Teacher strike on - Despite Minister's last-minute appeal
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THE EDITOR, Sir: AS I read the article on the front page of The Gleaner, dated Saturday, February 8, 2003, with the headline, "NO SCHOOL MONDAY, Teachers to strike for more pay", I could not help laughing. Before readers chide me for not viewing this...

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