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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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Jagdeo’s new ‘twist’ on casino gambling
RICKEY SINGH 
March 26, 2010
— President's flawed case IN POLITICS, they often cynically remark, "All things are possible." For those guided by the definition that it's "the art a...
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Obama’s historymaking health bill
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Obama’s historymaking health bill
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
March 26, 2010
“The bill I’m signing will set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see,” declared Barack O...
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Drought, drought and more drought
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Drought, drought and more drought
Barbara Gloudon 
March 25, 2010
THE MAIL BROUGHT this plaintive cry: "Isn't anything else happening in JA besides the saga of You Know Who and Who? Can't you manage to salvage someth...
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Statues, creativity, high art and the lowbrow
Franklin Johnston 
March 25, 2010
OUR leaders create statues and we reject them. Why? Clearly, masters and masses are not on the same page! They think they know us and what we think, b...
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Older politicians must take up gardening full time
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Older politicians must take up gardening full time
MARK WIGNALL 
March 24, 2010
When a man is in his 20s the multiplicity of worlds he has to conquer are never enough. Mid-way through his 30s it appears to him that the sheer numbe...
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‘Jamaica to the World’ via the internet
MARCIA FORBES 
March 24, 2010
Using the internet changes how people relate to one another and with the wider world. It also changes how people use the media, all media, including r...
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The unfortunate statue controversy
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The unfortunate statue controversy
Michael Burke 
March 24, 2010
The Paul Bogle statue in Morant Bay is being repaired. In the meantime, there are residents in St Thomas who do not want the statue to be put up again...
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Columns
Our nurses deserve a decent financial break
Raulston Nembhard 
March 23, 2010
The simmering tension between the Nurses' Association of Jamaica and the Ministry of Labour has brought into sharp relief the difficulties attending l...
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Columns
The unconscious rest
Celta Kirkland 
March 23, 2010
Reflections in Prayer MATTHEWS 11:28: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." At the very first inclination ...
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Redefining moral values
Anthony GOMES 
March 23, 2010
The US capital, Washington DC, is the latest jurisdiction to liberalise the national moral code by permitting same-sex marriages along with five other...
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St James and the gun
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St James and the gun
Lloyd B Smith 
March 22, 2010
At the time of writing this column, some 55 people had been murdered in the parish of St James. Most of the victims were annihilated by the gun. Most ...
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Lifelong learning the way forward
KEN CHAPLIN 
March 22, 2010
JAMAICA'S goal of l00 per cent literacy by 2030 is of great importance to the country's economic and social development. The last survey in 1999 showe...
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Columns
Pastors, pulpits and politics
With Betty Ann Blaine 
March 22, 2010
HEART TO HEART ..."in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility, sound speech that cannot be condemned..." (Titus 2: 7,8) Dear Reader, O...
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Columns
Financing education
WESLEY BARRETT 
March 21, 2010
AFTER devoting about 10 articles to analysing and critiquing various aspects of the education Transformation Report and addressing the very closely re...
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The hope Jamaica holds
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The hope Jamaica holds
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
March 21, 2010
WE can choose to be immobilised by fear or mobilised by faith. This week hundreds of us chose to turn our minds to the hope that our beloved Jamaica s...
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Is Mr Golding losing his grip on governance?
Columns
Is Mr Golding losing his grip on governance?
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
March 20, 2010
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding seems to be a victim of his own eloquence, once again. On Tuesday, he dismissed questions raised by Opposition MP, Dr Pet...
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Let’s get ready to
James Moss-Solomon 
March 20, 2010
Once again we are approaching the silly season. Political sparring, supplementary budgets, accusations of impropriety, violent confrontations, threats...
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Communicating in Hushed Tones
Howard Gregory 
March 20, 2010
A few Saturdays ago, I went to the Montego Bay Market shortly after 6:00 am, as customary, before the crowd descends and parking becomes an impossibil...
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On the matter of extradition
DIANE ABBOTT 
March 20, 2010
A political storm has brewed over the proposed extradition of Christopher "Dudus" Coke, and with this in mind it is worth considering similar rows in ...
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Manure on the steps of the MOE
March 20, 2010
I went to my school (handbag safely tucked under my arm, car parked right under the security guard's nose, windows rolled down lest they try to break ...
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France’s Socialists see first signs of victory
BY DEBORAH SEWARD Associated Press writer 
March 20, 2010
Fresh with a first-place showing in round one of regional elections over President Nicolas Sarkozy's governing UMP party, France's Socialists now have...
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Where is the water?
MARK WIGNALL 
March 20, 2010
In the eastern part of the island where the sun rises, from the craggy coast and sandy inlets, the rise of the Blue Mountains comes in a rush if one i...
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