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‘Highway for abuse’
Leaky laws bleed UHWI of billions while poor patients get subpar care
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 6 12:20 AM
‘Highway for abuse’
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Brown Burke pushes back after Holness blasts MPs over parliamentary conduct
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
May 6 12:18 AM
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...grateful for continued relevance after 21 years
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Brokers hike commission rates on equity trades
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Brokers hike commission rates on equity trades
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May 6 12:16 AM
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Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
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Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
...Sales cover costs and support debt repayment as audit delay adds pressure
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 6 12:15 AM
Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
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RA Williams targets growth from expanded eyecare portfolio
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RA Williams targets growth from expanded eyecare portfolio
BY KELLRAY MILES Business reporter milesk@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 6 12:14 AM
RA Williams targets growth from expanded eyecare portfolio
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SUMMIT PROPERTY HEADS TO AUCTION
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SUMMIT PROPERTY HEADS TO AUCTION
Novamed’s former Knutsford Court redevelopment listed for sale under mortgage powers less than four years after acquisition
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Former Knutsford Court Hotel heads to auction
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WiPay launches new solution for ROOFS programme
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WiPay launches new solution for ROOFS programme
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
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Tokyo 2025: Ricketts and Smith leap to triple jump final
September 16, 2025
Two-time silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts and Ackelia Smith are both through to the final of the women’s triple jump after the qualification round Tu...
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
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Tokyo 2025: Ackelia Smith fails to get past first round in women’s long jump
September 13, 2025
Jamaican national champion Ackelia Smith failed to get past the first round of the women’s long jump on the opening day of the World Athletics Champio...
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
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National Trials 2025: Smith retains long jump title
June 26, 2025
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic Games and World Championships finalist Ackelia Smith retained her women’s long jump title after she produced a wind-aided ...
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
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Three Jamaican triple jumpers to compete in Oslo Diamond League
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
June 12, 2025
Shanieka Ricketts will be going after back-to-back Diamond League wins when she lines up in the women’s triple jump on Thursday’s second day of the Os...
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
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Watson, McDonald and Smith win at Miramar Invitational
Jackson, Williams among Jamaican stars in action at Florida meet
PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 5, 2025
Rohan Watson, Rusheen McDonald and long jumper Ackelia Smith were the Jamaican winners at Saturday’s Miramar Invitational meet, a World Athletics Cont...
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
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#ParisOlympics: Ackelia Smith into second final after long jump progress
August 6, 2024
Ackelia Smith qualified for her second final at the Olympics as she advanced in the women’s long jump with 6.59m (-0.3m/s) in the prelims on Tuesday m...
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
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#ParisOlympics: Shanieka Ricketts wins Olympic silver in triple jump
August 3, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Shanieka Ricketts won a  silver medal after she jumped a season’s best 14.87m (-0.7m/s) for second in the women’s triple jump at th...
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
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Ackelia Smith takes aim at PBs in triple and long jumps at Olympics
July 29, 2024
Ackelia Smith says she has grown enormously as an athlete and a person as she prepares for her first Olympics. The 22-year old jumper is one of only t...
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
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#NationalTrials: Ackelia Smith wins second national long jump title
June 27, 2024
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Ackelia Smith won her second national women’s long jump title after her lone legal mark, 6.53m (0.9m/s) on Thursday’s opening day ...
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‘Highway for abuse’
Leaky laws bleed UHWI of billions while poor patients get subpar care
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‘Highway for abuse’
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Mace fallout intensifies
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Mace fallout intensifies
Brown Burke pushes back after Holness blasts MPs over parliamentary conduct
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
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Chris Martin readies new music
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Chris Martin readies new music
...grateful for continued relevance after 21 years
May 6, 2026
Chris Martin
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Brokers hike commission rates on equity trades
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Brokers hike commission rates on equity trades
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Brokers hike commission rates on equity trades
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Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
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Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
...Sales cover costs and support debt repayment as audit delay adds pressure
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Hambani lifts First Rock ahead of $700-m test
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