Sad final trip
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Sad final trip
BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12 12:30 AM
Sad final trip
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
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
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Entertainment, ...
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’
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
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
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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The country bistro in the city’s heart
Novia McDonald-Whyte | Editor - Lifestyle & Social Content 
August 12, 2006
IT'S a hot and clammy afternoon and so we are grateful to have snagged one of the three tables inside the Kingston location of Café Aubergine. Additio...
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Dr George Phillip’s courageous battle with cancer
by Dianne Williams 
August 12, 2006
He goes about his daily life with a passion and drive, the still handsome features and winning smile belying the chronic disease he's been battling fo...
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Escaping through music videos
By Marcia Forbes 
August 12, 2006
The articles written by me which will appear in the Jamaica Observer over a period of time are based on research findings derived from focus group dis...
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Reposition tourism marketing, says Golding
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 12, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader, Bruce Golding, has called for the repositioning of the island's tourism marketin...
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Pregnant teen is accused gunslinger
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
August 11, 2006
POLICE yesterday took into custody a pregnant teenager who, while accused of taking the life of at least three persons, has given life to two of her o...
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Man pleads guilty to attempting to defraud $1.7m
Observer Reporter 
August 11, 2006
A 50-year-old man this week pleaded guilty in the Half-Way-Tree Resident Magistrate's Court to attempting to defraud Barita Investments Limited of ove...
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MoBay med techs remain on strike
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 11, 2006
MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (UTASP) will meet with the management of the Cornwall Regiona...
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Cops kill notorious Bull Bay gang leader
PAUL CLARKE, Observer staff reporter 
August 10, 2006
BULL BAY, St Andrew - Robert Muir, the man who officers said caused many Bull Bay residents to cower in fear at the mention of his name and who topped...
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Miss Lou’s final curtain call
Ingrid Brown, Observer staff reporter 
August 9, 2006
Under the canopy of the historic 165-year-old Coke Methodist Church where she began her dizzying climb to national adulation at age 17, Louise 'Miss L...
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They came to celebrate the life of Miss Lou
KIMONE THOMPSON, Observer writer 
August 9, 2006
THE mood outside the Coke Methodist Church in downtown Kingston yesterday was one of celebration and festivity, instead of the usual gloom associated ...
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Dad, three kids die in fire
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
August 8, 2006
SPRINGFIELD, St James - Fire swept through a four-bedroom board house in this small rural farming community on Monday night, killing a father and thre...
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UN delays action on Mideast resolution
AP 
August 7, 2006
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The UN Security Council delayed action yesterday on a UN resolution aimed at ending the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict to listen to ...
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‘Closing chapter of a great love story’
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Observer staff reporter 
August 6, 2006
Distinguished Jamaican actor and impresario Eric Coverley was yesterday reinterred at National Heroes Park in Kingston, three days before his recently...
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Bahia, yes, but not at any cost, says PNP caretaker
By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter 
August 6, 2006
People's National Party (PNP) representative for North West St Ann, Dr Michael Whittingham, says while he welcomes the construction of the Bahia Princ...
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5 awarded Order of Jamaica
August 6, 2006
Educator Dr Rae Davis, manufacturer Ray Hadeed, businesswoman Beverley Lopez, sports administrator Teddy McCook, and medical doctor Professor Owen Mor...

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