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Political hacks fuelling school chaos
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Political hacks fuelling school chaos
JTA president says incompetent boards worsening indiscipline
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18 12:30 AM
Political hacks fuelling school chaos
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He’ll kill again
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He’ll kill again
Mother says 15-year sentence for her son’s murderer not enough
BY INGRID HENRY Observer writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18 12:28 AM
He’ll kill again
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Parents, drug pushers blamed for student violence
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Parents, drug pushers blamed for student violence
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18 12:26 AM
Parents, drug pushers blamed
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Courtesy classes for Westmoreland cops
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Courtesy classes for Westmoreland cops
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
May 18 12:24 AM
Courtesy classes for Westmoreland cops
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Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
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Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
May 18 12:22 AM
Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
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Move beyond the pews
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Move beyond the pews
New Adventist regional president urges greater church involvement in society
May 18 12:22 AM
Move beyond the pews
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Sandals Foundation speeds hospital recovery with modular units
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Sandals Foundation speeds hospital recovery with modular units
May 18 12:20 AM
Sandals Foundation speeds hospital
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Mt Pleasant edge Portmore in JPL semis first-leg
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Mt Pleasant edge Portmore in JPL semis first-leg
May 17 10:37 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Mt Pleasant FA have a slender lead over Portmore United after they won their Jamaica Premier League first leg semi-final game 1-0...
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More than Hill and Gully
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More than Hill and Gully
Clyde McKenzie 
May 17, 2026
More than
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Stretching the elastic
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Stretching the elastic
May 17, 2026
Stretching the elastic
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Our state of being
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Our state of being
May 17, 2026
Our state of being
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It didn’t start with ‘Hill and Gully’
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It didn’t start with ‘Hill and Gully’
May 15, 2026
It didn’t start with ‘
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The Indus Waters Treaty — Part I
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The Indus Waters Treaty — Part I
By Dr Pradeep Kumar Saxena 
May 15, 2026
The Indus Waters Treaty — Part I
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Dennis Lalor: Man of passion and dignity, a true patriot
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Dennis Lalor: Man of passion and dignity, a true patriot
May 15, 2026
Dennis Lalor: Man of passion and dignity, a true patriot
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Jamaica must reject manipulation politics
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Jamaica must reject manipulation politics
BY Christopher McCurdy 
May 14, 2026
Jamaica must reject manipulation politics
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Marrying recovery with opportunities
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Marrying recovery with opportunities
Keith Collister 
May 13, 2026
Marrying recovery with opportunities
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When public service becomes public punishment
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When public service becomes public punishment
BY RICARDO SPAULDING 
May 13, 2026
When public service becomes public punishment
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The real test begins now
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The real test begins now
May 13, 2026
The real test begins now
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Justice as the engine of prosperity
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Justice as the engine of prosperity
May 12, 2026
Justice as the engine of prosperity
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Let’s promote the dignity of work
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Let’s promote the dignity of work
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
May 11, 2026
Let’s promote the dignity of work
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It’s a pattern…
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It’s a pattern…
Gabrielle Hylton 
May 11, 2026
It’s a pattern...
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True friends (indeed)
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True friends (indeed)
Tony Robinson 
May 11, 2026
True friends (indeed)
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The struggle with banks
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The struggle with banks
Garfield Higgins 
May 10, 2026
The struggle with banks
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STEM schools are not enough
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STEM schools are not enough
Building new schools without fixing the foundations is a strategy built on sand
Dr Garth Anderson 
May 10, 2026
STEM schools are not enough
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Is Jamaica educating for inequality?
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Is Jamaica educating for inequality?
BY PETA-GAY FERGUSON 
May 10, 2026
Is Jamaica educating for inequality?
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So you want to own a gun, right?
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So you want to own a gun, right?
Jason McKay 
May 10, 2026
So you want to own a gun, right?
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‘Land a nuh skellion and tyme’
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‘Land a nuh skellion and tyme’
Natalia Webber-Smith 
May 8, 2026
‘Land a nuh skellion and tyme’
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In defence of the John Crow
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In defence of the John Crow
Lloyd B Smith 
May 8, 2026
In defence of the John Crow
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C’bean universities must embrace flexibility to reverse enrolment decline
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C’bean universities must embrace flexibility to reverse enrolment decline
Chad Rattray 
May 8, 2026
C'bean universities must embrace flexibility to reverse enrolment decline
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Spare us the revisionism
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Spare us the revisionism
BY KENNEISHA R CAMPBELL 
May 7, 2026
Spare us the revisionism
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Political hacks fuelling school chaos
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He’ll kill again
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Parents, drug pushers blamed for student violence
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Courtesy classes for Westmoreland cops
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Courtesy classes for Westmoreland cops
BY ANTHONY LEWIS Observer writer 
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Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
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Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
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Ronko gang trial still in limbo despite judge’s stern warning
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