Welcoming home our Olympianspublished: Sunday | October 5, 2008 Gleaner photographers Norman Grindley and Peta-Gaye Clachar captured scenes from the motorcade which paraded Jamaican Olympians who participated in the recent Beijing Games through the streets of the Corporate Area on Friday, as well as from the sports gala held in their honour at the National Stadium yesterday. At that event,...

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Housing fallout - Jamaicans overseas lose homes amid US crisis, crash of local investment schemes

published: Tuesday | October 7, 2008 Shelly-Ann Thompson, Staff ReporterA NUMBER of Jamaicans living in the United States (US) have lost their homes after mortgaging properties and investing the money in risky Jamaican alternative...

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'Waite' is over - Arnett coach quits after string of poor DPL results

By Howard Walker Observer staff reporterTuesday, October 07, 2008 Jerome Waite became the first coaching casualty of the Digicel Premier League season when he was replaced by Fabian Davis as head coach at Arnett Gardens yesterday.Waite,...

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723 kids missing - Over 1,000 people unaccounted-for since January

KARYL WALKER, Crime/Court co-ordinator Monday, October 06, 2008 Jullene Edwards, 15, missing since September 9. (Photo: CCN) More than 700 children have been reported missing since the start of the year, according to figures released by the Constabulary Communication Network (CCN) last week. The figure represents 65 per cent of the 1,112 persons listed as missing between January 1 and September...

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DPP office bungle - Boy charged with carnal abuse is 13, not 11 years old

BY PAUL HENRY Observer staff reporter Tuesday, October 07, 2008 A charge of carnal abuse against a schoolboy was not withdrawn in the Home Circuit Court yesterday because the youth is not 11 years old as was earlier reported by the...

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