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Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 31 12:16 AM
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Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
December 31 12:14 AM
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ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:12 AM
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December 31 12:10 AM
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BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:10 AM
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Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 31 12:09 AM
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6-7-8: Three hornmen
August 5, 2006
The numerical sequence above is not some musical notation or call to introduce a tune, but refers to the August birthdates of three important reedmen ...
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Knutsford Nights, Italian Nosh
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 5, 2006
IT'S Monday evening, the eve of a public holiday and Knutsford Boulevard has a Friday feel about it. We're heading up to Johanna Thwaites' three-year-...
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A school where no child is turned away
BY OLIVIA LEIGH CAMPBELL Sunday Observer staff reporter 
August 5, 2006
In 1997 when Juliet Ellis began teaching at the Ethiopian Orthodox Church's Holy Trinity Basic School in Maxfield Park, there were all of three studen...
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Full round of parties at ATI
By Sherilla Gordon Observer writer 
August 5, 2006
From Kingston to Negril and back. Absolute Temptation Isle did not disappoint the thousands of patrons who turned out. The kick-off party at the Quad ...
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Chinese media hungry to cover Jamaica
BY CHARMAINE N CLARKE Observer writer 
August 5, 2006
BEIJING, China - It may have been the image of CCTV producer Ray Chen jumping off the cliff at Rick's Café during his show Travel Log; it may have bee...
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$890 million for textbooks this year
August 5, 2006
The Ministry of Education and Youth has allotted more than $890 million for the purchase of academic textbooks for use in the upcoming academic year. ...
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Independence weekend activities abound
August 5, 2006
As the national holiday period draws to a climax, a raft of festive activities will take place around the island. The period continues to be one of pa...
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In Praise of Miss Lou
By Clyde McKenzie 
August 5, 2006
She possessed a laughter suffused with sincerity and a spirit defiant of malice; a symbol of our national possibilities she served as an inspiration t...
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Mayor of Toronto hails Miss Lou
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August 4, 2006
TORONTO, Canada - Mayor of Toronto David Miller has paid tribute to the late Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss Lou), Jamaica's ambassador of culture, desc...
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Special team to probe hotel collapse
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August 3, 2006
THE St Ann Parish Council yesterday locked down the Bahia Principe hotel site, where 40 year-old construction worker Linval Mitchell of Spanish Town w...
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Vin Lawrence quits his PNP job
PATRICK FOSTER, Observer writer 
August 3, 2006
DR Vin Lawrence's dramatic plunge from grace echoed this week within the ruling People's National Party (PNP) with his shock announcement of his resig...
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Contractor-general takes on Dennis Morrison
August 3, 2006
Following is the full text of Contractor-General Greg Christie's letter challenging aspects of Wednesday's column by Observer columnist Dennnis Morris...
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Hike in block prices unavoidable, says association
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
August 2, 2006
BLOCKMAKERS said they had no choice but to increase the price of their products by 17.5 per cent this week, following the decision by Caribbean Cement...
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Christie slaps Dennis Morrison
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August 2, 2006
The contractor-general yesterday raised alarm over remarks by a top state board chairman, saying his remarks questioned the logic and legitimacy of pu...
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Father and son on police most wanted list in St Ann
CARL GILCHRIST, Observer staff reporter 
August 2, 2006
A sixty-year-old businessman and his 31-year-old son, accused of murdering a Farm Town resident in February this year that triggered a riot in the com...

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