Education Ministry fails youth - Roper
REVEREND GARNETT Roper, former head of the National Youth Serivce (NYS), has accused the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Culture of shirking the overall responsibility to spearhead efforts to help capture wayward youths.

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'Go after that green card' - Una Clarke speaks up for Jamaican teachers
Jamaica, here they come!
KSAC targets massage parlours
Clustering schools for better management
One dream ends, the other continues

OUTRAGED! - British gays use Brian Williamson's death to push agenda
LONDON (The Voice): BRITAIN'S LEADING gay rights group, OutRage, wants Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson to repeal the island's tough anti-gay laws immediately.

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Brian's last letter
Sandra's story
Mounting concerns about sexual exploitation of children
Passionate about Portland - Michael Lee-Chin buys into a brighter tomorrow
Coming home to finish - Strong

The cost of caring for your pet
PETS ARE a source of comfort, unconditional love, and security for many people. In return, pets count on their owners to provide them with food, water, safe shelter, regular veterinary care, companionship and more. In short, pet care...

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Ja hits economic targets - Davies
Do you make wise financial decisions?
Thinking of going public?
Why is the stock market so unpredictable?

Distinctly Irish romps Derby
THE UNBEATEN 3-y-o gelding, DISTINCTLY IRISH, emerged the easiest Derby winner in the 45-year history of Caymanas Park when powering home by 14-1/2 lengths in the 84th running of the premier classic before a capacity crowd yesterday.

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Asafa Powell clocks 9.99
Let's go for a spin bowler or two
J'can sets world diving record
Ja shooting for Carib glory

The case for school managers
THE LOBBY by some principals for specialist plant/operations managers to oversee the administrative management of schools deserves support. Indeed, we note that the Minister of Education, Maxine Henry-Wilson, has given broad backing to the idea. She...

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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Gun Court under heavy strain
The NHT's muddled priorities
Apartheid - the first blows
When the cat is away

LETTER OF THE DAY - Echoes of Cargill on the death penalty
THE EDITOR, Sir: WITH REFERENCE to Mr. Clive Mullings' call on the Government to enforce the death penalty or abolish the law, I wish to remind fellow Jamaicans of the words of the late Morris Cargill, published on February 11, 1999.

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Labour Day - mostly empty symbolism?
Shock and sadness
He was hard to ignore
The JLP is opposing itself
Congrats, Christine!

A Maroon masterpiece
WITH THE first booms of the drum, the sweet smell of white overproof rum begins to permeate the air of the usually odourless lecture hall. On the small stage, the drummers are soon joined by a group of dancers wearing a medley of folk..

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Calabash looks ahead
Pride goeth before...
CFW off to sizzling start

A tasteful blend
JEWELLER CAROL Campbell, textile artist/painter Nia Gifford, and ceramist Margaret McGhie, have teamed up to present Viva La Diva that is now showing at the Revolution Gallery in New Kingston.

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Unpaid ambassadors
A journey to manhood

Rose Tavares-Finson creating her own universe
THE ADOBE hues in which Rose Tavares-Finson has painted the walls of her home is the perfect backdrop for the art collected so assiduously by her husband, attorney Tom Tavares-Finson.

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Taking care of your ear
Those wedding VOWS!

The Reagan legacy
RONALD REAGAN was a highly effective, visionary leader. He exemplified the kind of leadership which the world sorely lacks today: A leadership driven by a passion for ideals but balanced by a real-world pragmatism which rescues it from fanaticism.

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The Omar factor - PNP leadership race
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The Jamaican diaspora - Development opportunities
The Haitian refugee question