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A voice in sport lost

Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver

December 31 12:20 AM

A voice in sport lost

News

‘Closure & comfort’

•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus

Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:18 AM

‘Closure comfort’

Entertainment, ...

New location, no problem!

I Love Soca delivers premium vibes at Heroes’ Circle

Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter

December 31 12:16 AM

New location, no problem!

Business

STAGE ECONOMICS

Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline

Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter

December 31 12:14 AM

Standing ovations for stand-ups 2025

Sports

RIDING THE WAVE

ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term

Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:12 AM

More work to do

Business

BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access

BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

BOJ pushing

News

‘Arrive alive’

Increase in road fatalities pushes authorities to intensify strategies to change driver behaviour

BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com

December 31 12:10 AM

‘Arrive alive’

News

‘It’s about people, not buildings’

Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds

Jerome Williams | Reporter

December 31 12:09 AM

‘It’s about people, not buildings’

Regional, Western

Briton to spend holiday in prison

PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter

September 28, 2001

Western Bureau: Briton, Richard Williams, who said he came to the island on holiday, will spend at least the next six months languishing behind bars a...

Regional, Western

High Commission offers to assist J’can teachers in UK

Observer Reporter

September 28, 2001

THE Jamaican High Commission in the United Kingdom has offered to participate and assist in the orientation programme for teachers recruited from Jama...

Regional, Western

Relocation 2000 contractor to be selected soon

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 21, 2001

Montego Bay: A contractor is expected to be selected soon for the construction of houses for the Providence Heights, St James leg of the government's ...

Regional, Western

WEDCO promises computers for Unity Primary

Observer Reporter

September 21, 2001

IN their long-term bid to help provide quality education for students of the parish, the Westmoreland Environs Development Company (WEDCO) has promise...

Regional, Western

Heroes Day Food Festival hopes to net $1 million

Observer Reporter

September 21, 2001

Western Bureau: In an effort to raise funds for the 4-H clubs across St James, the Parish Advisory Council (PAC) will be staging the inaugural "Nyammi...

Regional, Western

Custos blames gov’t, council for Falmouth’s under-development

ETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter

September 21, 2001

Western Bureau: Trelawny Custos, Roy Barrett, has blamed the government and the local Parish Council for Falmouth's inability to attract investors, ch...

Regional, Western

New deadline for first leg of North Coast Highway

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 21, 2001

Montego Bay: Obviously doubtful that the delay-plagued first leg of the North Coast Highway Project will meet its December 2001 deadline, Prime Minist...

Regional, Western

Shoemaker’s body found in Westmoreland

Observer Reporter

September 21, 2001

The Westmoreland police are investigating the death of 35 year-old shoemaker, Horace Hibbert, whose decomposing body was found, by area residents, in ...

Regional, Western

PJ urges unity in West Central St James

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 21, 2001

Montego Bay: Claiming that the selection of the People's National Party's candidate for West Central St James was not an easy one, party leader and Pr...

Regional, Western

Frequent visitor puts in good word for Jamaica

CONROY WALKER

September 21, 2001

WHILE many Jamaicans are now in despair as they slowly begin to feel the ripple effect of the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, ther...

Regional, Western

PM urges completion of MoBay Civic Centre

Observer Reporter

September 21, 2001

PRIME Minister P J Patterson has instructed the Urban Development Corporation to ensure that the delay- plagued Civic Centre being constructed in Sam ...

Regional, Western

No funds to move North Gully residents

Observer Reporter

September 21, 2001

MONTEGO BAY: Residents who live near the flood prone North Gully area will not be receiving any financial assistance if they want to relocate, accordi...

Regional, Western

‘I want to go home’

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 14, 2001

MONTEGO BAY -- Candace Rowlett loves Jamaica, but after a few minutes camped out on the floor of the Sangster International Airport, her luggage used ...

Regional, Western

Work starts on segment two of North Coast Highway

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 14, 2001

TRELAWNY -- Prime Minister P J Patterson on Friday broke ground for the US$60M second segment of the North Coast Highway Project that will span 95 kil...

Regional, Western

US ATTACK: Transportation sector already reeling

CHARMAINE N CLARKE, Western Bureau editor

September 14, 2001

MONTEGO BAY -- With the Sangster International Airport a virtual ghost town and the flow of passengers dried up as a result of the Federal Aviation Ad...

Regional, Western

Bartlett predicts massive layoffs, bankruptcies

Observer Reporter

September 14, 2001

JAMAICA Labour Party spokesman on tourism, Ed Bartlett has predicted massive layoffs and bankruptcies in the travel industry as a result of Tuesday's ...

Regional, Western

One murder charge against deportee dropped

Observer Reporter

September 14, 2001

THE prosecution was on Monday forced to drop one of the two murder charges against deportee, Omar Lewis because of the failure of witnesses to come fo...

Regional, Western

$27-M repair work for Spring Mount Road

PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter

September 14, 2001

AFTER almost 10 months and at least one missed start-up date, work to rebuild the collapsed section of the Spring Mount main road in St James has fina...

Regional, Western

Briton fined $850,000, jailed for cocaine

Observer Reporter

September 14, 2001

UNEMPLOYED Briton, Heather Canovan, who on Sunday tried to export 11 pounds of cocaine was on Monday sentenced to four years imprisonment at hard labo...

Regional, Western

ENTERTAINMENT OUT WEST

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

September 14, 2001

Fire Links for Caribbean Beach Park Selector Fire Links, fresh from his outstanding performance on sound systems night at Reggae Sumfest, appears toni...

Regional, Western

Sandals sponsors reading specialist at Flankers

Observer Reporter

September 14, 2001

SANDALS Montego Bay is assisting the Flankers Primary and Junior High School to arrest and reverse a reading problem at the school. On World Literacy ...

Regional, Western

Hanover man beaten by mob

Observer Reporter

September 7, 2001

Western Bureau: Junior Reid of Hopewell in Hanover, who allegedly robbed a taxi operator and engaged the police in a shootout, was hospitalised under ...