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'Give us Portia!' - MOST J'CANS WANT PATTERSON TO RETIRE QUICKLY - POLL 
ACCORDING TO a Gleaner-commissioned poll, a large number 57 per cent of Jamaicans want Prime Minister-designate Portia Simpson Miller to be allowed to begin her administration as soon as possible.
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 Students want crime situation urgently addressed
Fish pot pirates beware! South coast fishermen declare 'war' on criminals
Creating jobs, Simpson Miller's toughest task - Poll
Open Bible hosts annual conference
Lay out the red carpet for investors - Aubyn Hill
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Air of gloom fills Stella Maris 
THE CHURCH grounds were there yesterday with only three women stopping by with items for the rector.
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Mais' death a blow to prison ministry
'Counterfeit drugs can kill'
Lesbians in schools - Growing number of homosexuals in Corporate Area all girls' high schools
High school girls gone gay!
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Mayberry to offer Canadian mutual funds 
MAYBERRY INVESTMENTS Limited has signed an agreement with CI Investments to distribute the latter's Corporate Class of mutual funds, the chief executive officer of Mayberry, Gary Peart, recently announced. The agreement was signed by Peart and...
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OLINT members back David Smith
Achieving financial success
Saving vs investing
French show to generate business
Financial tips for newly weds
Businesswomen to be honoured
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Tivoli face P'more in key encounter 
TODAY'S SEVENTH series of matches in the third round of the Wray and Nephew National Premier League will see all but one of the six matches being played in Kingston and St Andrew and Portmore.
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Onandi to make US league comeback
No medals for Ja on day two of World Champs
President Jackie Hendriks under fire
WI poised to break losing streak
St Thomas encouraged to get piece of CWC '07 pie
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More costly IT blunders
WHEN THE history of the Patterson administration is analysed and written, one aspect that will feature prominently is the incumbent Prime Minister's failure as a leader to hold persons under his watch sufficiently responsible for the manner in which...
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Children need protection now
An endemic discontented society
Adding insult to cement injury
Hang on?
Breaking down barriers
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Violence in our schools
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM deeply concerned about the levels of violence and aggressive behaviour among our students.
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Our children are in trouble
Portia needs a formidable team
A suitable leader for the times
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Summer hot, Christmas cold - Mid-year productions lead Actor Boy Awards nominations 
NOMINATIONS ARE not necessarily indicative of popularity with the masses. Even so, the recently announced Actor Boy Awards nominations for 2005 is at least whispering, if not actually yelling, that the current fare of plays may have failed to be...
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When the sun rose on reggae
New hands on Sunsplash
Sunsplash returns
Young deejays remember when
Alton Ellis for Hall of Fame
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A B S T R A C T I O N S Looking at photography as art 
IN SEPTEMBER, 1999, when I presented my first solo exhibition 'Digital Expressions' at Red Bones Café, I used the computer as my digital darkroom to create several images from my original photographs taken with both 35mm colour...
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Signposts in history
TIME FOR HIGH SCIENCE
BOOK REVIEW - An account of the history of the Jews in Ja
An excellent story, beautifully written
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Sisters in law 
"WHATEVER I do they follow." Senior partner in the law firm of Scott, Bhoorasingh and Bonnick, Donna-Marie Scott-Mottley, does not smile when she gives this as the reason why, not one, not two but three of her siblings have...
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'I felt more comfortable ... singing
Is it ever a mistake to forgive?
Marsha Guiness Educator and entrepreneur
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The Portia challenge 
THE FIRST major challenge Portia Simpson Miller would face as Prime Minister of Jamaica is a reappointment of Omar Davies as Finance Minister. In terms of pure political gamesmanship, the Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) best short-term hope of making a...
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Surrendering to the masses
The Simpson Miller election and the patron-client model
Scrutinising the votes
The recipe for success
The free movement of labour (Part II) - The CARICOM Skills Certificate
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Hats off to Easter! 
UNDER THE patronage of Ambassador Madge Barrett, Hearts 'n' Ideas once again staged their annual fund-raiser, 'Hats on to Easter' to celebrate the onset of this year's Easter season. As expected, the guests came out in their hats, some...
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Recognising the significant contributions of our women
It's Icewine time
GTECH rolls out the red carpet
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