA). The women are featured in a...
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Councillors want set local gov’t election date
November 14, 2006
PARISH council representatives on Monday unanimously passed a resolution recommending that the government names a set date for local government electi...
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PNP slips further
November 14, 2006
The People's National Party's (PNP's) huge 13.7 per cent slide in support since last November has placed the ruling party in a statistical dead heat w...
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Teens tell parents to get involved
by Kimone Thompson Observer staff reporter 
November 14, 2006
TWO teenaged students from inner-city com-munities yesterday encouraged more than 100 parents who gathered at the Terra Nova Hotel for a parenting wor...
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JLP expects conference to be biggest since 1980
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
November 14, 2006
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says it is expecting its weekend conference to be the biggest since 1980, the year it campaigned on an anti-...
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Two held as Salt Spring mourns triple murder
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
November 14, 2006
SALT SPRING, St James - The Montego Bay police were last night interrogating two men in connection with Monday night's brutal murder of three resident...
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Alston Stewart points the finger at Sandals
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
November 14, 2006
ALSTON Stewart, the head of Nevalco Consultants Limited which acted as site manager for the project managers of the contentious Sandals Whitehouse pro...
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Portmore bus transfer saving on fuel, toll fees, says JUTC
BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter 
November 14, 2006
THE Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) says it has been spending less on fuel and toll fees since it began offering a Sunday bus transfer service to...
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There is no discord in PNP candidate selection, says Pickersgill
BY KERRY MCCATTY Observer writer 
November 14, 2006
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) Chairman Robert Pickersgill yesterday denied claims that there is discord in the party on the issue of candidate selecti...
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JLP predicting victory in at least 36 seats
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
November 13, 2006
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), buoyed by its recent impressive showing in opinion polls, is confident that it will win at least 36 seats w...
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Traffic changes in Port Maria
Observer Reporter 
November 13, 2006
THE National Works Agency (NWA) yesterday closed the Otrium Bridge in Port Maria, St Mary, and at the same time implemented changes to the traffic flo...
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November 20 deadline for COK’s HIV/AIDS grants
Observer Reporter 
November 13, 2006
THE government's fight against HIV/AIDS is being boosted through support from the City of Kingston Cooperative (COK) Credit Union, which is providing ...
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Church groups denounce ‘terrible tragedy’
Kimone Thompson 
November 13, 2006
THE (Anglican) Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands and the Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) yesterday expressed shock and deep sadness at the d...
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PNP says Assamba still candidate for SE St Ann
Observer Reporter 
November 13, 2006
THE People's National Party (PNP) has flatly denied reports that Tourism Minister Aloun Assamba has been replaced as the party's candidate for South E...
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