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If you have trouble reading this e-mail, please [click here]( Friday, August 26, 2022 [Brittny]( [News]( [Sport]( [Business]( [Entertainment]( [Lifestyle]( [All Woman]( [Editorial]( [Cartoons]( NEWS [Image] [NHT subsidy row]( THE verbal spat over the Government's decision to make income the sole determinant of interest rate subsidies on loans from the National Housing Trust (NHT) continued on Thursday with the Opposition firing a fresh salvo against the policy. Prime... [read more]( [Image] [Social intervention boost]( MONTEGO BAY, St James — Eight communities in western Jamaica are set to benefit, as of next month, from a $2-billion social intervention programme, dubbed Project Star, being spearheaded by the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ). Thos... [read more]( [Image] [Greenwich All-Age, St Andrew Primary students awarded Petrojam scholarships]( FOUR students from Greenwich All-Age, and St Andrew Primary schools are this year's recipients of Petrojam's Primary Exit Profile (PEP) five-year scholarship programme, an initiative of the State oil refinery's outreach committee. The St Andrew ... [read more]( SPORT [Image] [High-scoring 'Babsy']( It is now almost two years since Olivia Grange's reappointment as Minister of Sport after Jamaica's General Election in 2020. In this time, she continued with the task of governing all of Jamaica's sports during the novel coronavirus pandemic, even t... [read more]( BUSINESS [Image] [Skills for the Future graduates contributing to 2022 Census]( The start of Jamaica’s 15th Population Census is just a few weeks away and the use of digital applications to capture the country’s developmental data will be a key feature of the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN). Digital applications and pr... [read more]( LIFESTYLE [Image] [Friday, August 26, 2022]( ... [read more]( [Image] [Trelawny Boil Crab]( Still travelling west, on reaching the community of Salt Marsh, Trelawny, a yellow sign with bold red lettering declared Boil Crab, Curry Crab, Live Crab below a large aluminium pot on the side of the highway. We found 16-year-old Deon Downer J... [read more]( [Image] [Yam: The Perfect Comfort Food]( Thursday Food checked in for some food and updates with Megel "Yammie" Clarke, at one of our favourite food spots when driving west. Yes, the spot still doesn't have a name, but on reaching Carey Park in Trelawny, the well-positioned steel dr... [read more]( ENTERTAINMENT [Image] [IT'S ANOTHER ONE!]( DJ Khaled's 13th studio album God Did is being released today via We The Best/Epic Records/Roc Nation. The 18-song set features These Streets Know My Name, a collaboration with Skillibeng, Buju Banton, Capleton, Bounty Killer, and Sizzla. Th... [read more]( ALL WOMAN [Image] [Lorraine Smith — Rising through the tears]( IT is said that our identity is simply a collection of experiences, whether good or bad, that defines our life trajectory. For Lorraine Smith, her childhood encounters did just that. Raised in Wynter's Pen, St Catherine, Smith was known to look ... [read more]( COLUMNS [Image] [The PNP versus big business]( Two red flags have emerged on the horizon of the People's National Party (PNP) in recent times. No pun intended. Firstly, a former general secretary of the party, Paul Burke, allegedly warned that the outspoken St Catherine Southern Member of P... [read more]( TODAY'S CARTOON [Image]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Jamaica Observer Limited · 40 - 42 1/2 Beechwood Avenue · Kingston Kgn 05 · Jamaica