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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

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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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MEN VS WOMEN

Sharon Leach | Proofreader

August 20, 2005

There really is nothing like a World Championship to spark that hobbyhorse of Jamaican debate -- which is the sturdier sex. Of course, the biggest con...

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Our failing boys

Tony Robinson

August 20, 2005

To fear the foe, Since fear oppreseth strength, Gives, in your weakness, Strength unto your foe, And so your follies fight against yourself. - Shakesp...

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Upcoming food events

August 20, 2005

Ackee Festival - Sunday, August 28 Carry mi ackee go a Linstead Maakit not a quattie wut sell... Come next Sunday, August 28, ackee vendors should hav...

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Police co-op awards 50 bursaries

Observer Reporter

August 20, 2005

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Jamaica Police Cooperative Credit Union, as a mark of its 50th anniversary celebrations, has awarded 50 bursaries and scho...

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More than 60,000 child cases for CDA annually

Claudienne Edwards | Writer

August 20, 2005

ST Catherine, with its complex social problems linked to crime and inner-city violence and pockets of rural poor, tops the island in child care proble...

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Amidst the beach debris, Hayes primary enviro club finds marine life

Observer Reporter

August 20, 2005

THE Jamalco/Hayes Primary and Junior High School Environmental Club collected 22 bags of garbage and debris on their first beach clean-up campaign at ...

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Teachers demand 47%

BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Sunday Observer writer

August 20, 2005

WITH the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) coming to a close next March, Ruel Reid is taking up leadership of the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) a...

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‘Lower those school fees’

BY VIVIENNE GREEN-EVANS Sunday Observer writer

August 20, 2005

HAVING ignored the issue for years, the Ministry of Education has finally issued directives on the practice by some high schools to add auxiliary char...

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Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France – Part 1

August 20, 2005

Readers who follow sports will be aware of the fantastic achievement of Lance Armstrong in winning the Tour de France bicycle race in 2005 for an unpr...

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Do more to combat cruel fanaticism

AFP

August 20, 2005

COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI yesterday used the first foreign trip of his pontificate to urge Muslim leaders to do more to combat the "c...

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Manchester/St Bess region has ‘best performing’ schools

Observer Reporter

August 20, 2005

THE schools in Manchester and St Elizabeth - which make up the education ministry's Region 5 - are, as a group, the best performers among high schools...

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Kurds offer compromise in Iraqi constitution talks

AFP

August 20, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Kurdish leaders yesterday offered to compromise over Iraq's constitution but rejected Islam as the main source of law in the new...

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Not all diamonds are forever

Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

August 20, 2005

BUFF BAY, Portland - One of the diamonds - specially made groins - along the Buff Bay River was destroyed during hurricanes Emily and Dennis. Now the ...

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Cops implicated in Flankers shootings on $750,000 bail

DWIGHT BELLANFANTE, Observer staff reporter

August 19, 2005

FIVE police officers charged with two counts of murder and wounding in the controversial Flankers shooting in October 2003 that left two senior citize...

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Climbing murder toll worries New Orleans

August 19, 2005

NEW ORLEANS, USA (AP) - In a recent university experiment, police fired 700 blank rounds in a New Orleans neighbourhood in a single afternoon. No one ...

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Enviroment ministers urge greater fight against climate change

AFP

August 19, 2005

COPENHAGEN (AFP) -Environment ministers from 22 countries meeting in Greenland to discuss the devastating effects of global warming called for immedia...

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Roundabouts, verges and medians in resort towns to get more attention

Observer Reporter

August 19, 2005

THE National Works Agency (NWA) and the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilita...

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Two cops shot, injured in Dallas Castle

Observer Reporter

August 18, 2005

TWO police officers from the Half-Way-Tree police station were last night shot and injured in the Dallas Castle community in rural St Andrew. Informat...

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New NIS office for Port Maria

Observer Reporter

August 18, 2005

PORT MARIA, St Mary - A new National Insurance Scheme (NIS) office will be built in Port Maria, St Mary, at a cost of $33.7 million. Minister of Labou...

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Mugabe amends Zimbabwe constitution, creates senate

AFP

August 18, 2005

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) - President Robert Mugabe's government yesterday presented a bill amending the constitution to create a senate and to allow the...

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Some schools never had a CXC pass, says minister

CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter

August 18, 2005

OCHO RIOS, St Ann - Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson said yesterday that there are schools in Jamaica that have not had any CXC passes since the...