Child porn check - Government cracking down on sex-video wave in Jamaica
The Jamaican Government is now aggressively moving to arrest child pornography in the wake of a wave of electronic circulation of sexually explicit material. The Child Pornography Act, which will make it illegal to produce, possess or circulate pornographic materials involving children...

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Probe turns up more Cash Plus companies
Schoolgirl jail near Sabina on cards
Autism a learning process for parents as well as kids - Gov't will test children to identify dysfunction
Jamaica rapped for food import appetite
Portia warns against relief prejudice
Teachers not trained to tutor non-readers - principals' body

Florida man says 'Ambush' cured him of AIDS
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (10th impression 2007) defines the noun, cure as "a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away". The example it uses: "There is still no cure for AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)." Yet, in last week's instalment...

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Tech De Bus II a good move, says Holness
Some MPs not driven to buy SUVs
NGOs get grant for training initiative
Suicide signs often overlooked
Johnson urges Bush to extend CBI
Twenty new JPs sworn in
Miles from 'nowhere'
Mayors get militant

Nurturing the Christian culture at Jamaica Broilers
If there is one group of companies that stands out above others in sponsoring major Christian events and organisations, it is the Jamaica Broilers Group. It is headed by president, Robert Levy. Levy has been a born-again Christian for many years.

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Scientist wary of toxic levels in cassava
Mined-out lands bad for cassava production?

Waterhouse, Tivoli crush opponents in COK semis
Waterhouse and Tivoli Gardens will decide the COK Champions Cup KO title, as both recorded fairly impressive semi-final wins at the Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday evening. In the feature game, homesters Tivoli hammered St James Super League team Granville 7-0. ...

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Fennell confident Jamaican athletes will be safe in Beijing
Crucial trip for JFF boss
Exciting victory keeps Saints atop Super League
Tornadoes blow away rivals to secure eighth title
Kerr outlasts throng in blanket finish
Ferguson salutes Tevez after equaliser
'Batman' returns with 400m hurdles world best
Golding-Clarke lands double... Ruddock injures hamstring
Three in a row for Serena
Blatter says no to Olympic boycott
Adamek gives Bell hell - Jamaican fighter quits in seventh round of title eliminator

EDITORIAL - How to avoid a snap election
THERE ARE many people in the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) who are urging Prime Minister Golding to call a snap general election as a way around the court's ruling on the ineligibility of Daryl Vaz, because of his dual citizenship, to sit in Parliament. They hope to exploit...

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'Shot and injured'
NOTE-WORTHY: Smoking ban

LETTER OF THE DAY - For citizenship, loyalty is key
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE found it a rather uncanny coincidence that it was on the very day that the chief justice made her ruling that Mr Vaz, who is a United States (US) citizen, was ineligible to sit in the Jamaican Parliament that the IOC...

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Rice growing in Westmoreland
Food-security strategy needed
Monstrous mom
Divine solution the answer
Zacca rapped for school critique
Gayness as perversion
How to prevent a nation of dunces
Bob Marley a hero? Hardly!
Light-bulb inquiry

A 'Nobel' time for Calabash 2008
At noon on Saturday, May 24, the 2008 Calabash International Literary Festival will have a 'Nobel' moment. It will come in St Lucian Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1992.He is one of several authors who will appear on the festival, which is free...

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Something extra
Gaye McDonald on the rise
Stars R Us shines on unlikely night

Claudette Pious, vision in action
Her unconditional generosity has touched and changed the lives of many children. Claudette Richardson-Pious has devoted her life to Children First, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that caters to the needs of children who are HIV positive, dropouts and those who have never been to school....

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The Manley Memoirs (Part II)
Can ex-wives attempt interest acquisition in property bought after separation?
Hush, Glen, life nuh fair!
Things we fear
The new 'it' pants
Uzuri's love affair with slits & feathers
Messages ...Giving thanks for a great city
Independence City ...The first scheme
SEX AND RELATIONSHIP - The other woman
Women's Rights are human rights - Protection from harm or abuse
The new Female Condom FC2
Natural hair solutions

HAITI - Aid trickles in
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP): Hundreds of Haitians stood in long lines Saturday, just as others had walked for hours throughout the week to receive the United Nations and regional food aid pouring into the country after a spate of deadly riots ...

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ST LUCIA: King says, take us to court - Brouhaha over dual citizenship intensifies

NEPAL: Order to shoot torch protesters - Activists plan Mount Everest climb
KATMANDU (AP): Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorised to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit, an official said yesterday.Chinese climbers plan...

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Dozens slain in gunfights
ARGENTINA - Farmers get fiery rebuke
ZIMBABWE - Opposition claims gov't victimisation