Health insured will still pay - Thousands to be billed under free-care regime
CLOSE TO to half a million Jamaicans with health insurance can still expect to pay indirectly for services and items in public health facilities from which user fees are to be removed come Tuesday. Speaking with The Gleaner yesterday, Minister of Health Rudyard Spencer says ...

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Office of the PM hoarding power - PNP
Hospitals not ready - experts - Resources inadequate for patient numbers - Nurses, doctors set to bear brunt of burden
... But KPH chief says good to go
Clinics concerned staff won't cope with numbers
Government of Jamaica moves to catch cheats
Mad rush expected at Edna Manley Clinic
No lull in action at Kingston Public Hospital - Casualty Department already under pressure. What will happen on April 1?

What Frank Grandison saw (Part 2)
On August 13, last year, we told the story of some of Frank Grandison's strange experiences, which border on the paranormal. In a recent conversation with him, he told His Story that he was still having the visions. But, today, we go back to 1984, when, he claimed...

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Government seeks land for new Parliament building in Jamaica
Literacy standard our main focus - Minister of education
Operational changes made in western Jamaica
Bustamante Hospital avalanche - User-fee abolition burdens hospital staff, resources
Government slashes health-training allocation
Giving health a shot in the arm
Scotsman searches for Treasure Beach descendant link
Fish oils - vital to human life

JBDC - Through the years
The Jamaica Business Development Centre (JBDC) is this year celebrating its seventh anniversary.As part of the celebrations, the JBDC has planned a week of activities that will not only commemorate its work through the years but also be the launching pad for the way forward...

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Messages
'Today's business for tomorrow's growth'

Blackford goal puts Tivoli on top
A furious second-half spell from Tivoli Gardens saw them come from behind to stump Waterhouse 2-1 in the Cash Plus Premier League (CPPL) at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday and stay top of the standings, if only temporarily, on 56 points....

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Twenty20 leagues may destroy Tests - Haynes
Busta Fighters floor star-studded USA
Liverpool score crucial win
Wilson, Ruddock among Jamaican winners
Greece hand over Olympic flame amid protests
Henin, Venus Williams reach fourth round
Meadhaven wrap up Super League in style
Roman mines gold, but Bahamas smash more records
Pistons pump Cavaliers
Test drawn as McKenzie hits century

EDITORIAL - Time to make the call on Air Jamaica
We do not know how seriously to take Audley Shaw's disclosure that the Government has been having talks with Air China about its acquisition of Air Jamaica. From this vantage, ownership of Air Jamaica, partially or otherwise, by a Chinese airline would seem a bad strategic fit...

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Health care D-Day tomorrow
NOTE-WORTHY: Sacrifice

LETTER OF THE DAY - Why teachers should stay in Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: I would like to piggy back on Samantha Simpson's article in The Gleaner, March 26, titled, 'Teachers, stay in Jamaica!'My daughter and I were born in the United States and we are Jamaican citizens by descent....

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Abortion: Find a better way
The rules of borrowing
Testing times need national solutions
A response to Deacon Espeut
Clarification by Toll Authority
How wide is 'zero tolerance'?

Wet, wet carnival
Jamaica Carnival was indeed a wet fête for revellers and spectators, who danced through heavy rains, yet not losing their energy and vibes. The parade, which began at East Kings House Road, St Andrew, started with strong afternoon showers, but that did not keep the revellers...

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'21' is the new lucky number
Something extra

Rex Nettleford, Caribbean's number one man
You could say he's the quintessential Caribbean man. After all, Professor Rex Nettleford is a staunch regionalist who, in his own words, is audacious enough to hope that the new crop of leaders will step up to the challenge to unify the island states. But, for now, he is still basking...

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Women's Rights are human rights - The right to adequate health care
No humans around
When does the beneficiary really get the gift?
Radical sex change; One man's story
Curved penis a cause for concern
Meet the finalists in this year's Miss Jamaica Universe contest
Rex Nettleford's STYLE

Panday suspended from Parliament
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday was suspended from Parliament Friday, prompting his United National Congress (UNC) colleagues to call for a no-confidence motion against the Speaker of the House who initiated the action...

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Cleric puts pressure on Spiritual Baptists
Big reimbursement in failed housing project