Students ganged - Severely beaten after allegedly stealing teacher's cellphone
SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine: Teachers and students of Jonathan Grant High School in St Catherine say they are living in fear after six grade 11 boys, who were accused of stealing a teacher's cellphone, were severely beaten by a group of men after leaving school yesterday....

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Learning the ropes inside the Spanish Town Market
Food prices are on the rise and it appears that in response to this, a handful of penny-pinchers at the Spanish Town market in St Catherine have stepped up their bargaining efforts. It was with Miss Ivy, a tall, rotund vendor with wrinkled hands and a round face that resembled...

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Champs fever begins
Disabled woman pursues degree
PAC tackles Air Jamaica on procurement breaches
MoU signed for parenting facilitation training
Czech gov't continues development project in Jamaica
Kingston Tech students get Rotary Club scholarships
Ministry signs $32.3m contract with Spatial Innovision Limited
Children to benefit from heart surgeries

EU issues $255m grant for road sector project
Jamaica has received a $255 million (€2.5 million) grant from the European Union, the first tranche of a billion dollar programme aimed at fashioning a more efficient road system. The agreement, referred to as the Road Sector Budget Support and Institutional Strengthening Programme...

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Another SocGen trader questioned

Vere take slim lead at Champs
VERE TECHNICAL High, helped by a one-two finish in the Class Three discus final, took a narrow lead after three girls' finals on day one of the GraceKennedy/ISSA Boys' and Girls' Championships at the Natio-nal Stadium, yesterday. Clarendon-based Vere lead with 25 points...

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Prince's peace initiative kicks off
Windies umpire battle escalates
Regional cricket suffers from lack of 'class'
Walker now the leading rider
Sri Lanka drop Jayasuriya and Muralitharan
Overseas players drafted into JSL
Ascot High edge Tivoli
St Mary riding high
South Africa breeze past Bangladesh

EDITORIAL - The spectre of Trafigura
Dutch police investigators are, or were, here for a second time this past week, hoping, apparently, to find evidence that officials of the People's National Party (PNP) were bribed by Trafigura Beheer, the Netherlands firm that used to trade Nigerian crude on behalf of Jamaica....

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NOTE-WORTHY: Salute to vendors

LETTERS OF THE DAY - Cops will be outgunned
The Editor, Sir: I was dumbfounded when I read the headline of The Gleaner on Tuesday, March 11, titled 'M16s to go', as attributed to the Commissioner of Police, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin. This, it is said, is an effort to avoid collateral damage because...

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LETTERS OF THE DAY - They must be able to protect us
In defence of street vending
New hope for revival of downtown Kingston
GSAT stress seen as negative
'Youth for Life' group clarifies status
Complaints about visa process
Why English language should be nourished
Street boys need help

25 vie for Miss Jamaica Universe crown
Pulse International has named the 25 girls who will compete for the 2008 Miss Jamaica Universe title. Following a series of road shows over the last two months to scout for Jamaica's most beautiful, the finalists were named amidst a small gathering at Villa Ronai, Stony Hill...

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Renowned conductor Lloyd Hall retires
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The saltfish story: Part one
And it came to pass that in the days when saltfish used to 'shingle housetop', generations of Jamaicans were incorrectly told by their elders that should they ever see the head of a cod, they would have stopped eating the fish. In fact, just last week in Norway, the owner of the Atlantic...

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Fish for Lent: 40 ways in 40 days
Under it all, there are hidden treasures

Outstanding Caribbean citizens awarded at CARICOM meeting
The Order of the Caribbean Community was awarded to four outstanding Caribbean citizens at the recent 19th Inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM held on March 9 in The Bahamas.The honourees are Professor Rex Nettleford, vice chancellor emeritus of the University...

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PM King concerned about potential mass migration
Still grim news for Carib regarding HIV/AIDS
Former army officer charged with sedition

April to June contests, Democrats do the math
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pennsylvania (AP): Facing a revived Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat Barack Obama has dropped a tenet of his early strategy that seemed vital to his January successes: the conviction that he can win almost anywhere if he has enough time...

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Iraqi group appeals to UN for supervision
Merkel speech inflames passions
Another Muslim wins seat to Congress