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Tesla loses EV crown to China’s BYD in 2025 as sales slip
January 2 04:44 PM
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)—Tesla's sales fell in 2025, the company reported Friday, ceding its position as the world's biggest electric vehicle m...
Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
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Maduro says Venezuela open to talks with US, amid pressure
January 2 03:43 PM
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP)—President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro on Thursday dodged a question about an alleged US attack on a dock in Venezuela but sai...
6.5-magnitude quake shakes Mexico City and beach resort
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6.5-magnitude quake shakes Mexico City and beach resort
January 2 02:58 PM
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)—A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico's capital and a tourist hotspot on the Pacific coast on Friday, killing at least o...

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Nico donates thousands of footballs
Observer Reporter 
June 29, 2001
Nico Distributors has donated thousands of footballs and golf kits to youth programmes in and around St James, in an official ceremony held at the Bre...
Regional, Western
MoBay Drug Court opens its doors on July 19
CHARMAINE N CLARKE 
June 29, 2001
THE long-awaited Montego Bay Drug Court will open its doors on July 19, according to Director of Justice Administration in the Security Ministry, Derr...
Regional, Western
Western clubs not ready for JFF
Sam Pragg 
June 29, 2001
Football clubs in western Jamaica are not ready for the recent ruling by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) that clubs taking part in next season's...
Regional, Western
Air Margueritaville offers a last taste of Jamaica
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 22, 2001
IN the last two months since Air Margueritaville opened its doors at the Sangster International Airport, it has been "holding its own", said co-owner ...
Regional, Western
Youth competition named after Malcolm
Sam Pragg 
June 22, 2001
A youth football competition scheduled to start early next month is likely to bear the name of the late national player, Stephen 'Shorty' Malcolm. Thi...
Regional, Western
Comrades battle for North Trelawny
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 22, 2001
A keen tussle is now on in the People's National Party camp in North Trelawny, as at least two persons are challenging sitting Member of Parliament an...
Regional, Western
Weatherley confirms move to Seba
Sam Pragg 
June 22, 2001
DEAN Weatherley has confirmed that he will be coaching Seba United and not Violet Kickers, when the National A-League gets underway next season. Weath...
Regional, Western
MoBay Chamber gets new manager
Observer Reporter 
June 22, 2001
The Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hired a new manager to fill the gap left by Ornell Bedasse, who quit last year. Makeda Solomon, a...
Regional, Western
Car thief loses his nerve and seeks the Lord
Petre Williams 
June 22, 2001
FACED with the stress associated with his latest theft of 11 cars, one of which belonged to a police officer, confessed car thief Christopher Reid has...
Regional, Western
GMRC shifts focus in the wake of Dear’s resignation
Observer Reporter 
June 22, 2001
UNFAZED by the recent resignation of key member, Winston Dear, and dwindling interest from the Montego Bay Community, the Greater Montego Bay Redevelo...
Regional, Western
Dear quits GMRC
CHARMAINE N CLARKE 
June 15, 2001
estern Bureau: The floundering Greater Montego Bay Redevelopment Company (GMRC) lost yet another member as prominent businessman and land surveyor, Wi...
Regional, Western
McDaniels to replace Chen in South Trelawny
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 15, 2001
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has appointed 28-year-old Devon McDaniels to replace Alfred Chen as its caretaker/candidate for the constituency of Sou...
Regional, Western
TPDCo clears the air on CUMI funding
Observer Reporter 
June 15, 2001
In the wake of charges that the Committee for the Upliftment of the Mentally Ill (CUMI) was being victimised because of the role its principals played...
Regional, Western
Eight advance in St James Division Two football
Sam Pragg 
June 8, 2001
Eight teams have advanced to the next round of the Guardian Life St James Division Two football competition, while another four should be decided when...
Regional, Western
JLP opens election campaign tomorrow
CHARMAINE N CLARKE 
June 8, 2001
Western Bureau: The opposition Jamaica Labour Party will launch its campaign for general elections in Savanna-la-Mar's Independence Park tomorrow. The...
Regional, Western
Senior citizen group being formed in Darliston
GERALD MILLER, Observer correspondent 
June 8, 2001
RETURNING resident, Ivabess Crooks-Degrella, is the driving force behind a new senior citizens group being organised in this quiet rural community. Th...
Regional, Western
Lloyd B Smith interested in running for mayor
CHARMAINE N CLARKE 
June 8, 2001
PUBLISHER Lloyd B Smith has dismissed rumours that he will be a candidate in the upcoming general elections, but made it clear that he would be intere...
Regional, Western
Sting, Hanover win again in Western Masters football
Sam Pragg 
June 8, 2001
DEFENDING Champions Sting and favourites Hanover maintained their unbeaten record in their latest matches in the Carimed Western Masters football leag...
Regional, Western
Thompson seeks to replace Madden
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
June 8, 2001
PEOPLE'S National Party councillor for the Montego Bay West division, Dr Ucal Thompson, has declared interest in the recently vacated constituency cha...
Regional, Western
Householders get $500m for sewerage connections
PETRE WILLIAMS, Observer staff reporter 
June 1, 2001
IN a bid to speed up connections to sewerage systems in the resort towns of Montego Bay, Negril and Ocho Rios, the National Water Commission has made ...

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