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January 12 12:28 AM
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...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
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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
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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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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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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...
Entertainment, Music
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. ...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music, Teenage
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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...
Entertainment, Music
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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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
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, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland