Strike on at Alpart - Union rejects 20% wage increase
NATIONAL WORKERS Union (NWU) members employed by Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart) took strike action yesterday, as they pushed for an adjustment to their wage package.

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People's National Party delegate nominations trickle in
Anti-crime community initiative to be launched
Schools in limbo - Hurricane-ravaged buildings yet to be repaired
More houses coming for civil servants
400 days and counting
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Gospel Chapel Prep: moulding young minds
THEY HAVE not been around for long, but already St. Mary's Gospel Chapel Prep is making an impact on the spelling bee. The first question is: Where is it? Annotto Bay we found out, across the road from the famous Travel Halt Restaurant and Bar...

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Daniele McPherson, Portland - Little Daniele big speller
Rosanna Pike, St. Andrew - Sweet victory for Pike
Javier Brown, St. Mary - Man of many words
Tufton calls for Government to honour education promises
Students learn in living lab
Mixed views on NHT's increase in benefits
Who is the developer? - Bartlett wants answers
Political leadership Part II - The PM as CEO
Postal service security best ever - Acting head
Death row inmate gets second lease on life

MONDAY INTERVIEW: BRIAN JARDIM - Charting course to business success
DON'T BE fooled by his boyish good looks! At 43, Montego Bay businessman Brian Jardim has racked up an impressive track record in his chosen field. He could have stayed in the guaranteed protection of his father Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's...

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The Golden Triangle

Johnson's double sinks Harbour View
TWO GOALS by Jermaine Johnson led Tivoli Gardens to an exciting 2-1 win over Harbour View during their Wray and Nephew National Premier League (NPL) game at the Edward Seaga Stadium yesterday.

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Smith claims big victory
New-look Spring hold off Village
Chelsea blank Liverpool to extend gap
Waterhouse cut lead to five
Vernal's late goal maximises points for Boys' Town
Ford grabs equaliser for Rivoli
Youth focus for bridge
Dillon fires T&T to title
FROM THE BOUNDARY - One more embarrassing move by the WICB
Meadhaven overtake Santos

Rising nuclear threat
GLOBAL TENSIONS have risen palpably in the wake of Iran's decision to resume its nuclear programme. While maintaining that its research has peaceful aims, Tehran worries its foes. This anxiety has been compounded by the rhetorical aggression...

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Searching through my drawers
A new Governor-General
The red meat scare

LETTER OF THE DAY - Bangarang for air and ground war
THE EDITOR, Sir: AS THE four contenders for the presidency of the PNP heighten their campaigns, there seems to be a war that has been initiated by the general of Team Portia's army who has recently joined.

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Thank you Inland Revenue
Government's plans watered down
Blaming sin for crime

JAVAA honours Crown Prince
WITH GUITAR and steelpan, saxophone and, overwhelmingly, vocals, respects were paid in song to Dennis Brown on Friday night. Two days after his 49th birthday and going on to seven years after his death, an appreciable audience came...

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Marley remembered
Pavarotti set to sing in Sarajevo
'Stranger Calls' still tops box office
China says no to 'Memoirs'

Meet our new 'First Lady', Rheima Hall
WHEN HER husband is sworn in as Jamaica's fifth Governor-General on February 15, Jamaicans will have a new First Lady who is gracious, soft-spoken, extremely well educated, a proud mother and grandmother, and passionate about orphaned...

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TO DEBATE OR NOT TO DEBATE?
THE LAWS OF EVE - CHILDREN: the defenseless victims of sex crimes
SEX AND RELATIONSHIP - How do you know when to move on?
Do women make good leaders? Male subordinates speak:
WARDROBE ESSENTIALS FOR THE POWERFUL WOMAN

HAITI: Haiti polls tomorrow
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (REUTERS): Rife with fear of an explosion of violence, Haiti will vote on a new president tomorrow to replace its last elected leader, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, ousted two years ago in a bloody rebellion

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LEBANON: Muslim mayhem!
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