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Work wanted - Few vacancies for large, unskilled labour force
UNEMPLOYMENT, CONSIDERED by sociologists to be an offshoot of crime, is high on Jamaicans' list of national concerns, according to a recently-conducted poll by Don Anderson's Market Research Services Limited.
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PSOJ bats for new jobs
BITU to back Bruce?
CSME - Preparing to work in the region
Agriculture resurges
Increased employment prospects
Working onstage: Employment in entertainment
Apologies about photographs
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Unemployment a major problem
THE 2003 Labour Force Survey published by The Statistical Institute of Jamaica says that the unemployment rate is 12.8 per cent.
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Work - still an elusive dream
A living treasure
Jobs aplenty in tourism
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Cable vs DSS
BY CABLE television or Direct Satellite System (DSS/Direct TV) installation, many Jamaicans are able to access vast amounts of foreign programming.
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Ja Pegasus stands firm
Unable to fund your business?
JHTA announces reforestation initiative
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Girlz clinch crown
THE SCRIPT has once again played itself out. Yesterday, Jamaica's Sunshine Girlz, as expected, completed yet another successful Caribbean Netball Championship campaign with a 56-33 victory over Barbados in their final game in Trinidad...
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Another collapse foils Ja charge
Contrasting wins for Keeler, Coltrane
Edwards leads WI to victory
Johnson's inconsistency costs him place at Bolton
Commentary - England's focus already on Ashes
Horace Burrell to represent FIFA at Haitian peace game
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Editorial - At 42: tension of growth in the sun
THE ACCLAIMED Jamaican poet, H.D. Carberry, in one of his works calling us to face the challenge of nationhood, wrote: "My country grows/struggling towards the sun/Conscious of vast forces/Dimly understood /And unappreciated."
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Crime: Puzzling and frightening
Much ado about wind
The PNP's race for succession - Is the choice clear?
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Letter of the day - A well-researched, clearly written article
THE EDITOR, Sir: IAN BOYNE deserves congratulations for his well-researched and clearly written article, entitled 'Has the Church dropped the Emancipation Struggle?' The article provides a good critique of the declining influence of the church...
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Sweden's Hate Speech Law
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Box office battle - Webs, capes, claws and Superman
THOUGH IT has not been formally so named, there is a worldwide battle of the superheroes being waged. The ring of choice is a cinema or DVD near you.
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Extortion attempts force gospel promoter underground
Selectors 'turntables' on deejays
Social - Fun, frolic and French adieu
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Observing the nude
A review of 'Sensuously Nude' at Wonderland Fine Arts
'SENSUOUSLY NUDE' a collection of works by five well-known and fairly well-known artists is currently on view at Wonderland Fine Arts Gallery located on the Red Bones Blues Cafe property in New Kingston.
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The future in the present
'Take cultural heritage seriously'
Entries invited for 2004 National Biennial show
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Ryan Russell in search of tennis stardom
RICHARD AND Ryan Russell, father and son, have entered into a pact which, should it bear fruit, will see the career of the younger Russell reaching the heights of world class tennis which his talents has promised.
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Barbara Requa - Living her dream through dance
Jewellery, the body and sex
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Portia, Peter and the PNP
DON'T TAKE it for granted that the commanding 51.6 per cent national approval of Portia Simpson Miller as the successor to PNP President PJ Patterson, compared with her nearest rival's (Peter Phillips) 21.8 per cent, means that it's over...(Boyne)
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Paying for progress in Portmore
Doing the prison math - We need to imprison more offenders
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