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January 12 12:28 AM
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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January 12 12:26 AM
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 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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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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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
Entertainment, ...
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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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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Olympics 2012, Sports, Volleyball
August 20, 2016
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil Captain Bruno said his side could no longer be accused of choking after beating Italy 3-0 to win men's Olympic v...
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June 11, 2016
KINGSTON Jamaica -- Calabar's young phenomenon Christopher Taylor had to settle for second behind Great Britain's Delano Williams in the men's 400m A ...
Sports, Volleyball
May 14, 2016
Jamaica Women's Beach Volleyball team clinched the vital sixth spot to book their passage to the fourth round of the Beach Olympic Qualifiers to be he...
Sports, Volleyball
May 12, 2016
Jamaica women's beach volleyball team of Sashalee Wallen, Kai Wright and Alicia Malcolm departed the island on Monday to compete in the third round of...
Sports, Volleyball
January 28, 2016
OCHO RIOS, Jamaica — The semi-finalists of the NORCECA Continental Cup Women's Inter Zonal CAZOVA/ECVA phase were determined yesterday at Ocho Rios Ba...
Sports, Volleyball
BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
January 22, 2016
JAMAICA has ben chosen to host the 2016 Caribbean Volleyball Senior Men's and Women's Championships which the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) is...
Sports, Volleyball
August 31, 2015
HOST Jamaica were crowned champions of the 2015 Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Under-19 Championship after defeating Barbados in stra...
Sports, Volleyball
May 22, 2015
Twelve coaches successfully completed the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) Level One Coaching Course held at the Montego Bay Community College fr...
Sports, Volleyball
May 10, 2015
THE Jamaican male beach volleyball pairs of Mark Lewis and Ryck Webb (Team A) and Christopher 'Froggy' Walters and Donovan 'Larry' Richards (Team B) e...
Sports, Volleyball
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
May 5, 2015
NOT many people know of Jamaica's beach volleyball player Alicia Malcolm. Neither would they know she played for the New Zealand national team or that...
Sports, Volleyball
March 31, 2015
HANOVER and St Catherine became the latest parishes to form volleyball associations in JaVA's continued effort to expand its administrative capacity a...
Sports, Volleyball
February 12, 2015
FOLLOWING the formation of two parish associations in January, the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) continues with its programme of institutional...
Sports, Volleyball
January 17, 2015
RECENTLY elected president of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JAVA) Rudolph Speid has begun to make good on his promise to work on the institution...
Sports, Volleyball
Rise in facility fees the problem 
December 4, 2014
THE national finals for the 2014 Jamaica Volleyball Phillip Greenland Development Championship, which was scheduled to start today at Independence Par...
Sports, Volleyball
November 12, 2014
Four teams confirmed their places in the knockout round of the JaVA/Kingston and St Andrew Phillip Greenland Developmental Volleyball Competition in T...
Sports, Volleyball
October 14, 2014
THE Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) has elected sports administrator Rudolph Speid to lead the organisation into the future. Speid was elected u...
Sports, Volleyball
September 24, 2014
PHYSICAL Education teachers and coaches from 13 primary level schools in Kingston and St Andrew participated in a coaching clinic staged by the Jamaic...
Sports, Volleyball
August 11, 2014
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago crowned themselves Caribbean champions when their men's and women's teams scored emphatic victorie...
Sports, Volleyball
August 11, 2014
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Six-time women's champions Barbados lost in straight sets on Sunday to Suriname to finish fourth, their worst ever fin...
Sports, Volleyball
August 8, 2014
...T&T, Barbados women hit winning note PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Holders Trinidad & Tobago and long-standing rivals Barbados remained on a coll...
Sports, Volleyball
July 19, 2014
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago's women crept to within one win of qualifying for the World Volleyball Championships when they bru...
Sports, Volleyball
July 15, 2014
THE 2014 staging of the Supreme Ventures Business House Volleyball League came to an exciting close on Sunday at the UWI Gymnasium, with UWI, JDF and ...
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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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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