Teachers' rage -540,000 children out of school - Gov't flung in limbo
THERE ARE growing fears among education officials in Jamaica about the impact of tomorrow's strike by the nation's teachers ­ especially on children to sit exams soon.

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Comrie on the frontline
WHEN SADIE Esmin Comrie took over the leadership of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) one year ago, she was inheriting a history of struggles with Government over salaries and other benefits. The top seat of the JTA is almost always hot as the...

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The basics of mortgages for the first-time homeowner
AS WITH any financial investment, the decision to purchase your own home requires a significant amount of planning. Because it is highly unlikely that the average first-time buyer will be able to finance a home entirely on their own...

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Going public in Ja (Part III)

Ja in deep trouble!
JAMAICA'S HOPES of adding some more silverware to the trophy room took a major step backwards as the Windward Islands gained complete control of their Carib Beer Series clash at Sabina Park yesterday.

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Double satisfaction!
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When teachers go on strike
SOME 20,000 teachers represented by the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) have decided to resort to strike action from tomorrow in pressing their demand for higher salaries. The impending strike comes against a background that may have influenced...

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Vision of Kingston's redevelopment
Government's failing sense of irony
The blackening of blacks
Marcus Garvey and Black History Month

LETTER OF THE DAY - Three per cent ­ far cry from progress
THE EDITOR, Sir:ON AND before October 16, I was urged to log on to progress as I would be left behind. I did not. Apparently I am now paying for the sins of not doing so.

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Defending the Mormons
Headline incorrect
The Marlon Samuels saga

Andrew McIntyre lives colourful musician's life
ANDREW MCINTYRE sees music in terms of colours, of pastels even. Each note, each chord has its own unique hue, he sees them all and loves it. McIntyre has been up and down, high and low. He has performed live for 90,000 people and for dozens.

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Small crowd for 'Trench Town Festival's Dancehall Night'
Holy hands hit ungodly notes?

A chat with the NRB head
LAST MONTH, the Rev. Glenn Plummer, 47, chairman and CEO of the United States-based National Religious Broadcasters Association (NRB) visited the island to examine some of the projects with which Food For the Poor (FFP) has forged partnerships.

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A.J. 'Ball o' Fire' Whittaker - From zero to folk hero

Fly dis Gate
THE FIRST time I went to England I learned the meaning of isolation, disorientation, apprehension. And I learned it in retrospect on behalf of the thousands of Jamaicans and Caribbean people who had made the trek in the forties and later...

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Jamaican photographers winbig

A father's confession
THE SALTY liquid leaking from his eyes were washed away by water from the shower, but more came in their place as Joseph Tai stood in the bath thinking about his son.

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Nick Johnson - Transforming trees into art
Scents for your Valentine

Partnership models and economic development
Any model of development needs the will to make it work. A model must have its own will. By will I mean a collective mind among major decision-makers.

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PJ and the next 100 days
The salaries issue: Only a first step