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GUNS AND BOOKS - Gangs take root in schools - Issues being addressed - Ministry 
WHILE MOST students take books, pens and geometry sets to school, some teenagers pack their guns with them. And although teachers and students are aware of it, they are afraid to report the perpetrators to the police because they are...
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 'School gangs not an issue out west'
JPS Ruthven office burns - Firefighter injured in blaze
People's National Party delegates proud to choose
Peter Phillips: Perhaps toughest job securing top PNP post
Karl Blythe: Confident and ready
Portia Simpson Miller: A popular choice
Omar Davies: The 'dark horse' gains ground
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News
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Schooling tomorrow's criminal kingpins? 
ULTRA VIOLENT and ubiquitous school gangs are the ugly underbelly of the public education system. Investigations by The Sunday Gleaner have revealed that gun-toting, knife-wielding and ganja-smoking teens are running well-organised crime...
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GUNS AND BOOKS - Kingfish disrupting and dismantling gangs
If walls could talk
Bruce vs who?
From quiet resort to commercial hub
Damage estimated at US$2.5-$5 billion
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Business
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Financing for companies - Exploiting the capital market 
"HIGH INTEREST rates have killed the entrepreneurial and business expansion potential of Jamaica," chairman of the National Commercial Bank, Michael Lee Chin passionately asserts.
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Pan-Jam eyes new real estate development
NCB Capital Markets tops stock exchange research competition
Start-up companies get equity
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Sport
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St George's hold Tivoli 
PREVIOUSLY UN-BEATEN Tivoli Gardens squandered a 2-0 lead at Winchester Park, St. George's College yesterday and had to be content with a point from a 2-2 draw as action continued in the ISSA Pepsi/JN Manning Cup.
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Vere Tech get 10-0 drubbing
Lambert calls on batsmen to step up
Explosive Peak wins $1m race
Shaky start by president Gordon
New-look H View face daunting challenge
Gleaner win thriller to keep crown
Wong strikes on and off the field
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Commentary
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That German 'Jamaica coalition'
OVER THE years, Jamaica and Germany have enjoyed very cordial relations and indeed we have been the beneficiary of several development projects funded by the German Federal Republic. We have also been fortunate to have assigned to us a series of...
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The 'new child' in Jamaican law - Confusion and challenges
A dereliction of public duty
Delayed reactions
Time for a Carib disaster fund
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Letters
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LETTER OF THE DAY - Health care realities: flashback to 1984
THE EDITOR, Sir: I READ with some interest a letter from a medical intern ('A young doctor's cry', Sunday, September 18) outlining the shock he/she experienced coming from a middle class background and being exposed to the realities of...
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The OUR and JPS
This Gov't is really lost
Unbearable noise nuisance
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Entertainment
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Three 'yard' STARS RISE 
THE JAMAICA popular music landscape is a unique space and is traditionally quite narrow in the genres in which local artistes can excel. While Jamaicans clearly have a taste for all kinds of music, it is hard for persons performing anything other...
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Gospel promoters pay earthly dues
Blocking the finish line
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Arts &Leisure
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GENE PEARSON ... - 'I carve a road' 
ENE HENDRICKS Pearson is a Jamaican artist living and working in Kingston. His work, 'Tribute to Baugh', is currently on show at the National Gallery in the exhibition 'Clay and Fire: Ceramic Art in Jamaica'.
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To shoot or not to shoot?
We jamming
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Outlook
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Oliver Samuels Living Large 
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS into his career in film and stage comedian Oliver Samuels is as far removed from his rural origin as the canefields are from Hollywood.
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A retreat I will never forget
Running away from love - Why do some people lose interest when they hear the words 'I Love you'?
RELAXATION The answer to menopause
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In Focus
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Preparing for the next Pandemic 
ATTENTION TO matters like natural disasters and infectious diseases are usually left to specialists in arcane fields, or to wild-eyed Jeremiahs or religious fanatics whose adrenaline goes up with every titillating discussion about the end of the world...
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THE PNP TRANSITION: Patterson's game plan for unity
Tertiary education, frustration and migration
Citizen minus
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Social
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Seafood galore is in store 
I'M REALLY glad I'm not seafood because on October 16, more than likely I would end up on somebody's plate. The fifth Port Royal Seafood Festival was launched last Wednesday at the luxurious Morgan's Harbour Hotel. On arrival, the pirate theme was well.
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Jamaican Jerk Festival, a triumph of cultures
A world of fashion
Bye-bye, Martin
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