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January 12 12:26 AM
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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January 12 12:26 AM
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January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
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January 12 12:24 AM
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January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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January 12 12:22 AM
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JAVA planning qualification in beach volleyball for LA 2028
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 4, 2024
‘Reach for the beach’
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August 30, 2024
JAVA looking for a spike in local volleyball support
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July 26, 2024
U-19 volleyball championships to get underway on Saturday
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August 5, 2022
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom (AFP) — 'Tu, tu, Tuvalu' echoed around the beach volleyball stadium at the Commonwealth Games as spectators shouted their s...
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July 29, 2022
BIRMINGHAM, England — International beach volleyball referee Kenneth Waugh is hoping that his selection to the referees' panel at the Commonwealth Gam...
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July 11, 2022
Suriname kept their slim hopes of claiming the gold medal in the 2022 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Junior Men (Under-21) Championship alive ...
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November 9, 2021
Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) has received approval from the Government of Jamaica to restart the sport after more than 18 months on inactivit...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
August 17, 2020
The Institute of Sports (INSPORTS) is currently staging three summer camps in Kingston, Manchester and St James, running from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each ...
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February 1, 2020
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — America's Sofia Kenin stunned two-time Major champion Garbine Muguruza to win the Australian Open yesterday, completing a...
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July 25, 2019
B arbados and Suriname will contest the final of the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) boys' Under-19 Championships after they record id...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
July 24, 2019
DEFENDING champions Jamaica defeated US Virgin Islands 3-1 in the boys' 19 and under category at the 2019 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZO...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
July 23, 2019
DEFENDING champions Jamaica went down 0-3 to Suriname in the Boys' Under-19 match at the 2019 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Champion...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
July 22, 2019
Jamaica's women went down 0-3 to the US Virgin Islands as the 2019 Cazova Under-18 Volleyball Championship got under way at G C Foster College in Span...
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July 9, 2019
The Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) will host the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Under-19 and Under-18 Championships at G C Fos...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
April 19, 2019
ORACABESSA High and Wolmer's Girls' captured the 2019 Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) High School boys and girls All-Island Volleyba...
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October 8, 2018
The practice of established schools backed by wealthy alumni stockpiling top student athletes through transfers, mostly at the expense of 'smaller' sc...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
April 7, 2018
DEFENDING champions St Jago High and Wolmer's Girls' School retained their 2018 Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) All-Island National ...
Sports, Volleyball
March 27, 2018
WOLMER'S Boys' and Girls' will go in search of more titles when they compete in the semi-finals of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISS...
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BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
March 20, 2018
WOLMER'S Boys' School and Wolmer's High School for Girls defeated Camperdown High to capture the 2018 Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA...
Basketball, Football, Sports, ...
February 10, 2018
Minister of Sport Olivia Grange has described as “successful” the first phase in the implementation of a three-year Technical Agreement in Sport betwe...
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December 13, 2017
...Hoolebury Primary take top spot in parish league as push mounts to grow sport It was a day of fun, excitement and rigorous competition at the Golde...
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August 20, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Veteran Brazilian volleyball libero Serginho said he dreams of returning to a “normal life” after winning a second Olym...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland