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January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:26 AM
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
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
Entertainment, ...
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:22 AM
Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
July 13, 2010
One of Beres Hammond's more popular tunes, Rock Away (a celebratory anthem "bigging up" the golden days of Jamaican music), was soundly critiqued by P...
Entertainment
July 13, 2010
MAYLYNNE Lowe has been heralded as one of Jamaica's most talented thespians, consistently hitting the mark in major commercial productions. Popularly ...
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July 13, 2010
With a stellar lineup featuring the ten finalists of the Claro JCDC Festival Song Contest, patrons in and around the Half Way Tree metropolis and Span...
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July 13, 2010
FRIDAY, JULY 16 Makka Pro Surfing Competition @ Makka Beach, Southaven, Yallas, St Thomas. Time: 10:00 am. CoCo Fridayz @ Mango Ranch, 16 1/2 West Kin...
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July 13, 2010
THIS second episode of Digicel Rising Stars, Season 7, started with the vivacious host, Lady Rennae, announcing the five finalists from last week who ...
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July 12, 2010
The phenomenal sounds of Jamaica's acclaimed Commander of Distinction and renowned jazz pianist, Monty Alexander, is set to add to the excitement in N...
Entertainment
July 12, 2010
THE organisers of the fourth annual Ocho Rios Seafood festival are confident that this year's staging could be one of the blockbuster events of the su...
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July 12, 2010
Canada-based L3 Magazine pays tribute to Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott WE will never forget the vibes that filled the room when Sugar Minott's 'chune' Good T...
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July 12, 2010
Saint International capped StyleWeek Jamaica with its annual staging of Fashion Block on Sunday night. The open-air fashion show staged along Knutsfor...
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AP 
July 11, 2010
LOS ANGELES, USA (AP) — Despicable Me wasn’t such a bad guy after all, it seems, opening at the top of the box office with an estimated $60.1 million....
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AFP 
July 11, 2010
ISTANBUL, (AFP) — A hotel in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus has threatened Jennifer Lopez with a 40 million dollar lawsuit after she cancelled a con...
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BY YASMINE PERU 
July 11, 2010
FOUNDATION reggae and dancehall artiste, Lincoln 'Sugar' Minott passed away Saturday night at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew....
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AFP 
July 11, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s Soccer City erupted in lights for the World Cup closing ceremony, with singers performing a melody o...
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BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer writer 
July 11, 2010
Comedians Twin of Twins are starring in Ching Pow, Far East Yardies--a remixed Kung-fu film slated for November release which will rely on local bootl...
Entertainment
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
July 10, 2010
ELECTRONICA/REGGAE selector DJ Afifa urged a mostly revisionist university reggae music symposium last Friday to stop reminiscing about vintage reggae...
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AP 
July 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mel Gibson is heard using a racial epithet and calling his ex-girlfriend a "whore" in a recording released by a celebrity news webs...
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AP 
July 10, 2010
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sugar Minott, a smooth-voiced singer and producer who helped to popularize reggae music, has died. He was 54. Minott died yesterda...
Entertainment
BY YASMINE PERU 
July 10, 2010
Foundation reggae and dancehall artiste, Lincoln ‘Sugar’ Minott passed away Saturday night at the University Hospital of the West Indies in St Andrew....
Entertainment
By Basil Walters Observer staff reporter 
July 10, 2010
An appeal has been made for a renewal in reggae music. The call from university lecturer and musicologist, Dr Clinton Hutton — at a symposium on Inter...
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By Clyde McKenzie 
July 10, 2010
Almost nine years ago, I was part of a panel discussion on CMC moderated by Jessica Odle. The other panelists were Keith Nurse, Caribbean academic ren...
Entertainment
BY STEVEN JACKSON Observer staff reporter 
July 9, 2010
Dancehall artiste, Munga Honorebel screamed into the mic as if it were Babylon or his lover at Village Blues Bar in Kingston two Tuesdays ago but the ...
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Simone Morgan 
July 9, 2010
Now 17 years old, CVM TV is offering more to the viewing public with the addition of the programme, Live@Seven. Commencing July 26, the one hour long ...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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