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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
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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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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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Good move on Palisadoes Road work, but…
April 27, 2010
The launch last week of long overdue rehabilitation work on the Palisadoes Road has given us a small degree of satisfaction. Small because it has take...
Editorial
Capitalism versus ‘criminalism’
April 26, 2010
Jamaica is at the tipping point of parallel governance systems: one legal and the other illegal, one elected and the other self-selected, one constitu...
Editorial
Communities should organise to protect themselves
April 25, 2010
WE are at one with the editorial view of the Sunday Observer that dirt "at the head of the stream" is facilitating the sort of attitude that will lead...
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Colbeck’s a sign…
April 24, 2010
According to our Friday edition, Agriculture Minister Christopher Tufton intends to "enter into discussions with the Inter-American Development Bank (...
Editorial
Seeking global dominance for Jamaica’s netball
April 23, 2010
Another Caribbean netball tournament has come and gone and once again the results have shown Jamaica way ahead of the regional competition. At the rec...
Editorial
What’s in a name?
April 22, 2010
CARRERAS put a $300-m price tag on the amount of revenue it stands to lose as a result of the pirating of its popular Craven A brand of cigarettes. Ho...
Editorial
DPP, judge, keep your eyes on the light bulb
April 20, 2010
THE verbal sparring Tuesday between two women we hold dear -- Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Ms Paula Llewellyn and Senior Magistrate Ms Judith...
Editorial
Doing the right thing, cost it what it will
April 20, 2010
THERE is a cost to doing wrong and a cost to doing the right thing, and we believe from observation that few people are willing to incur the personal ...
Editorial
Ms Little-White’s pain; a nation’s shame
April 19, 2010
Two stories published in yesterday's edition highlighted the stark reality of Jamaica's seemingly unending struggle with the forces of lawlessness and...
Editorial
If fighting crime is a priority…
April 18, 2010
ALL law-abiding Jamaicans would have approved of Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller's pledge that the Opposition will co-operate fully in the fig...
Editorial
Come clean now, Prime Minister
April 17, 2010
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding reminds us of that stubborn Pharaoh of biblical times who sacrificed Egypt to plague after plague before releasing the Is...
Editorial
Let’s be clear on the role of the SDF
April 16, 2010
HAVING had a few embarrassing quarrels in the recent past, it is indeed sad to see the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) being involved in y...
Editorial
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
April 15, 2010
We wonder what would have happened, if upon tearing Mr Don Foote's shirt during the 2007 election campaign, Mr Luther Buchanan, the People's National ...
Editorial
The real crisis in our justice system
April 14, 2010
If fish comes from the bottom of the sea and says that shark is below, why should we not believe it? It is no secret that the people who work in the c...
Editorial
Gov’t playing Russian roulette with two bullets
April 13, 2010
THE country is understandably preoccupied with the modalities and implications of the 'Dudus' affair, but we could be overlooking an issue which is po...
Editorial
Not invited to the tea party
April 12, 2010
Former prime minister of St Vincent James Mitchell has opined that it would be better for the Caribbean if the Conservative Party won the upcoming gen...
Editorial
A ray of light
April 11, 2010
THE Jamaican nation is under siege on so many fronts that it is easy to get caught up in total negativity and despondency. It becomes easy to forget t...
Editorial
The plot thickens…
April 10, 2010
As we suspected, last week's announcement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding of his intention to approach the local courts for a ruling concerning the ha...
Editorial
We agree with Dr Wright
April 9, 2010
WE are aware that cost will be considered a major hurdle. But this newspaper believes that the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) will ...
Editorial
On tolerating homosexuals and such…
April 8, 2010
Almost two decades ago, a group of mostly men proposed to march through Half-Way-Tree in Kingston in support of tolerance for homosexual rights. When ...
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Losing our most enterprising people
April 7, 2010
We don't join those who think that migration is necessarily a bad thing. Moreover, we believe that it would be great if Jamaica can train persons for ...

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