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Deportee DEBATE - Security Ministry dismisses Headley's conclusions
LOCAL AUTHORITIES are more convinced that deportees play a significant role in Jamaica's high crime and murder rate based on the findings of a recently released report from University of the West Indies professor, Bernard Headley.
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Police not doing enough - Headley
US study finds strong deportee-crime links
'We got no help!' Haitians hostile about asylum rejection
Kerry fought hard
Focus group gives slight edge to challenger
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Murder rate moves toward record high
THE COUNTRY'S murder rate inched closer to the record 1,139 of 2001, following Friday night's murder of seven men in Spanish Town and Portmore in St. Catherine, Glendevon and Norwood in St. James and St Andrew. More than 1,030 persons have been...
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Seven murders in one night
Security Ministry to monitor new refugees
Each case must be on individual merit
Loopholes in the law?
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Starting a new business? - Here's what you need to know
ESTABLISHING ONE'S own business is the goal of many individuals. The motivating factors range from the expected financial benefits to a desire for the independence and control inherent in being an entrepreneur.
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How does Gassan Azan spend his weekends?
NCB's performance after AIC control (Part III)
Orane joins the PSOJ Hall of Fame
Consular Corps opens trade expo
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NPL kicks off today
THE ANXIOUS wait for action by local football fans will end today with an almost full slate of matches kicking off the 2004-2005 Wray and Nephew National Premier League.
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Village to honour Powell
'Fabulous' wins feature
Getting Bolt back on track
Clarendon edge former leaders Lennon
Logie's parting shot on target
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The Haitian situation
THE PLIGHT of Haitian refugees in Jamaica is posing a challenge to the national sense of hospitality particularly to those in distress. That kind of challenge evoked a positive response earlier this year when a stream of Haitian boat people began...
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Danger in redefining roles of JDF
Adding more layers of bureaucracy
Anti-gay stink
Re-thinking our understanding of prayer
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LETTER OF THE DAY - We need to know our Creator
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS the first time that I write to the Editor, and it is in response to the 'Letter of the Day' carried in The Sunday Gleaner of September 26, 2004 entitled 'Hurricane not a natural 'disaster''.
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Let us give thanks
Time to renew our faith
Miss Jamaica, wrong decision
Think before you leap
Wake up, open your eyes
'Ivan's' message to Jamaica
Hats off to Ian Boyne
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Miss Jamaica 2004 - TONOYA Composed, organised, and caring
"I WAS telling them that 'I found the key to answering the questions'," said Tonoya Toyloy, "and they said 'What was it?' And I said well, if somebody asks you a question you answer it. Everybody started to laugh, and they said 'That's...
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Miss Lou's work weathers the storms
Hard road for dub poetry in gospel
Overseas journalists tour resorts
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Fragmented THOUGHTS
AN AURA of futility permeates the works. The heaviness is encouraged by the empty, nondescript spaces in the pictures that are coated somewhat feverishly with sand, dirt and earthy red and brown hues. A subtle sensation, it is not detectable.
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Olympic showtime
Jennifer Gibbs - Captivated by spirals
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Mary-Ann Girvan making dreams come true
"MASSAGE IS a gift. I believe in gifts and that you should use the gifts which are given to you." So says Mary-Ann Girvan who in 2000 walked away from the position of marketing executive with Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) to become...
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Boredom made me do it
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BOOMERANG - Dancehall's chickens come home to roost
THE HOMOSEXUAL community in Britain and America has scored major victories against some of the violence-promoting Jamaican deejays and as a consistent critic of negative dancehall, I am happy that some group has had the clout and courage...
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Caribbean stake in US elections
Tertiary education - the debate continues
Blown back to basics
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