PNP stays on course - Battle on for middle-age voters, JLP attracting more youth, PNP solid among elderly
With general election set for August 27, the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have maintained their relative standings in public opinion during the past four weeks.

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Drax Hall Estate sold
Cash Plus secures monster deal for 800-acre property
Thwaites’ ban for unity of the church – Archbishop
1993 Jamaica welcomes Pope John Paul II
Beach vendors face eviction
‘Ochi’ mayor at odds with council
Jamaicato host archaeologists’ conference

Assistance project benefits Jamaican migrants in Britain
It is rarely a happy ending for deportees. Blacklisted by immigration officials and stigmatised, returnees face innumerable difficulties trying to recoup and reintegrate into society. Finding shelter, a job and a dignified lifestyle for many is an ambitious and daunting task.

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Dignified homecoming – IOM helps ‘irregular’ migrant
McGill’s date with destiny
Peter Sangster says he’s ready to unseat Phillip Paulwell
JLP makes first strike
Battle in the east

Beachfront insurance pricey and scarce - Only 3 of 11 companies offer coverage
The view of the Caribbean Sea is often magnificent, but it is beauty at a price for beachfront and other properties close to the coast whose vulnerability to storms has seen Jamaican...

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Bush bats forbold leadership - In a world moving at ‘warp speed’
105 NHT properties hunting buyers - Locations unattractive, money tight, say realtors
Accomplishments of the JSE demutualisation programme - Exchange likely to list in a year
Seprodfree totrade again
Corporate movements
Will stock market rebound after election? Historical trends say yes

Young Boyz on fire
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: JAMAICA’S YOUNG Reggae Boyz made it three from three at the Pan American Games yesterday when they whipped Haiti 4-0 to top Group C of the preliminary round with the...

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Ja ballers go down fighting
Jamaica finish on a high
‘Irish’ notches 16th win
‘Shrimpy’ still swinging for sweet science
Vinokourov back in contention
Cool it gentlemen or get out!

Transformation of education is critical
Mr. Jeb Bush, the brother of the incumbent President of the United States and a former governor of the state of Florida, has given Jamaica a bit of advice, for which many people will probably shrug and say that there is nothing new there.

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A constitutional nightmare
No way to run a country
Bloody instructions
What is it all for?

LETTER OF THE DAY - Accolades for the management team of Dunn’s River Falls
The Editor, Sir: I recently attended a wedding in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and was accompanied by my friend, a French national, who was visiting for the very first time we would be...

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Portia and the number seven
Bad luck worse than obeah

Elections change ‘Bashment’ course - Movie about J’cans in New York to premiere in October
ATLANTA, Georgia: Moviegoers in Jamaica will have to wait a bit longer before sampling one of the most gripping films depicting the street life of ‘yard’ people in the United States.

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RIAJam ‘cheques’ on music education
Politics invades Reggae Sumfest - Artistes offer varying views on election
Son’s success boosts Jimmy Riley
Joan Dixon strains at cabaret constraints
Powerman the ‘Stone’ dancehall rolled over
Brick and Laceblenddancehall,R&B
Pluto Shervington still ‘on ya’

Lyming’ with a few goodmen
WHILE AVERAGE Jamaicans lyme at local bars, the Gallery Barrington with its in-house café has lured a cross selection of visitors for an after-work jam.

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‘Bad Girls in School’ presented with drama, analysis
Art across boundaries

The gifted Dianah always striving for excellence
She is just27 years old and already she holds a doctorate. A past student of St. Andrew High School, she is the first recipient of the Jennifer Cox Award, given in honour of a former student of the school.

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Raw food specialist
Single in the city - A man’s heart can bleed too
Designing with ancestral mud cloth
SEXUAL EXPRESSIONS
Reinventing food
Self-confidence: do you have it?

Take a walk Portia, Bruce
Politics is a messy, convoluted business because human beings are messy, convoluted creatures.

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The roots of political violence
The PNP at Half-Way Tree

Diplomatic Corps hails departing colleagues
Three members of the local Diplomatic Corps received an official farewell from their colleagues on Thursday.Hosted by Belgian Ambassador Herman Portocarero at his residence in upper...

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When Jeb came to town
Kory celebrates on the Southcoast
The Digicel-Benz bonanza!
Charities benefit from Pineapple Ball
Vive la France!
JDF colours London

Patil named first female president
NEW DELHI (AP): India got its first female president yesterday in a victory hailed as a special moment in a country where discrimination against women is often deep-rooted and widespread.Pratibha Patil, 72, won 65.82...

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Doubts remain about cardinal’s role in abuses
Shaik el-Faisal’s wife speaks out