Labour rip-off - Haitians paid $350 a day on Jamaican building sites
PORTLAND POLICE are investigating reports that fugitive Haitians are being used as cheap sources of labour on construction sites in the parish. Last week, the police said they received reports from residents claiming that Haitians were working...

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Trouble in PNP camp as caretaker Shaw quits
Superboy Yohan Blake eyes 10 secs flat
CWC drums up support - Organisers scrap banon musical instruments
Teen badly in need of heart surgery
Fury over Jamaican Government's failure to pull faulty fire trucks
UWI Guild under probe - Independent team to investigate irregularities
Slain Jamaican-born US - soldier hailed as hero
Barbados cops threaten World Cup boycott -ICC faces lawsuit over searches

MP apologises for Coral Gardens atrocities - Lobbying for reparation, legalisation of ganja as a sacrament
Western Bureau: Parliamentarian Mike Henry has issued a personal apology to the Rastafarian community for the alleged atrocities meted out to Rastas in the infamous 1963 Coral Gardens uprising, and has offered to join in the lobby for an official apology from Government.

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Attorney calling for a regional Supreme Court in western Jamaica
... RMs want to extend retirement age
Timeout in Parliament
Over $1 billion spent annually by NHF
Reading resource centre opens at Fellowship Primary & Junior High
Government to submit report on JPS deaths at Old Harbour plant
Children's hospital gets $25,000 for CAT scan machine

$200m from Budget for HWT transport hub
A total of $200 million has been granted to the Ministry of Housing, Transport, Water and Works for the construction of the Half-Way Tree Transport Centre. The allocation, which is contained in the 2007/2008 Estimates of Expenditure, is to meet expenses...

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WTO chief Lamy to lobby Carib gov'ts on trade talks

Blake now eyes World junior record
YOHAN BLAKE, the new national sprint sensation, is looking to break the World Junior Record over 100 metres at the Pan-American Games in Brazil later this year. Blake erased Raymond Stewart's 23-year-old national junior record ...

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Medal count at 36
Nangle, Hamilton win gold for Jamaica
West Indies looking to capitalise on South Africa slip-up
Aussies shake off England challenge
Arsenal bid to avoid fourth straight defeat
Granville win title
Commanding Light, Dancing Sam set for Sprint battle
Johnson tames Tiger for title

EDITORIAL - How to set MP salaries
MIKE HENRY, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Central Clarendon, wants more pay for his parliamentary service, which he may well deserve. Our concern, however, is not that Mr. Henry, who is a member of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party...

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Sister Cabrini, St Richard's
Election Watch
What can Bruce do?

LETTER OF THE DAY - Alarming revenue shortfalls from Cricket World Cup
THE EDITOR, Sir: FINANCE MINISTER Omar Davies' inability to answer questions (in the House Finance Committee) relating to the income generated by Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 shows that he has forgone the first rule of contract...

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Disappointed inyou, Rev Dick
Use employment to fight crime
Why beat usup, Dawn Ritch?

Beach J'ouvert - wet&wild!
It was frenzy on James Bond Beach, St. Mary last Saturday as Beach J'ouvert 'Once Upon an Island' reached feverish pitches for many patrons. When The Gleaner team reached the beach about 4:00 p.m., there was already a large crowd dancing and drinking up a storm.

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British Link-Up: the Rebirth - Fashion struts on the carpet and concrete
'Blades of Glory' victorious at the box office

Rashelle's essence for Trump
Donald Trump's New York model agency Trump Model Management is the new home of Saint International model Raschelle Osbourne. Raschelle was the lead fashion story in last month's Essence magazine. Raschelle's ravishing eight-page spread was styled by the fashion director ...

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Marie Clarke Walker - Woman with a cause
How does the law protect the pregnant domestic worker?
Adultery law sexist
Thai prisoner wins world title
What were they thinking?
Lead in lipstick?
HEATHER LAINE FOR ALLOCCASIONS
The home gym alternative - Bending the back
Sexual intercourse and sports: good or bad?

OAS assures support for electoral system
WASHINGTON (CMC): The Organisation of American States (OAS) says it will continue to support "important projects" in Haiti, including efforts to strengthen democratic rule on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The pledge was made by OAS Assistant Secretary...

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New Dominican DPP to take up position
Blair's wife will appear for murder case hearing

Firestorm as freed sailors sell stories
LONDON (Reuters): Britain's Defence Ministry came under fire yesterday for allowing 15 sailors and marines held by Iran for 13 days to sell their stories to the media. The ministry said it had waived rules barring serving military personnel from selling their stories...

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Bishops warn of anti-Mugabe mass revolt
British brides going 'green'