11 cops axed - Supreme Court backs dismissal
The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of 11 members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force for alleged criminal activities.

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Six held in MoBay lottery scam sting
Spanish Town Hospital receives patient monitors
Mico defends university status
New court complex for Mandeville
School-based mentoring programme launched

Couple murdered in Torrington Park
A common-law couple was murdered at their home in Torrington Park yesterday morning by gunmen who also attempted to torch the Trench Town Police Station, in western Kingston.

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Across the nation
CIB civilian employees on corruption rap - Two men accused of selling criminal records
Fear of violence hinders PATH
'Dangerous' bridges
Church hopes to score at World Cup

CARICOM visa regime stumped by lawsuit?
The Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) attempts to initiate a single visa for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007, allowing free movement for cricket fans between the host countries, could be stalled by a legal...

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New Carib workforce certificate by this June

ICC to probe Samuels
NEW DELHI, India (CMC): Cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, has dispatched a team to Nagpur to investigate allegations of West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels' involvement with a bookie.

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It's do or die for Jamaica
Lara gives 'full support' to Marlon
Sizzling displays expected at Milo Western Relays
Ride on Skyway Express
Greene vows to beat Asafa
Sharing the limelight with much satisfaction
Knight tops Guardian Life girls' tennis champs

Age of consent is not the problem
There we go a again, eschewing rigour and logic in search for the easy way out. So, now it is the turn of Major Richard Reese, the former Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) officer, who heads the prison services, to advocate that the age at which...

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Thelma Manley - a classic lady

LETTER OF THE DAY - 'Traumatised' children are strong
The Editor, Sir. No one should be surprised at the exposure of inner-city youths to violence. What should surprise us, as it has the learned Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown, is that only a small percentage of these youths display...

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The opposite of life is death
Justice has gone awry
Kgn not ready for residents
Beating of children

Mary J Blige rules music's big night with 8 Grammy bids
Mary J. Blige could be without the most Grammy nominations of any artiste this year, but it might not be as gratifying for her. Already an owner of three of the awards, the R&B star has eight more bids, mainly related to her chart-topping...

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Soap scene
Catching up with: 'Party of Five's' Ever Carradine
The Bold and the Beautiful takes it down under
Jim Broadbent slips into the skin of 'Longford'
Upcoming movies

... life - Struggling to cope with cancer
Dear Counsellor: I am 42 years old and have just been diagnosed with cancer. I am bewildered, frightened, fearful and anxious. I don't know whom to turn to or what to do.

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... relationships - I want to settle down
Forgetful generation

Police, Muslim worshippers clash
JERUSALEM (AP): Anger over Israeli construction near a disputed Jerusalem holy site erupted into violence yesterday as Israeli police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of rioting Muslim worshippers on the grounds...

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Television report leads pastor to suicide
Grandfather pries grandson from anaconda's death grip

Lockerbie disappointed ... Not pleased with the progress of the Queen's Park Oval
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): DON LOCKERBIE, Cricket World Cup's (CWC) venue development director, has expressed disappointment at the progress of construction at the Queen's Park Oval.

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S Africa sending security experts
Antigua and Barbudan gov't to laud cricketers