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IT exam fiasco - Millions wasted with high failure rate and no-shows
MORE THAN $1 million went down the drain because 48 per cent of the students for whom the Government paid to sit the information technology (IT) examination in June did not turn up for the exam.
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Crime levels highest under Forbes
Funding woes hamper move against ensign scale pest
Disabled community dissatisfied - Believes Local Gov't can do more
Double murder rocks Kgn 13
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'Relocate the prison' - Church calls for removal of St Catherine District Prison
RELIGIOUS LEADERS, grappling for solutions to the deadly outbreak of crime in Spanish Town over several weeks, on Sunday, during one of a series of public prayer meetings dubbed 'Bawl Out'...
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School-Based Assessment being proposed for CXC math, English
Poor physical conditions delay Spaldings reopening
Jamaican pharmacists get regional awards
Hard work pays off for scholar
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'Jamaica's high crime rate hurting tourism'
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP): JAMAICA'S UNPRECEDENTED crime level is threatening to derail the Caribbean island's vital tourism industry by scaring away visitors and hurting investment, the tourism minister said.
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S Africa considering Equatorial Guinea request to question Thatcher
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Bolt's challenge ...to reach the levels people have set for him, says Mills
TOP LOCAL sprint coach Glen Mills confirmed that he has been offered the job to guide the talented athlete Usain Bolt and there exists a "strong possibility" that he will take up the job.
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Boyz file in for Panama clash
Young players impress Lazaroni
Fuller makes auspicious start at Portsmouth
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That's garbage !
FOR SEVERAL days last week sections of the Corporate Area were covered in a pall of smoke coming from the Riverton landfill. To further add to the distress from garbage...
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A sense of pride from team Ja
Formula for Olympic success
A golden opportunity to learn
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Shades of Nero fiddling in Rome
THE EDITOR, Sir: NERO, THE emperor who came to power at the age of 16, was dangerously affected by youthful exuberance.
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Evaluating the way women dress
Exploiting trade prospects
Legalising abortion is not the answer
Proud to be Jamaican
Delivering the gold
Celebrating Miss Lou
Wake up, Jamaica
Women the most persecuted
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A dramatic end to Pulse's model search
THE SEARCH for the Caribbean's next supermodel came to a dramatic and climactic end on Sunday night.
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Vintage artistes' association celebrates a 'Jammin' year
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Record container volume for KCT
January to June - best six months in history THE KINGSTON Container Terminal has recorded the highest volume of container moves in its history after achieving 114,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in July.
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New port security measures working
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