Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
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Tourism minister launches THARP for workers affected by Hurricane Melissa
BY CARLYSIA RAMDEEN Observer Online reporter ramdeenc@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 17 06:50 PM
Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett on Tuesday officially launched the Tourism Housing Assistance Recovery Programme (THARP), an initiative aimed at p...
First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...

Tennis

Bicknell, Phillips turn focus to Barbados in David Cup
Sports, Tennis
Bicknell, Phillips turn focus to Barbados in David Cup
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
January 10, 2024
WITH just under a month remaining before Jamaica's Davis Cup Group Two play-off tie against Caribbean counterparts Barbados, the country's tennis play...
Bicknell tops Real Equity Tennis Men’s Championship
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Bicknell tops Real Equity Tennis Men’s Championship
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 11, 2023
JAMAICA'S premier tennis player Blaise Bicknell delivered a masterclass performance to secure victory in the Real Equity Tennis Men's Open Championshi...
Local stars converge on Real Equity Tennis Champs
Sports, Tennis
Local stars converge on Real Equity Tennis Champs
Robert Bailey | Sports Writer 
December 3, 2023
The Liguanea Club in New Kin gston will be buzzing with excitement starting on Monday with the second staging of the Real Equity Tennis Open Champions...
Mel Spence quits captaincy of Davis cup team
Sports, Tennis
Mel Spence quits captaincy of Davis cup team
November 3, 2023
Experienced national Coach Mel Spence has officially confirmed his resignation from the position of captain of Jamaica's Davis Cup Team, effective Nov...
Bittersweet day for Jamaica in Pan Am tennis
Sports, Tennis
Bittersweet day for Jamaica in Pan Am tennis
October 24, 2023
SANTIAGO, Chile – Jamaica's top-ranked tennis player Blaise Bicknell is pleased to be through to the men's singles round of 16 at the Pan American Gam...
Chin stays positive despite defeat to American Boyer
Sports, Tennis
Chin stays positive despite defeat to American Boyer
October 23, 2023
SANTIAGO, Chile — National tennis player John Chin says despite losing, he takes several positives from his match against American Tristan Boyer at th...

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