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Gleaner takes six PAHO awards
The Gleaner Company swept the print category of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) Caribbean Media awards for excellence in health journalism in Barbados, on Friday night. The Sunday Gleaner's Patricia Watson collected five of the six awards...
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Thank you! - Walker, Blair, Miller, Forbes get high marks for election administration
Seaga: the elections, his future
Is this Seaga's last stand?
Patterson confident about future
A loser's lament
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Jamaica to honour its 'heroes' at Kings House tomorrow
With customary excitement and vibrant colour, Jamaica will, tomorrow, National Heroes Day 2002, honour those of its sons and daughters who have made it proud. One hundred and twenty nine 'heroes' from different stations in life will cross the lush...
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West Kingston under curfew
Duncan reports of threat to his life
The role of third parties
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The importance of higher education in Jamaica
Winston Adams, a consummate entrepreneur, is the new boss of the Institute of Management and Production (IMP). He was born in Kingston and is the fourth of eight children of the late Egbert Wellesley Adams, a businessman in Clarendon. His father...
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Bashco Trading withdraws appeal in RPD shoe case
A better tomorrow for all Jamaicans
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India well set to take series
VETERAN PACE bowler Javagal Srinath claimed two key wickets yesterday to put India on course for their first Test series triumph over the West Indies in 23 years. Having played a vital role with the bat to frustrate the West Indies pacemen in the...
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Hazard, Tivoli to battle at Ferdie Neita Park
Medic On Board takes Witra Classic
Portmore Strikers are champions
Christie desires to coach an Olympic champion
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Editorial: New prospects for Parliament
Running the country with a balanced rather than a lopsided Parliament is the challenge facing the new PNP administration. It is also an opportunity to revisit the changes which have not really revitalised the legislature over the past several years. The..
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Picking up the pieces of Jamaica
Bad luck or better obeahman?
An open letter to the Prime Minister
The myth of separation of powers
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A few things the EOJ should think about
I volunteered to work in the General Election which was conducted on October 16, 2002 and was selected as a Presiding Officer in the St. Andrew South East constituency. I made several observations during the training sessions and the actual elections...
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Seaga should confront the man in the mirror, not the police
Accept the results - our democracy is working
Embarrassed by the JBA
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CROSSING the language barrier
Reggae is undeniably one of Jamaica's greatest exports. Many have pointed to the idea that it is one of our greatest gifts to the world (with rum coming close behind). It is the media by which Jamaicans have lifted our voices and made a rebellious...
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The creation of cyber-ska
Peter Tosh: Biography of a 'Stepping Razor'
Alison Hinds uncut
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ISLAM under attack
September 11, 2001 opened up a Pandora's Box of 21st century horrors not just for the United States but more so for the world. The more tragic result of those attacks and the subsequent anti-terrorism soap opera starring U.S. President George W. Bush is..
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Young people's Christian congress
Church of God Int'l 'successful' feast
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Developing spirit
Friday October 4 marked the opening of the solo exhibition by artist Robert Campbell titled "The Spirit Lives On" at the Gallery Pegasus in New Kingston. The sub-themes in the show range from nature and social interaction among people to culture with...
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National Gallery hosts Colombian art show
Jamaicans top mental health art contest
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Devon House: Church and stately home
INSIDE THE St. Andrew Parish Church, the sound of traffic is muted and sunlight is blocked by beautiful stained glass windows. The parish church, once situated on over 600 acres in what is now the heart of the capital city, is much reduced in circumstance
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Heroes or traitors?
Stigma, discrimination and HIV/AIDS
Does the PSSST thing work? - He who begs timidly invites a refusal - Seneca
All things
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Preparing for power: two stories
Congratulations to the People's National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Both did very well on October 16. The political parties, Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), Electoral Advisory Committee (EAC), security forces, the Political...
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PJ strikes the right chord
Jamaica's Muslim past: disconcerting theories
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