'My hands are clean' Paulwell defends reputation - Says he did Ja good
PUBLIC PERCEPTION of corruption within the ministry over which he presided, and repeated scandals, have sullied his image. Yet, former Minister of Industry, Technology, Energy and Commerce (MITEC), Phillip Paulwell, remains unperturbed.

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Haitian twins make Jamaica their home
Gov't gives flexi-time the go-ahead
Shields defends police's decision to close case

JLP celebrates today
Today will be a celebratory one for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as it goes into its annual conference having won the recent general election after 18 years in Opposition.

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What a stink!
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'Silence helps act persist'
Local firm wins int'l construction award
G-G achievers honoured
The plight of modern-day slaves
Deadline for trade talks completion in jeopardy

JMMB launches suite of credit products - Offering home and general-purpose loans
Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) has launched a new facility, Sure Advance Plus, aimed at providing credit services and products to its retail and corporate clients.The facility is an extension of an existing product, but with the key difference...

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More delays on Brittany Manor - Developer blames rains
Life assurance 101: obtaining coverage
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Phase Two ofpension reform

Gayle totake charge on tour of Africa
JAMAICA'S CHRIS GAYLE will be the man in charge when West Indies cricket team travels to Zimbabwe and South Africa later this month, according to the website caribbeancricket.com.Despite that fact that injured Test skipper Ramnaresh Sarwan could return...

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No thank you, John Buchanan!
Tapping into a new career in Ja's football
Kallis puts SA in the lead
Gilchrist racks up a ton of Test sixes
Pakistan seek a lift before big showdown
Boyz back at 'Office'
B'port, KC, JC advance to semis
Rusea's win bloody battle in Montego Bay
Italy and France advance in Euro Cup
Barnett, Goule to battle in Portmore
'Girls' take bronze
Glengoffe cry foul after defeat

The JLP and local gov't reform
As the Jamaica Labour Party holds its first annual conference today since regaining power after 18 years adrift, it has the opportunity to demonstrate some level of political maturity befitting its 64 years of...

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Whither local government?
JLP promises, figment of its imagination
That's U, not WI
Scrap metal business and the art of war

LETTER OF THE DAY - Transportation trauma
The Editor, Sir: Ministry of Transport, Transport Authority, Mr. Ezroy Millwood, drivers and conductors, congratulations for ensuring that passengers received your outstanding service.

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Fill a pothole near you today
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Gospel music catches worldly 'riddim'
With gospel artistes singing and deejaying on dancehall rhythms, the Christian arena is seen to be treading a thin line between the faith and the secular music industry.

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Beres Hammond plans special 'Moment'
Michigan & Smiley still 'Nice up the Dance'
Duo apart but not separate
Story of the song - 'Ringroad Jam' ages like fine wine
Song 'spoils' party
Jill Scott joins Diana Ross, Anita Baker on Air J Jazz and Blues
ALEK WEK writes painful past

Guild artists colour LA
Collectively, as a breath of crisp fresh air, Jamaican artists created rainbows last weekend. In a swift twist on Jamaica's art tourism focus, members of the Jamaica Guild of Artists took their artistic expressions of Jamaica culture to Los Angeles, California.

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Art for charity
Ripley's Game: 'Highly recommended'
Kingston to Jericho

Chastity belts for Jamaican women?
Earlier this year, newspaper reports said a resident magistrate had suggested the wearing of chastity belts to prevent rape and sexual molestation.In essence, such belts are supposed to protect and preserve the chastity of females...

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Sibling rivalry
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Have you washed?

Golding must give conference hope
For the first time in 18 years the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) meets in annual conference not as an Opposition ready to unleash a barrage of shots to the body politic of the People's National Party (PNP) Government, but as a government chastened by the harsh reality of governance.

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Games politicians play
Addressing global problems nationally
Is bad luck worse than obeah?
The education challenge: The limits of populism
Our conflict-causing Constitution
The gender debate: the bigger picture

Parting: such sweet sorrow
Two AMIABLE members of the local diplomatic corps will be ending their tenures on our shores pretty soon.Brazilian Ambassador Cezar Amaral and Chilean Ambassador Alfonso Silva will be jetting off to new assignments...

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Shoppes at Rose Hall a sure hit
JTB brings taste of Jamaica to London
Vroom, vroom, birthday boy!
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UN says new report must spur climate change action
VALENCIA, Spain, (Reuters): Governments must do more to fight global warming, spurred by a new United Nations scientific report and damage to nature that is already as frightening as science fiction, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.

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