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Encore to a great soul
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Encore to a great soul
Jimmy Cliff carried Jamaica far beyond its shores, says PM Holness
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 18 12:20 AM
Encore to a great soul
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Coffee farmers appreciative of intervention, but want more help
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18 12:18 AM
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A fitting musical farewell
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A fitting musical farewell
Gov’t, artiste fraterity honour legacy of Jimmy Cliff at official funeral
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18 12:16 AM
A fitting musical farewell
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Cold shoulder
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Cold shoulder
Labelled delinquents, some Child Diversion Programme participants struggling to reintegrate
Alicia Dunkley-Willis Senior Reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18 12:14 AM
Cold shoulder
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UNDERDOGS NO MORE
Basketball, ...
UNDERDOGS NO MORE
Jamrockers head coach speaks on coming of age of national basketball programme
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18 12:12 AM
‘No pie in the sky’
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CHRISTMAS @ One Park
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CHRISTMAS @ One Park
December 18 12:10 AM
Foodie News...Foodie News...Foodie News...
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Boost for bars
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Boost for bars
Red Stripe, J Wray & Nephew providing ‘restart packs’ to help operators hard hit by Melissa
December 18 12:07 AM
Boost for bars
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No piecemeal work
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No piecemeal work
Gov’t will take studied approach to rebuilding Black River, other seaside towns, says Green
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18 12:06 AM
No piecemeal work
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Nostalgia: memories of a softer lifestyle
James Moss-Solomon 
April 10, 2010
I am writing this from Canada, where making an adjustment in lifestyle is not an easy task. No-smoking zones are respected and people speak quietly no...
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US-Russia nuclear treaty focuses on the past threats
BY ROBERT BURNS AP National Security writer 
April 10, 2010
The new US-Russian atomic weapons treaty, hailed by both sides as a historic step in arms control, focuses on relics of the past and not the suitcase ...
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PNP revving its engine, but going nowhere
MARK WIGNALL 
April 10, 2010
If we should assume that the widespread perception of poor performance by the present administration is a bitter pill that we will have to swallow for...
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That 800-pound gorilla in the room, again
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
April 10, 2010
JUST when we thought the case of lawyers not knowing who their clients are couldn't get any 'curious-er', Information Minister Daryl Vaz and attorney-...
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A Matter of Public Policy
BY DR DERRICK AARONS 
April 10, 2010
AFTER hearing numerous submissions on the issue, the Parliamentary Committee examining the recommendations by the Abortion Policy Review Advisory Grou...
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Columns
Karzai’s worsening relations with the West
BY WAHEEDULLAH MASSOUD AFP writer 
April 10, 2010
AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai could imperil the future stability of his country and become an international pariah unless he curbs his outspoken criti...
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Columns
Challenges of T&T’s Snap Election
RICKEY SINGH 
April 10, 2010
NOW that Prime Minister Patrick Manning has called a snap general election, even before the middle of his People's National Movement's five-year term,...
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Columns
Support Obama: It’s in our interest
Ronald Sanders 
April 10, 2010
US President Barack Obama is showing that he is worthy of the Nobel Prize for Peace that he received late last year amid criticism that he had done no...
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Columns
What fate for radio?
MARCIA FORBES 
April 9, 2010
Advertisers buy "eyes and ears" yet, if the all-island media surveys by MRSL are to be believed, some advertisers may be having a hard time as audienc...
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Columns
Dr Baugh’s lamentation
Raulston Nembhard 
April 9, 2010
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Ken Baugh is reported to have told the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament that reports ...
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Columns
Making the right decision almost a half-century later
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
April 9, 2010
After more than 40 years of existence, a national icon is about to move from the world of the active to the realm of memories. The Lovebird, pride of ...
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God created Google. Give us a revolution in education!
Columns
God created Google. Give us a revolution in education!
Franklin Johnston 
April 8, 2010
EDWIN Allen was a great innovator and 50 years ago the defining issue was access to secondary education. Our name-brand high schools were excellent bu...
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Columns
Can we hear the rain?
Celta Kirkland 
April 8, 2010
1 KINGS 18:41-42,43a-44a: "Then Elijah said to Ahab, go enjoy a good meal, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming. So Ahab prepared a feast, but Elijah ...
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Flying first-class into the storm
Columns
Flying first-class into the storm
Barbara Gloudon 
April 8, 2010
BUJU...BOUNTY...BEENIE...Iconic figures in our contemporary music kingdom... and they all have their problems. Buju, starving in a Florida jail...Boun...
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Will the PNP be ready?
Columns
Will the PNP be ready?
Michael Burke 
April 7, 2010
So we all brace for more bad news as the budget is read today by finance minister Audley Shaw. When it was announced last year that Jamaica would retu...
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Who are the sober politicians?
Columns
Who are the sober politicians?
MARK WIGNALL 
April 7, 2010
PNP MP Roger Clarke is one among that rare breed of politicians who have never attracted acrimonious criticism from either the media or his colleagues...
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Columns
The Germanification of Israel
PATRICK WILMOT 
April 7, 2010
The State of Israel was ostensibly established to save the Jewish people from centuries of European anti-Semitism, which culminated in the holocaust a...
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Columns
The love of ‘more’
Celta Kirkland 
April 6, 2010
Reflections in Prayer HEBREWS 13:5: "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said, never will I ...
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‘Shame and scandal in the family’
Columns
‘Shame and scandal in the family’
Anthony GOMES 
April 6, 2010
The famous calypso Shame and Scandal in the Family aptly describes the shocking revelations in Ireland about child abuse by Catholic priests over many...
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Extradition sidebars
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Extradition sidebars
Henley Morgan 
April 6, 2010
As every great leader knows, how he fights the war determines how he wins and keeps the peace. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy understood this well....
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Private dancers
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Private dancers
Lloyd B Smith 
April 5, 2010
"I am your private dancer, a dancer for money I'll do what you want me to do Just a private dancer, a dancer for money And any old music will do" -- L...
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The cross or the crown?
With Betty Ann Blaine 
April 5, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, Those of us who are Christians - meaning disciples of Jesus Christ - understand how important Easter is as a time for extr...
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A fitting musical farewell
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A fitting musical farewell
Gov’t, artiste fraterity honour legacy of Jimmy Cliff at official funeral
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December 18, 2025
A fitting musical farewell
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Cold shoulder
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Cold shoulder
Labelled delinquents, some Child Diversion Programme participants struggling to reintegrate
Alicia Dunkley-Willis Senior Reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18, 2025
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UNDERDOGS NO MORE
Basketball, ...
UNDERDOGS NO MORE
Jamrockers head coach speaks on coming of age of national basketball programme
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 18, 2025
‘No pie in the sky’
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