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A voice in sport lost
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A voice in sport lost
Tributes pour in for award-winning journalist Donald Oliver
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A voice in sport lost
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‘Closure & comfort’
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‘Closure & comfort’
•CASE students relieved after alleged serial rapist fatally shot by cops •Still want improved security on campus
Everard Owen Observer Writer editorial@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:18 AM
‘Closure comfort’
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I Love Soca delivers premium vibes at Heroes’ Circle
Shereita Grizzle | Observer Staff Reporter 
December 31 12:16 AM
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STAGE ECONOMICS
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STAGE ECONOMICS
Live comedy’s gains amid theatre’s decline
Codie-ann Barrett | Business Reporter 
December 31 12:14 AM
Standing ovations for stand-ups 2025
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RIDING THE WAVE
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RIDING THE WAVE
ASAJ president pushing ahead with plans in second term
Daniel Blake | Sports Writer | blaked@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:12 AM
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BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
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BOJ pushing to improve Jam-Dex access
BY DAVID ROSE Observer business writer davidr@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:10 AM
BOJ pushing
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‘Arrive alive’
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‘Arrive alive’
Increase in road fatalities pushes authorities to intensify strategies to change driver behaviour
BY RENAE OSBOURNE Observer staff reporter osbourner@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 31 12:10 AM
‘Arrive alive’
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‘It’s about people, not buildings’
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‘It’s about people, not buildings’
Church leaders weigh in on debate over State’s offer of rebuilding funds
Jerome Williams | Reporter 
December 31 12:09 AM
‘It’s about people, not buildings’
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PNP needs a new face
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PNP needs a new face
Lloyd B Smith 
April 19, 2011
The sudden and unexpected resignation of the president of the People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNP-YO), Damion Crawford, has brought into s...
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Putrid politics, public defender, ‘night stalker’
Franklin Johnston 
April 14, 2011
The 2012 election is a chance to change our future and the life chances of our kids. The MPs we elect to take us into the second 50 years is the key. ...
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Blaine says she’s committed to SW St Catherine
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Blaine says she’s committed to SW St Catherine
Vernon Davidson | Executive Editor, Publications | davidsonv@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 12, 2011
CHILDREN'S advocate Betty Ann Blaine is no stranger to building organisations from the ground up. Hear the Children's Cry and Youth Opportunities Unli...
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‘Dudus/Manatt commission is a cover-up!’
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‘Dudus/Manatt commission is a cover-up!’
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/court co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 30, 2011
PM denies being afraid of ‘Dudus' PATRICK ATKINSON, the attorney for People's National Party (PNP) politician Peter Phillips, today accused the Jamaic...
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PASSED! – 51 MPs vote in favour of Charter of Rights Bill
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 22, 2011
Portia says interest of people above party politics in historic vote FIFTY-one members of Parliament yesterday voted in support of the Charter of Righ...
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Son takes up where father left off for JLP
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Son takes up where father left off for JLP
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
March 16, 2011
Donovan does it in Duncans CRAWLE, Trelawny — THE Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Donovan White is expected to be sworn in as councillor for the Duncans ...
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Manatt Enquiry, News, Politics
Lightbourne insists extradition request flawed
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/court co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
March 3, 2011
JUSTICE Minister Dorothy Lightbourne yesterday blamed partisan politics for the worsening of the nine-month-long stand-off between Jamaica and the Uni...
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Manatt Enquiry, News, Politics
Phillips accuses Golding of tolerating graffiti campaign
BY TANESHA MUNDLE Observer staff reporter mundlet@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 21, 2011
Says 'CIA' and 'sell out' messages a plot to smear his name FORMER security minister Peter Phillips, complained during his testimony at the Dudus/Mana...
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Should we be more believing of our political leaders?
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Should we be more believing of our political leaders?
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
February 19, 2011
"WE need to be more believing of our political leaders, whoever they are." That's the view of Dennis O'Brien, chairman of Digicel, the Irish-owned tel...
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Gov’t uses majority to push bills delaying local polls
BY ALICIA DUNKLEY Senior staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com 
February 16, 2011
OPPOSITION People's National Party (PNP) parliamentarians in a highly dramatic debate on Tuesday voted against two Bills brought by the Government to ...
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News, Politics
Phillips accuses JLP MPs of endangering his life
Alicia Dunkley 
February 16, 2011
FORMER security minister and member of Parliament for East Central St Andrew, Dr Peter Phillips has accused members of the governing Jamaica Labour Pa...
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News, Politics
House approves local elections for March 2012
Jamaica Observer 
February 14, 2011
BILLS postponing local government elections until March, 2012, were passed during today's sitting of the House of Representatives at Gordon House. The...
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New twist to Manatt saga
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New twist to Manatt saga
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/court co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 29, 2011
Former junior minister says PM sent him to meet with law firm WHEN Dr Ronald Robinson resigned his post last year as junior foreign minister and senat...
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Tufton accuses PNP of hypocrisy over dual citizenship issue
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Tufton accuses PNP of hypocrisy over dual citizenship issue
Mark Cummings | Observer Writer 
January 24, 2011
BLACK RIVER, St Elizabeth — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) deputy leader for Area Council Four Dr Christopher Tufton has accused the Opposition People's N...
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Change in PNP Trelawny selection
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Change in PNP Trelawny selection
BY ERICA VIRTUE Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
January 16, 2011
Poll to assist in finding Harris’ replacement THE People's National Party (PNP) has halted the selection process for a new candidate to replace Dr Pat...
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PM’s wife caught in WikiLeaks release
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PM’s wife caught in WikiLeaks release
December 22, 2010
THE Jamaican government is being tight-lipped about allegations that the wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding tried to present the extradition request...
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WikiLeaks: Ramblings by PM’s wife reflect JLP weakness
News, Politics
WikiLeaks: Ramblings by PM’s wife reflect JLP weakness
Jamaica Observer 
December 21, 2010
Diplomatic cable said that alleged conversations reflected JLP indecisiveness LORNA Golding, wife of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, allegedly tried to ...
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News, Politics
PNP claims US cable released by Wikileaks confirms suspicions
December 14, 2010
THE Opposition People's National Party is calling on the Bruce Golding Administration to respond to claims made by Cuban officials about a lack of coo...
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News, Politics
PNP to uphold constitution on Hay-Webster issue
Jamaica Observer 
December 13, 2010
THE People's National Party (PNP) this afternoon reaffirmed its commitment to upholding the Constitution in light of a court challenge to Sharon Hay-W...
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News, Politics
Supreme Court petition filed to oust Hay-Webster
BY PAUL HENRY Crime/court co-ordinator henryp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 13, 2010
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) filed a petition in the Supreme Court this morning to oust People's National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament (MP) Shar...
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Editorial, News, Politics
Not another PNP/JLP tit-for-tat please!
December 8, 2010
In true old style politics, both the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP) have scuttled worthwhile projects started by one...
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JLP’s Vaz and Franklyn step into the ring
News, Politics
JLP’s Vaz and Franklyn step into the ring
BY ERICA VIRTUE Sunday Observer writer virtuee@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 4, 2010
INFORMATION Minister Daryl Vaz and parliamentary secretary Senator Aundre Franklyn will today face Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) delegates in a battle fo...
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