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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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SIZZLER!
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SIZZLER!
JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
December 28 12:10 AM
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
Cricket, ...
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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The irrelevance of Black History Month in Jamaica
February 16, 2010
IT is quite surprising to note that some Jamaicans want to celebrate a Black History Month as done in the United States, or to participate in the rece...
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The Air Jamaica screw-up
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The Air Jamaica screw-up
Howard Chin 
February 16, 2010
'THERE'S been a lot of talk recently about Air Jamaica being sold to the Trinidadians, who, it is said, are really reluctant to take this on, having b...
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Jamaica for sale – cheap and quick!
With Betty Ann Blaine 
February 15, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, At the rate at which the country is going, the government might as well string up a banner from one end of the island to t...
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Columns
The astonishing Rex Nettleford
BY COLIN RICKARDS 
February 15, 2010
The death of Professor Rex Nettleford, Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies and one of the great intellects of the Americas -...
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Govt acts fairly, responsibly in Air Jamaica’s divestment
Columns
Govt acts fairly, responsibly in Air Jamaica’s divestment
By Ken Chaplin 
February 15, 2010
In governing a country the Executive cannot allow sentiment to rule. Take the case of government and the divestment of Air Jamaica, for example. Since...
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Is the PNP ready to take the reins of power?
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Is the PNP ready to take the reins of power?
Chris Burns 
February 14, 2010
The jury is still out on the People's National Party's readiness to resume big-league engagements. But one thing is certain, a lot of work lies ahead ...
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Land of wood, water and frequent flyers
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Land of wood, water and frequent flyers
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
February 14, 2010
"You never know the use of water until the well runs dry." Well, now we know literally and figuratively, what with our hot pursuit of water truck driv...
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Shameless and Graceless
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Shameless and Graceless
John Maxwell 
February 13, 2010
HENRY Kissinger once said that the United States had no friends, only interests. Watching the US intervention in Haiti makes it clear that the US, in ...
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Cry for Zimbabwe: a great country in ruin
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Cry for Zimbabwe: a great country in ruin
Sir Ronald Sanders 
February 13, 2010
IN what is clearly an act of madness, the Robert Mugabe government in Zimbabwe published on February 9 regulations governing "Indigenization and Econo...
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Transportation, Tribalism and Trade
James Moss-Solomon 
February 13, 2010
It would be totally unfair to say that the staff of Air Jamaica is responsible for the state of affairs in that company. Over the years, and largely d...
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Columns
Caricom as Haiti’s ‘Advocate’
Analysis by Rickey Singh 
February 13, 2010
Will we join the campaign for French compensation? WITH all the reporting on the dislocation and enormous sufferings of Haitian earthquake victims and...
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Columns
Black no longer beautiful?
DIANE ABBOTT 
February 13, 2010
I came of age in the era of "Black is Beautiful" and when skin-whitening creams were frowned upon. But in recent years skin bleaching has come back wi...
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Columns
The corrupting influence of organised crime
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
February 13, 2010
ACTING Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington's swift promotion of three policemen who apprehended suspects in the major arms bust in Eastern Kingston ...
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Corruption, Trust and Law Enforcement
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Corruption, Trust and Law Enforcement
February 13, 2010
One of the most troubling relationships which one can encounter is that of a marriage in which there has been a breakdown of trust. This breakdown of ...
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To sir, with love
Columns
To sir, with love
Tamara Scott Williams 
February 13, 2010
The sheer volume of personal stories that colleagues, members of the media, esteemed persons from the educational, social, cultural and political land...
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Columns
Gardeners have a sense of humus
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
February 12, 2010
"All gardening is landscape painting." - Alexander Pope, 18th century English poet THERE is no doubt that the harshness of the climate is the reason p...
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Answers to unasked questions
Columns
Answers to unasked questions
Barbara Gloudon 
February 11, 2010
THE GOVERNMENT is pleased that the IMF Agreement to provide budgetary support (aka a loan) has been finalised. A full-page advertisement posted by the...
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Congratulations, Bruce! Ready, steady, grow!
Columns
Congratulations, Bruce! Ready, steady, grow!
Franklin Johnston 
February 11, 2010
After a lifetime in politics and two years in office, Bruce is at the starting gate of our economic miracle. The pieces are in place, mistakes are beh...
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Columns
True worship
Celta Kirkland 
February 11, 2010
Reflections in Prayer JOHN 4:24: "God is Spirit, and His worshippers must worship Him in Spirit and in truth." In the context of this verse Jesus was ...
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Too many guns in this town
Columns
Too many guns in this town
MARK WIGNALL 
February 10, 2010
The recent haul of 19 guns, including high-powered ones and about 10,000 rounds of ammunition, which were said to have been surreptitiously removed fr...
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Nettleford, Huie and Norman Manley
Columns
Nettleford, Huie and Norman Manley
Michael Burke 
February 10, 2010
ONE has to understand the vision of Norman and Edna Manley to understand what made Rex Nettleford tick. To a large extent the same was true of the gre...
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Jamaica’s trade policy
Anthony GOMES 
February 9, 2010
In view of the dire economic challenges facing the government, a review of Jamaica's trade policy has become urgent, if only to stem the decline of ma...
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December 28, 2025
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
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SIZZLER!
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
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December 28, 2025
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