'No GSAT hitch' Education Ministry says smooth sailing - Some students ecstatic about their placement
Screams of joy were heard across the island yesterday as some 51,000 children who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in March received their results.Charlene Ashley, director of communications...

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Give me Paul! Portia boosts newcomer
Reducing murders - JLP proposes a formula
Co-accused in St James murder trial offered bail
Preacher's wife gets three-year sentence for shooting husband
Trelawny to remember inspiring footballer

MoBay sting nets M-16 - Woman, wanted men among 19 held
WESTERN BUREAU: A massive joint police and military predawn raid in sections of Hendon and Glendevon, Montego Bay, yesterday, netted 19 people and saw the seizure of an M-16 rifle and bullet-proof vests.Police have not released any of the names of the...

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JMA executive director dies
Waive hospital fees for aged too - MAJ
Across the nation
Changing attitudes to the past

US passport restriction eased
WESTERN BUREAU: Faced with a 'soft' summer, the island's tourism stakeholders are in high spirits since learning that the United States Department of State and Homeland Security has been forced to allow temporary...

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Row over 'St Bess' market

Embarrassing WI
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters): THE WEST Indies suffered an embarrassing batting collapse to end their first innings on 229 and give England control of the third Test on the second day at Old Trafford yesterday.The tourists were making steady progress in...

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Henin out to ace the healing process
Manchester, Melbourne to clash in feature
El Salvador down T&T in opener
Elim maintain impressive streak
Watch out for The Bomber in St Leger
Connie banks on young squad
Jamalco still queens of the court
Bryan to miss Sunshine Girlz's tour
Solmon ready to make her mark
Panesar's aggression topples Windies
Blaster set to fire
Cycling heading for an almighty crash
Hot Spurs stomp on Cavaliers
Holland Police poised to clinch 'St Bess' crown
Grand Lido are 'Super' champions
Island Games to benefit Olympians, GC Foster College
Dream match-up in Paris

The chimera of democracy
We do not presume to know the intricacies of the decision making in the People's National Party or the organisations that offer themselves for state power in Jamaica, but we do have a deep interest in the kinds...

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Working on Labour Day

LETTER OF THE DAY - Dancehall music inciting violence
The Editor, Sir: At times, it is very hard to tell whether or not we are truly interested in curing our society's ills.

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It's a big mistake
It was not a beauty pageant!
Am I dreaming?
A waste of time

Two ABC ('OLTL' and 'AMC') soap stars off the market
Congratulations to two daytime actors who have made it official. Kamar de los Reyes wed former One Life to Live co-star Sherri Saum on May 19. The actor plays Antonio on OLTL, and Saum was Keri Reynolds on the soap from 2001 to 2003.

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Soap scene
'General Hospital' - Young doctors take their practice to the 'night shift'
'The Fever' burns indignantly over life's many injustices
'Ocean's Thirteen' plays same old hand with so-so results

... life - Depressed teen
Dear Counsellor: My son is 16 years old. He has been telling me that he feels depressed, but he's not sure what the cause is. His schoolwork has started to decline and I don't know what to do.

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Tribute to a native Sonn

Bolivia's Morales visits mentor Castro
HAVANA (Reuters): Bolivian President Evo Morales visited convalescing Fidel Castro on Thursday and said the Cuban leader looked like he had recovered well from a health crisis that sidelined him from power.In a quick one-day trip to Havana, Morales met...

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Manning: I knoweth not the man!