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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Sad final trip
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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JOA hails organisers for safe and secured Olympics
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JOA hails organisers for safe and secured Olympics
BY IAN BURNETT Sport Editor burnetti@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 12, 2021
There was an awful lot of fear surrounding the hosting of the Games of 32nd Olympiad, even after a one-year delay, but at the close of the 17-day even...
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PHOTO: SWEEPERS
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PHOTO: SWEEPERS
August 12, 2021
Jamaica's queens of sprint pose with the national flag after sweeping the women's 100m medals at the recent Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. Siver medall...
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Thompson-Herah leads record-breaking J’cans
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Thompson-Herah leads record-breaking J’cans
PAUL A REID Observer writer 
August 12, 2021
Jamaican athletes set four national records in track and field at the recent Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan. Elaine Thompson-Herah, who retained h...
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Stars who failed to shine at Tokyo Olympics
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Stars who failed to shine at Tokyo Olympics
August 12, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo wasn't a great Olympics for some of the big names who failed to live up to their billing. Here are a few of the stars who d...
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India to mark Chopra’s Olympic javelin feat with special day
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India to mark Chopra’s Olympic javelin feat with special day
August 12, 2021
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Neeraj Chopra's historic feat in winning India's first-ever track and field gold medal at the Olympics will be commemorated e...
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Tokyo’s Olympic legacy: Forcing mental health centre stage
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Tokyo’s Olympic legacy: Forcing mental health centre stage
August 12, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics will always have a unique place in history as the novel coronavirus Games, but the event has also forced the i...
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Tokyo Olympics medals table (final)
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Tokyo Olympics medals table (final)
August 12, 2021
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total United States 39 41 33 113 China 38 32 18 88 Japan 27 14 17 58 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 Russian OC 20 28 23 71 Austr...
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Post-Olympics, spotlight shifts to Qatar 2022 World Cup
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Post-Olympics, spotlight shifts to Qatar 2022 World Cup
August 12, 2021
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) — The focus of the sporting world shifts to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar following the Tokyo Olympics, with lingering questions over ...
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Tokyo counts cost of US$15-billion pandemic Olympics ‘gamble’
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Tokyo counts cost of US$15-billion pandemic Olympics ‘gamble’
August 9, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo awoke to a huge bill and soaring novel coronavirus cases yesterday after pulling off a mid-pandemic Olympics that at times ...
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87 medals since 1948
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87 medals since 1948
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 9, 2021
Track and field dominate Jamaica's Olympic Games successes Jamaican athletes have won 87 medals from all 16 Olympics Games in the modern era, starting...
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Sandals gifts all Caribbean Olympians complimentary vacations
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Sandals gifts all Caribbean Olympians complimentary vacations
August 9, 2021
ALMOST 100 Olympians from the Caribbean islands where Sandals Resorts International operates have been gifted complimentary vacation stays by the comp...
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Extra niceness!
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Extra niceness!
BY SHERDON COWAN Observer staff reporter cowans@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 9, 2021
Sandals hospitality added motivation for Olympic champion Parchment Paying homage to the Jamaican proverb 'encouragement sweetens labour' Olympic 110-...
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From taxi driver to taekwondo and now Tokyo gold for British boxer
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From taxi driver to taekwondo and now Tokyo gold for British boxer
August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Lauren Price has represented Wales in football, played handball at the youth international level and is also a former world champ...
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Tokyo hands Olympic baton to Beijing but virus, boycott calls weigh
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Tokyo hands Olympic baton to Beijing but virus, boycott calls weigh
August 8, 2021
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The focus immediately shifts to Beijing as the curtain falls on the Tokyo Olympics, with a growing coronavirus outbreak in Chin...
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Breakout stars of the Tokyo Olympics
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Breakout stars of the Tokyo Olympics
August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The Tokyo Olympics crowned a number of new champions who announced themselves on the world stage. Here are some of the breakout s...
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Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo’s Olympics
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Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo’s Olympics
August 8, 2021
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — The pandemic affected almost every part of Tokyo's Olympics, forcing a historic postponement, the banning of almost all spectator...
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All-conquering US win seventh-straight women’s Olympic basketball title
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All-conquering US win seventh-straight women’s Olympic basketball title
August 8, 2021
SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — A rampant United States swept past Japan to their seventh-straight women's basketball crown yesterday, with Sue Bird and Diana ...
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Hansle’s Japanese fairy
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Hansle’s Japanese fairy
BY ROMARDO LYONS Sunday Observer Reporter lyonsr@jamaicaobserver.com 
August 8, 2021
Olympics volunteer who gave Parchment 10,000 Yen to get to stadium says she had to help him The Japanese volunteer who helped Jamaican hurdler Hansle ...
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Japan proves baseball ‘strength’ with first Olympic gold
Olympics 2012, Sports
Japan proves baseball ‘strength’ with first Olympic gold
August 7, 2021
YOKAHAMA, Japan (AFP) — Japanese baseball has proven its “strength to the world”, Manager Atsunori Inaba said Saturday after beating the United States...
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Proud Durant leads US to fourth-straight Olympic basketball gold
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Proud Durant leads US to fourth-straight Olympic basketball gold
August 7, 2021
SAITAMA, Japan (AFP) — National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Kevin Durant hailed his team for overcoming adversity Saturday after pouring in ...
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Felix makes US Olympic history as India win first athletics gold
Athletics, Olympics 2012, Sports
Felix makes US Olympic history as India win first athletics gold
August 7, 2021
TOKYO Japan (AFP) — Allyson Felix became the most decorated American track and field Olympian in history yesterday as India won their first-ever athle...
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TASTE FOR GOLD
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TASTE FOR GOLD
August 7, 2021
Female quarter-milers bring curtains down on Olympics with relay bronze TOKYO, Japan — The women's 4x400m relay team gave Jamaica her ninth medal (bro...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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