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JFF mourns passing of sports journalist Donald Oliver
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JFF mourns passing of sports journalist Donald Oliver
December 30 02:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) has expressed condolences to the family and friends of sports broadcaster Donald Oliver, as ...
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No claim that Harding involved in or benefited from alleged SSL fraud — attorney
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No claim that Harding involved in or benefited from alleged SSL fraud — attorney
December 30 02:24 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, the defence attorney for former CEO of Stocks & Securities Limited (SSL) Zachary Harding, is maintaining...
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10 countries warn of ‘catastrophic’ Gaza situation
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10 countries warn of ‘catastrophic’ Gaza situation
Dana Malcolm | Observer Online Reporter | Malcolmd@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 30 02:17 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The foreign ministers of 10 nations on Tuesday expressed "serious concerns" about a "renewed deterioration of the human...
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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ gang steals cash, gold from German bank over Christmas
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‘Ocean’s Eleven’ gang steals cash, gold from German bank over Christmas
December 30 01:46 PM
BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—Robbers used a large drill to break into a German bank's vault room during the extended Christmas break and steal cash, gold and...
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PAJ mourns passing of distinguished sports journalist Donald Oliver
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PAJ mourns passing of distinguished sports journalist Donald Oliver
December 30 01:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Press Association of Jamaica (PAJ) is mourning the passing of sports journalist and broadcaster Donald Oliver. Oliver died sud...
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Donald Oliver, award-winning sports journalist and Observer AV manager, has died
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Donald Oliver, award-winning sports journalist and Observer AV manager, has died
December 30 01:16 PM
Jamaica Observer audio visual manager and prominent sports journalist Donald Oliver has died. Oliver, who was the Press Association of Jamaica’s Sport...
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Women playing more dominant role in human trafficking
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Women playing more dominant role in human trafficking
December 30 12:48 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Children’s Advocate and National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Diahann Gordon Harrison, says that women are gradually assu...
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Holness outlines roof repairs, waste reform in hurricane recovery push
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Holness outlines roof repairs, waste reform in hurricane recovery push
December 30 12:17 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government is moving from disaster relief to long-term recovery following the passage of Hu...
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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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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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Justice Minister correct in Coke’s extradition case
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Justice Minister correct in Coke’s extradition case
KEN CHAPLIN 
April 5, 2010
Investigations carried out by this writer have established beyond all reasonable doubt that while the Jamaican Supreme Court judge authorised the inte...
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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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Love meets discipline at St John Bosco
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
April 4, 2010
The bed sheets were taut and tidy at the St John Bosco Boys' Home in Hatfield, Manchester. On each pillow was a clean comb, placed at the same angle. ...
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Pushing water uphill in Jamaica
Howard Chin 
April 4, 2010
Remember Sisyphus of Greek mythology? His task in Hades being to forever push a rock uphill that immediately rolled downhill again. His name became as...
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Tolerance and Pain at a Time of Scandals
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Tolerance and Pain at a Time of Scandals
RICKEY SINGH 
April 3, 2010
ANALYSIS THIS weekend, when the Caribbean joins the rest of the world in observing the most sacred of festivals on the Christian calendar - the crucif...
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The Obama presidency and responsible political leadership
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The Obama presidency and responsible political leadership
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
April 3, 2010
FOLLOWING on his major legislative triumph in health-care reform, US President Barack Obama again appeared to turn reality upside down last week, over...
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The Pirates of the Caricom
James Moss-Solomon 
April 3, 2010
I wrote this column while on the way home from a few days in Trinidad where I attended a strategic planning meeting of Caricom. My last trip to the tw...
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Iraqi PM takes risks by challenging vote
BY HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press writer 
April 3, 2010
THE challenge by Iraq's Shiite prime minister to election results that showed him coming in a close second to his chief rival -- Sunni-backed Ayad All...
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I like like you
Tamara Scott Williams 
April 3, 2010
WE see it on the playground all the time. Little boys being rude to little girls: pulling their hair, calling them names, and the like. This is when t...
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Who will save Caribbean Rum?
Sir Ronald Sanders 
April 3, 2010
The Caribbean rum industry is being abandoned left, right and centre with no Caribbean government yet rising to the challenge thrown down by the Europ...
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Bad times for a good relationship
MARK WIGNALL 
April 3, 2010
WHEN Marsha, who sometimes works as a barmaid, is fired up with anger and hurls an earthenware dinner plate at her fleeing common-law husband, Tom, a ...
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Obama’s next challenge
BY STEVEN R HURST Associated Press writer 
April 3, 2010
Fresh from a bruising victory on health care and a nuclear arms deal with Russia, President Barack Obama turned to a third campaign promise - victory ...
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Of Vivian Blake and The Shower Posse
DIANE ABBOTT 
April 3, 2010
Last month Vivian Blake, one-time leader of the "Shower Posse" gang, died in the University Hospital of the West Indies. It is worth noting that very ...
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‘Let us dream of a new Haiti’
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‘Let us dream of a new Haiti’
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
April 2, 2010
The goodwill is there all right. Some of the soldiers, emergency and rescue personnel who poured in to Haiti after the ground shook violently on Janua...
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Celebrating Easter by force
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Celebrating Easter by force
Mervin STODDART 
April 2, 2010
Jamaican churches started celebrating Easter almost as soon as Columbus and his crew invaded the country on May 3, 1494. It is unknown if any Easter-r...
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The power of redemptive suffering
Raulston Nembhard 
April 2, 2010
Theological reflection on the passion and ultimate death of Jesus Christ brings into sharp focus the suffering being endured by many across the planet...
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Holy Thursday and All Fools’ Day
Michael Burke 
March 31, 2010
Today is Holy Thursday and this year it falls on April 1 which is All Fools' Day. In the Western world, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the fi...
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Easter and my beef with vegetarians
Franklin Johnston 
March 31, 2010
Vegetarians are a selfish and self-righteous people. God save us from them! Or have I met the wrong lot? But, hold that for now and let's enjoy Easter...
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Doing it to death
MARK WIGNALL 
March 31, 2010
There is a scene in the 2007 action movie, Shoot 'em up, where the star, Clive Owen (Mr Smith), is in a hotel room making steamy love to his leading l...
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Answering the repentance call
Barbara Gloudon 
March 31, 2010
THE PRESIDENT of the Jamaica Manufacturers' Association Mr Omar Azan, at the usual church service launching of Manufacturers' Week last Sunday, called...
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