Gay lobby rebuked - Church says won't accept homosexual lifestyle in Jamaica
JAMAICAN CHURCH leaders stand resolute that despite strong lobbying by international gay rights activists, homosexuality will not be accepted as normal. The Church's rebuke comes in the wake of a recent scathing report from the New York-based Human Rights Watch...

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Government probes deportation of Jamaican journalist
Ministry vetting textbook reviews
Council tackles drought woes
Prime Minister of Jamaica says nation has lost identity - Urges deejays to join fight to rescue men
Spencer replaced
Mahfoods celebrate 50th

Former drug addict on a new high - Anthony Richards hooked on rescuing off-track males
Anthony Richards' father died when Anthony was very young; his mother migrated to England soon after. As a result, he and his siblings went to live with different relatives; he and a sister with an aunt. It was a stable Christian upbringing with a high school education. ...

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University of Technology (UTech) to apologise to auditors this week
Cops target 'shoes market', 20 arrested
Income tax relief for pension payments
District rocked by stalwart's death
JN to take over bill payment for JPS

Vending stand-off
PORT MARIA, St Mary: Some vendors who sell in the town of Port Maria are complaining that municipal police recently assigned to the area have been creating havoc. The vendors say they are being forced into the capital's market, where clientele numbers are far lower...

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Jamaica, Spain broker air service pact
Olint to hear Justice's decision on February 9

Football madness - Gunshots fired, bottles thrown as Jackie Bell KO final ends in pandemonium
It was a chaotic scene at the Harbour View Mini Stadium last night as bottles were hurled on to the pitch and echoing gunshots from just outside the grounds brought the final of the Western Union/Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) Jackie Bell KO final at Harbour View Mini....

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Asafa Powell wants life ban for drug cheats
I'm much stronger mentally - Simpson
Seasonal best not good enough for Bailey
Jamaica cruise into semi-final
Anderson off to a blistering start
India pound minnows
Australia win by 50 runs
Boro held by Sheffield
Win breaks drought for Salt Spring
English embrace new ratings
South America, Africa have no chance

EDITORIAL - Power-sharing prospect in Kenyan conflict
The talks to end the political crisis in Kenya appear to be reaching somewhere. Last weekend, the lead facilitator for the negotiations, former United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, announced agreement on a review of last December's disputed presidential election.

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The other side of the dollar
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LETTER OF THE DAY - In abortion and police killings ...'We have a moral dilemma'
THE EDITOR Sir: We have a moral dilemma. Shortly after my church brother was crippled by a gunman during a robbery, we were advised during a church service that the gunman had been shot dead by the police. We clapped and cheered. It mattered not that the gunman was in his bed...

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Devon House much more than a park
Jamaica sacrificing morality for reality
The disaster of unwanted pregnancies
Meaning of garrison
'Stunning joke' re Hillary, Obama
Poor under pressure

Artistes come up short at 'Lover's Rock'
Performing primarily for the camera can be a difficult thing, especially when the artistes are many and the 'lens time' short. As such, last Friday's 'Lover's Rock' edition of cable station Juice TV's weekly showcase during 'Reggae Month' had its constrictions beforehand....

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'Hit for Six' scoring big in US
Mixed results from stand-up comedy experiment
'Jumper' leaps to front at box office

Reggae wear is here to stay
Fashion and music are intricately woven together, with each equally influencing the other.Reggae music is no exception as it has acted as an inspiration for all things fashion produced in Jamaica. From legendary reggae artistes like Bob Marley and Dennis Brown...

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Reggae with Flair
Rita Marley: There from the beginning
Judy Mowatt: From glory to glory
Marcia Griffiths: Still remains indomitable
Lorna Wainwright - Girl next door now studio manager
Understanding motor vehicle insurance
From the Cotton fields to Blues Icon
Rolling in dough!
Natural hair for beauty naturally

Government shuts down bank
ST GEORGE'S (CMC): The Grenada government has shut down a local bank after a series of complaints from customers over its failure to honour requests for withdrawals.Capital Bank International, a home-grown bank, was ordered to close after government...

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Barbados allegedly violating skills certificate pact
Regional heads to sign EPA in April
Court bars rearrest of Holloway suspect

KOSOVO: Independence declared - Serbia, Russia urge nations not to recognise breakaway republic
PRISTINA (AP): Kosovo declared itself a nation yesterday, mounting a brash and historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the United States and key European allies, but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia....

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UNITED STATES - Face of killer?
Online gun dealer linked to Virginia, Illinois massacres
Northern Rock nationalised
Opposition warns of fraud-hit polls
Suicide bomber kills 80