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Ghastly grades - CXC results worse than reported
THE MINISTRY of Education is unwittingly misleading the public as to the true performance of Jamaican students in traditional and non-traditional high schools, according to veteran educator and member of the Government's Task Force on Education...
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JLP financial backers upset
Nicholson condemns JFJ conspiracy theory
Air Jamaica wins major travel industry award
Portland tourism looking up
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A legacy of discontent
JULY 18, 1992 will not go down as a great day in the annals of the Jamaica Labour Party. That was the day Pearnel Charles, a former deputy leader, was assaulted by party supporters as the JLP's 49th annual conference opened at the...
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Jamaica, UK to extend Operation Airbridge
'Not our Ionscan'
Three shot dead, prisoner escapes
Demand for fuel up
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Davies gets tough on tax delinquents
THE GOVERNMENT is on a drive to collect outstanding taxes, says Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr. Omar Davies. Jamaican estates alone now owe about $1.2 billion to the Government in Transfer Tax after the death of estate holders.
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How does Glendon Newsome spend his weekend?
The dollar: Defended despite turbulence
Successful launch for Biz Kidz Competition
Tracking device to save firms plenty
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Distinctly Irish romps Superstakes
THE CLASSY three-year-old gelding DISTINCTLY IRISH solidified his claim for 'Horse of the Year' honours at Caymanas Park yesterday with a decisive victory over stable-companions SATISFIER and I'MSATISFIED in the 26th running of the Red...
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Leaders hunt crucial points
Boxhill remains confident
KO tourney to kick off St Elizabeth season
Excelsior, Calabar in final
Jan seeks recourse
Digicel's sponsorship and West Indies cricket
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State power vs civil liberty
DR. OMAR Davies has tabled in Parliament the Money Laundering Amendment Bill and the Financial Investigation Divisions Bill, both of which are designed to fight financial crimes and make it more difficult for drug money to be laundered back into the...
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - How literate are we?
A society out of control
Learning from Yasser Arafat
Kingfish or King spin?
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LETTER OF THE DAY - A 'code of silence' protects a thief
THE EDITOR Sir, THE SCENE is a tertiary institution in Portmore. The students are middle class. The accounts class has just ended. A student hurries from the class leaving an expensive cell phone on his desk.
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Maligning 'The Park'
The Judas behaviour
Corruption in the force
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Carib writing on HIGHER SHELF
LIKE SILVER fish in a recently opened though musty old book, the contemporary Jamaican fiction writer has found herself exposed to light. A perusal of bookshelves find many of them stocked with more Caribbean writers than...
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Ewart Simpson taps music on the bar
Cable boxes catch on
The king lives
L'Acadco Dance Co celebrates 21 years
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For the birds!
JAMAICA MIGHT not be blessed with much wildlife, but it is certainly home to many species of birds, with habitats from the mountains to the sea, and even visitors from overseas.
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Link we fe link up
Sipaul's trade secrets
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Roman Arscott - The modest medicine man
RAMON ARSCOTT, 22, the 2005 recipient of the Rhodes Scholarship, is a modest medicine man. Simply put, the youth is down to earth. Truth be told, he is not your average scholar and he refuses to be labelled a bookworm. Arscott, president...
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MICHAEL MILLWOOD - 'I build what I like'
Incontinence during sex
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Charles: A career of intrigue
THE HIGH point of Charles' involvement in party intrigue came during the 'Gang of Five' episode. Pearnel himself tells us about this 'Gang of Five' and what happened to it. In A Cry from the Grassroots he claims that the Gang of Five never existed as...
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What if Pearnel is right?
Dog in a manger politics?
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REAPING THEIR REWARDS
FIVE STUDENTS of the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) at the University of the West Indies (UWI), were honoured last week Thursday for their outstanding display of academic and creative skills at a special awards...
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World of French films... and more!
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