First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
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First female sprinter joins ‘Enhanced Games’
December 17 06:42 PM
LAS VEGAS, United States — A 60-metre sprinter from the United States has become the first female track athlete to join the controversial Enhanced Gam...
Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
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Muschett High win double against Holland in ISSA basketball
December 17 06:33 PM
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Muschett High scored a double win, beating Holland High in two Under-16 games in ISSA Rural Area Zone B boys' basketball competiti...
Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
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Hunt for US college mass shooter drags into fifth day
December 17 06:22 PM
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America's top universities stretched into a f...
23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Gas prices down $3.06, Diesel down $3.06
December 17 03:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...

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Jamaicansmusic.com goes global
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 9, 2012
NOT many 23-year-olds have an office in Indonesia, despite having no local headquarters and doing much of their business at cafés. Even fewer can clai...
Business, Mogul in the Making
MJ Body Concept Spa proved you have to keep trying
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 6, 2012
Nominee number 10 WITH just over two years in operation, MJ Body Concept Spa is committed to "making a beautiful difference" in the lives of its many ...
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Shhh! This boutique’s a secret
PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 4, 2012
Nomine number nine Shhh Boutique boast that it is "where the best fashions are kept secret". But the store itself is also somewhat hidden, tucked away...
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Glad Helpers can find you the right helper for your home
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 1, 2012
Nominee number eight 'It's hard to find good help these days'. At least that's what Angelica Barrett thought when she started Glad Helpers, a cleaning...
Business, Mogul in the Making
Do you want to cut your energy bills?
PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 31, 2012
IT'S rare when a business, especially a start-up, has something good to say about JPS, but the nation's sole electricity distributor isn't always at f...
Business, Mogul in the Making
Food for thought
PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 28, 2012
SINCE it started in November, Food Xpress Catering has already outgrown its original operations in Spanish Town and will soon leave its current Kingst...
Business, Caribbean Region, Mogul in the Making, ...
Taking Jamaicans to Hair Haven
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 26, 2012
With a doctorate in Marketing, a hair salon is the last place one would expect to find Veronica Reid, owner of Beautiful Earth Natural Hair Haven. "Th...
Business, Mogul in the Making
Somewhere over the rainbow
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 24, 2012
HAVING had some success and seen one venture fail, Rajique Holmes said Ribbons and Bows, his gift basket company, is the start of a grand plan. A rece...
Business, Mogul in the Making
Cash for a day or two
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 21, 2012
Operating out of its owner's home, Henlon Brown Capital (HBC) started as a micro financing business in December 2010. "I'm coming from the financial i...
Business, Caribbean Region, Mogul in the Making, ...
No Brand offers affordable cleaning agents to Jamaicans
BY PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 19, 2012
With no distinguishing features or telltale signs of activity, the industrial complex that houses No Brand Chemicals, and several other businesses, co...
Business, Mogul in the Making
A jewel of a dream
PAUL ALLEN Business reporter allenp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 17, 2012
The small, easily missed door on the Pulse Complex, New Kingston, which leads into Significant Details opens, not only to a small jewellery boutique b...
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Jamaica Observer launches start-up programme
January 14, 2012
ENTREPRENEURS are like acorns; scatter them around your economy and watch them grow. Some will put forth shoots then quickly wither, others will strug...

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