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Sad final trip

BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com

January 12 12:30 AM

Sad final trip

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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

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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

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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’

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Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland

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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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

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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

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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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Parchment uses sectoral debate to castigate former colleagues

Balford Henry | Observer Writer

July 8, 2006

VERNA Parchment did what could well be her swan song in Parliament on Wednesday as she spoke in the sectoral debate for the first, and probably last, ...

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NEPA maps a new direction

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter

July 8, 2006

IN the job now for only a few months, NEPA's new boss Dr Leary Myers is overseeing a review of licensing procedures, prompted by an unflattering court...

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Sidewalk repair not on Pickersgill’s ‘to do’ list

BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer

July 8, 2006

CIRCUMSTANCES, and money, are forcing government to choose what infrastructure it can provide for Jamaicans, and though areas designated for pedestria...

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Greek, Turkish Cypriot leaders push to revive talks on reunifying island

July 8, 2006

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have agreed on a process that could pave the way for resuming stalled talks on reunifying the...

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Police suspect revenge in double murder in Clarendon

Alicia Dunkley

July 8, 2006

A bus conductor and his girlfriend, both residents of Evans Street in Denbigh, Clarendon, were murdered yesterday in what the police are theorising wa...

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Labour ministry gives business tips to prostitutes

AFP

July 8, 2006

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - The Brazilian labour ministry advises prostitutes how to attract better customers through perfumes and then to properly inve...

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Female biology dictates family life in Rasta camp

BY ROLAND HENRY Sunday Observer Reporter

July 8, 2006

FOR 21 days of every month, sometimes 24, the women of the Ethiopia Black International Congress Church of Salvation (EBICCS), more popularly known as...

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Young researcher sees ‘chemistry’ between science and living standards

BY PETRE WILLIAMS Sunday Observer Reporter

July 8, 2006

SHERIDAN Hibbert, 32, is a scientist who believes research should lead to products that have commercial value and enhance living standards. "To surviv...

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Go-fast boat rams US Coast Guard vessel

July 8, 2006

MIAMI, Florida (AP) - A woman died and four others were injured early Saturday after an overloaded go-fast boat repeatedly rammed a U.S. Coast Guard v...

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Caricom’s health offensive

BY RICKEY SINGH Caribbean Correspondent

July 8, 2006

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Caribbean premiers ended their 27th annual summit in Basseterre, St Kitts with an agreement to collectively combat non-communic...

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Somali court orders public lashings for wayward teens

AFP

July 8, 2006

JOWHAR, Somalia (AFP) - Hardline Somali Islamic courts on Saturday punished 11 teenagers with 40 lashes each in public after they confessed to un-Isla...

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‘Sleepy’ Flankers juror tells court she is on medication

Paul Henry

July 7, 2006

ONE of the jurors who was caught sleeping during Tuesday's trial of five police officers accused of murdering two men in Flankers, St James in October...

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Divisions remain on sanctions for North Korea

AFP

July 7, 2006

UNITED NATIONS, New York (AFP) - The United States and Japan challenged China and Russia to back sanctions against North Korea on Friday, calling for ...

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Send soldiers into Norwood now, says Golding

Mark Cummings | Observer Writer

July 7, 2006

MONTEGO BAY, St James - The Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has renewed its call for the authorities to deploy the military in the violence-torn...

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Lockheed unveils new ‘lightening’ fighter jet

July 7, 2006

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Lockheed Martin Corporation on Friday unveiled its new military fighter plane, a jet which the company touts as the most powe...

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Silvio Berlusconi to stand trial on fraud charges in TV rights case

July 7, 2006

MILAN, Italy (AP) - Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was ordered Friday to stand trial on charges of false accounting, embezzlement and tax fr...

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15 young people receive awards for community service

July 7, 2006

FIFTEEN young people were honoured recently at the 2006 Community Service Awards luncheon, hosted by the National Child Month Committee (NCMC), at the...

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Cops raid deacon’s house

BY VAUGHN DAVIS Observer staff reporter

July 7, 2006

THE Half-Way-Tree police yesterday raided the house of the deacon of the Dayton Avenue Church of God, who allegedly watched as a group of young men in...

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Water protest holds up junior water minister

Horace Hines | Observer Writer

July 7, 2006

RETREAT, Westmoreland -The familiarisation tour of a section of Westmoreland by Dr Fenton Ferguson, the state minister with responsibility for water, ...

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Cops cut down notorious Stone Crusher gang leader

By Carl Gilchrist Observer staff reporter

July 6, 2006

HUDDERSFIELD, St Mary - The reputed leader of the notorious Stone Crusher gang in St James, Michael Forbes, otherwise called 'Lassie', 32, was shot de...

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Israel rejects Hamas ultimatum

AFP

July 6, 2006

GAZA CITY, Gaza (AFP) - Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier captive issued an ultimatum Monday for Israel to free prisoners or face the c...

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Terror video anniversary of surfaces on London bombings

July 6, 2006

LONDON (AP) - On the eve of the first anniversary of the attacks on London's transit system, one of the suicide bombers appeared posthumously on video...