23-y-o trader charged with murder
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23-y-o trader charged with murder
December 17 04:05 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A 23-year-old man has been charged with murder after the stabbing death of a 35-year-old man in Penn Avenue, Kingston 11 on Decemb...
Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
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Man found not guilty of firearm charges in Supreme Court
December 17 03:51 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A man accused of trying to dispose of a gun while trying to evade the security forces has been freed after the presiding judge fou...
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Gas prices down $3.06, Diesel down $3.06
December 17 03:50 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Motorists should see a decrease at the pumps in the price of gasoline effective Thursday, December 18, according to the latest ex-re...

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NOW that Prime Minister Patrick Manning has called a snap general election, even before the middle of his People's National Movement's five-year term,...
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Ronald Sanders 
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US President Barack Obama is showing that he is worthy of the Nobel Prize for Peace that he received late last year amid criticism that he had done no...
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Nostalgia: memories of a softer lifestyle
James Moss-Solomon 
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I am writing this from Canada, where making an adjustment in lifestyle is not an easy task. No-smoking zones are respected and people speak quietly no...
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US-Russia nuclear treaty focuses on the past threats
BY ROBERT BURNS AP National Security writer 
April 10, 2010
The new US-Russian atomic weapons treaty, hailed by both sides as a historic step in arms control, focuses on relics of the past and not the suitcase ...
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PNP revving its engine, but going nowhere
MARK WIGNALL 
April 10, 2010
If we should assume that the widespread perception of poor performance by the present administration is a bitter pill that we will have to swallow for...
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That 800-pound gorilla in the room, again
CLAUDE ROBINSON 
April 10, 2010
JUST when we thought the case of lawyers not knowing who their clients are couldn't get any 'curious-er', Information Minister Daryl Vaz and attorney-...
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Dr Baugh’s lamentation
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Making the right decision almost a half-century later
KEEBLE McFARLANE 
April 9, 2010
After more than 40 years of existence, a national icon is about to move from the world of the active to the realm of memories. The Lovebird, pride of ...
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MARCIA FORBES 
April 9, 2010
Advertisers buy "eyes and ears" yet, if the all-island media surveys by MRSL are to be believed, some advertisers may be having a hard time as audienc...
Flying first-class into the storm
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Flying first-class into the storm
Barbara Gloudon 
April 8, 2010
BUJU...BOUNTY...BEENIE...Iconic figures in our contemporary music kingdom... and they all have their problems. Buju, starving in a Florida jail...Boun...
God created Google. Give us a revolution in education!
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God created Google. Give us a revolution in education!
Franklin Johnston 
April 8, 2010
EDWIN Allen was a great innovator and 50 years ago the defining issue was access to secondary education. Our name-brand high schools were excellent bu...
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Can we hear the rain?
Celta Kirkland 
April 8, 2010
1 KINGS 18:41-42,43a-44a: "Then Elijah said to Ahab, go enjoy a good meal, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming. So Ahab prepared a feast, but Elijah ...
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The Germanification of Israel
PATRICK WILMOT 
April 7, 2010
The State of Israel was ostensibly established to save the Jewish people from centuries of European anti-Semitism, which culminated in the holocaust a...
Will the PNP be ready?
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Will the PNP be ready?
Michael Burke 
April 7, 2010
So we all brace for more bad news as the budget is read today by finance minister Audley Shaw. When it was announced last year that Jamaica would retu...
Who are the sober politicians?
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Who are the sober politicians?
MARK WIGNALL 
April 7, 2010
PNP MP Roger Clarke is one among that rare breed of politicians who have never attracted acrimonious criticism from either the media or his colleagues...
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The love of ‘more’
Celta Kirkland 
April 6, 2010
Reflections in Prayer HEBREWS 13:5: "Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have because God has said, never will I ...
‘Shame and scandal in the family’
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‘Shame and scandal in the family’
Anthony GOMES 
April 6, 2010
The famous calypso Shame and Scandal in the Family aptly describes the shocking revelations in Ireland about child abuse by Catholic priests over many...
Extradition sidebars
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Extradition sidebars
Henley Morgan 
April 6, 2010
As every great leader knows, how he fights the war determines how he wins and keeps the peace. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy understood this well....
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April 5, 2010
"I am your private dancer, a dancer for money I'll do what you want me to do Just a private dancer, a dancer for money And any old music will do" -- L...
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The cross or the crown?
With Betty Ann Blaine 
April 5, 2010
HEART TO HEART Dear Reader, Those of us who are Christians - meaning disciples of Jesus Christ - understand how important Easter is as a time for extr...
Justice Minister correct in Coke’s extradition case
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Justice Minister correct in Coke’s extradition case
KEN CHAPLIN 
April 5, 2010
Investigations carried out by this writer have established beyond all reasonable doubt that while the Jamaican Supreme Court judge authorised the inte...
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Love meets discipline at St John Bosco
Jean Lowrie-Chin 
April 4, 2010
The bed sheets were taut and tidy at the St John Bosco Boys' Home in Hatfield, Manchester. On each pillow was a clean comb, placed at the same angle. ...

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