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Post-Melissa frustration in Black River comes to a head
Garfield Myers | Observer Writer 
January 11 12:20 AM
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When preachers play God
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When preachers play God
Kelsey Thomas | Online Coordinator 
January 11 12:18 AM
When preachers play God
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
Raehann Bryce-Davis comes home; mounts workshop and concert month end
January 11 12:16 AM
Ja-US opera singer to host masterclass
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Fruits of farm work
Jamaican seasonal workers turn gains from Canada, US jobs into lasting success
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:14 AM
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Coaches of Melissa-ravaged schools plead for assistance as western track meets suffer
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:12 AM
Western schools scramble amidst track and field meet cancellations
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Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:11 AM
Landscapers love opportunity to beautify Jamaica
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January 11 12:10 AM
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JFB staff member with newborn gets help to rebuild home
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 11 12:09 AM
‘To God be the glory’
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March 8, 2007
Beverly Anderson-Manley Wednesday's report on the ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of former prime minister Michael Manley incorrect...
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Girls honoured on Int’l Women’s Day
March 8, 2007
WHILE hundreds of people across the world were celebrating the achievements of women in observance of International Women's Day yesterday, six "little...
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Cops to get pay for Cricket World Cup duties
Erica Virtue 
March 7, 2007
GOVERNMENT yesterday agreed to compensate rank-and-file policemen and women who will be assigned special duties during the ICC Cricket World Cup, sepa...
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JCDT to set up trust fund for Blue and John Crow mountains
PETRE WILLIAMS, Senior staff reporter 
March 7, 2007
THE Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) is moving to set up a trust fund that will finance their management of the Blue and John Crow mo...
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A World Cup lunch in Trelawny
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
March 7, 2007
With Trelawny on the front burner this week, we turn our pots down and go in search of some of the parishs' best local fare - in between play, of cour...
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PNP to finalise candidate’s list by March 25
ERICA VIRTUE, Observer writer 
March 7, 2007
THE ruling People's National Party (PNP) says all its 60 candidates for the next general elections will be in place before the next meeting of its Nat...
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Special attention for kids with HIV/AIDS
March 7, 2007
CHILDREN suffering from HIV/AIDS will be given special attention in a joint campaign by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF), the...
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Gas leak forces evacuation of World Cup teams from hotel
AP 
March 7, 2007
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - South Africa, Pakistan, Canada and Ireland cricket players were yesterday evacuated from their Trinidad hotel after lea...
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Big payday for JPS workers
Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
March 7, 2007
NEARLY 1,000 workers, as well as former employees of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS), are expected to gain from a huge retroactive pay windfall, afte...
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Warrants issued for complainants in SuperPlus beating case
PAUL HENRY, Observer writer 
March 7, 2007
WARRANTS have been ordered for the arrest of the two complainants in the assault case against five SuperPlus Food Store employees. The warrants were o...
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Rape now seen as weapon of war, marital rape a crime, says UNIFEM
March 7, 2007
RAPE has been recognised as a weapon of war and a crime against humanity, and some 104 countries have made marital rape a crime, the United Nations ag...
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No free tickets, no CWC fee waiver!
March 7, 2007
FALMOUTH, Trelawny - Cricket World Cup (CWC) banners might not be hoisted between Falmouth and the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium, unless Trelawny Par...
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March 7, 2007
Sunset at the Palms Resort & Spa Where the customer is indeed KING A recent visit to Sunset at the Palms Resort & Spa Negril afforded many jaw-droppin...
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Disrespect to women in song lyrics a concern, says PM
March 7, 2007
PRIME Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the disrespect shown to women in song lyrics and in the media remains a challenge to be overcome. In a state...
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Children’s advocate wants more convictions for rape, carnal abuse
ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter 
March 7, 2007
CHILDREN'S Advocate Mary Clarke has urged the committee considering the Offences Against the Person Act to ensure that the wording in the provision en...
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Students call for end to violence at Peace Day concert
BY TANEISHA LEWIS Observer staff reporter editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2007
STUDENTS of the Vauxhall High School, located in a volatile section of Windward Road in the eastern section of the capital city, Kingston, yesterday d...
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Woman dies in highway crash
March 6, 2007
FORTY-EIGHT-year-old Maureen Bishop of Hayes, Clarendon died yesterday afternoon when the minivan her son was driving, skidded along the Sandy Bay leg...
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Flankers rage
Horace Hines | Observer Writer 
March 6, 2007
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Superintendent Steve McGregor, the cop sent to cool the increasing crime wave in St James, spent his second day on the job yes...
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Memorial service marks 10th anniversary of Manley’s death
BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter davisv@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 6, 2007
FORMER prime minister, the late Michael Manley, always had a way with words, and his memorial service paid homage to just that yesterday. In a service...
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JLP raises questions about Trafigura money
March 6, 2007
THE Opposition Jamaica Labour Party has raised questions regarding last week's announcement by People's National Party general secretary Donald Buchan...
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Bermudian fined for ganja, ordered deported
March 6, 2007
A Bermudan man was yesterday fined $25,600 and ordered deported from the country after pleading guilty to trying to export ganja from Jamaica in the c...
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Fire Brigade gets new board
March 6, 2007
FORMER assistant commissioner of police Neville Wheatle is the new chairman of the Jamaica Fire Brigade Board, Local Government Minister Dean Peart an...
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