Roadblock rage - Protests against hikes, decaying infrastructure
POCKETS OF unrest exploded across the island yesterday as angry mobs in four parishes blocked roads to protest a raft of problems including damaged roads, poor drainage and sewerage facilities,harsh economic conditions,and a controversial police shooting.
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US$26b hurricane damage
JTA wants school security policy
CSEC WHIZ-KIDS - Perfect model of dedication, study
CSEC WHIZ-KIDS - High achiever racks up seven distinctions
Work stoppage hits Alpart
Light bill hike to top MoU talks
New JPS meter-testing regime by Oct
Regional states urged to set equal standards
REPRESENTATIVES FROM several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states are now in the island for a three-day gathering aimed at improving the region's trade competitiveness by developing and improving product and process standards.
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Stories St. James: Lincoln Keith Davies James - Surpassing family's expectations
Hanover: David Henry Gardner - An agenda for community development
St. Elizabeth: Wilfred Nembhard - Maturing through 'tough' challenging experiences
Westmoreland: Cosmond Keith Jackson - Hardworking and persistent
Trelawny: Beryl McLean - Building the community from humble beginnings
50,000 virgins vie to be king's 13th wife in AIDS-hit Swaziland
Wall Street rebounds as Katrina fears ease
NEW YORK AP: UNITED STATES stocks rallied yesterday after Hurricane Katrina weakened, easing concerns about refinery outages along the Gulf of Mexico and pulling oil prices back from record highs.
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Stories Puebla meeting a missed oppor tunity for FTAA
Smith to take final lunge at Lebedeva
WORLD TRIPLE jump champion Tricia Smith is top of the list of six Jamaicans, who have already been confirmed for Sunday's big Golden League, the penultimate in the series of six events, the ISTAF in Berlin, Germany.
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Stories Grant captures hurdles gold medal
Walcott, Jacobs inducted to Sticky Wicket
FROM THE BOUNDARY - England on top but don't write off Australia
Pick-9 heading for $3m
Oliphant spurs Tivoli in classic
Big turnout at youth camp
Restoring causeway mangroves
AMIDST THE brouhaha surrounding the Portmore leg of Highway 2000 and its toll charge, several thousand mangrove seedlings are quietly growing. The contractors for the construction of the highway, Bouygues Travaux Publics (BTP), with the blessings...
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Stories A prelude to sin?
Finding a middle way
NHT funds - dangerous example
LETTER OF THE DAY - Paradise regained after pothole mishap
THE EDITOR, Sir: ON SATURDAY, August 20,I was travelling from Ocho Rios to St. Elizabeth in the evening with my young daughter and cousin. About six miles from Brown's Town, my car fell into a pothole and the tyre punctured.
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Value our educators
Show some goodwill, JPS
Pan Chicken jam sizzles
THE PAN chicken men from St. Thomas, St. Mary, St. Catherine, Portland and Kingston & St. Andrew, converged on the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Sunday, August 28, for the second staging of the CB Pan Chicken Festival.
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Stories 'Vision Sounds' label launched
Green Day rocks MTV Video Music Awards
SAJ scholarships for future leaders
THE SHIPPING Association of Jamaica (SAJ) recently awarded six scholarships to the children of SAJ staffers who have been successful in the GSAT exams. The awards are presented annually.
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