Lightning Bolt returns
Sprint wunderkind Usain Bolt will be welcomed with a lavish motorcade and reception when he returns to Jamaica today for the first time since his heroics at the Beijing Olympics last month.Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and Sports Minister Olivia Grange ...

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Rain pain again - Jamaica on storm watch as Ike pummels Caribbean
700-pound Clarendon ganja haul
Call for cops to spend more time with students
JC boot camp a Success - principal
Parents urged to get on board
60-y-o Gustav hero helps save lucky seven
A healthy nation is a productive nation - Al Miller
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The audacity of Bolt, etc
In a world of victors and vanquished, failure and success, there's an island whose shores are washed by the turquoise waters of the Caribbean Sea. A mere sand bar it is, a dot on the map. The natives are mostly descendants of slaves. A feisty people they are....

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The life and times of Michael K
Human trafficking rampant ... Parents urged to be especially vigilant
How to spot a trafficker
Parents need to lead by example - Morris
My grandchildren are particularly violent
Jamaica Teaching Council gets senior director
Education ministry deploys 60 mathematics specialists
Health, safety confab kicks off September 15

Let's not build the EPA in the graveyard of regionalism
The Cariforum Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was initialled last December under extreme pressure of time and the threat of imposition of punitive tariffs on Caribbean exports in European Union (EU) markets. In the past nine months this 1,000 plus-page agreement....

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Scotiabank CEO supports performance pay for teachers
More fire over AA deal
THE MINISTERS' NOTES - Vernamfield plan stuck on runway - No word on start-up date

No magic in Rieti for 'Safa'
RIETI, Italy (CMC): Jamaican Asafa Powell won the men's 100 metres at yesterday's Rieti Grand Prix international track and field meeting in a fast time, but missed his world record target. He was attempting to break his compatriot Usain Bolt's world record of 9.69 seconds...

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George's edge KC 2-1 to lift 2008 Roper Cup
Stephenson: Foundation laid for KSAFA's continued success
Two Jamaica-bred horses win at Santa Rosa
Injured Goodison in race against time
Simoes: I have to take responsibility
Andy Murray humbles Nadal
Three Jamaicans win at Slovakia track meet
Hamilton penalised, Massa wins Belgian GP
Grenada impasse goes to FIFA

EDITORIAL - Appointments in the public service
The question is not, fundamentally, about Marcia Forbes' qualifications or competence, of which her defence is compelling. There is a legitimate issue, raised by the Opposition, of whether the Government may appear to have rewarded a supporter with a critical civil service job...

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Vintage JPS autocracy
Family values on parade in US politics
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LETTER OF THE DAY - That security blunder
The Editor, Sir: The Sunday Gleaner's lead story revealing that the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) purchased ammunition from an illegal United States arms dealer is to put mildly, a very frightening situation. The JCF is the guardian of law and order in Jamaica...

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Appeal from Nightingale Grove
OUR's help needed
Ivy League education
Supporting our athletes
Portia must go
Ideas for JPS

Entertainment 'Change' sweeps musicians
With a black man, Barack Obama, being one of the two candidates in November's United States presidential race, never have so many non-US citizens wished they had a say in the outcome. The Caribbean, in particular Jamaicans, seem to have bought in to Democrat Obama's message....

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Ragashanti celebrates in fine 'ragga' style
Maxi Priest collabs with soca hitmaker
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Boy O Boy, they sure are cute!
Boy oh boy! It can it be tedious to shop for children but Boy O Boy had the answer. Tucked away on Merrick Avenue in Kingston 10, the store caters for babies up to the age of six years. Owner Michelle Gordon says the store is often misunderstood as one that caters...

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Tips on buying children's clothes
FE-MAIL TIES: Taking time to be
Singular subjects
Clean up safely after a disaster
Notes from the storm
LAWS OF EVE - Matter of estates
The Reality of HIV/AIDS - Diary of a HIV-positive, pregnant girl (Pt 6)
Professor Maureen Warner-Lewis wins Carib Studies prize
The lunch break boob job: Too good to be true?

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