LIGHTS ON - Labour minister moves to break impasse at JPS
Labour Minister Pearnel Charles was last night hammering out a back-to-work formula with representatives of the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) management and unionised employees. Charles moved with lightning speed yesterday to neutralise the charged industrial climate at the power supplier, which threatened to spark a full-scale power outage.

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NWC unable to deliver to entire country - Blames developers for out-of-reach settlements
The National Water Commission (NWC) has revealed that it cannot deliver potable water to the entire Jamaican population. Vernon Barrett, vice-president of corporate and strategic planning at the government-owned utility, tells The Sunday Gleaner that it was constrained by capacity limitations arising from poor settlement planning.

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NAJ opposes abortion clinics
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Media practitioner dies
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Throwing out the 'average clause'
Globe Insurance Company, providers of property and liability coverage, has pioneered a policy that throws out the 'average clause', which its research has identified as a disincentive to the property-insurance market.

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An increasingly bitter divide over the EPA
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Saints set to lift Super League
LEADERS ST Catherine, paced by Danza Hyatt's century, are well on course to lift the inaugural Jamaica Super League title after enjoying a fine opening day against hosts Melbourne yesterday.

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Man United turn up pressure on Chelsea
Harbour View end Portmore's reign
Wilde captures shooting crown
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EDITORIAL - Small Committee provides a good start
The case has long and often been made for a substantial overhaul of Jamaica's defamation laws, not only to bring them in line with emerging modern standards, but more critically, as enhancement of the democratic space and people's right to a higher quality of governance.

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Letter of the Day - African roots of patois
THE EDITOR, Sir: In any official description of our creole language (patois), we are told that it includes words of African origin. However, I had never been sure which of our words could be so categorised.

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Japanese make it 'Jam'-aica
Taking a musical pilgrimage each year, many Japanese nationals travel to Jamaica, the motherland of reggae and dancehall. With an almost fanatical interest in the culture Japanese visitors eat, sleep and drink in everything Jamaican.

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The voice - Yolanda Brown blows up with the Lord
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Liguanea Festival of Fine Art and Photography - A good dose of art
LIGUANEA WAS abuzz last Sunday as creators and lovers of art alike converged on the fifth staging of the Liguanea Festival of Fine Art and Photography. The one-day event, held in the Old Hope Road parking lot of Liguanea Plaza, was a veritable smorgasbord of contemporary Jamaican art.

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Louisa Callio-Fray's Passion for Jamaica
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Cherri Taylor - Healing through energy medicine
Maizie Jackson*, a retired nurse, had been a diabetic for years. Resigned to her fate of living with a potential killer disease, she slavishly gobbled the medications that her doctors prescribed. One day, however, she experienced rapid palpitation of the heart that sent her rushing to the hospital.

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The People's National Party at 70
September coming will mark the 70th anniversary of the People's National Party (PNP)... This organisation, which once embodied the hopes of large masses of the Jamaican people, is today a party divided and uncertain of the direction which it needs to take. How has the PNP come to this and what is the wayforward for it out of its difficulties? (Robotham)

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Out & About - Let the countdown begin
There's a certain buzz around the Chinese community these days, and it all stems from the Olympic Games to be held in the Forbidden City, Beijing, in August.

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A diplomatic dining experience
BPM takes clients higher
South Africa celebrates Freedom Day

F1 extravaganza comes to Jamaica
Many would not have believed it possible. But it has come to pass. A Formula One (F1) vehicle has finally graced the shores of the jewel of the Caribbean. And it is the man in the street who is responsible, because only four countries worldwide have a higher per capita consumption rate of a certain globally marketed energy drink.

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