Job thrust for youth - Gov't to launch $2b apprenticeship programme
IN AN attempt to address high unemployment among the youth population, Government yesterday announced a $2 billion apprenticeship programme targeting about 20,000 participants per year.

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Call for tourism to replace sugar
Venezuelan crude oil deal - Patterson to sign MoU with gov't today
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Violence in Ja is preventable
Delinquent patients eating away at hospital budget
UK Privy Council clears Justice Cooke
Man shot dead on way to visit mom

Recruitment on for Children's Advocate
RECRUITMENT OF Jamaica's first Children's Advocate, who will have responsibilities for protecting and enforcing the rights of children, began last week.

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Debt restructuring to stamp out poverty - Senator Franklyn
Corporate support for Million Woman March
Chinese team to assess J'can railway
Toddler dies in Negril fire

Clarendon Express gets ready to roll
PASSENGER COACHES from the Jamaica Railway Corporation are now being being renovated to be used on the Clarendon Express, and the new attraction is expected to become operational later this year.

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CEOs at risk
IMF says Ja is on target
Still liable by law after 130 years
Carreras to make big dividend payout
More censorship on the Internet
FSC pleased with stock exchange monitoring - ... Says George Roper, senior director of securities
1990 déjà vu? - Oil experts say situation different

Sri Lankan tour remains in doubt
THE WEST Indies' tour of Sri Lanka continues to be in doubt as neither party involved, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) nor the West Indies Players' Association (WIPA) is willing to budge.

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Reggae Boyz gearing up for Gold Cup
Sherika among the stars

Recklessness on the roads
MONDAY'S BLOODY road crash claiming four lives on the Winston Jones Highway in Manchester has pushed the toll of deaths to 153 from 137 fatal accidents since the start of the year.

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Ten years of struggle
Crunch time for sugar
Iranian surprise

LETTER OF THE DAY - Drainage problems plague St Thomas
THE EDITOR, Sir: CAN THE residents of St Thomas rely on local government for sound advice when making the decision to buy into subdivisions? This is the question being asked by woe-begotten participants of Wyatt housing scheme in St. Thomas.

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What's wrong with Jamaica?
'Irie must prevail'

WAR OF THE WORLDS - Two tentacles up!
WAR OF The Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg is the latest take on H.G. Wells' classic science fiction tale. Once again the story has been moved to the United States, where it follows Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise) and his family...

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Mona High rocks pop dancing category

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
VIOLENCE IS described by the 'World Report on Violence and Health' as a global public health concern. The report refers to different types of violence: youth violence, violence by intimate partners, abuse of the elderly...

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