Judgement Day - Political careers on the line as nation goes to polls
History hinges on a monumental vote today as Jamaicans go to the polls to elect a new government to manage the country's affairs for the next five years and determine the destiny of its major political leaders. More than 1.3 million people are eligible to vote....

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Triple-treat election coverage
Gleaner Editors' Forum - Who will win the youth vote?
Nightmare for election workers
Do or die for both leaders
'Ballots safe'
Triple murder raises tensions
Jamaica watching 'Felix' factor
Ballots rule over bullets

Errington's fall and rise
In 1995, the path on which 19-year-old Errington Pellington was treading was good, but in a world full of twists, turns and detours, he didn't know what was down the road. As he merrily went along the way, the course of his life was about to be changed in a jiffy, for better or for worse.

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Seats to watch tonight
West Rural St. Andrew - 'We need better housing, better water supply system'
Blue Cross gives 18 scholarships to GSAT students
Cops deliver baby at police station
Post offices bounce back

Trade union split in the offing
A MAJOR split in the country's trade union movement appears likely in the wake of the contentious general election campaign. Senator Dwight Nelson, vice-president of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has told The Gleaner...

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HEART, hotel sector sign MoU

'Everybody did their best' - Shericka Williams thrilled about 4x400 silver - Jamaica end with record 10 medals
OSAKA, Japan:Jamaica's contingent to the 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, will leave Japan today with the country's highest medal haul ever at the 24-year-old track and field meet. As the curtain came down last night on a marvellous nine-day championships....

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Performance was 'quite good'
Bolt makes pledge to beat Tyson Gay
Port Authority, NHT cop titles
Chelsea crash at Villa
Phillips lands three-year deal at Stoke
Madrid crush Villarreal as league remembers Puerta
Urban Knights clip Slayers in nail-biter
Venus belts out warning
India keep series alive

EDITORIAL: Jamaica votes today in 15th general election
In the wake of a hurricane which changed course, Jamaica votes today in its 15th general election since attaining universal adult suffrage in 1944. Hurricane Dean, veering from direct impact, forced a change from the original August date, thereby prolonging a campaign...

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Vote for Jamaica
NOTE-WORTHY: Thanks, Veronica

LETTER OF THE DAY: Solar energy would speed hurricane recovery
The Editor, Sir:Hurricane Dean has again raised the issue of water and energy and their supply and security in Jamaica. Can it be done in a more effective manner than being done at present? The distress created by the lack of light and water in many residential areas...

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Constitution clear on dual citizenship
On the freedoms of emancipation
Course changed
Thanks to the losers
Voting not for but against

Comedy Buss audition - Side-splitting laughter
If Saturday's Comedy Buss audition were a casting call for roles ranging from the wacky to the asinine, all roles would have been filled with many in reserve. There were doubts about what the turnout would have been, and while it was not overwhelming, the comics were out....

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PRIME MINISTERS OF JAMAICA - Norman Washington Manley
Today we go to the poll to elect our 8th Prime Minister.Who will it be? By the end of the day all will be revealed. Today, we take a look at the past leaders of our country and reveal some little known facts about them.

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Sir Alexander Bustamante
Donald Sangster - Jamaica's shortest-serving PM
Edward Seaga
Michael Manley
Percival James Patterson
Portia Simpson Miller
Hugh Shearer
Bev East puts kendal souls to rest
Minding your Ps and Qs on election day
Dressed to Impress
Flair Couple - Sealed with love
D-Day, Finally!
The timeles Laing

North Korea's disarming smile
GENEVA (Reuters):North Korea agreed in weekend talks with the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear programmes by the end of this year, negotiators said yesterday. "We had very good, very substantive talks," U.S.

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UK tube passengers face strike chaos
Illegal immigrants in US get reprieve
Great sex!