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A voice in sport lost
Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver
December 31 12:20 AM
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‘Closure & comfort’
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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’
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I Love Soca delivers premium vibes at Heroes’ Circle
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 31 12:16 AM
New location, no problem!
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Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline
Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
December 31 12:14 AM
Standing ovations for stand-ups 2025
RIDING THE WAVE
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
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BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
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BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:10 AM
BOJ pushing
‘Arrive alive’
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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’
‘It’s about people, not buildings’
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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
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Dr Omar Davies…
BY DWIGHT BELLANFANTESunday Observer reporter 
September 3, 2005
THE political pundits do not give Dr Omar Davies any chance of winning the race for president of the People's National Party (PNP). He doesn't have th...
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Amid images of black victims, many ask was race a factor
Reported by AP writers 
September 3, 2005
HURRICANE Katrina had no deliberate target, but in the aftermath it is clear that the victims, who are now facing a horrifying lack of rescue and care...
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PATH school records
September 3, 2005
MAY PEN, Clarendon - Parents registered under the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) are advised to ensure that their childr...
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Policeman shot and injured
Observer Reporter 
September 3, 2005
A police constable from the Bridgeport police station was shot and seriously injured during an attack by a lone gunman as he was about to enter his ho...
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9,700 no-shows for sponsored CXC exams
BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Sunday Observer writer 
September 3, 2005
Approximately 10 per cent of the students for whom the government and National Commercial Bank (NCB) paid exam fees for prescribed subjects at CXC, fa...
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Shop wisely, prepare mentally for back-to-school
September 3, 2005
THE Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is appealing to parents to do comparative shopping for the best back-to-school deals. Dorothy Campbell, educatio...
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More mayhem on Maxfield
KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter 
September 2, 2005
A Kingston shopkeeper, who residents claimed had ignored a warning from gunmen to lock down her business after allegedly witnessing a double murder la...
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Anarchy in New Orleans
AP 
September 1, 2005
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Storm victims were raped and beaten, fights and fires broke out, corpses lay out in the open, and rescue helicopters and law enforc...
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JLP calls for enquiry into JPS’ operations
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 1, 2005
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday accused international energy firm, Mirant, of milking its local subsidiary, the Jamaica Public Ser...
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The versatile sandwich
Kinisha O'Neill, Freelance writer 
August 31, 2005
No, this is not your grandmother's sandwich. We're talking about stick-to-your-ribs sandwiches; sandwiches made with dumplings and tortillas; sandwich...
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Soweto wine festival
AFP 
August 31, 2005
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - Soweto, South Africa's most famous township, is staging its first ever wine festival over the weekend, challenging ...
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Court changes legal definition of adultery
AP 
August 31, 2005
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A man's affair with another man constitutes adultery and is grounds for divorce, a British Columbia Supreme Court j...
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Police shut down sex auction in Culloden
Observer Reporter 
August 31, 2005
THE police have effectively clamped down on the trading of exotic dancers in Culloden, where young girls and women gathered weekly to be auctioned off...
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Katrina kills 30 in two-storey apartment building
AP 
August 30, 2005
BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) - Joy Schovest swam for her life, fighting Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and its angry winds, brushing aside debris and flo...
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JFJ opens documentary centre in MoBay
Observer Reporter 
August 30, 2005
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The human rights group Jamaicans For Justice (JFJ) yesterday opened a library and documentary centre in Montego Bay. The facil...

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