No contest:Strong backing for Portia as PNP president
NINE MONTHS after leading her party to a narrow defeat in a general election, Portia Simpson Miller has cemented herself in the position of president of the People's National Party...

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Jamaica braces for revenue guarantee to airlines
No insurance for medical malpractice!
Jamaican men shun sterilisation: Report shows zero use among local males
Drinking on the job! Cops break code of conduct
Alcohol and guns should not mix, says Headley
Holness is the top performer

Charting employment trends in Jamaica
Out of college and hunting for a job? There are more questions than answers.

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Vale Royal talks tackle crime
Iowa flooding causes deaths, destroys corn crop

Hard times but savings steady
In the face of rising prices Jamaicans are maintaining some measure of thrift - keeping healthy saving accounts and putting money into investment houses, data from the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) show.Local banks have seen a...

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Common sense beats insurance know-how
Investing a windfall of cash - wisely
QUESTIONS FOR PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS: The socialisation of business
Diversifying outside your comfort zone: What about global bonds in Brazil, Colombia and, yes, Jamaica?
Private sector growth in CARICOM: Eroding trade preference - Part 2
Serene disengagement from Washington

Day of redemption
ON THE heels of the mental and physical bruising dealt to them by Grenada in a friendly battle last Tuesday, Jamaica's Reggae Boyz are aiming to make a strong rebound when they bow into the 2010 qualification series...

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How Mills transformed a prodigy into a star
What about a plan like this for West Indies cricket?
Wilson mines gold in NCAA 400m hurdles
Brilliant Alsafra
Aussies in driver's seat
Spain in last eight

Understanding Mr Shaw
Audley Shaw could perhaps be faulted for the tone of his delivery and even his body language - for the sense that he is still on the hustings and not yet sitting quite comfortably in the job of finance minister.

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The food crisis: Jamaica's reality
Churches in dangerous forex schemes
Disowning crime
Uttering nonsense
Diaspora conference: Crime heads agenda

Letter of the day: Be careful how you treat our scholars
The Editor, Sir:I read Kristi Charles' story last Friday and I am very happy that the Government of Jamaica decided to give her such an award.

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Journalistic legend lost
No need for Flex-fuel vehicles
Contributing to the national pie

Poets show 'verse-atility' onstage
When Nobel laureate Derek Walcott pointed out the natural relationship between film and poetry at the 2008 Calabash International Literary Festival, not many present would have known how true his words...

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Steele cops three reggae awards in Canada
Jamelody chooses reggae over soca
30 memorable years of dance for Carl Campbell
School's out, D'Oro Dance is in
Ronald Goshop returns in Oliver Samuel's 'Moon River'
STORY OF THE SONG: Quiet passion burns in 'Ashes on the Windowsill'
Top Messianic artiste visits Jamaica
Singer 'More Than a Watchman'

KOTE: Celebration of creativity
Kingston On The Edge (KOTE) started out as nothing more than a conversation between friends.

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Love was not enough
Book Review: Olive Senior gives shell shock
Book Review: Dramatic tale of love, betrayal
Poinciana
My Golden Knight
Love, no matter what
Blood inheritance
Summer
Book Review: Rich account of Jamaica's political life

Herro Blair the singer!
Political Ombudsman and head of the Peace Management Initiative, Bishop Herro Blair, plays with a baby while her mother looks on, during a tour of Mountain View, St Andrew, last year July.

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Single in the city: Moving on
Beware the Internet
The ultimate 'security plant'
Is microwave cooking safe?
sex & relationships: Pregnant fathers
The danger of plagiarism
Dear Jamaica: A class of people

Crime and corruption
The prime minister has warned that we should be prepared to give up some rights in the fight against crime, and it was fitting that he had the Opposition leader literally beside him when he gave that signal after the Vale Royal Talks last Wednesday.

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Music, sex and murder
A prophet has no standing in his own country
Crime: The workable solution

Behold, Black Gold!
WESTERN BUREAU: First it was reggae, now it's rum, Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum, and the first time that Chris Blackwell has put anything in his own name.

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A decade of popping 'style'
A memorable occasion
Montego Bay welcomes B-H Paints
From Russia with love: Ambassador, wife host National Day reception
OUT AND ABOUT

Ironshoredexterity
The Ironshore Tarmac Time Attack, round three of the Jamaica Millennium Motoring Club/Jamaica Beverages/Kir Dex Transportation Services...

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Auto Blotters: Danica Patrick scores big with Honda F1
Car care tips
Drive yourself away from stress
Jamaican roads; human abattoir