Still illiterate! - Teachers claim grade four reading programme has failed
Some Corporate Area primary school teachers are complaining that students are still not performing as they ought to on the grade four literacy exam. One teacher told The Gleaner that at least half the grade four students were reading below the required level at her school....

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Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) results out on Friday
'Alarming' rise of radical Islam in Caribbean
JFK accused terrorists remanded in T&T jail
Prime Minister of Jamaica announces new projects for Montego Bay
Protests affect Caribbean Council Exams (CXC) students
University of West Indies (UWI) to expand DNA lab across the Caribbean

TYRONE'S WATCH - No hope for New Hope?
What's not working? - Roads in the New Hope district of St.Ann are horrible. On second thought, there are no roads in New Hope, only mishmash patches of rocks, gravel and fragments of asphalt. Residents lament the dilapidated condition of the thoroughfare...

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Public debate again on the Queen, constitutional reform
Only some parishes in Jamaica ready for hurricane - Peart
Residents want to oversee own scheme
McCalla must inspire confidence - Phipps
Pampering pets

Analysts upgrade Wal-Mart on plans to cut growth
NEW YORK (Reuters): Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s rose nearly three per cent on Monday after analysts upgraded their ratings on the world's largest retailer's stock, citing its plans to curb U.S. store growth and a $15 billion share buyback announcement.

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EU to fund $200m cluster initiative
Canada recruits more Jamaicans

Reggae Boyz face Chile test at 'The Office'
Luke warm in their last couple of friendlies, Jamaica's Reggae Boyz will be looking to pick up the pace when they are tested by South American giants Chile in a 7:00 p.m. encounter tonight at 'The Office', the National Stadium.

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Chris Gayle fit for third Test
...Windies get a boost
'Fanna' drops the bomb
Hadeed advocates inter-island rivalry
Sir Khan claimed
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Lucas need a helping hand
'Champs' deadline
Nadal crushes Hewitt
St Ann lead
Reid heads Jamaica Gold Cup team

EDITORIAL - New Chief Justice faces reform and other problems
The appointment of Zaila McCalla as Jamaica's Chief Justice to succeed the retiring Lensley Wolfe is both historic and symbolic - for several reasons, not least of which she is the first woman to hold the post....

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G8 on global warming
Queen of Jamaica: Accident or anointed?
Putting journalists at risk
NOTE-WORTHY - TVJ's apology

LETTER OF THE DAY - The real question is: Can we afford not tohave free education?
The Editor, Sir: The JLP's plan for free education is much more far-sighted that the free health care announced by the Prime Minister. We perceive a situation where our nation's children will be given the tools to equip themselves which will not just benefit...

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Reckless bus drivers
Disaster zone development
Bungled operation

Charity gets power punch
There is probably no greater power than the ability to put a smile on thousands of faces. Several of the nation's top executives and professionals did just that and had no problem making themselves the brunt of jokes at the Powerful Men and Women Perform For Charity concert...

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THEATRE SPORTLIGHT - Redemption for Fairfield
Cynthia Muvirim is Miss Global Int'l
'Pirates' named MTV's 'Best Movie'
Jay-Z pops the question

Seafreight launches service to Montego Bay, Cayman, Haiti
Seafreight Line has announced the commencement of a weekly fixed-day service between Jacksonville and Port Everglades, Florida, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti; George Town, Grand Cayman; and Montego Bay, Jamaica.The new service began on Tuesday, May 15, ex Jackson-ville...

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Enviro levy takes effect June 1
All in place for Shipping Industry Golf Tournament

GUYANA: Police raid home of terror suspect
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): Authorities here say they will make every effort to find Guyana-born terrorist suspect Abdel Nur, who is being linked to a plot to blow up the John F. Airport...

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TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - Abu Bakr denies link to New York plot
BERMUDA: Independence support grows - survey
ST VINCENT - Banana disease identified in St Vincent