Trump says Venezuela to hand over oil stocks worth billions
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Trump says Venezuela to hand over oil stocks worth billions
January 7 07:05 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela(AFP)—United States President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela will hand over tens of millions of barrels of oil to the Unit...
No angels died in St Toolies
Central, ...
No angels died in St Toolies
• Residents praise police presence in community; • Cops say fourth alleged gunman killed at neighbouring Toll Gate
Kasey Williams | Reporter 
January 7 12:20 AM
No angels died in St Toolies
Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
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Barita to acquire JN Fund Managers in $4.2 billion deal
BY DASHAN HENDRICKS Business content manager hendricksd@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:14 AM
Barita clears regulatory hurdle for JN Fund Managers acquisition
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Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 7 12:12 AM
Gordon wants to remain with Reggae Boyz despite technical staff change

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Overwhelmed?
Celta Kirkland 
March 9, 2010
PSALM 61:2: "From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Do we sometimes...
Columns
Iran’s radical and erratic behaviour
Anthony GOMES 
March 9, 2010
The deeply divided Islamic Republic of Iran caused by the much derided general election which brought the Opposition on to the streets in force, conti...
Columns
Dudus, US Gov’t, interception of information
KEN CHAPLIN 
March 8, 2010
THIS column begs to differ with the editorial, "No man is (worth) an island" in last Thursday's edition of the Observer regarding the constitutionalit...
Columns
Hail to the republic?
Lloyd B Smith 
March 8, 2010
IT has been said that hindsight is 20/20 vision. Hindsight has to do with the understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened. Bruce ...
Columns
Uncle Sam or son of the soil?
With Betty Ann Blaine 
March 8, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, The events of the last few weeks ring ominously for our beloved country. It is not only that the security and social fabri...
Columns
Teacher-pupil ratios
WESLEY BARRETT 
March 7, 2010
Those who have been observing the education scene over many years would not have been surprised about another "flare-up" concerning teacher-pupil rati...
Neck-deep in denial
Columns
Neck-deep in denial
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
March 7, 2010
"Jamaica is now big in Washington!" I bragged to an American colleague, showing him a photo of then Prime Minister Edward Seaga and Mrs Seaga posing a...
Aftermath of the Dudus extradition
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Aftermath of the Dudus extradition
MARK WIGNALL 
March 6, 2010
A week or so after the extradition, downtown Kingston, effectively void of its 'protector', has become one vast no-man's land. The outburst of violenc...
Columns
Republicans setting filibuster record
BY STEVEN R HURST Associated Press writer 
March 6, 2010
THE filibuster — tool of obstruction in the US Senate — is alternately blamed and praised for wilting President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda. Some ...
Columns
Disasters need more than prayers
Ronald Sanders 
March 6, 2010
THE massive earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, which occurred within six weeks of each other, on January 12 and February 27 respectively, revealed the li...
Columns
Cases of ‘bullying’ US politics
Analysis by Rickey Singh 
March 6, 2010
IT would be a pity if the rest of our Caribbean Community governments do not see it necessary to acquaint themselves with the circumstances of the cur...
Columns
Come back, Pony
Tamara Scott Williams 
March 6, 2010
Dear readers, if by chance you see a fabulous, large, black Pony* bag with an azure interior on the shoulder of some 'style queen' in a cloud of exqui...
Young, gifted and black
Columns
Young, gifted and black
March 6, 2010
In the age of Obama, a new type of politician and public servant is emerging in the United States. They are the post-civil rights generation. They are...
Columns
Clarity, Corruption and Censure
James Moss-Solomon 
March 6, 2010
"OH, what a tangled web we weave!" The Daily Observer of Wednesday, March 3 in its headline claims "PM Stares Down US", and the Gleaner headline of th...
Columns
Mr Golding must pull back from the brink
March 6, 2010
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding must quickly find a way to retreat from the precarious perch on which he has positioned himself and let our courts decide...
Columns
India, Pakistan rivalry deepens
BY ELIZABETH ROCHE AFP writer 
March 6, 2010
India and Pakistan, implacable South Asian rivals, are locked in a new struggle for influence in Afghanistan, which is fuelling attacks on Indian inte...
Columns
Let’s pour new wine into old skin
MARCIA FORBES 
March 5, 2010
Purist Christians may oppose me for seeming to challenge the biblical writing about pouring new wine into old wineskin. Using this as a metaphor with ...
Columns
Thank you
March 5, 2010
Dear Editor, I wish to thank all those who helped present the Reggae Film Festival 2010. I must first express my overwhelming thanks to the Hilton Kin...
Once again the earth shook mightily
Columns
Once again the earth shook mightily
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
March 5, 2010
It wasn't even two months since a powerful earthquake shook the daylights out of Haitians that the same thing happened again seven thousand kilometres...
Civil service transformation
Columns
Civil service transformation
Franklin Johnston 
March 4, 2010
WE cannot transform the civil service unless we transform the entire public sector. The government is our largest enterprise. It spends over $1,000b a...
The eagle vs the doctor bird
Columns
The eagle vs the doctor bird
Barbara Gloudon 
March 4, 2010
IN THIS CORNER - The Big Eagle... In this corner, the little doctor bird fighting for the heavyweight championship of the world... Ding-ding-ding...a ...
Wait until the law is changed!
Columns
Wait until the law is changed!
Michael Burke 
March 3, 2010
About three weeks ago, a senior police officer in St Catherine said that men wearing trousers below the waistline would not be allowed to do so in his...

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