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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

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‘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

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‘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’

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‘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’

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Colonel Harris to be honoured by Moore Town Maroons

Observer Reporter

November 24, 2006

PORT ANTONIO, Portland - The maroon community of Moore Town in Portland will be hosting a special function tomorrow to honour former Colonel C L G Har...

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Spanish Town businesses get tough on extortionists

BY TK WHYTE Observer correspondent

November 23, 2006

SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine - These days, shops and offices along the Old Harbour Road business strip in Spanish Town have been keeping their doors ope...

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News Briefs

November 23, 2006

$5.4-m repair work for Jarrett Lane JARRETT Lane, the tough community located off Mountain View Avenue in Kingston, is to be repaired at a cost of $5....

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$70-m beautification for Kingston waterfront

November 23, 2006

A $70-million project to beautify the Kingston Waterfront was launched yesterday by FirstCaribbean International Bank (Jamaica) and the Urban Developm...

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EOJ to roll out election management system for next poll

BY INGRID BROWN Observer staff reporter

November 23, 2006

THE Electoral Office of Jamaica will in the next election roll out its state-of-the-art election management system, which will not only have the resul...

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PNP holds crucial NEC meeting Sunday

BY Erica Virtue Observer writer

November 23, 2006

THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) will on Sunday make a final attempt to quash post-presidential disunity and clean up its image following the ...

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Rains cause flooding

By Carl Gilchrist and Kerry McCatty Observer staff reporters

November 23, 2006

A frontal system that has been affecting the island since Wednesday dumped heavy rains on sections of the country yesterday, flooding towns and distri...

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Woman mowed down by truck identified

BY Clive Brown

November 23, 2006

THE St Ann police have identified the woman who died on Tuesday evening after she was hit by a truck along the Discovery Bay main road in St Ann. She ...

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St Lucia PM distances himself from A-G’s attack on Sandals

November 23, 2006

St Lucian prime minister Dr Kenny Anthony yesterday distanced himself from his attorney-general's broadside against Sandals Resorts, saying that the s...

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Ja expects increase in arrivals despite US passport regime

November 23, 2006

DESPITE a plan by the United States of America to introduce its new passport regime on January 23 for visitors arriving by air, the Jamaica Tourist Bo...

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PM says gov’t committed to protecting rights of all Jamaicans

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 23, 2006

PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller reaffirmed her government's commitment to protecting the rights of women in a statement to the House of Represent...

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Foodie News.Foodie News.

November 22, 2006

DeliWorks launches Island-Hopping Sundays FANCY a trip down South without having to take out your passport, go through immigration and several securit...

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Youngsters want more youths as MPs, councillors

ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer

November 22, 2006

THE PNPYO, the youth arm of the ruling People's National Party, proposed yesterday that more young people (under age 30) be put as candidates in natio...

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500 more cops for Christmas

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

THE police yesterday announced plans to deploy 500 additional cops to the nation's streets during the Christmas season. The move, the constabulary sai...

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Contractor-general clarifies ‘value for money’ statement

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

November 22, 2006

STUNG by criticisms over his 'value for money' statement in regard to the contentious Sandals Whitehouse hotel project, Contractor-General Greg Christ...

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Man convicted for raping cop’s girlfriend

Paul Henry

November 22, 2006

A man convicted of raping a policeman's girlfriend, after promising to help recover her stolen $33,000 cellular phone, will be sentenced at the Home C...

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US to implement passport requirement for air travellers Jan 23

November 22, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite the lobby by Caribbean tourism interests, the United States is pushing ahead with it passport requirement for virtually all ...

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Hotel worker hit by bus, dies

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

RUNAWAY BAY, St Ann - A worker contracted to the Bahia Principe Hotel here in Runaway Bay died after being hit by a motor vehicle at the entrance to t...

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Man accused of killing priest gets bail

KARYL WALKER, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

PRINCE Vale, the man accused of murdering St Jude's Anglican Church rector Richard Johnson last week, was granted bail when he appeared in the Corpora...

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Court extends Fullerton’s $6-m bail

Observer Reporter

November 22, 2006

FORMER Caldon Finance group director Nicole Fullerton yesterday had her $6-million bail extended when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magi...

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Audit of secondary schools ready

ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter

November 22, 2006

THE islandwide space audit of secondary schools that was commissioned by the Education Ministry for secondary schools has been completed and is being ...