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It’s on now
PAUL A REID Observer West writer 
May 23, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James The quest for places on the national track and field teams will step up a notch or two this Saturday with the staging of the fir...
Regional, Western
Basil Chambers… making a success of Petersfield High
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer West reporter 
May 23, 2007
Petersfield, Westmoreland On May 16, 2007, the Board of Management of Petersfield High School was awarded the best school improvement plan for western...
Regional, Western
Desperate to move
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 23, 2007
LUCEA, Hanover Deteriorating conditions at the Lucea Infirmary have forced the Hanover Parish Council to step up its search for a suitable location to...
Regional, Western
Cash-strapped YWCA faces closure
KERIL WRIGHT, Observer West reporter 
May 23, 2007
Montego Bay, St James After 30 years of preparing at-risk youths for the world of work, the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Montego Bay ...
Regional, Western
Congrats, Granville, but….
Paul Reid 
May 23, 2007
Granville Football Club got off to a great start in their effort to qualify for the Jamaica Football Federation's (JFF's) National Premier League afte...
Regional, Western
$23-m upgrade for SOS Children’s Village
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 23, 2007
BARRETT TOWN, St James Chairman of the SOS Children's Village at Barrett Town, Heinz Simonitsch, on Monday announced a US$350,000 (J$23.5-million) imp...
Regional, Western
Bring back the good ol’ days
Grace Lee Guest Columnist 
May 16, 2007
A few weeks ago this space gave me the opportunity to reflect on the good old days, under the headline 'The hurrieder we go the behinder we get'. Toda...
Regional, Western
Renewed hope for Ginger Hill, Pisgah
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 16, 2007
SANTA CRUZ, St Elizabeth - More than two and a half years after Hurricane Ivan broke the connecting road, residents of the pineapple-growing districts...
Regional, Western
Granville for NPL play-offs
PAUL A REID Observer West writer 
May 16, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James Granville of St James will represent the Western Confederation in the four-team Jamaica Football Federation's National Premier L...
Regional, Western
Sonia Knowles is Refuge All Age’s refuge
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 16, 2007
REFUGE, Trelawny "Good Morning gentleman!" the twenty-four young voices of the children seated in the classroom where the grades one and two students ...
Regional, Western
The magic of Jasent Plummer
May 9, 2007
It's 10:30 am and scores of children are chasing each other on the playing field of Chester Castle All-Age School in Hanover. Jasent Plummer gazes at ...
Regional, Western
Protests mar Teachers’ Day in Glendevon
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 9, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James Teachers' Day celebrations were stymied at the Glendevon Primary and Junior High yesterday in the wake of a massive protest over...
Regional, Western
When will the flags come down?
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 9, 2007
The People's National Party's (PNP's) Roger Clarke and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party's Russel Hammond have done the right thing by instructing t...
Regional, Western
PNP will sweep St Elizabeth – Buchanan
May 9, 2007
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth General Secretary of the ruling People's National Party (PNP) Donald Buchanan said his party will go one better than it did ...
Regional, Western
Flankers warned
PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT, Editor-at-Large/Western Bureau 
May 9, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James St James' tough-talking commanding officer Superintendent Steve McGregor on Monday promised to deploy more officers into Flanker...
Regional, Western
Reid re-elected to head MoBay Chamber
May 2, 2007
Pauline Reid, the first female president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Industry and Commerce, was re-elected to serve a second year at the organisatio...
Regional, Western
Penn wouldn’t be Penn without Jamaica
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 2, 2007
Some Jamaican high school coaches have for some time now been quietly talking about a boycott of the Penn Relays. They have cited the constant changin...
Regional, Western
‘Make them pay!’
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
May 2, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James Tuesday's motor vehicle collision which claimed two lives on Howard Cooke Boulevard has prompted calls from Senior Superintenden...
Regional, Western
Veda Malcolm.
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
May 2, 2007
WHITE HILL, St Elizabeth Veda Malcolm's burning desire to see children learn is what has kept her in the classroom for almost four decades. "I love te...
Regional, Western
Will Horne really whip Whitter by 2,000 votes?
May 2, 2007
Despite a rift in the constituency over his selection and trends in favour of his opponent, the People's National Party (PNP's) Norman Horne is confid...
Regional, Western
Mints anyone?
May 2, 2007
There are three chief species of mint in cultivation and general use: spearmint, peppermint and pennyroyal. But there are many varieties of mint throu...
Regional, Western
Joint venture, the best way – Pickersgill
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
May 2, 2007
Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth A co-operative venture involving the public and private sector that has led to the recent installation of a bailey bridge at ...

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