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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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PHOTO: NEATLY DONE!
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PHOTO: NEATLY DONE!
April 19, 2013
Haliya Gray of John Mills clears the bar at 1.55m to win the Class Two girls' high jump at the 2013 Insports Junior High & All-Age Athletics Champions...
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LIME dials 18 schools into Penn Relays
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LIME dials 18 schools into Penn Relays
April 19, 2013
TELECOMMUNICATION giants LIME has thrown its support behind 18 local schools with a $1.8m sponsorship package to assist with their Penn Relays expense...
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No backpacks for Penn Relays
BY PAUL A REID Observer West writer 
April 19, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James -- Following the bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon that claimed three lives and left scores wounded, the organisers of the 11...
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Athletics, Sports
Pound speaks on anti-doping seminar today
April 19, 2013
FORMER president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Richard "Dick" Pound headlines a list of local and international speakers who will tackle issu...
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Pistorius not wanted at Anniversary Games
April 19, 2013
LONDON, England (AFP) — South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend, will not be welcome at the Anniversary ...
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CIBC FirstCaribbean banks on 10 schools to Penn Relays
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CIBC FirstCaribbean banks on 10 schools to Penn Relays
April 19, 2013
SEVERAL of Jamaica's top performers in the recent Carifta Athletic Championships in The Bahamas are preparing to represent their schools at the Penn R...
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Memories of safe Olympics assure London runners
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Memories of safe Olympics assure London runners
April 19, 2013
LONDON, England (AP) — Any anxiety marathon runners have about competing in London after the Boston bombings is being allayed by memories of the succe...
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Crawford slapped with 2-year ban
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Crawford slapped with 2-year ban
April 18, 2013
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AFP) — Shawn Crawford, the 2004 Olympic 200m gold medallist, has been banned for two years for failing to give anti-doping...
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VCB, Felix eagerly await JII meet
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VCB, Felix eagerly await JII meet
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 18, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell Brown and American Allyson Felix, who have dominated the women's 200m for almost a dec...
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John Mills take early lead at Junior High Champs
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John Mills take early lead at Junior High Champs
BY GERALD REID Observer writer 
April 18, 2013
Poised to repeat DEFENDING champions John Mills lead with 69 points after seven finals on day one of the two-day Institute of Sports (Insports)/Hi-Lyt...
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Fraser-Pryce heads ‘US v The World’ relay at Penn
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Fraser-Pryce heads ‘US v The World’ relay at Penn
April 18, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Double Olympic 100 metre champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will lead the Jamaican charge against the US when the two country's lon...
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TJB keen to beef up security at Penns
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TJB keen to beef up security at Penns
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 17, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), the US-based non-profit organisation that has assisted the Jamaican teams that participate in the P...
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Athletics, Sports
John Mills seek to extend record at INSPORTS Junior High Champs
April 17, 2013
The 35th staging of the INSPORTS Junior High and All-Age Athletics Championships begins at the National Stadium today with defending champions John Mi...
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Bolt for London Anniversary Games
Athletics, Sports
Bolt for London Anniversary Games
April 17, 2013
LONDON, England (CMC) — Jamaican sprint legend Usain Bolt will race here for the first time in four years in a Grand Prix when he lines up at the Lond...
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Athletics, Sports
Evil must not win says J’can marathoner
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 16, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaican Wayne Levy, who completed Monday's 116th staging of the Boston Marathon before the tragic event that saw three person...
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OUCH! – Injury sidelines Blake for at least six weeks
Athletics, Sports
OUCH! – Injury sidelines Blake for at least six weeks
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 16, 2013
YOHAN Blake has been sidelined for at least six weeks after medical reports indicated that his injury appears more serious than first thought. As a co...
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GraceKennedy ‘Penns’ Relay deal with ISSA
Athletics, Sports
GraceKennedy ‘Penns’ Relay deal with ISSA
Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 15, 2013
GraceKennedy continued its commitment to ISSA's track and field programme with the launch of the "From Champs to Penn" programme, which will cost a co...
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Desisa endures to win Boston Marathon
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Desisa endures to win Boston Marathon
April 15, 2013
BOSTON, USA (AP) — Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia took the title in the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon yesterday, winning a three-way sprint down Boy...
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PHOTO: ‘Fan-so-tastic’
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PHOTO: ‘Fan-so-tastic’
April 14, 2013
Jamaica's Paralympic gold medallist, Alphanso 'Fanso' Cunningham, on his way to breaking the F52/F53 Javelin world record twice with throws of 22.731m...
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VCB suffers surprise defeat in 200m
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VCB suffers surprise defeat in 200m
April 14, 2013
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of 400m specialist, American Natasha Hastings, in the 200...
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Morgan breaks own discus record
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Morgan breaks own discus record
By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 14, 2013
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Olympian Jason Morgan continued his good early season form on Saturday when he broke his own discus meet record at the McNeese...
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Penn Relays joins hands with UTech
Athletics, Sports
Penn Relays joins hands with UTech
BY DANIA BOGLE Observer writer 
April 14, 2013
THE organisers of the annual Pennsylvania Relay Carnival and the University of Technology (UTech) are discussing ways to forge a partnership in which ...
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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