GOLDEN BOY - School, family elated at Dexter Lee's 100m world juniors success in Poland
WESTERN BUREAU: BROAD SMILES ruled supreme at the Herbert Morrison High School in Montego Bay, St James, yesterday, as the school family reacted to news that Dexter Lee had won the 100m gold medal at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland...

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In a small, roadside shop in Golden Spring, St Andrew, Earnest James, who readily answers to the name Toe Point, is searching for a $5 coin in the pockets of his tattered, green trousers. In front of him, Annette, the 20-something-year-old shopkeeper...

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Dexter Lee strikes gold for Jamaica
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland: ON A chilly Wednesday night in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, Dexter Lee warmed the hearts of Jamaican track and field fans with the nation's first gold medal at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships. Lee, who said, "It (win) makes me feel very good," created history ...

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EDITORIAL: Grenada and Zimbabwe - lessons in democracy
Herein lies a lesson for the likes of Robert Mugabe and other would-be tramplers on democracy. On Tuesday, the people of the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada, which is a member of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), decided to send packing the administration of Prime Minister...

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LETTER OF THE DAY: JOBS - missing element in PSOJ crime plan
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