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'Rescue the boys!' - Special intervention mooted for schools
A STRUCTURED programme needs to be implemented in Jamaican schools in grades seven through nine to help young men better understand their transition from puberty to adulthood, and to teach them to be responsible men, the Rev. Dr. Dave...
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Ex-Jesuit ruffles male feathers
JTA's Wentworth Livingston Gabbidon - I did a good job but ...
Aristide speaks of love of country and people
S.A.T.F.'s Donald Pusey - Top cop reaps big reward
A bundle of joy for Haitian refugees
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Jamaica wins tourism conference bid
WESTERN BUREAU: JAMAICA HAS won the bid to host the region's largest and most important tourism marketing event, the 25th Annual Caribbean Marketplace. The event is set to take place at the Half Moon Hotel, Montego Bay, January 9-11, 2005.
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Kaiser debtors seek to reopen auction for Alpart
Friendships lost with ex-president's departure
The tale of Jamaica's most wanted
MoBay businessmen score partial victory
Police did well, but...
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Investing in real estate - Assessing the pros and cons
"I READ your commentary with great interest. I find your answers to be very good advice. I have only one question. I notice that you are partial to the market, what about real estate? Is it because the amounts available to the writers are...
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Expanded role for FSC in pensions management
Dr. Davies has successful IMF trip
Credit unions call for the right regulatory measures
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Woeful day for Windies
GROS ISLET, St. Lucia, CMC: WEST INDIES' stocks were dealt one more cruel blow when Mohammad Rafique, batting at nine, completed his maiden Test hundred for Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test yesterday.
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Nigeria win 3-0
Santos look to rebound
Juniors get ready for big meets
One-eyed selectors
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Adieu, Jean-Bertrand Aristide
FORMER PRESIDENT of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family are expected to fly out of the island later today to take up residence in South Africa, after spending two-and-a-half months of temporary asylum here. Mr. Aristide and his wife, Mildred...
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Separate and unequal - High school performance on the CXC exam
Children playing with matches
Apartheid and Jamaica
'Average Joe' and our national crisis
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LETTER OF THE DAY - CARICOM, do something for the Haitians
THE EDITOR, Sir: YOUR STORY appearing in last Wednesday's edition under the headline 'OAS begins probe into Aristide's 'ouster'' is misleading and factually incorrect.
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Merge JDF with JCF
Housing for Mandeville
Where has the effort gone?
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Nadine's WORLD - The evolution of Jamaica's supermodel
It is a bleaky Monday afternoon and Nadine Willis is happy. She is celebrating her daughter's fifth birthday at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, the place that she calls home when she is in Jamaica. "When I come here I have a whole hotel full of family.
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'No Woman, No Cry' - Not cutting any dash
A medley of finance, engineering and music
Jabbed, hooked and floored
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'HALLELUIA' at Wonderland
WONDERLAND FINE Arts Gallery located on the Red Bones The Blues Café property, is host once again to yet another solo exhibition. This time around, it is well-known artist Bernard Stanley Hoyes whose serigraphs (original prints) of...
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When the damage is already done
UNESCO honours Maroon music as 'intangible heritage'
The legacy of a goldsmith - A history of Wolmer's schools, 1729-2003
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Millicent WILLIAMS Rewarded for a life of service
TO REACH the position of director in charge of Standard and Procedure at the Correctional Services Department, Millicent Williams broke away from her ethnic traditions and heeded instructions from her 'inspirators'.
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It's all about love - 'God gave me a special gift, my daughter'
Parenting the deaf child
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Education crisis: Morality and motivation
THE FOCUSED discussion on the education system and our crisis of under-performance is beneficial and comes at an opportune time when the country is preparing for increased foreign direct investment (FDI).
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The Jamaican education system - Radical changes needed
Teachers should be graded too
Blessed oil but cursed prices
From tradition to decency
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Republican, Democrat lovebirds wed
WESTERN BUREAU: IF I have the eloquence of people or of angels, but speak without love, I am simply a gong booming or cymbal clashing." 1st Corinthians 12:31-13:8A.
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Blissful birthdays
Colours launched
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