Balancing the books: PM's auxiliary fees comment 'extremely unfortunate' - JTA
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS who are facing criticism about the amount they charge for auxiliary fees have fired back at the Bruce Golding administration, claiming that its allocation to schools is merely 50 per cent of the minimum amount needed by schools to educate each child.

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Billions to retool sugar factories
INFINITY BIO-ENERGY, the Brazilian company to which the Government is divesting the assets of the Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ), is expected to inject in the region of US$200 million (J$14.4 billion) to retool the...

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Touring the pulpit: Retired nurse enters tourism business with church tours
When Juliet Gordon retired as a nurse four years ago, she saw her retirement as an opportunity to start a new phase of her life.So, she formed her own company.

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Usain, 'Ver' fly Jamaica flag high
LONDON (CMC):SPRINT MARVEL Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, as well as female compatriots Veronica Campbell-Brown and Melaine Walker headlined the performances on the second and final day of the London Grand Prix yesterday.

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Barbadians are regional champs
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Middlesex, Kent in Twenty20 Cup final
Track and field 'bible' predicts 12 medals for Jamaica
A blessing for Sri Lanka's Dilshan
Butts to head WI selectors
Spinners demolish hapless Indians
Kingston Club says yes to women
Mohammed laments the lot of spinners
Education the focus for local anti-doping body
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Time to review wiretap law
Dr Peter Phillips, the former security minister, suggests that Jamaica, in the context of technological advance and the acknowledged efficacy of wiretapping in crime fighting, should perhaps consider adjusting its laws...

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LETTER OF THE DAY - We need to protect our human rights
The EDITOR, Sir:IN YOUR editorial of July 24, 2008, ('More robust response to crime needed'), you endorse the prime minister's interference with habeas corpus as an effective anti-crime initiative.

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Truckback hauls music only
Making music from the back of a truck seems like a notion straight out of a strange cartoon, but for the Locke brothers of Truckback Productions it's a regular day at work.

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Organic whispers
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Golding's 'powder puff' measures?
One newspaper headline bellowed the word 'Tough' to describe the set of crime-fighting measures which the prime minister announced last Tuesday, but some see them as soft and merely a capitulation to what one columnist termed "the human-rights...

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Called to the bar!
If any of the guests at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel on Thursday night were looking for legal counsel, it was simply a matter of taking his or her pick at the Jamaican Bar Association's (JBA) annual banquet.

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Barack Obama defends overseas trip after meeting Britain's PM
LONDON (AP): United States presidential contender Barack Obama defended his decision to travel to Europe and the Middle East, saying yesterday that problems encountered by Americans at home are often best dealt with by working with allies overseas.

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Hamas arrests Fatah activists after beachside blast kills six

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