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'They are liars!' - Pickersgill denies claim that Portmore protesters were threatened 
ROBERT PICKERSGILL, minister of transport and works, flatly denied allegations that government employees on the executive body of the Portmore Joint Citizens' Association were threatened that they could lose their jobs if they went ahead with protest...
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Reforming eduication - Don't relent on quality
Reinforced refuge - Jamaica seeks to strengthen witness protection programme
Blame the church!
Control your own destiny, PAJ tells media workers
I have the qualities of a good leader - Portia
When Burke's shockwaves rocked the Arena
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Was Portia on Paul's mind? 
MY SOURCES within the People's National Party (PNP) have confirmed what I have been suspecting since last week: Paul Burke, the former chairman of the party's Region Three, has given up on his ambition to succeed P.J. Patterson...
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Suicide bomb - PNP vice-presidential race: Opportunism and treachery
ALL HER SONS - One woman's struggle to raise boys in Tawes Pen
Trade treaties hit J'can women hard- study
PM supports St Mary victims
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Stockholdings in companies: How much stake do senior managers have?
A SURVEY of 12 companies listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) by Sunday Business reveals that most of their senior managers have negligible interests in their companies vis-a-vis stockholdings.
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Jamaicans crave investment tips
Sterling year for investors
JSE extends trading hours
I need a financial overhaul (Part II)
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Under-20 Boyz knocked out of contention
JAMAICA'S FOOTBALL suffered another major blow on Friday night when the Under-20s, upon whose shoulders the ailing national programme rested, failed to qualify for July's World Youth Championships in the Netherlands.
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Jackie Bell KO extravaganza at the Stadium
High Mtn events race off today
Jamaica on brink of another victory
Bucknor, Dar receive death threats
Injury scare for Simpson
Flying Tiger races to new 1000m record
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Editorial - A waste of time
THE GREAT federal debate of September 1961 was a historic passage to Jamaican independence less than a year later in 1962. The argument for and against a West Indian nation led to the decisive referendum in which the people voted 'no'.
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The Privy Council and the CCJ - Beware political confusion
Hopeful signs for Jamaica
Black History: bleak future?
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Letter of the day - Read the fine print
THE EDITOR, Sir: THERE IS a massive disillusion in my immediate community, and, indeed, the wider Jamaica community regarding the inadequate settlement of claims to damaged houses following the ravages of the recent hurricane.
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Thank you, Mayor McKenzie
Partial version of truth
Good RGD gesture
JLP at it again
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From 'Glory' to 'Ray' 
THE SEGMENT of drive-in thoroughfare linking Glory to Ray is an interesting one. It is dotted by signs which inform the observant traveller that change is at least a few miles down the road.
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'Toots' a pioneer
Melodic love by Flack
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Ooooh, how tweet! 
WHEN THE first child is born into a family, the event often sparks off the beginning of one's serious interest in photography. The parents usually purchase a good camera in the hope of taking better pictures of their kids...
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'Penny penny cyaan buy me shoes'
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Ronald and Evan Blair celebrating 40 years of bliss 
THERE ARE many situations from which Ronald Blair has tried to escape in his life, but none of those have included marriage.
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Cover story - Do Christian men make good husbands?
Christian males speak
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Getting tough on crime 
OUR FAILURE to master some elementary rules of reasoning and argumentation shows up most painfully in the current discussions on tackling crime. People seem trapped in the either-or thinking which stultifies their thought process, with the result being...
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Death in the dancehall
Leadership and the parliamentary tradition
Is writing undervalued and neglected in schools?
ABORTION: The mother of women's issues
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Oakton Park Entertainment Complex: An oasis in the heart of Kingston 
THERE'S NEW life in the old city. Just drop into Half-Way Tree. Wend your way to the immediate left of the area where the JUTC buses park and enter the Oakton Park Entertainment Complex, which held a soft opening last Saturday...
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More kudos for Kingsley
Seaga is 'a jolly good fellow'
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