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Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
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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
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
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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September 19, 2013
Dear Editor, All those who have been asking for the resignation of Minister Azan have shown neither legal basis nor breach of any convention of the co...
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September 19, 2013
DEBATE on the revised recommendations on campaign financing submitted by the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) was suspended in the House of Repre...
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BY INGRID BROWN Associate Editor ? Special Assignment browni@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 19, 2013
THE People's National Party (PNP) said it is expecting a massive turnout of supporters at Sunday's public session of its three-day annual conference, ...
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September 19, 2013
EMBATTLED state minister and member of parliament for North West Clarendon Richard Azan is expected to break his silence today on the Contractor Gener...
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Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
September 19, 2013
A meeting of the Sessional Select Committee of Parliament on Internal and External Affairs failed to get off the ground yesterday after none of the 11...
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September 18, 2013
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Leslie Campbell has been selected by the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Standing Committee to replace veteran member of Parliament Derri...
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MARK WIGNALL 
September 18, 2013
Jamaican society, at pretty much all levels, is made up of three parts. The first part is confusion, the second is smoke, and the last piece in the na...
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Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 17, 2013
PEOPLE'S National Party Member of Parliament (MP), Raymond Pryce, is concerned that cynicism "start to tun up" in his North East St Elizabeth constitu...
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September 17, 2013
THE decision by Pearnel Charles and Rudyard Spencer to throw their hats in the ring for the post of deputy leader in charge of Jamaica Labour Party (J...
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Harold G Bailey 
September 17, 2013
NEW YORK, USA — Jamaicans here have been reacting to the pending leadership race within the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), following Sunday's ...
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Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
September 17, 2013
MEMBERS of the Sessional Select Committee on Human Resources and Social Development are to be asked to declare their hand early in the game. The decis...
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September 17, 2013
THE Office of the Contractor General (OCG) yesterday painted a picture of ministerial missteps and regulatory lethargy in relation to the roles played...
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September 15, 2013
Just under $140 million has been allocated by the Government for drain cleaning this year in preparation for the hurricane season and to guard against...
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September 15, 2013
AS expected, Mr Audley Shaw has confirmed his candidacy for leadership of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). That he chose to first indulge in a period o...
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Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
September 15, 2013
FINANCE Minister Dr Peter Phillips has said that the country should hear from Cabinet on the issue of the development approvals process within the nex...
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Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 14, 2013
Parliament PARLIAMENT took a step closer to introducing rules guiding political campaign financing, when updated recommendations were tabled in Gordon...
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CLAUDE ROBINSON 
September 14, 2013
ASSUMING Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Deputy Leader Audley Shaw doesn't get cold feet and back down at the last minute, Labourites will have a clear lea...
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Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 14, 2013
Inside Parliament GORDON House might be in for some serious changes in terms of how it operates, institutional strengthening and its internal security...
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September 12, 2013
PEOPLE'S National Party (PNP) Councillors, who have had control of the St Thomas Parish Council since 2012, joined ranks yesterday to oust colleague a...
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Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
September 11, 2013
OPPOSITION Leader Andrew Holness says the Portia Simpson Miller-led Government is under an illusion as far as the issues concerning the employment of ...
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Balford Henry | Observer Writer 
September 10, 2013
JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) leader Andrew Holness said Monday night that measures have been put in place to ensure that the party's electoral process l...
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Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
September 10, 2013
BUFF BAY, Portland — While the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Standing Committee was meeting at Belmont Road on Monday night, likely challenger for lead...
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BY KASEY WILLIAMS Observer staff reporter kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Sad final trip
Anthony Smith remembered for weighing decisions carefully, balancing firmness and humanity
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
...suggests copying Belize’s Criminal Justice Board
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY-WILLIS Senior staff reporter dunkleywillisa@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Lawyer calls for permanent fix
Entertainment, ...
Promoter echoes call to honour reggae stalwarts before they pass on
BY HOWARD CAMPBELL Observer senior writer entertainment@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Let them smell their ‘flowers’
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 12, 2026
Public health dept wants more garbage trucks for Portland