Lead Stories
'Insularity rife in WI cricket'

WEST INDIES cricket is riddled with insularity, Pat Rousseau said yesterday, five days after stepping down as president of the West Indies Cricket Board. Rousseau and vice-president Clarvis Joseph resigned their posts on Saturday after the board...

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Murder, suicide by acid and fire
Banana exports to EU threatened
UWI steps up science-based programmes enrolment
Optimist Club of Old Harbour honours JTA president
Focus on the environment - Our island paradise

News
43 killed in 10 days
FORTY-THREE PEOPLE have been killed violently across Jamaica over the past 10 days ­ 32 of them last week (between May 28-June 3). According to police records, 11 persons have been killed so far this week. This trend is a continuation of last...

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Partner operator from Black River murdered
Teachers ­ the backbone of education system
Missing girl's mother offers reward
Clarendon prepares for hurricanes

Business
InfoChannel acquires World Telenet International

ONE OF Jamaica's leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs), InfoChannel, said it has acquired World Telenet International, another ISP in the island, for an undisclosed sum. Chairman and chief executive officer of InfoChannel, Patrick Terrelonge, said...

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LRS auction oversubscribed
Revenue figures for April up

Sport
WICB elections on hold - Top bosses to be elected on July 21
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CANA: A new president and a new vice-president for the embattled West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will be elected on Saturday, July 21 at a venue to be announced.

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Whitmore's agent clears the air
Easy task for Reggae Boyz
The night belonged to Ingram, Johnson
Slippery Doctor On Call

Commentary
Tradition in the House
THE BUSH JACKET phase of Parliament has faded as one of the contentious mementos of the Michael Manley era. Dubbed the Kareeba, the new-look dress suit was fashioned by the new administration in the 1970s with the rallying cry: "Jacket and tie must go."

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Diseases as enviro indicators
Election Day in Britain
A brief history of Jamaica

Letters
Letter of the Day - Leadership, vision needed to curb teacher migration
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM challenged by the impact the loss of so many experienced and qualified teachers will have on the education system. I imagine schools will hire or promote teachers to positions vacated by those leaving to take up positions...

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JTB, Air J and advertising
Mr Whiteman, we cannot cope!
Way to peace
Rules of order
A biased perspective on human rights

Entertainment
Krazy Boyz dance in JCDC Festival finals
THE AWARD-WINNING Krazy Boyz Dance Group of Ocho Rios, St. Ann, has earned a spot in the national finals of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) Festival of the Performing Arts, after a captivating performance at the recent Northern...

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Music-reading readiness

Cornwall Edition
Female Custos of Hanover

WESTERN BUREAU: MRS. MAVIS Whitter-King, OD, recently created history, becoming the first female to hold the office of Custos Rotulorum for Hanover.

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'Supper of Rastafari' for MoBay
The church on the hill
Call for Fire Unit in South Trelawny
Is escaped convict on Gov't project?

What's Cooking
I do! The sweet taste of weddings

Baked with love, elaborately glazed with sugar, wedding cakes are delicate, intricate pieces of architecture that may take days or even weeks to create. Over the years, wedding cakes have taken on a new look, the days when couples...

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I do... History of the wedding cake
How to decorate and assemble a wedding cake

Star Page
Soap opera... Jamaican style

IN a country where films are expensive to produce, one cable company and two script-writers have undertaken a bold move to put on a locally-produced soap opera to be aired on that company's network. Soap operas can be expensive to produce even...

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Disaster Preparedness
Jamaica's disaster relief policy
DISASTER RELIEF is an activity aimed at assisting persons who have suffered in disasters. Disasters are many and varied, categorised in two types ­ Natural and man-made, causing serious dislocation and suffering and making it obligatory...

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Emergency management in the 21st century
Disaster Management in schools