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January 12 12:26 AM
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
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January 12 12:26 AM
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:25 AM
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Dover residents say flooding worse than Melissa, blame lack of drain cleaning
BY TAMOY ASHMAN Observer staff reporter ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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August 1, 2010
Lincoln 'Sugar' Minott was born on African Liberation Day, May 25 and laid to rest on Emancipation Day, August 1. It was the Ministry of Culture repre...
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August 1, 2010
One of Jamaica's first free villages, August Town will stage their second annual Emancipation Day Celebrations today, under the theme, 'August Town Ar...
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August 1, 2010
Jamaican popular culture is defined through the dance and the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) has given dozens of dance groups the oppo...
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August 1, 2010
PARIS (AP) — The Material Girl is illuminating the City of Light, where she's shooting her latest film, WE. Dressed all in black and heavily accessori...
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August 1, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Inception is still kicking at the box office. The mind-bending Warner Bros thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio remained the No 1 mo...
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BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
July 31, 2010
Record stores in decline TAXES on CDs and other sound recordings in Jamaica ranked fifth highest in the region, according to International Federation ...
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AFP 
July 31, 2010
(AFP) — Comedian and chat show host Ellen DeGeneres has quit as a judge on American Idol, the hit pop music talent show announced yesiday, with report...
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July 31, 2010
IN an outstanding victory at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, Delisser 'Kharuso' McFarlane took top prize in an electrifying and renewed Festi...
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By Charles Campbell 
July 31, 2010
Groundins On July 22, 2010 Leahcim Semaj hosted on his Facebook newsfeed, a summary and the link to www.fastcompany.com. The article primarily referen...
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July 30, 2010
HEINEKEN River Sunday’s the family event in St Elizabeth will be bigger and better this Emancipation Day, August 1, the organisers say. The monthly ev...
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July 30, 2010
WHEN four college students with raging hormones sleep over at the Greathouse, it is natural to expect intensel sexual encounters between them. Instead...
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July 30, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — The Black Eyed Peas have more proof of the ubiquity of I Gotta Feeling. Their No 1 hit has become the first song to reach the six mill...
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July 30, 2010
THE funeral service for the late Lincoln Barrington ‘Sugar’ Minott, will be held on Sunday, August 1, at the National Arena in Kingston, starting at 1...
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July 29, 2010
STARTING tomorrow (Saturday, July 31) and climaxing on Independence Day, Friday August 6, will be the official seven days of celebrations, known as Ja...
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July 29, 2010
GUESTS of the Culture, Health, Arts, Sports and Education Fund (CHASE) were enthusiastic partakers of the fruits of investment in young talent in the ...
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July 29, 2010
THE winner and the top two runners-up in this year's popular festival song contest will be making their first out-of-competition appearance at the Och...
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July 29, 2010
NEW YORK (AP) — With the release of a new album approaching, Kanye (KAHN'-yay) West is making sure he's up to date with the social networking sites. H...
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BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
July 29, 2010
A rift within the Japanese reggae community, similar to the Gully/Gaza feud, has erupted. According to a Princeton professor who was hosted in Kingsto...
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By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
July 29, 2010
THE vocal trio of Donald 'Tabby' Shaw, Fitzroy 'Bunny' Simpson and Lloyd 'Judge' Ferguson, with their Studio 38 performance last Sunday night, proven ...
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July 29, 2010
At the movies Inception Sorcerer's Apprentice Salt Predators Despicable Me Grown Ups The Last Airbender FRIDAY, JULY 30 CoCo Fridays @ Mango Ranch, Ki...
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July 29, 2010
Reggae Sumfest 2010 has come and gone, but, as expected, there were moments of high and moments yet to be defined. We take a look at some, in no parti...
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By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
July 29, 2010
WHAT do former prime ministers P J Patterson and Edwards Seaga, legendary producers Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, Arthur Stanley Reid, aka Duke Reid, pi...
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