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Education probe - Holness orders enquiry into spending for Education Transformation process - Plans to take report to House 
A high-level enquiry has been ordered by Education Minister Andrew Holness into the spending of the initial $5 billion allotted to the Education Transformation process. Holness told The Gleaner that he expects the report, which he plans to take to Parliament, to be on his desk by Friday....
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 Danville's post in question
'No smear campaign' - Burke denies being targeted after being brought before tax court
Cops crack down on students - 15 held in Old Harbour
'St Bess' farmers cry arson
Golding gets libel report
$1 million reward for cop killers
Broadcasting Commission moves to bar Hylton
Thursdaytalk - Hottest topics on the cocktail circuit
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Finding Comfort in Clarendon 
There was nobody around except a dreadlocked man in short pants who kept grinning and nodding his head. He wouldn't say anything. He just stood there grinning and nodding. I looked around again and saw nobody else, so I decided to go say hello to the smiling bloke and ask him...
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Church of the Open Bible: Turning the tide
Women's centre celebrates 25 years
Jamaica Public Service (JPS) Science and Technology expo unveils exciting innovations
Peart willing to apologise publicly if ...
Taxi operators get reprieve - Port Authority plans to include new tour company suspended
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More losses in the forecast for Citigroup 
NEW YORK (AP): Citigroup shares sank to their lowest level in more than nine years Tuesday, as stockholders recoiled at forecasts of more losses at the troubled bank and comments from a Middle East fund executive that Citi must raise more cash to stay in business....
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More pricy home loans - VMBS rates hit 13.99%
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Gayle named captain for Sri Lanka series 
ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC): Opening batsman Chris Gayle has been appointed captain of the West Indies team for the 2008 Digicel Home Series against Sri Lanka. Gayle, 28, was nominated by the selection committee and the nomination was approved by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday...
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Nelson to skipperU-15 team
KC win
McLeish saves Arnett
Draw adds to August Town's woes
Streaker fined, to face court for exposure
WICB aims to restore rating
Was DaCosta sidestepped?
Pistorius presents new test results ahead of Olympics
Beijing apartments ready for Games
Inside the BPL - Digicel kick-starts Caribbean scouting
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EDITORIAL - Paula Llewellyn's ascendancy and mission
Paula Llewellyn is no unknown quantity to Jamaica, particularly in its legal and jurisprudential sector.She is recognised as a bright, tough and fair prosecutor, who happens to be a woman. She has, herself, said that she has never made gender an issue in her career.
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Cleansing ourselves
Staying the course
NOTE-WORTHY: Not termite time
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Cellphone policy earns plaudits for minister
THE EDITOR, Sir: Plaudits must go out to the new minister of education, young Andrew Holness. He has hit the ground running and his obvious commitment to decisiveness, discipline and transparency is a breath of fresh air from a minister whose predecessor was wont to blame...
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Tackle the roots of violence
NHT clarifies sale policy
Time for PNP politics to change
Teaching parenting gets more support
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Peace Mobile hosts concert for love, unity in Flankers 
Western Bureau: From the moment Al's voice belted from the speakers, patrons at the Peace Mobile Peace Day concert held in Flankers in Montego Bay were in a frenzy. As the other members of the One Third trio sauntered on to the Peace Mobile stage, singing their own 'peaceful'...
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SOMETHING EXTRA
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Fond of Cheese and Chocolate 
Growing up, I enjoyed al fresco dinners of Fondue Bourguignonne on my parents' veranda. These were the only times we ate outside of our formal dining room as a family, due to the spitting hot oil in which the cubes of beef are cooked....
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Lawd, gi mi a beef break!
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Haitians convicted for holding teen as slave
MIAMI (CMC): A United States federal jury has convicted a Haitian mother and her daughter on charges of forcing a teenage Haitian girl to work as a slave. The 12-member mixed jury deliberated for nearly six hours before bringing a guilty verdict against...
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State funeral for former Antigua gov't leader
Caribbean ministers meet ahead of summit
Killers escape death penalty
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