Job scam - Montego Bay job seekers fleeced
WESTERN BUREAU:The Area One Fraud Squad has launched a manhunt for a man, who they say collected thousands of dollars from unsuspecting job seekers, and left several suppliers of goods holding bad debts in Montego Bay, St. James. Over 100 persons, promised jobs, turned up...

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Flooded out! - Some eastern families affected by adverse weather conditions

Weather conditions force school closures, low attendance
At least two schools were forced to close early yesterday and several others reported low attendance, as heavy rains pelted the island and prevented students from attending classes. Hopeton Henry, principal of Seaforth High School, told The Gleaner yesterday ...

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RBS consortium victorious in ABN Amro takeover
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC won the battle for ABN Amro Holding NV on Monday, as the largest takeover ever in the financial industry came a step closer to completion. The RBS consortium said 86 per cent of shares in the Dutch bank had been tendered...

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Windalco truck drivers strike
SeaFreight Line moves up

Marion Jones returns 5 Olympic medals... Sprinter banned for two years
SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters):Disgraced sprinter Jones has accepted a two-year ban after admitting to the use of a prohibited substance and has relinquished the five Olympic medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Games, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said yesterday.

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Hot Garvey Maceo win again in ISSA/PEPSI/digicel Dacosta Cup
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Oneil Mullings' surgery on Friday
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Vincent ends with 11 as Ja qualify
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Prince, Kallis lift South Africa
St Georges cut down Village

EDITORIAL - Social intervention needed for nation's youths
The recent call by Montego Bay-based pastor Glen Samuels for young men to serve compulsory military duty follows a similar proposal several weeks ago by businessman Mark Kerr-Jarrett, also from that resort city, for the introduction of a national labour draft to be operated by the military....

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Sweeping the dirt under the carpet
Audley Shaw should resign
NOTE-WORTHY: Outstanding prelates

LETTER OF THE DAY - Mandatory military training is short-term thinking
The Editor, Sir: Pastor Glen Samuels' call for mandatory military training for young persons, particularly males, was made on the weekend as an initiative to stem the nation's worrying crime problem and, according to him, "in this way ,we will be able to deal with hopeless youths...

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End the silence on abuse of women
Change the culture of violence
Cheers for all nurses
Weeping for Darfur et al
Cadet service a better option

Kwame Dawes writes home a handful
Before writer Kwame Dawes did the final reading at his quintuple book launch 'Writing Home' on Thursday evening, he noted that it would probably be an entertaining tale. Passport Control, an excerpt from A Far Cry from Plymouth Rock: A Personal Narrative, proved to be a downright hilarious...

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Bolton returns for 'One Night Only'
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