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Scared to talk - Children affected by AIDS do not trust guidance counsellors
Some children affected by HIV/AIDS say they do not confide in guidance counsellors and teachers out of fear that their personal information will be revealed to other persons. Some advocates have therefore urged that stiffer penalties be levied against educators...
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Virgin Atlantic slips into Air Jamaica's London slots
Auditor General asks PAC to study backlog of reports
PAC members at odds over report
Reunion ends in mourning
Bath Botanical to bloom today
Upgrading to be done on Montego Bay cruise ship terminal by August
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CHANGE MAKERS - Looking at our nation's great men
Peter Ferguson, who has been involved with photography and the arts, is the author of Changemakers: 101 Portraits of Men in Jamaica, a book of powerful images which is imaginatively produced. The book is available on sale at 59 Hope Road in St. Andrew....
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NATIONAL LABOUR DAY MESSAGES
Redesigning of Spaldings market project complete - Work restarts on phase one construction
Poor home strategies stunt early childhood learning
Justice on trial - Hauntings of the Woolmer case and beyond
The courage to continue
The Best of Leandro
Feedback letters to the popular Roving with Lalah
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NCB Capital Markets announcesrights issue
Eight months after listing on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, NCB Capital Markets yesterday announced that it would seek to raise additional capital to fund its expansion by way of a renounceable rights issue of the company's preference stock. "We are an investment bank...
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Ex-Im opens NIF loan facility
Digicel claims 1.7m Jamaican subscribers - Reports 144% world market growth
Croskery assures court of cooperation on Chen-Young properties
Premium bus rides - JUTC using cricket buses for high-priced service
EIB opens Caribbean office
Dom Rep bans sale of tainted toothpaste
FirstCaribbean seals 'Deal of the Year'
Obasanjo criticised over Nigerian 'fire sale'
China-US dialogue - Wu urges trade cooperation, Paulson cautions against anti-China sentiment
British Airways backs TPG bid for Iberia
Mentoring young workers
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Granville aiming for another win
WESTERN BUREAU: WESTERN CHAMPIONS Granville, first round 1-0 winners over Police National, will be gunning for another victory this afternoon when action resumes in the four-team 2007-08 Wray & Nephew National Premier League play-offs with two games at 3:30 p.m.
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Gardner heads Bora's list for friendly against Chile
'Jack' to be good on Labour Day
Vaughan back for second Test - Bowlers Anderson, Sidebottom also called up
WestIndies made encouraging start
Old Milan demons linger ahead of final
Pistons scrape past Cavaliers
India, Bangladesh play to tame draw
ICC boss gravely ill after surgery
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EDITORIAL - Awful miscarriage of justice
Peter Espeut, in his regular column on the op-ed page of this newspaper, writes with passion and deep feeling about a matter which should shame Jamaica and cause those in authority to resolve that it won't happen again - to anyone....
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Lovers of Africa?
Voting for the party
Thereinvention of self
NOTE-WORTHY
Thank you, JPSCo
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Decades of indignities suffered by judges in judicial system
THE EDITOR, Sir: The Honourable Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has taken the Honourable Mrs.Justice A. Haynes to task for publicly expressing her dissatisfaction with the manner in which arrangements were made for her accommodation.
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Abuse of workers
Choose next Gov't on merit
Enviro action
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Faithful take 'Musical Adventure' at Pegasus
The spattering of impatient handclaps that came just before the National Anthem was announced at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Sunday evening were reversed in emotion and amplified tremendously throughout 'Musical Adventure'.
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Pinkney presents 'Love and Peace'
Third 'Shrek' feels hackneyed
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BE WELL - Environmental pollutants & breast cancer - Scientists identify 216 chemicals that could cause breast cancer
Scientists would really do us women a world of good if they would carry out the kind of studies where associations can be confidently made between environmental factors and the development of breast cancer, still the leading cancer in women. This would certainly shift this...
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HIS HEALTH - What does a diagnosis of prostate cancer mean?
HER HEALTH - A mother's milk is still the best
FITNESS CLUB - Cool down after exercising
DIETITIAN'S DESK - It's mealtime for small children!
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PM forgives Benny Hinn
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad Express):Prime Minister Patrick Manning has forgiven international televangelist Benny Hinn for the "inaccurate statements" he made about events that transpired during a meeting at the Crowne Plaza last year.
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New probe into Chief Justice - Manning moves to impeach Sharma
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Karzai tells world not to abandon Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters): The world must remain engaged in Afghanistan until the country manages to stand on its own feet or "terrorists" will strike again, President Hamid Karzai warned yesterday. The Taliban and allies such as the al-Qaida network have stepped...
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25 die in explosion, politicians deadlocked
Thousands bid Rev Falwell farewell
Bomb kills five and injures 60
Britain demands Russia hand over polonium suspect
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