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Capital turmoil
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Capital turmoil
Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
Capital turmoil
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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
When preachers play God
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11 12:16 AM
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Fruits of farm work
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Fruits of farm work
Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
Fruits of farm work
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‘HELP US!’
Athletics, ...
‘HELP US!’
Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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exP.Perience Til Sunset
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exP.Perience Til Sunset
January 11 12:10 AM
exP.Perience Til Sunset
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‘To God be the glory’
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‘To God be the glory’
JFB staff member with newborn gets help to rebuild home
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:09 AM
‘To God be the glory’
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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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‘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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Columns
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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Columns
Do you know Him?
Celta Kirkland 
March 30, 2010
Reflections In Prayer MATTHEW 16:13-17: "When Jesus came to the coast of Caesarea, Phillippi, He said to His disciples, who do people say that I the S...
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A test of the world’s resolve
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A test of the world’s resolve
Isiah Parnell 
March 30, 2010
Thirty-five seconds - that's how long the nation of Haiti shook on the afternoon of January 12. A lifetime or two - that's how long it will take to gi...
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A tale of two earthquakes in Haiti and Chile
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A tale of two earthquakes in Haiti and Chile
FRANKLIN W KNIGHT 
March 30, 2010
Within the past three months the devastating earthquakes that destroyed large areas of south-western Haiti and central Chile powerfully reminded all o...
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Obama outshoots Republicans in health care showdown
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Obama outshoots Republicans in health care showdown
KEN CHAPLIN 
March 29, 2010
More than a passing interest grabbed me in the debate for health-care reform in the United States because my son and daughter are naturalised American...
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Columns
A beautiful story
Betty Ann Blaine 
March 29, 2010
Heart to Heart Dear Reader, In a country where good news has become a scarce and delicate commodity, the picture of the Wolmer's High School captain, ...
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The death of civility
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The death of civility
Raulston Nembhard 
March 29, 2010
The Senate has taken the decision to suspend Senator KD Knight from two sittings of that once august body. This is for remarks that he made to Senator...
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Columns
The challenge of sitting next to a baby on a flight
Chris Burns 
March 28, 2010
TRAVELLING next to infants, toddlers or children on aeroplanes can be as fascinating as it can be annoyingly frustrating for both parents and passenge...
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Guiding our youth after Champs
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Guiding our youth after Champs
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
March 28, 2010
As our athletes bask in their achievements at our glorious Champs, we salute their parents, teachers and coaches. We are hoping that the winners will ...
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Caricom — After Roseau to Jamaica
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Caricom — After Roseau to Jamaica
Analysis by Rickey Singh 
March 27, 2010
Arresting disappointments and cynicism IF the people of the Caribbean Community are anxious to know what progress was really achieved at the recently ...
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The answer, my friend…
James Moss-Solomon 
March 27, 2010
Congratulations to the Hon Roy Collister, OJ, on his recent award. The timing of conferment of well-deserved national honours is of concern to me, as ...
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Tackling a new frontier
DIANE ABBOTT 
March 27, 2010
Everyone knows about Jamaica's athletic prowess. But who knew we'd also excel at winter sports? Last week Jamaican Newton Marshall completed the gruel...
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Caribbean rum in grave danger; urgent government action needed
Sir Ronald Sanders 
March 27, 2010
The European Commission (EC) has once again let down the Caribbean. This time on rum. All rum producers in the Dominican Republic and Caribbean Commun...
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Credibility and the Fall from Grace
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Credibility and the Fall from Grace
Howard Gregory 
March 27, 2010
The Jamaica Labour Party came to power at a time when many Jamaicans felt that there was a need for change as the then People's National Party-led Gov...
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Help Connie Campbell to sing again
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Help Connie Campbell to sing again
MARK WIGNALL 
March 27, 2010
THE little country church in the sleepy, deep rural district of Clapham was filled to capacity on that rainy evening 10 years ago. It was Miss Eva's f...
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‘HELP US!’
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January 11, 2026
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