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Who will it be? - Portia, Pearnel, Peter, Bruce
POLITICAL ANALYSTS are touting Portia Simpson Miller, vice-president of the People's National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Chairman Bruce Golding as the likely successors to leadership in the upcoming races for their...
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Handicapping the PNP field
Tried, tested and proven
Securing or fixing the legacy
Slang affects children
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Hugh Shearer: Ja's greatest PM?
WHO WAS Ja's greatest prime minister? This is an unanswerable question, for politics has many facets. Who did more for their country, Gandhi or Lee Kwan Yew? So here is a simpler topic. Which PM did the best job of improving Jamaicans'...
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'I've been to Tivoli'
Is Shearer's death prophecy or coincidence?
Life or death in the hands of the judges
Keeping it in the family?
The rise of don culture
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Financial managers gain clout in church
EVEN CHURCHES have had to improve their financial management to handle the pace of modern Jamaica. This is a direct result of the rapid growth in their business activities as well as the drive by the revenue services in tracking down taxable...
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Several water supply systems to be completed next year
Jones to head new pension group
More companies offer portfolio management services
Jamaica poised to become premier financial centre
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Bolt to miss World Juniors
JAMAICA'S MEDAL chances at the 10th Coca-Cola/IAAF World Junior Championships (WJC) in Italy suffered a major blow with news that World Junior 200m champion Usain Bolt has pulled out of the Games.
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Steady Kiwis stifle WI
Kensington secure valuable lead
Tocumen cops Cecil Charlton Trophy
Jamaican karters score good wins
National team needs $600,000 for champs
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Good news for early childhood education
THE UNIVERSITY of the West Indies (UWI) has introduced a post-graduate course in Early Childhood Development leading to a master's degree. This project, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the tune of $48 million, is good news for...
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS - Who will succeed PJ?
Shearer: A black man who governed
The issue of white employment
Protecting our children
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Service beyond expectations
THE EDITOR, Sir: MANY PERSONS have become used to receiving customer service below par and so I want to share my experience with you at Jamaica National, Portmore Pines Plaza.
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Choosing the next PM
Seaga should sing his Sankey and go
Seek UN help to fight crime
A peace builder extraordinaire
Level the playing field, please
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ROOTS RASTA RUNWAY
THE SIGNIFICANCE of Rastafarianism to fashion and a 'Jamaican identity' internationally is undeniable. The worldwide infiltration began with Bob Marley in the 1970s when reggae became immensely popular overseas, beginning with the...
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Gospel music penetrates mainstream
Discovering creative folk forms
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Moments of meditation
MARJORIE KEITH, a 52-year-old artist, has mounted a solo exhibition at Revolution Gallery, 52 Lady Musgrave Road. This, Keith believes, was divinely inspired in the same way as her collection of ceramic works.
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A valuable book of records
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Remembering BARBARA
IT BEGAN and ended with photographs. Four days before she died in May of this year, Barbara Moo-Young checked herself out of Andrews Memorial hospital where she had been admitted with pneumonia, to attend her husband's photographic exhibition...
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A celebrated teacher Gloria Brissett
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Shearer's message in death
FORMER JAMAICAN Prime Minister Hugh Shearer did not possess Edward Seaga's commanding intellect or comprehensive vision, nor Michael Manley's ideological passion, intellectual force or profound understanding of the way forward for the working class.
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The political times of Hugh Shearer
Kenneth Rattray report revealed
Time longer than rope
Michael Hylton, Jamaica's Lawyer
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'Canada Day' kicks off July
JULY IS traditionally one very busy month on the social calendar here, and how! To begin with, the month starts with the July First Canadian National Day Celebrations. Then there is also the American Fourth of July Independence Day Celebrations.
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Oh Canada!
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