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January 12 12:28 AM
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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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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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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Luke Douglas 
July 15, 2006
THE delay in reporting the role of one of its deacons in the alleged sexual assualt of a teenaged girl notwithstanding, the police say reporting of se...
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BY KERIL WRIGHT Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
NEGRIL, Westmoreland - Paury Flowers read in measured, self-assured tones, the centre of attention in a circle of some 30 women. "My grandmother alway...
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July 15, 2006
DEPORTEES continue to face the uphill battle of finding jobs in a country where work is scarce for even university qualified graduates. Social worker ...
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Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
July 15, 2006
SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland - An intense political contest is on in earnest in Central Westmoreland among five People's National Party aspirants vyin...
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BY SHERILLA GORDON Sunday Observer writer 
July 15, 2006
MORE than 140 years have elapsed since Jamaica last imposed a toll on travellers, a period that was characterised by civil disobedience and periodic r...
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BY NADINE WILSON Sunday Observer Writer 
July 15, 2006
TWO high achievers in this year's Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) were awarded scholarship worth $50,000 each at Friday's Inaugural Guardian Life/GS...
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Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
THE Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity was packed with mourners and well-wishers yesterday for the funeral of entertainment personality Christine Hewi...
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BY LLOYD WILLIAMS Sunday Observer senior writer 
July 15, 2006
THE government is to make another attempt at implementing compulsory education, this time with punitive measures, but not initially, education and you...
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BY LUKE DOUGLAS Sunday Observer writer 
July 15, 2006
Church leaders say they cooperate with the police in sharing information of a criminal nature, but not all the time. But spokesmen for the Roman Catho...
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AP 
July 15, 2006
SALEM, Virginia (AP) - Carbon monoxide leaked into a college dormitory early Friday, sickening more than 100 teens and adults attending summer program...
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BY INGRID BROWN Sunday Observer Reporter 
July 15, 2006
STIGMATISED in a culture to which some had to re-adapt after living overseas, a group of deportees - Jamaicans ejected from foreign countries for immi...
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Careeer Advisor with Merrit Henry 
July 15, 2006
Educators in higher education worldwide are becoming more aware of the need to utilise new and creative means to develop and deliver programmes to mee...
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T K WHYTE, Observer staff reporter 
July 14, 2006
WITH reports of sexual misbehaviour in the church gaining currency, the umbrella Jamaica Council of Churches (JCC) confirmed yesterday it had commissi...
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July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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July 14, 2006
SMALL farmers and householders have been warned not to purchase cheap uncertified citrus plants from unregistered producers. The warning has come from...
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Observer Reporter 
July 14, 2006
THE Portmore leg of the Highway 2000 toll road opens today, amid a boycott call by residents of the municipality over the $60 to $200 charges for the ...
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Observer Reporter 
July 14, 2006
FOR the average motor vehicle owner, keeping his car, bus or truck looking clean and new is a priority. However, the National Road Safety Council (NRS...
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July 13, 2006
The Dayton Avenue Church, which has been under heavy public flak for its response to the sexual assault of a schoolgirl by teenaged boys which was wit...
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AP 
July 13, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Organisers and opponents of a reggae concert cancelled because it was to feature performers with a history of anti-gay lyrics found co...
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AP 
July 13, 2006
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela is offering to have tea with the highest bidder in an Internet auction...
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July 12, 2006
RESIDENTS of the volatile March Pen Road in Spanish Town on Tuesday unveiled a six-month work plan as part of their efforts to bring peace to the viol...
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