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‘Save yourselves!’
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‘Save yourselves!’
PM directs gunmen to shun criminality, acknowledges major crime reduction
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 8 12:20 AM
‘Save yourselves!’
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
January 8 12:18 AM
Golding knocks muted
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Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
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Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
January 8 12:16 AM
Vegas, Sly Dunbar, Leroy Sibbles to be honoured at Reggae Genealogy 2026
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
January 8 12:14 AM
US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
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Jamaica in strong position to host World Athletics events following stadium upgrade — Coe
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 8 12:12 AM
Jamaica in strong position to host World Athletics events following stadium upgrade — Coe
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Tasty Bites @ Footeprints Hotel Negril
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Tasty Bites @ Footeprints Hotel Negril
January 8 12:10 AM
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Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
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Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
January 8 12:06 AM
Historic Manning’s School to benefit from 2026 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast
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Educators welcome PEP changes
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Educators welcome PEP changes
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
January 8 12:05 AM
Educators welcome PEP changes
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UWI, Titans claim JAVA volleyball titles
May 5, 2010
UWI's men A team scored an exciting and pulsating 3-2 win over Vikings to take the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JAVA) Men's National Division One C...
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Comfort, Free Town into quarters of Div One
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
May 5, 2010
MAY PEN, Clarendon — Comfort FC and Free Town FC are the first two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals of the FX Trader/Clarendon Football Associa...
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H’Childhood claim third straight title
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H’Childhood claim third straight title
BY LIVINGSTON SCOTT Observer staff reporter 
May 5, 2010
HOLY Childhood High School defended their ISSA Southern Conference basketball title for their third straight hold on the trophy after defeating Vauxha...
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Burrell flays violence in local football
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Burrell flays violence in local football
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant sport editor 
May 5, 2010
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Captain Horace Burrell has warned that his administration will "not tolerate" violent behaviour in ...
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JAAA makes $4M surplus in 2009
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer staff reporter 
May 5, 2010
THE Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) saw in excess of 30 per cent increase in its income for the 12-month period between November 2008 and ...
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Aussies surge into WT20 Super Eight
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Aussies surge into WT20 Super Eight
AFP 
May 5, 2010
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (AFP) — Fast bowler Dirk Nannes took four wickets as Australia beat Bangladesh by 27 runs here at the Kensington Oval here yester...
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Hawthorne shines at Big East meet
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Hawthorne shines at Big East meet
By Paul Burrowes Observer writer 
May 4, 2010
TRISHA-ANN Hawthorne of the University of Connecticut clinched the sprint double at the Big East Outdoor Championships last weekend in Cincinnati, Ohi...
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FIFA U-17 Women’s W’Cup draw on today
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FIFA U-17 Women’s W’Cup draw on today
May 4, 2010
THE draw for the FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup will be held at the posh Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad, today. German football legen...
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Doping suspicion – J’can athlete under probe
BY KAYON RAYNOR Senior staff reporter raynork@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 4, 2010
AN athlete from Jamaica's 12-member team to the 13th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, returned an adverse analytical finding of their "...
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Vipers, Flames still ahead in WBA
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Vipers, Flames still ahead in WBA
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
May 4, 2010
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Hanover clubs Hopewell Vipers and Central Flames continue to lead the Western Basketball Association's (WBA) Division One com...
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Clarks Town hammer Granville FC 6-0
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
May 4, 2010
CARTER, Trelawny -- Clarks Town got the return round of the Trelawny Football Association's National Rums of Jamaica Major League off with a bang afte...
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Three in a row for Lennon girls
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Three in a row for Lennon girls
BY LIVINGSTON SCOTT Observer staff reporter 
May 4, 2010
LENNON High School out of Clarendon successfully defended their ISSA/Locker Room Sports Schoolgirl Football title for the second consecutive year afte...
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Record 69 schools for Primary Champs
Gerald Reid 
May 4, 2010
THE 30th staging of the 2010 four-day Institute of Sports (INSPORTS)/SWIZZZLE-sponsored Primary Schools Track and Field Championships which begins thi...
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Burrell lashes upsurge of violence in football
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Burrell lashes upsurge of violence in football
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor williamss@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 4, 2010
PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Captain Horace Burrell, has warned that his administration will “not tolerate” violent behaviour i...
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JFF: German trip was ultimate test
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JFF: German trip was ultimate test
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant sport editor 
May 4, 2010
JAMAICA'S football boss Captain Horace Burrell said his administration faced its greatest organisational test in getting the Reggae Boyz to Germany fo...
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Rain derails Ireland as England advance
CMC 
May 4, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Rain derailed Ireland's World Twenty20 Championship campaign, but England benefited as they squeezed into the second round ...
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H’View could clinch DPL title
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
May 4, 2010
HARBOUR View could clinch the Digicel Premier League (DPL) title with a win over archrivals Boys' Town, and if champions Tivoli Gardens lose to St Geo...
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Windalco, Jamalco on fire in Clarendon Open League
BY OSHANE TOBIAS Observer writer 
May 3, 2010
MAY PEN, Clarendon -- Super League outfits Windalco and Jamalco were in spanking form in Sunday's second round of games in the Clarendon Netball Assoc...
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St James FA Div 1 football on today
Paul Reid 
May 3, 2010
ALBION, St James — The lead in Zone A of the Claro St James Football Association's Division One competition will be at stake today, as Little Miami an...
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Four J’cans ranked first on IAAF junior performance list
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Four J’cans ranked first on IAAF junior performance list
Paul A Reid 
May 3, 2010
FOUR Jamaicans, two males and two females, are ranked at number one in their respective disciplines on the International Association of Athletics Fede...
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Blackwood, Harris reign supreme at Burger King Interscholastic Singles Tennis Championship
Sports
Blackwood, Harris reign supreme at Burger King Interscholastic Singles Tennis Championship
May 3, 2010
Shantal Blackwood from KBC Learning and Hillel's Daniel Harris were on Sunday crowned girls and boys 18 and under champions, respectively, on the fina...
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WI Advance!
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WI Advance!
May 3, 2010
Snatch Super Eight berth in rainy win over England GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Hosts West Indies marched into the second round of the World Twenty20 Ch...
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Golding knocks muted international response to US actions
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US plans to dictate Venezuela decisions and oil sales
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‘FIT FOR PURPOSE’
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January 8, 2026
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