PNP fallout begins - Two Phillips supporters quit, another targeted
The casualties from last Saturday's presidential election in the People's National Party (PNP) have started with a senior member of parliament (MP) relinquishing his position as an opposition spokesman while a caretaker has resigned. At the same time, a sitting MP...

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Voxpop
Children's advocate probes 13-y-o model contest winner
No decision from Phillips
Ministry of Labour demands 21-day notice
NHDC loses $260m suit
Gleaner awards long-serving employees
THE DEENAHLITES
Thank God for grandmothers!
'My grandmother taught me good morals, good values'

Jamaican Gov't sends storm aid to Cuba
IT WAS no easy task on Saturday in Santiago de Cuba for the 16 crew members from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard, who toiled for almost seven hours in the heat of the sun, unloading relief items. The 2,771 boxes, which included food, household supplies...

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Governor general's achievement awards
Police Academy upgrade may start by year end
Proctor trial postponed
'Project helps to improve in weak areas at McGrath'
Students who read Gleaner products do better academically
Children depend heavily on newspapers for current affairs info
DEAR helps Petersfield
Tuesdaytalk - HOTTEST TOPICS ON THE COCKTAIL CIRCUIT

Jamaica Producers quits banana exports
The Jamaica Producers Group (JPG) has announced its decision to end banana production in Jamaica for export to the United Kingdom, citing massive losses as a result of several hurricanes in the last four years. Company chairman Charles Johnston said JPG will now concentrate...

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SAJ gets a new financial controller
Johnston for PSOJ Hall of Fame

Powell won't change coach
Despite public comments from his parents suggesting that he should part company with his coach, Stephen Francis, Asafa Powell, the world's second fastest man, said that will not happen. His parents, Reverend William Powell, his father and mother Cislyn, said in an interview...

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West Indies selectors to communicate better with players
STATHS cool KC
JNA in need of $5m for tri-nation series
'We can play better'
Reno poised for Frome return
Red-hot Rusea's trounce Knockalva
Hamilton makes his case at Belgian hearing
Leopard Zakumi leaps into World Cup spotlight
Fraser nets winner in season finale

EDITORIAL: Post-election prospects in the Parliament
Peter Phillips must do no less than immediately offer his resignation as leader of opposition business in the House of Representatives. Mrs Simpson Miller should advise those senior proponents of his unsuccessful bid for the presidency of the People's National Party...

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Impact of JCC leadership programme

LETTER OF THE DAY: Is this the one?
The Editor, Sir: In his moving, inspirational address to his fellow alma maters of Meadowbrook High School during its 50th anniversary celebratory dinner, past student Don Samuels made the thought-provoking point that the world had changed in significant ways during his own lifetime...

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More concerns re teen model
'One hand can't clap'
Run Jamaica, run
Adding up to teamwork
Govt must shed properties, excesses
Prospects for a mid-island stadium
Customs charges questioned
Some samples of local English
How to foster peace and love
Cellphone packages

Getting to know Sam Sharpe
WHEN SAM Sharpe was made a National Hero in 1975, not many Jamaicans knew about him. Thirty-three years later, Sharpe, the slave/preacher, who triggered the Kensington Estate rebellion in St James in 1831, remains an enigma...

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Morgan Heritage for Zimbabwe
Virgin salutes UB40
Something extra
I'd like them to play something new - Smith - Vintage artiste wants fresh material to be played

GRENADA - Book suggests homosexuality will be accepted in Caribbean soon
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC): A university lecturer is predicting that homosexuality could soon be accepted as a way of life in the Caribbean. Claude Douglas, a sociologist, has just released a new book titled, Homosexuality in the Caribbean: Crawling Out Of the Closet...

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ISRAEL - Livni receives nod to form new government
JERUSALEM (AP): Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Monday received the formal nod to form a new Israeli government, starting the clock on a 42-day period for putting together a new team and resuming Mideast peace negotiations...

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UNITED STATES - Bush, Congress reshape bailout terms
... Obama, McCain question deal