Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) surges - People's National Party (PNP) stands still
The Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party has, statistically, drawn level with the People's National Party as the gruelling electoral race enters the last lap which ends, less than two weeks away, on August 27. According to the latest Gleaner-commissioned Bill Johnson poll...

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Opposition better at gaining new support
Party supporters clash in Mandeville
Troubled constituencies to know fate tomorrow
Tropical Storm Dean to pass Jamaica Monday
Storm Watch
Energy markets worried
Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) passes improve
Cop, aunt get bail extension
Aspiring doctor plans to give back to Jamaica
Wanted men die in shoot-out

Stranded on a Clarendon roadway
Clink! Bang! Boing! After that, a quick rattle, then silence. The car was kaput. I managed to pull it to the side of the road just before it gave i After about a minute, I nervously tried starting it again, and for a second my heart rose with hope as the engine gave a valiant roar.

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Salt River, a tiny miracle
Parents pay fees despite Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) promise
Farming, fishing, tourism: Tufton's vision
AD WATCH - People's National Party (PNP) complains about 'nasty' ads
PNP attacks on Bruce
JLP dominance of billboards
Mitchell and PM rally crowd in NE St Cath
Major boost for Rose Hall
Praying for a peaceful election

Oil, gas prices rise on storm fears
NEW YORK (AP): Energy futures surged yesterday on concerns that Tropical Storm Dean will turn into a hurricane and strike oil and gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico.Prices got a late morning boost when a second tropical depression, located in the Gulf ...

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European, US and Asian markets slide on US credit worries

Harbour View crush Olympic
Defending champions Harbour View came out firing on all cylinders and blasted Olympic Gardens 5-0 in the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) Sherwin Williams Women's Premier League opening fixture at the Cling Cling Oval yesterday. National representative Nicola Bell opened...

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Rampant Jamaica make hat-trick move
Boxhill to announce position Sunday
West Indians shine
Nadal quits, Djokovic beaten
A King's ransom - Watford boss puts £60m price tag on Jamaican striker
Chelsea, City win
A good change by the JFF
Stunning Messi goal gives Barca win

EDITORIAL - Imagine that! Jamaican students atop IT world
FOUR YOUNG men, guided by their nearly-as-young tutor, made it to the finals of this year's software innovation competition, run internationally by Microsoft. Competing against much larger countries, some of them with much stronger information technology systems...

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No end in sight?
EAC with teeth
Buttering up the brownies
NOTE-WORTHY: Congrats, Tony

LETTER OF THE DAY - What 'free education' really means
THE EDITOR, Sir: EDUCATION HAS been dominating the news and rightly so, in light of its seminal importance to any nation. However, to speak of 'free education' in the context of Jamaica's present financial situation, is to render the expression an oxymoron...

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Life will go on
Time to review dual citizenship
PM shone brightly

NDTC's 45th season ENDS ON A high note
THE CURTAIN at the Little Theatre, Tom Redcam Avenue, closed on the 45th anniversary season of the National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) on Sunday last in front of a capacity audience that sent the dancers, singers and musicians off with uproarious applause...

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Chaperoning the Miss Jamaica World finalists

Nuts about peanuts, cashews
Others take a more dangerous route vying for position with cars racing down the highways holding out small cone-shaped brown paper parcels filled with the tiny delicious nuts wrapped for easy grabbing from the moving cars. Peanuts are a definite favourite at cricket matches...

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Chef Antonio, fusing Italian and Jamaican cuisine
And now ... a book dedicated to ackee!
A Marina to dine for
Dasheen dishes

Dominican Nurses critical of government's plan
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Nurses here say government's efforts to address the nurses shortage in the island, while noble, only address the symptoms and not the cause of the problem.Last week, Dominica welcomed 16 volunteer nurses from Nigeria and earlier...

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Gov't announces 30 per cent drop in crime
Political parties back ombudsman law

South Africa pressured on anti-AIDS campaign
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP): A former U.N. envoy yesterday accused South African leader Thabo Mbeki of presiding over an 'AIDS apocalypse,' and said his dismissal of the country's former deputy health minister was a severe blow to the fight against the epidemic....

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Hugo Chávez seeks constitutional reforms
Israeli troops uncover tunnel in northern Gaza