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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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Gov’t mounting strong response to access to affordable housing concern, says Fitz-Henley
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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Jamaican man charged with murder of four-month-old son
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September 6, 2006
A 45-year-old Jamaican man has been charged with aggravated child abuse and murder of his four-month-old son, Emanuel Thompson, in Florida, United Sta...
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Trinidad PM faults US delay in renewing trade deal
AP 
September 6, 2006
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the United States has been "ignoring the Caribbean" and suggested his c...
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Buzzer-beating breakfast ideas
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
September 6, 2006
'IT's all been pretty crazy' are the most common words from our many 'back-to-school' mothers. The new school term has commenced and even though the a...
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PIOJ says IDB loan freeze not true
Observer Reporter 
September 6, 2006
DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Dr Wesley Hughes said yesterday that recent statements in the media, suggesting a freeze ...
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Search on for missing cop
Observer Reporter 
September 6, 2006
THE police yesterday questioned several people, while one man was being sought in connection with Monday's disappearance of police constable Richard T...
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Basic school kids seek refuge on desks, chairs from flood water
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
September 6, 2006
HEAVY afternoon rains yesterday flooded the RJR Basic School on Beechwood Avenue in Kingston, causing students to seek refuge on top of desks and chai...
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Local company acquires latest state-of-the-art imaging machine
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
September 6, 2006
A local private medical diagnostic facility has acquired a state-of-the-art 64-slice General Electric Multi-Detector Row Computed Tomography (MDCT) Sc...
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Jose Marti slashes school days
Observer Reporter 
September 6, 2006
SOME 1,800 new GSAT students along with returning grades eight and nine Jose Marti Technical High School students will be forced to stay at home for u...
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It’s a new St Peter Claver Primary
LATOYA LATIBEAUDIERE, Observer writer 
September 6, 2006
EIGHTEEN years ago, St Peter Claver Primary School in Kingston was criticised for its poor academic performance and mediocrity. However, today the sch...
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Gov’t considering single regulator for telecoms sector
Observer Reporter 
September 6, 2006
GOVERNMENT is planning a major overhaul of the regulatory bodies that govern telecommunications and technology, to create a single regulator, Senator ...
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Davies not impressed by debt warning
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 6, 2006
Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies last night shrugged off a warning from the little-known Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA) that Ja...
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Man accused of killing guard at funeral home still on the run
Observer Reporter 
September 6, 2006
POLICE were yesterday still searching for the man accused of killing a guard during a robbery at a funeral home in Kingston last Friday. The accused, ...
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September 6, 2006
Sav teenager found hanging THE body of 18 year-old Rakeisha Spence was on Monday found hanging by a length of rope from a staircase at her home at Dal...
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September 6, 2006
Seems the Caribbean via the Ritz Carlton in San Juan and Cayman are how celebrity chefs like Eric Ripert and Laurent Tourondel are testing the waters....
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$500,000 robbery in St Elizabeth
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September 6, 2006
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - Police in St Elizabeth are reporting no breakthroughs in their investigation following a $500,000 robbery at a gas station ...
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Public purse well protected at Whitehouse, says UDC
Observer Reporter 
September 5, 2006
THE Urban Development Corporation (UDC) said yesterday that the public purse was well protected in the Sandals Whitehouse hotel project, and that the ...
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Cab drivers stage protest over poor road conditions
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
September 5, 2006
WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland - Cab drivers who operate on the Savanna-la-Mar to Whitehouse route on Monday withdrew their services and blocked sections of...
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Sixth named storm of season forms far out in open Atlantic
AP 
September 5, 2006
MIAMI, USA (AP) - Tropical Storm Florence formed yesterday in the open Atlantic, becoming the sixth named storm of the 2006 hurricane season, and was ...
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Mobile Reserve setting high standards – Pusey
KIMONE THOMPSON, Observer writer 
September 5, 2006
NO job is considered too grand or too menial for them to do. A typical day may find the men and women of the Mobile Reserve Branch of the Jamaica Cons...
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Labour minister bats for productivity-linked wage system
Observer Reporter 
September 5, 2006
LABOUR Minister Derrick Kellier yesterday hinted at plans for a productivity-linked wage system, as he launched National Productivity Week at the Jama...
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Pickersgill praises Air Jamaica’s safety record
Observer Reporter 
September 5, 2006
AIR Jamaica's safety record has earned it a place among 34 airlines in the world that have been accident-free since 1980, a performance which Transpor...
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Whitehouse auditors blast UDC
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 5, 2006
THE forensic audit report on the contentious Sandals Whitehouse hotel project was far less complimentary to the state-run Urban Development Corporatio...
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