Unapproved deal - Shaw blasts Davies over salary agreement with JTA - Says Cabinet did not endorse plan for increase
Finance and Public Service Minister Audley Shaw has accused his predecessor of signing an "open-ended agreement" with the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) in 2006, without Cabinet endorsement. Shaw charged yesterday that Dr Omar Davies unilaterally gave approval for a company ...

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The making of a book
Two weeks ago in London, England, The Gleaner's newly published author, Robert Lalah, saw copies of his new book Roving with Lalah - Slices of Everyday Jamaican Life for the first time. It was an awesome feeling for the 25 year-old, who is the youngest author ever ...

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Bigger awards for Passley scholarship recipients
Spruce-up for route to Norman Manley Airport
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Azan shows them who's the 'Boss' - Furniture company cops 'Nation Builder Award'
It was a surprised Omar Azan who ascended the platform of the Hilton Kingston hotel in New Kingston on Tuesday night to collect the National Commercial Bank's (NCB) Inaugural 'Nation Builder Award'. Azan, one of the heads of Boss Furniture Limited, was collecting the award...

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HIV/AIDS workplace policy by Christmas
Oil falls again on mounting recession fears
Jamaica Producers wins Bureau of Standards award

Dean's hat-trick cuts down Rivoli
LEADING FROM the front in every conceivable way, Tivoli Gardens' captain, Roland Dean, fired in a hat-trick for his team's 3-1 victory over visitors Rivoli United in their seventh round Digicel Premier League match at Edward Seaga Sports Complex yesterday...

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Big day for the JCA
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Ben Francis KO kicks off with a bang
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Knights, Bulls secure spots in semis
Player, student safety should come first
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EDITORIAL - Going further with Mr Walker
We support Danville Walker's call, made in his signed piece in this newspaper last week, for greater voluntary compliance with duty payments.But if the tone of Mr Walker's article is any guide, it seems that the commissioner of customs, who is still relatively new in the job...

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Crashing the glass ceiling at Sabina
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Christianity marginalised
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Is Jamaica again becoming 'the wickedest place on Earth'?
The Editor, Sir: As I read the 'open letter' to the commissioner of police entitled "Jamaica Under Criminal Siege", on October 22, 2008, by a 65-year-old man who was too scared to give his name, I was filled with every possible emotion...

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Government fine-tunes Alton's farewell
The funeral for singer Alton Ellis is likely to be Monday, November 3, a government spokesman said yesterday.Colin Leslie of the Ministry of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports said the date for the funeral would be confirmed during this week, when...

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MOVEMENTS begins Nov 7
Hilton expands
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'Carry me ackee ...'
Persons who flocked Marsignh Park in St Catherine on Heroes Day for the Linstead Ackee Festival, had one disappointment, the reduced number of ackee products that were on display. "Last year we had ackee patty, ackee casserole, ackee and lobster, ackee punch, ackee pizza...

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First time for Dragon City
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AP says presidential race even in the final stretch
WASHINGTON (AP):The presidential race tightened after the final debate with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even...

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