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Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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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’
Entertainment, ...
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
Entertainment, ...
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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Business, Business Leader
Richard M Powell sets sights on Jamaica
BY MOSES JACKSON 
October 25, 2011
Business Leader Nominee #1 IN a world where Wall Street has become a metaphor for everything financial, the city of Orlando, Florida seems the unlikel...
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Business, Business Leader
Business Observer Lifetime Achievement awardees acceptance speeches
December 7, 2010
Today, the Business Observer publishes the acceptance speeches by Lifetime Achievement awardees Karl Hendrickson and Sameer Younis at last week's Jama...
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Business, Business Leader, Editorial
Business Leader winners: Honour to whom honour is due
December 2, 2010
Our heartiest congratulations to Mr Denis O'Brien, founder and chairman of Digicel, on being named the top Observer Business Leader Foreign Investor f...
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I am humbled, extremely grateful, says Digicel boss
Business, Business Leader, News
I am humbled, extremely grateful, says Digicel boss
December 1, 2010
We are a Jamaican company, says Digicel's O'Brien DIGICEL founder and chairman Denis O’Brien on Tuesday night won the coveted Jamaica Observer Busines...
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Business, Business Leader
J Wray & Nephew message for Business Leader 2009 Awards
Jamaica Observer 
November 29, 2010
J Wray & Nephew Limited through its flagship brand Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum is very proud to once again partner with the Jamaica Observer to presen...
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Business, Business Leader, News
PanCaribbean, JTB hail Observer Business Leader nominees for creating jobs
November 29, 2010
PanCaribbeanBank Limited and the Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB) yesterday hailed the 2009 Observer Business Leader Award nominees for creating new jobs i...
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PanCaribbeanBank message for Business Leader 2009 Awards
Business, Business Leader
PanCaribbeanBank message for Business Leader 2009 Awards
Jamaica Observer 
November 29, 2010
On behalf of PanCaribbeanBank, I congratulate the nominees of this year’s Jamaica Observer Business Leader Awards. This marks our fourth year as a maj...
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Business, Business Leader
Digicel’s Denis O’Brien is this year’s Business Leader
Jamaica Observer 
November 29, 2010
DENIS O'BRIEN of Digicel became the recipient of the Jamaica Observer Business Leader 2009 Award at a ceremony held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Ne...
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Business, Business Leader, News
Important to highlight overseas investors, says J Wray & Nephew
November 28, 2010
J Wray & Nephew, which for decades has been promoting Jamaica around the world by constantly opening new and emerging markets for its flagship brand A...
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Business, Business Leader, News
Business Leader Foreign Investor award timely — JAMPRO
November 28, 2010
JAMPRO, the State agency established to attract new investments to Jamaica, says the focus of the 2009 Observer Business Leader Awards supports its me...
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Hendrickson, Younis to be given lifetime achievement awards
Business, Business Leader
Hendrickson, Younis to be given lifetime achievement awards
November 23, 2010
Karl Hendrickson and Sameer Younis took separate paths towards entrepreneurism and building enduring legacies within post independent Jamaica: Hendric...
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Business, Business Leader
What the selectors think about the Business Leader nominees
November 23, 2010
The local entrepreneurs who make up the Business Leader Foreign Investor Award selection committee have expressed high praises for the six overseas in...
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Michael Lee Chin: setting new heights for investors
Business, Business Leader
Michael Lee Chin: setting new heights for investors
BY MOSES JACKSON 
November 16, 2010
AT his press conference on Friday, January 11, 2002 to announce the sale of National Commercial Bank (NCB), Dr Omar Davies is uncharacteristically mut...
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Brendan Paddick: Taking Flow to everybody’s doorstep
Business, Business Leader
Brendan Paddick: Taking Flow to everybody’s doorstep
BY MOSES JACKSON 
November 6, 2010
DURING conversations about Jamaica, Brendan Paddick can't resist making passing reference to his tortuous 10-mile journey from the Norman Manley Inter...
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Business, Business Leader
Carlos del Rio — bringing Sangster International into the 21st century
BY MOSES JACKSON 
October 23, 2010
Observer Business Leader Foreign Investor Award ON a flight path towards Montego Bay, minutes from landing, the Caribbean Sea that dominated the visua...
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Business, Business Leader
Denis O’Brien — opening up communication to all
BY MOSES JACKSON 
October 19, 2010
THREE University of Technology students are leisurely browsing the Wednesday edition of the Jamaica Observer newspaper. The story announcing the Busin...
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Business, Business Leader, Financials
Luis and Carmen Riu — Tourism’s game-changers
October 12, 2010
ON the final day of a hectic investment promotion mission in Spain, a senior JAMPRO official is tying up a few loose ends with an executive from one o...
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Business, Business Leader
Arthur Lok Jack: the human face of ‘Trinidad’s invasion’
BY MOSES JACKSON 
October 2, 2010
AT the height of the 1990s' economic meltdown, a Trinidadian with the reputation as a deft deal maker began sharing with skeptical boardroom colleague...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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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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