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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’

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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

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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

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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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Parchment uses sectoral debate to castigate former colleagues

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

July 8, 2006

VERNA Parchment did what could well be her swan song in Parliament on Wednesday as she spoke in the sectoral debate for the first, and probably last, ...

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NEPA maps a new direction

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter

July 8, 2006

IN the job now for only a few months, NEPA's new boss Dr Leary Myers is overseeing a review of licensing procedures, prompted by an unflattering court...

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Sidewalk repair not on Pickersgill’s ‘to do’ list

BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer

July 8, 2006

CIRCUMSTANCES, and money, are forcing government to choose what infrastructure it can provide for Jamaicans, and though areas designated for pedestria...

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Carjacked in Orange Grove

BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer Reporter

July 8, 2006

IT was a clumsy, random event, but an upper St Andrew man says he is thankful to have escaped with his life following a carjacking just over a week ag...

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Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on fraud charges in TV rights case

July 7, 2006

MILAN, Italy (AP) - Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges of false accounting, embezzlement and tax fr...

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15 young people receive awards for community service

July 7, 2006

FIFTEEN young people were honoured recently at the 2006 Community Service Awards luncheon, hosted by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), at the...

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Lockheed unveils new ‘lightening’ fighter jet

July 7, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Lockheed Martin Corporation on Friday unveiled its new military fighter plane, a jet which the company touts as the most powe...

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Cops raid deacon’s house

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter

July 7, 2006

THE Half-Way-Tree police yesterday raided the house of the deacon of the Dayton Avenue Church of God, who allegedly watched as a group of young men in...

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Water protest holds up junior water minister

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

July 7, 2006

RETREAT, Westmoreland -The familiarisation tour of a section of Westmoreland by Dr Fenton Ferguson, the state minister with responsibility for water, ...

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‘Sleepy’ Flankers juror tells court she is on medication

Paul Henry

July 7, 2006

ONE of the jurors who was caught sleeping during Tuesday's trial of five police officers accused of murdering two men in Flankers, St James in October...

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Divisions remain on sanctions for North Korea

AFP

July 7, 2006

UNITED NATIONS, New York (AFP) - The United States and Japan challenged China and Russia to back sanctions against North Korea on Friday, calling for ...

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Send soldiers into Norwood now, says Golding

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

July 7, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has renewed its call for the authorities to deploy the military in the violence-torn...

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Terror video anniversary of surfaces on London bombings

July 6, 2006

LONDON (AP) - On the eve of the first anniversary of the attacks on London's transit system, one of the suicide bombers appeared posthumously on video...

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$500,000 for ‘Stone Crushers’

BY PAT ROXBOROUGH-WRIGHT EDITOR-AT-LARGE/WESTERN BUREAU

July 6, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The police yesterday posted a $500,000 bounty for the capture of the top members of the notorious Stone Crushers gang, whose l...

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Cops cut down notorious Stone Crusher gang leader

By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter

July 6, 2006

HUDDERSFIELD, St Mary - The reputed leader of the notorious Stone Crusher gang in St James, Michael Forbes, otherwise called 'Lassie', 32, was shot de...

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Israel rejects Hamas ultimatum

AFP

July 6, 2006

GAZA CITY, Gaza (AFP) - Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier captive issued an ultimatum Monday for Israel to free prisoners or face the c...

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Kofi Annan holds talks with Ivory Coast president, rebels

AFP

July 5, 2006

YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a clutch of key African leaders went into talks Wednesday in Ivory Coast to eval...

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Police to release names of Norwood suspects today

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

July 5, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - Assistant Commissioner of police in charge of area one Keith 'Trinity' Gardener said last night that the police will today rel...

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Four appointed to Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery

BY RICKEY SINGH Observer Caribbean correspondent

July 5, 2006

BASSETERRE - The intellectual capacity of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) has been furthered strengthened as the Caribbean Communi...

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Over 68 win GSAT scholarships

Observer Reporter

July 5, 2006

More then 68 primary and prep school students islandwide won 2006 GSAT scholarships provided by the Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Edu...

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Sharp-shooting cop kills 2 of 3 gunmen

BY T K WHYTE Observer staff reporter

July 5, 2006

An off-duty policeman wrote his name into the annals of the Jamaican constabulary when he allegedly outgunned three armed men, killed two, recovered a...

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‘Keep tax-dodgers’ kids out of school’

BY LUKE DOUGLAS Observer writer

July 5, 2006

THE head of the union representing state-paid school teachers suggested yesterday that parents be required to present a Tax Compliance Certificate (TC...