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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
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Lawyer calls for permanent fix
...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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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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Let them smell their ‘flowers’
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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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland
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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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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From hurricane escape to flooded fate
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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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:24 AM
Singer Kenneth Roxborough dies at 78
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
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Adjournment in gang trial might be ‘demanded’, says lawyer
Judge expected to decide on start date today
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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Influential keeping it real
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Influential keeping it real
Howard Campbell 
January 23, 2014
THE music industry is a tough business. It can be tougher for journeyman artistes like singjay Influential, who has been pounding the boards for nearl...
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Singing D gears up for Singing D breakthrough
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Singing D gears up for Singing D breakthrough
January 23, 2014
SINGER Singing D says he is determined to make the musical breakthrough this year and hopes songs produced by the Colah Colah team will do the trick. ...
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Think global, says Teetimus
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Think global, says Teetimus
Simone Morgan 
January 23, 2014
PRODUCER/musician Teetimus is urging dancehall acts to record music that appeals to a diverse audience. He says they should take a leaf out of the boo...
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Robert Burchell goes gospel
Entertainment, Music
Robert Burchell goes gospel
Kevin Jackson 
January 23, 2014
ROBERT Burchell has been a musician for more than two decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, he was a regular on the live show scene, sharing the stage with...
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Entertainment, Music
Rage keeps it real on False Pretense
Kevin Jackson 
January 23, 2014
NEW YORK-BASED deejay Rage's latest song, False Pretense, is inspired by personal experience. The song is produced by Adrian 'Donsome' Hanson for Dons...
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MUSIC FEST for Blue Mountains
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MUSIC FEST for Blue Mountains
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 23, 2014
THE hills are expected to come alive with the inaugural staging of Blue Mountain Music Festival at the Hollywell National Recreational Park in St Andr...
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When Baduizm met ‘Jazz’
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When Baduizm met ‘Jazz’
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 21, 2014
THE year was 1997. Baduizm, the debut album by American neo-soul artiste Erykah Badu was hot off the press, and the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival (t...
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STYLO G: UK ‘soundbwoy’
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STYLO G: UK ‘soundbwoy’
Kevin Jackson 
January 21, 2014
DANCEHALL got a much-needed adrenaline shot in the United Kingdom last summer thanks to deejay Stylo G's hit single Soundbwoy. It got heavy rotation o...
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Bunny Wailer turns up treble
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Bunny Wailer turns up treble
By Brian Bonitto 
January 21, 2014
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and...
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Sparrow hits road again
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Sparrow hits road again
January 21, 2014
FANS and colleagues of calypso legend the Mighty Sparrow jammed Melanie's Sports Bar in Brooklyn, New York, last week for a concert in his honour. The...
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Tosh’s call for peace
Entertainment, Music
Tosh’s call for peace
Kevin Jackson 
January 21, 2014
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion, an...
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Tifa video featured on MTV Iggy
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Tifa video featured on MTV Iggy
January 20, 2014
POPULAR music site MTV Iggy has featured yet another video from Tifa. Dancehall's reigning female toaster is making waves on the site with her most re...
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Rebel promises changes
Entertainment, Music
Rebel promises changes
BY SIMONE MORGAN Observer staff reporter 
January 20, 2014
DESPITE persistent rain and complaints of long band changes, Tony Rebel, organiser of Rebel Salute, says the two-day show exceeded his expectations. R...
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Marley tribute for Negril
Entertainment, Music
Marley tribute for Negril
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer writer 
January 20, 2014
AS a teenager living in New York City during the 1970s, Clive Pringle discovered the conscious message of Bob Marley who became, and remains one of hi...
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Boombastic times for Shaggy
Entertainment, Music
Boombastic times for Shaggy
Kevin Jackson 
January 20, 2014
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and...
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809 Band regroups for ‘Jazz’
Entertainment, Music
809 Band regroups for ‘Jazz’
BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicabserver.com 
January 20, 2014
Jazz Notes THE 809 Band, one of Jamaica's most noted backing bands, will be regrouping for this year's staging of Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival. The...
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Meet Bobby Kimball, voice of Africa
Entertainment, Music
Meet Bobby Kimball, voice of Africa
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer 
January 19, 2014
AT the 1983 Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Bobby Kimball and his colleagues in the band Toto were seated next to some of the biggest names in the music...
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Ziggy to Fly Rasta
Entertainment, Music
Ziggy to Fly Rasta
January 18, 2014
FLY Rasta is the title of the latest album by Ziggy Marley. Scheduled to be released April 15, it is the singer-songwriter's fifth studio effort. Marl...
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Rebel Salute ‘sell off’
Entertainment, Music
Rebel Salute ‘sell off’
BY SIMONE MORGAN Observer staff reporter morgans@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 18, 2014
IT was not all about music at the Rebel Salute show at Richmond Estate in St Ann last Friday. Dozens of vendors took the opportunity to sell their war...
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Tarrus salutes Rock Steady
Entertainment, Music
Tarrus salutes Rock Steady
BY BRIAN BONITTO Associate Editor — Auto and Entertainment bonittob@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 18, 2014
SINGER Tarrus Riley pays tribute to the Rock Steady era on his upcoming album, Love Situation, set for release on February 4. The 14-track project, hi...
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Beenie’s Art gives him Grammy win
Entertainment, Music
Beenie’s Art gives him Grammy win
January 18, 2014
The Grammy Awards are scheduled for January 26 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Five nominees (Beres Hammond, Ziggy Marley, Sizzla, Snoop Lion and...
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Entertainment, Music
Rollen sums up outlook in Why Worry
Howard Campbell 
January 18, 2014
THERE was a mood of black consciousness throughout Jamaica in 1971 when singer Audley Rollen recorded the hit song Repatriation Is a Must, which becam...
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